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I asked; and the interpreter smiled, and wrinkled up his eyes till he resembled a piece of old china on a chimney-piece. "Ching say velly lit' bit; only shake his new coat till common man see it silk. He feel velly much flighten all a same, as if big-button mandalin get in him boat." "And what shall we have to pay him?" "P'laps nothing 'tall." "Oh, nonsense!" I said.
"Allee too velly much flighten, and lun away from foleign devil sailor and maline." "But they might have come down to their place here," I said. Ching smiled contemptuously. "Pilate velly blave man, fight gleat deal when allee one side, and know sailor can't fightee. When plenty sailor can fightee, pilate lun away velly fast, and no come back." "Can you understand him, Mr Grey?" I said.
Me so flighten me know nothin', then me scleam e-e-e-e so loud, and lun at bear till bear get scared too and lun away." A few grizzlies are still found in the Sierras, and black and brown bears are often seen with their playful little cubs. The small fellows are easily tamed and may be taught many tricks.
We saw the wisdom of his proceedings, and followed him, as he took us by the way our enemies had come, straight out into the main street, down it a little way, and then up a turning, which he followed till we came to another important street parallel to the one by which we had come, and began to follow it downward toward the waterside. "Muchee flighten?" he said.
If we begged for our lives they'd only serve us worse; so let 'em have it, and recollect that, if they kill us, the old Teasers'll come and burn their town about their ears." "'Fraid, Ching?" I whispered; for he and I were in front. "No 'flaid now," he whispered back. "Plenty flighten by and by."
"Lun away, all come catchee and choppee off head. Go 'long stlaight and flighten 'em. Englis' sailor foleign debil, 'flaid o' nobody." "There's something in that," said Barkins. "Right. Show a bold front, lads. Let's go straight by them, and if they attack, then out with your swords and let's make a fight for it."
Klick!" he cried, running toward Virginia. "Go b'low, klick." "Why should I go below, Sing?" queried the girl, amazed by the demeanor of the cook. "Klick! Klick!" he urged grasping her by the arm half leading, half dragging her toward the companion-way. "Plilates! Mlalay plilates Dyak plilates." "Pirates!" gasped Virginia. "Oh Sing, what can we do?" "You go b'low. Mebbyso Sing flighten 'em.
Shoot cannon. Bling help. Maxon come klick. Bling men. Chase'm 'way," explained the Chinaman. "But plilates see 'em pletty white girl," he shrugged his shoulders and shook his head dubiously, "then old Sing no can flighten 'em 'way." The girl shuddered, and crouching close behind Sing hurried below.
"Oh, I don't know," growled Barkins, who had the deepest voice of the three. "It was startling. Did they mean mischief?" "Mean chop chop. Allee bad wick' men. No catchee now. Ching velly much flighten."
"They've tied the old canister to your tail." "Tie canny all along Ching tow-chang?" he cried. "Yes, and it's a rascally shame." "Yes, allee lascally shame," he said, nodding his head. "Not hurt velly. Only flighten velly much, makee lun fass." "Stand still, and I'll soon have it off," I cried, whipping out my knife.
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