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"The thing that's troublin' me just now," he said slowly, "is the question of th' two bloomin' 'eathen that faded from h'our h'eyes. H'I 'ates to think they live, an' h'I 'ates to trust my 'opes they're done for. If they're h'alive, they may get the treasure yet, an' h'I 'ates t' be beat by a bloody, bloomin' 'eathen." "They're a long way from home base," said Dave with a grin.
Madge was compelled to give her a long account of how the night had passed and to describe every move and relate every word of the doctor. "Dat's good," approved Mrs. Papineau. "Now you go to our 'ouse an' get to bed an' 'ave sleep. If de children make noise tell 'em I slap 'em plenty ven I get back, sure. You need bad for to sleep h'eyes look tired an' red."
'Kind of a fancy dress, I believe, but anyway 'er h'eyes were attracted to the picture, and as she fixed 'er h'eyes on it the h'eyes in the picture moved. "'Oh, murder! says Bella, much thrilled. "'You may say it. Murder it was, h'attempted murder, I should say, for of course it would never do to murder the vilet-h'eyed 'eroine. As it 'appened ... and so on ... "One of the three months gone!
"'And, says Mawson, describing some lurid work of fiction, 'Evangeline was left shut up in the picture-gallery of the 'ouse. "'D'ye mean to tell me hooses hev picture-galleries? says Bella. "'Course they 'ave all big 'ouses. "'Juist like the Campbell Institution sic a bother it must be to dust! "'Well, Mawson goes on, 'Evangeline finds 'er h'eyes attracted "Again Bella interrupts.
Oh, it's great to be in love!" "Without doubt, sar." "She's a corker, isn't she?" "I do not know as to that," Allan demurred. "What may be a carker?" "I mean she's beautiful." "Oh, h'indeed so! And her h'eyes like h'ink spots, as you say." "Was she wearing a denim dress when you saw her?" "Yes, yes," eagerly agreed the negro. "Oh, there is no mistake. It was a red dress." "No, it wasn't.
"We'll sew the dead one up in a blanket and throw him overboard; then we'll be going back. Think how all fussed up the Doctor will be." The boy chuckled. "Going back?" Jarvis stared, as if unable to believe his ears. "Going back? And the treasure city within peep of h'our h'eyes. Going back, did y' say? H'I 'ates t' think 'ow rich we'll be, you an' me."
"Tell me," Jarvis whispered, "do my h'old h'eyes deceive me, or h'is there a line of dark h'over t' th' right of y'?" His hand trembled as he pointed. Dave looked long and earnestly. The moon shone very brightly. The snow brought out dark objects with such vividness that it would not be too much to expect to see large objects twenty miles away. "I think your eyes are all right," he said slowly.
'Wha was Evangeline? I forget aboot her. "'Oh, don't you remember? The golden-'aired 'eroine with vilet eyes. "'I mind her noo. The yin wi' the black hair was the bad yin. "'Yes, she was called 'Ermione. Well, Evangeline finds 'er h'eyes attracted to the picture of a man dressed like a cavalier. "'What's that? "'I don't rightly know, Mawson confesses.
She could smile now, when these people spoke to her, and she hugged some of the little ones without apparent reason. "You stay 'ere some more day," Mrs. Papineau told her, "an' den you look lak' oder gal sure. Get fat an' lose de black roun' you h'eyes. You now a tousan' time better as ven you come, you bet.
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