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I never hed time ter study much 'bout sech in the day, but I dreamt 'bout ye in the night, an' all night," he laughed a little, "all sort'n mixed up things. I got ter be a plumb Joseph fur readin' dreams only I could read the same one forty diff'rent ways, an' every way made me a leetle mo' oneasy than the t'other one. I s'pose ye hev been perlite enough ter miss me a leetle," he concluded.
'Twon't work; thar ain't 'nough who wud risk it, and if thar wus, yer couldn't get 'em tergether. Sanchez is too damn smart fer thet. Every damn rat is a spy. I ain't hed no such talk as this afore in six months, Gates; the last time cost me twenty lashes at the mast-butt." "Is there any chance of our being overheard now?" "No; these near bunks are all empty, an' the damn noise drowns our voices.
In the mornin' he gits a hoss, rode round with ther boys, and when he cum back, went down inter his pocket, drew out er wallet, and counted out thirty $1,000 gold notes, saying: 'I will take ther place. "'It's a go, says I. "We went ter town and hed ther papers fixed up. That war last February.
"She wes a' the wife he hed," said Jamie, as he rejoined the procession, "an' they luved ane anither weel." The black thread wound itself along the whiteness of the Glen, the coffin first, with his lordship and Drumsheugh behind, and the others as they pleased, but in closer ranks than usual, because the snow on either side was deep, and because this was not as other funerals.
He had not "addled" a penny for twelve months before he died. She said, "We hed a varra good heawse i' Stanley Street once; but we hed to sell up an' creep hitherto. This heawse is 2s. 3d. a week; an' we mun pay it, or go into th' street.
"How hot it be, Master Bob!" said Dick, when the sun had climbed so high that he seemed right overhead, sending down his rays vertically and making it so warm that the boys began to perspire, while they were tormented with thirst. "I be parched wi' drout and could swaller a gallon o' spring wutter if I hed the chance!" "I say, let us have a swim," suggested Bob.
He also remembered that it was close beside him, where he could lay a hand on it quickly if need be. Then the man spoke, and his voice was just as disagreeable as his face seemed to be a heavy rumble with more or less of threat under the surface. "So, here ye be, hey? Wot business hed yer ter shoot up my dawg; tell me that, consarn ye?"
Thou'lt be makkin' a Methodist o' me, whether I will or no. I hed no idea afore there was a' that in t' picture. I wont stay here any longer. Thanks be! It's sleeping-time, missee." "I should like to sleep in this room, squire." "Why, then, rector, thou shall. A bit o' fire and some aired bed-clothes is a' it wants. Thou's sure to sleep well in it, and thou'lt hev t' sunrise to wake thee up."
"As I hed calc'lated at fust, they didn't run away, an' I slipped in my charge as brisk as possible. But jest as I wur raisin' to take sight on a doe that hed got near enough, the hull gang tuk scare, an' broke off as ef a pack of parairy-wolves wur arter 'em.
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