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Who's ther boss o' this yere crowd?" I swung down from my seat on the mule's back, and stood facing him. "We uns hain't got no boss," I answered, "but they sorter fell in ahind o' me 'cause I wus astraddle o' this muel. Be you named Lowrie?" "I reckon; I'm Red Lowrie," proudly. "'Spect, maybe, ye've heerd tell o' me, an' if ye hev, ye know ye 've got ter step damn lively whin I howl.
"'Cause ye couldn't wink if ye wos asleep, an' I heerd ye breathe diff'rent from afore, so I know'd ye wos awake; an' I knows that a man always winks w'en he comes awake, d'ye see? That's wot I calls the feelosophy of obsarvation." "Very good," replied Marston, "and, that bein' the case, I should like much to try a little of the `feelosophy' of supper."
Then he warned Jericho. As for Père Michel, he felt that warning was unnecessary, for the priest was too absorbed in his book to be conscious of the external world. After this, he came back to Claude, who had been listening ever since he left, but without hearing anything more. "We must have drifted nearer together," said Zac. "The voice was a good deal louder than when I fust heerd it.
I hastily slipped on my dress, and, going to the door, saw just whom I expected, Jim. "What's the matter with Patsy?" "He's turrible bad, miss; he got took with one o' them fits the worst kind in the night, and liked ter died. Yer could a heerd him screech a block off." "Oh, my poor boy! Have you had a doctor? What did he say?"
"I'll be doggoned if I didn't think I heerd somebody comin'. I guess 'tain't nuthin'," looking anxiously to the right and left. "I cert'nly does git scared out er my boots aroun' here, though, when I'm left alone. I'm goin' to wake up the brat an' make her keep me comp'ny," and the door closed with a bang.
'Now, don't cry where's the good of crying listen to me, said Devereux. 'Sure I heerd you were sick, last week, Masther Richard, she went on, not heeding, and with her cold fingers just touching his arm timidly and the moon glittered on the tears that streamed down her poor imploring cheeks 'an' I'd like to be caring you; an' I think you look bad, Masther Richard.
Ef my old mars's fambly hadn't er gone fo'th en' bin scattered to de fo' win's of de university, I'd a helt on, but when de las' of 'um went to dat Europe, dey couldn't 'ford to take me, an' I had ter stay. An' when I heerd as all yo' kin was gone an' you was gwine to live erlone like dis yere, I come to ax yer to take me to wait on yer as a favier, Marse Rupert as a favier.
What settled the matter in the end was that Phoebe cried bitterly at being misrepresented, while Maisie was so ill-advised as not to do the same, and even made some parade of triumph. "Yow are Maisie. I heerd yow a-crowun'," said an old stone-dresser, who, with other mill-hands, was referred to for an opinion.
We volunteered to come for help when we first heerd the dear old `Startler' speak out, but it's been a long job. Will you help us aboard, mates?" Half-a-dozen willing hands soon had the two poor, drenched, wounded, and exhausted men on board the cutter, and five minutes after they were on the deck being questioned by the lieutenant.
'Sylvia! said her mother, 'who's yonder? Bell was sitting up in the attitude of one startled out of slumber into intensity of listening; her hands on each of the chair-arms, as if just going to rise. 'There's a fremd man i' t' house. I heerd his voice! 'It's only it's just Charley Kinraid; he was a-talking to me i' t' dairy. 'I' t' dairy, lass! and how com'd he i' t' dairy?
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