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Den zee dogs, dey give tongue when oder dogs appear, an' where are we? Anoder ting, s'pose Chigmok not come zee regular trail; s'pose he knew anoder way through zee woods, an' come out further up zee lak'. Eef we on zee island we not see heem, but up here " he swept a hand in front of him "we behold zee whole lak' and we not miss him." "Yes," agreed Stane. "You are right, Jean. Now go and rest.
Dick for the first time suggested that it might be well to camp. "We've got good water here," he argued, quite justly, "and we can push on to-morrow just as well as to-night." We balanced our packs against a prostrate tree-trunk. Billy contributed his indirect share to the argument. "I lak' to have the job mak' heem this countree all over," he sighed. "I mak' heem more level."
When the animal was rolled over by the combined efforts of the three two more wounds were discovered on the left side, which had mostly been exposed to Wabigoon's fire. It was while examining these that the sharp-eyed Mukoki gave a sudden grunt of surprise. "Heem shot before long time ago! Old wound feel bullet!" Between his fingers he was working the loose hide back of the foreleg.
Without it, however, we can hardly hope for a sufficient supply to carry us through. And so " "You want to know about heem. You have Ba'teese's word " "Really " she seemed to be fencing again. Houston, with a hard pull at his breath, came directly to the question. "It's simply this, Miss Robinette.
The wide-eyed little chap obeyed the big sailor, his yellow curls falling over his eyes. He continued to stare at her, with a fat thumb tucked in a corner of his mouth. "Me come say heem Beel Atkins heem go aff to St. Jean to-day. Heem got load of feesh." "That is important news, Miss Jelliffe. Civilization is opening its arms to you," I told her.
"How many times have you gone over your story with the district attorney?" "Nevvair." "What?" "I nevvair see heem." "Never see whom?" "Dees man judge." "I'm not talking about the judge." "I nevvair see no one." "Didn't you tell the Grand Jury that Hassoun stabbed Babu with a long knife?" "I dunno heem!" "Who?" "Gran' Jury." "Didn't you go into a big room and put your hand on a book and swear?"
His voice had risen, and suddenly there came a laugh from outside the door, and Concombre cut himself short and his mouth closed with a snap. It was Joe Clamart who had laughed. "I w'ip heem five time, an' now I w'ip heem seex!" hissed Bateese in an undertone. "Two time each year I w'ip zat gargon Joe Clamart so he understan' w'at good fightin' man ees. An' you will w'ip heem, eh, m'sieu? Oui?
That is heem, my Golemar, M'sieu l' Ticklefoot! Oh, ho M'sieu l' Ticklefoot!" "What in thunder is the big idea?" Barry Houston had lost his reserve now. "I want to be a good fellow but for the love of Mike let me in on the joke. I can't get it. I don't see anything funny in lying here with a broken arm and having my feet tickled.
The half-breed rolled a cigarette, lighted it, and inhaled a deep breath. "I can' do eet," he declared. "I can' do eet for t'ousand dollar ten t'ousand. I don't t'ink you fin' anywan on dis settlement w'at can dare do eet. He is wan devil. He's count all de carabine on dis pos', an' w'en he is mees wan, he fin' out purty queek who is tak' heem." "Steal one from someone else," suggested Trent.
With a smile the Swede put it in Stiles' hand. He regarded it in a puzzled way. "What's this?" He handed the book back contemptuously. "You'll never be able to make that out, all dirty and " "Yas, I read heem, you not, dot's Swedish." "Very well.
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