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Old Señor Ramon! Such a respectable man. And I had been kidnapped? From his store! "If I didn't see you here in my cuddy before my eyes, I wouldn't believe a word you say," he declared absurdly. But he was ready enough to take me to Havana. However, he insisted upon calling down his mate, a gingery fellow, short, too, but wizened, and as stupid as himself. "Here's that Kemp, you know.
"They dance in the Moonlight and skip from Tree to Tree. "Acrobatic Stuff with Light Effects, eh? Well, you're on a couple of Mackerels. I never see any Benders that could get away with a Talking Act. You want to give your Piece to somebody that can Boost you. You write a good gingery Skit for me and Miss Fromage and we'll put your Name on a Three-Sheet in Letters big enough to scare a Horse."
Perhaps he noted their sleek quarters, the glittering trappings on their backs and their gingery action. As he dropped his head again something very like a sigh escaped him. It might have been regret, perhaps it was only a touch of influenza. The driver, too, saw the turnout and gazed after it. But he did not sigh. He puffed away at his pipe as if entirely satisfied with his lot.
I'd forgot all about 'em." Uncle William nodded. "There was a kind of tart she used to make " Andy broke in. A look of genuine enthusiasm filled his eye. "I know that gingery, pumpkin kind " "That's it. And you and me and Benjy used to sit and toast our toes by the fire and eat it " "He was a mean cuss," said Andy. "Who Benjy? Why, we was al'ays fond of Benjy!"
Tarp Henry, my companion, was plucking at my skirts and I heard him whispering, "Sit down, Malone! Don't make a public ass of yourself." At the same time I was aware that a tall, thin man, with dark gingery hair, a few seats in front of me, was also upon his feet. He glared back at me with hard angry eyes, but I refused to give way. "I will go, Mr. Chairman," I kept repeating over and over again.
'Say! We must have made a glorious slaughter of them in the bush. Eh? What do you think? Say? He positively danced, the bloodthirsty little gingery beggar. And he had nearly fainted when he saw the wounded man! I could not help saying, 'You made a glorious lot of smoke, anyhow. I had seen, from the way the tops of the bushes rustled and flew, that almost all the shots had gone too high.
As our acquaintance progressed, I became frequently the recipient of other small presents from him: a pot of preserves of a quality I could not purchase in shops, and whose contents in their crafty, gingery dissimulation so defied definition that I never knew whether they were animal, vegetable, or mineral; two or three hideous Chinese idols, "for luckee," and a diabolical fire-work with an irregular spasmodic activity that would sometimes be prolonged until the next morning.
Ventnor gave his chair two little twiddles before he said "Well, you won't get it." Bob Pillin remained for a moment taken aback; then he muttered resolutely: "It's not the conduct of a gentleman." Every man has his illusions, and no man likes them disturbed. The gingery tint underlying Mr. Ventnor's colouring overlaid it; even the whites of his eyes grew red. "Oh!" he said; "indeed!
Joses laughed and spread himself, throwing back his gingery curls. "I was at Oxford," he said, "and I've all the tastes of a gentleman. Art and poetry are my specialties when my professional duties allow me time." The little dark jockey turned in his lips, eyeing the other with bland interest. "'Ark to him!" he said. "Don't he talk. Learned the patter at Oxford College, I expect."
The donkeyman, a dapper little chap with a dazzling fair skin and a tiny, gingery moustache, worked in a sort of mute transport. They were keeping a full head of steam, and a profound rumbling, as of an empty furniture van trotting over a bridge, made a sustained bass to all the other noises of the place. "Blowing off all the time," went on yelling the second.
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