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Massanet, when Richard had finished, "and I shall be pleased to have you as a boarder eef you like ze diner." "Thank you, Mrs. Massanet. I shall be thankful to have you take me. I know it will feel quite like a home." "Ve make zat so. Ve keep no hotel garni even only for one." "Thank you," returned Richard. He did not understand the French, which means a lodging-house. "Can I come to-night?"

"And what eef you do not accep' le invite?" The Kentuckian looked grave, slowly shook his head, and finally answered in despair: "You've got me there, Frenchy!" The Californian laughed heartily rather too heartily, Keeler thought; and then inquired: "Going East or West?" "Westward for me," replied Keeler; "and you?" "Well, I reckon I've played my last game of poker in Nevada City. The East for me.

Cowperwood," he commented, defiantly, "but how about me? Where do I come in? I daunt know what to theenk yet. It ees very strange. Supposing what your wife sais was true? Supposing my wife has been going around weeth some one? That ees what I want to find out. Eef she has! Eef eet is what I theenk it ees I shall I shall I daunt know what I shall do. I am a very violent man."

He will not stop it. Eef he haf the money, it is better sacre yes. Eef he not gif well, I will tell you, there is the other railway man he try to hurt, how would he like But I will tell you on the river. Main'enant queeck, we go." Without a word Lygon took down another coat and put it on. Doing so he concealed a weapon quickly as Dupont stooped to pick a coal for his pipe from the blaze.

Says to back up everything to Tollifer, including the plows, and give up the ghost." "Give it up?" Houston stared blankly at the telegrapher. "But that's not railroading!" "It is when you're with a concern that's all but broke," answered the operator. "It's cheaper for this old wooden-axle outfit to quit than to go on fighting " "That mean six weeks eef this storm keep up two days longer!"

"Oh, you find some of the men and tell 'em to come here to get the fellow who has been blowing up the wall, and they'll come fast enough," smiled Tom. "But, Senor, suppose thees scoundrel free himself?" "I won't let him, Nicolas." "But eef he do?" persisted the Mexican. "Then, as I have shown you, Senor, I can take fine care of heem!" "There's something in that, too," laughed Tom.

There the men threw themselves flat and drank in great gulps until they could drink no more. We built a fire, but the Nigger refused to cook. "Someone else turn," he growled, "I cook aboard ship." Perdosa, who had hewed the fuel, at once became angry. "I cut heem de wood!" he said, "I do my share; eef I cut heem de wood you mus' cook heem de grub!"

He despatched a lady typist and a chambermaid to help Mary out of the car. "For a doctor," he said, "it ees fortunate. We 'ave an English doctor staying in ze hotel now a sheep's doctor. He is in ze lounge. Eef you come, hein?" The "sheep's doctor" proved to be a doctor off one of the big liners, a clean-shaven, red-faced, hearty sort of person who readily volunteered his services.

But she gone, and poor Beppo he was de pinched for starting de fight in de house. He pay twanty-five de dols, and coma back here. De nexta morning a beeg man come to Beppo, and he say: 'Wop, you geet out dis place, eef you tella de police about dees girl, Dassal."

"Damn my soul eef I don't know sometheeng!" Pablo muttered, and followed for a saddle for the gray gelding. When the Parkers emerged from the hacienda, they found Don Mike and Pablo holding the horses and waiting for them.