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He wan's to marry our Elsie, In' live here in the big house, 'n' have nothin' to do but jes' lay still 'n' watch Massa Venner 'n' see how long 't Ill take him to die, 'n' 'f he don' die fas' 'puff, help him some way t' die fasser! Come close up t' me, Doctor! I wan' t' tell you somethin' I tol' th' minister t' other day.
"Does he know everysing?" asked the child. "N-no, not exactly; but he knows many things oh, ever so many things," answered the cautious wife and mother. The accountant had barely crossed his humble threshold and sat down, when Robin clambered on his knee and put the puzzling question. "Fasser, what is lightenin'?"
He wan's to marry our Elsie, 'n' live here in the big house, 'n' have nothin' to do but jes' lay still 'n' watch Massa Venner 'n' see how long 't 'll take him to die, 'n' 'f he don' die fas' 'nuff, help him some way t' die fasser! Come close up t' me, Doctor! I wan' t' tell you somethin' I tol' th' minister t'other day.
"I said civilised quarters," retorted Sam, "and, as far as I know, the poles are inhabited only by bears." "True, I forgot, the poles are barely civilised," said uncle Rik. "Now, Master Sammy," growled a deep voice from the adjoining galley, "you keep your hands out o' that copper." "Fasser," shouted a silvery voice from the same region, "'Tumps is naughty.
In fact, I had more than once followed him by his footprints, and as I recalled all this, I seemed to see the fierce-looking savages coming on swiftly, and urged Pomp to make haste, though my heart sank as I felt that every step took us farther into the wilderness, and with the exception of the knife the boy had secured, we were without arms. "Can't go no fasser, Mass' George," he said; "so dark.
Take my advice, put an end to your doubts, and make sure of your ground by taking heart and proposing to Letta." "I dare not, Sam. It is all very well for a fine manly fellow like you to give such advice, but I am such a poor, miserable sort of " "Hallo, fasser!" cried a merry voice at that moment, "how red de sun am!"
He wan's to marry our Elsie, In' live here in the big house, 'n' have nothin' to do but jes' lay still 'n' watch Massa Venner 'n' see how long 't Ill take him to die, 'n' 'f he don' die fas' 'puff, help him some way t' die fasser! Come close up t' me, Doctor! I wan' t' tell you somethin' I tol' th' minister t' other day.
Tim had become poetical as he grew older, and sometimes tried to throw his flashing thoughts into couplets. He spoke to his daughter in English, and, like Big Tim with his wife, required her to converse with him in that language. "Is mother at home?" "Yes, dear fasser, mosser's at home." "An' how's your little doll Skippin' Rabbit?" "Oh! she well as could be, an' a'most as wild too as rabbits.
"Not so fur as you might hear de bos'n's whissel; not more dan tree, four length ob a man-o'-war cable." "Enough, Snowy! What do you think best to be done?" "De bess ting we can do now," replied the negro, "am for me to obertake dat ere craff. As you said, de sail am down; an' de ole Cat no go fasser dan a log o' 'hogany wood in a calm o' de tropic.
After an uneasy glance at my gun, he went on with his team in the direction we wished. "Black boy run away fas'," said Joeboy, suddenly laughing merrily, "but 'fraid lead bullet run fasser." "I suppose so," I said slowly as I turned to look back. The light being now much increased, I readily detected a strong troop of the Boers in motion, and doubtless coming in our direction.
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