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With a disturbed and apprehensive look, the money-lender rose. "Come, then," he grumbled, "if you must " A voice cried out behind Amber "Heh!" more a squeal than a cry. Intuitively, as at a signal of danger, he leaped aside. Simultaneously something like a beam of light sped past his head. The goldsmith uttered one dreadful, choking scream, and went to his knees.
He proceeded to take down a wig which was hanging on a nail, and put it hurriedly on his head. "The first case," he said. Then, putting his hand to his head, he exclaimed, "Heh! This is not my wig!" "No, your worship," returned the clerk, "it is mine." "My dear Mr. Oysterpuff, how can a judge give a wise sentence in a clerk's wig?" The wigs were exchanged.
Captain Jenness laughed mightily, took some of Lydia's fingers in his left hand and squeezed them, and clapped her grandfather on the shoulder with his right. Then he slipped his hand down the old man's bony arm to the elbow, and held it, while he dropped his head towards Lydia, and said, "We shall be glad to have him stay to supper, and as much longer as he likes, heh?"
Peering into the laughing, chattering, glittering, throng he added, "Some beauties here to-night, heh? Gad! my boy, but I've seen the day I'd be out there among them! Ha, ha! Mrs. Taine, Louise, and Jim tried to shelve me but I fooled 'em. Damn me, but I'm game for a good time yet! A little off my feed, and under the weather; but game, you understand, game as hell!"
Softly, my beauty, softly," continued he, speaking to the vessel, as she plunged heavily into the waves, and every timber groaned. "Softly, my dear, softly! How those poor devils in the other ships must be knocking about now. Heh! Mynheer Vanderdecken, we have the start of them this time: they must be a terrible long way down to leeward. Don't you think so?"
I thought, at first, it would be fine to have a talking goat, with whom I could converse as I rode about my city on his back; but keek-eek-eek-eek! the rascal treats me as if I were a chimney sweep instead of a King. Heh, heh, heh, keek, eek! A chimney sweep hoo, hoo, hoo! and me a King! Funny, isn't it?"
As Waggie finished his performance Watson rose, and stretched out his hand towards George. "Let's be going," he said. "All right," answered George. He was about to say good-bye, and lead his companion to the door, when a turbaned negress entered the room. "Massa Peyton, Massa Charles Jason done ride oveh heh ta see you." "Is he here now?" asked Mr. Peyton. "Then show him in.
Val leaned back against the hole of one of the willows. Then she had done it! And what could he do? If he had any idea of her path, he could follow her while Sam aroused Rupert and the house. "If I only knew where " he mused aloud. "She a-goin' to see dat swamper Jeems," Sam continued. "Heh, heh," a sudden cackle of laughter rippled across his lips. "Dat ole swamper think he so sma't.
"Good; Syed Toorkee has possession of Muscat, and Azim bin Ghis was slain in the streets." "Is this true, Wallahi?" "It is true." "Heh-heh-h! This is news!" stroking his beard. "Have you heard, master, of Suleiman bin Ali?" "Heh, that is very good." "Did you have to pay much tribute to the Wagogo?"
When the Interpreter was silent, his guest demanded, harshly, "They are all right, heh? You are a friend to the workingman? Tell me, is it so?" The old basket maker spoke with quiet dignity. "For twenty-five years Millsburgh has been my home, and the Millsburgh people have been my friends. You, sir, have been here less than a month; I have known you but a few minutes."
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