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"A what!" stammered Mr. Pucker. "A 'oax a sell," said the scout. "Those two gents has been 'aving a little game with you, sir. They often does it with fresh parties like you, sir, that seem fresh and hinnocent like." Mr. Pucker was immensely relieved at this news, and at once went to Mr. Slowcoach, who, after an examination of twenty minutes, passed him.
One was 'ere no later than last night, though if he was her born brother, 'e 'ad a different father and mother, or my name ain't 'Olmes. 'Your brother, Betsy Jane, says I, 'ought not to talk in a strange 'ouse on family affairs till eleven o'clock. "''E left at 'alf-past ten punctual, says she, lookin' as hinnocent as a child, 'for I 'eard Mr.
His brother, the younger one, said to me hisself but this very morn, his brother was hinnocent as a child; that he was obliged to strike the other man for fear of his own life. Now, what can judge do but turn un loose? Four sovereigns he gave me this very morn. What else can judge do but turn un free? Tell me that, now!"
We stood there, with this letter in our hands, looking it over. "You say you don't know where this dog's been?" says I. "Oh, no, sir; quite the contrary. I don't doubt he's often been through the ahum! ahum! "Well, how often has he been through the ahum, William?" says I. "What made you let him go? You know it's against orders." "Hi am quite hinnocent of hany hinfraction of my duties," says he.
"No," said Anthea bravely, but her heart beat so that it nearly choked her. Then one of the men pushed forward. "Swelp me if it ain't!" he cried, "my own long-lost cheild! Have he a strawberry mark on his left ear? No? Then he's my own babby, stolen from me in hinnocent hinfancy. 'And 'im over and we'll not 'ave the law on yer this time."
Then, when I see wot a bally hinnocent 'e was, I mykes up my mind 'e's just some one you've been ply in' one of your little gymes on, and 'oo was lookin' to square 'is account. So I did 'im proper." "Evidently," assented Calendar dryly. "You're a bit of a heavy-handed brute, Stryker.
That 'ere butcher, the sea, lies there a-smiling at us as if we were so many hinnocent lambs; but he'll maybe have his hand on our throats yet." "Well, Tom, it's never no use smelling mischief afore it comes; time enough when it does show its ugly mug, to grin in its face. I'm not the man to turn my back on it nor you neither, for that matter, I'll be bound."
'No, said Anthea bravely, but her heart beat so that it nearly choked her. Then one of the men pushed forward. 'Swelp me if it ain't! he cried, 'my own long-lost cheild! Have he a strawberry mark on his left ear? No? Then he's my own babby, stolen from me in hinnocent hinfancy. 'And 'im over and we'll not 'ave the law on yer this time.
He knew not how to address his questioner, but, feeling that some term of respect was necessary, he coined a word for the occasion "No, your Pashaship, I did nothink of the sort. I'm as hinnocent of that ewent as a new-born babe." "Vat is your name?" "Lancey." "Ha! your oder name." "Jacob." "Ho! My name is Sanda Pasha. You have hear of me before?" "Yes, on board the Turkish monitor."
Ve have the feller fast and no mistake, and vether the old gent lives or dies ve don't care, 'cos ve shows the commissioner that you're hinnocent." "How many men will be required to act as you state?" we asked. "As few as possible," responded Steel Spring, promptly; "three besides myself. Say Mr. Brown and both of you."
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