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"'Excuse me, gents, finally says Jack, mighty dignified, 'but I've been figgerin' this thing, an' I allows it's time to bed this yere young-one down for the night. If you-alls will withdraw some, I'll see how near I comes to makin' runnin' of it. Stay within whoopin' distance, though; so if he tries to stampede or takes to millin' I can get he'p.
But, Law bless you, I promise you, he punished my champagne, and had a party ere every night reglar tip-top swells, down from the clubs and the West End Capting Ragg, the Honorable Deuceace, who lives in the Temple, and some fellers as knows a good glass of wine, I warrant you. I've got a Doctor of Diwinity upstairs, five gents in the coffee-room, and Mrs.
When these chaps gets to making rows in the street, and to kicking up a rumpus, then they will have something to say about it sharp enough; but as long as they merely spout and argue among themselves, the peelers lets them go on. Well, young gents, here we goes." Bill Lowe advanced first; he was known to the doorkeeper, and the words "All right, mate, friends of mine," were sufficient.
Pleasant journey to you, ladies and gents go it just as long as you please it shan't cost you a cent!" The two comrades got out, and Col. Jack said: "Jimmy, it's the sociablest place I ever saw. The Chinaman waltzed in as comfortable as anybody. If we'd staid awhile, I reckon we'd had some niggers.
Our cases dovetail like the deductions in a detective story. Kneel here at my feet, little daughter, and I'll tell you the story of my sad young life. I'm no child of the city streets, either. Say, I came to this town because I thought there was a bigger field for me in Gents' Furnishings. Joke, what?" But Gertie didn't smile.
'This way, sir; this way, said the burly Mr. Peastraw, leading the way into his farmyard, where a line of hunters stood shivering under a long cart-shed. 'But I can't put my horse in here, observed Mr. Sponge, looking at the unfortunate brutes. 'No, sir, no, replied Mr. Peastraw; 'put yours in a stable, sir; put yours in a stable'; adding, 'these young gents don't care much about their horses.
He's no good to nobody, and I wonder at Doctor Browne, as teaches young gents to be gents, should keep such a bad un about his place. He's a rank poacher, that's what he is, and there ain't nothing worse than a poacher, is there, Jem Roff?" "Thief," said that gentleman. "Thief? I don't know so much about that. Thieves don't go thieving with loaded guns to shoot keepers, do they?"
"So when he took an' died like as how I'm a-going to tell you of, I was plumb joyful, not only because I could feel at liberty to relieve my mind when necessary in a manner as is approved of and rightful among gents not only because o' that, but because they was one less bad egg in the cow-country. "Now the manner o' Peg-leg's dying was sure hilarious-like.
I generally had hall bedrooms, because they were cheap and I needed money to buy apparatus. I also had the pleasure of his genial company at the boarding-house about a mile distant, but at the sacrifice of some apparatus. One morning, as we were hastening to breakfast, we came into Tremont Row, and saw a large crowd in front of two small 'gents' furnishing goods stores.
"Don't put handcuffs on me!" "Put yore hands down," ordered the marshal. "Look here, I'll go quietly. I'll " "Put yore hands down!" repeated the inexorable marshal. Jacob Pooley put his hands down. Racey and the other man were handcuffing McFluke, who was keeping up an incessant wail of, "I didn't do it! I didn't, gents, I didn't!" "Oh, shut up!" ordered Racey, jerking the prisoner to his feet.
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