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Melican boy no Pilat!" said the little Chinaman, substituting "l's" for "r's" after his usual fashion. "Wotcher say?" said Hickory, reddening with sudden confusion. "Melican boy's papa heap lickee him s'pose him leal Pilat," continued Wan Lee doggedly. "Melican boy Pilat INSIDE housee. Chinee boy Pilat OUTSIDE housee. First chop Pilat."
I guess we'll have to move out, Tom." "Sure," McHale agreed at once. "We can bed down anywheres. I'll rig up a couple of bunks in the new tool house. We're pretty well along with the water. I can 'tend to that while you show 'em the country." Straightway Casey commanded Feng, his Chinaman, to clean and scrub, much to that Celestial's disgust. "What foh?" he demanded. "Housee plenty clean.
"Come in, Confucius," said Jack pleasantly; "you're a trifle late for a regular turn, but any little thing in the way of knife swallowing" "Lill missee to see connle! Waitee waitee, bottom side housee," interrupted the Chinaman, dividing his speech between Jack and the colonel. "What! ANOTHER lady? This is no place for me!" said Jack, rising with finely simulated decorum.
Melican boy no Pilat!" said the little Chinaman, substituting "l's" for "r's" after his usual fashion. "Wotcher say?" said Hickory, reddening with sudden confusion. "Melican boy's papa heap lickee him spose him leal Pilat," continued Wan Lee, doggedly. "Melican boy Pilat inside housee; Chinee boy Pilat outside housee. First chop Pilat."
"Me no shabbee Pilat INSIDE housee; me shabbee Pilat OUTSIDE housee. S'pose you lun away longside Chinee boy Chinee boy make you Pilat." Hickory softly scratched his leg; while a broad, bashful smile almost closed his small eyes. "Wot?" he asked. "Mebbe you too flightened to lun away. Melican boy's papa heap lickee." This last infamous suggestion fired the corsair's blood.
The morning brought some fear of consequences to Master Skinner, but no abatement of his resolve not to return. But here he was oddly combated by Li Tee. "S'pose you go back allee same. You tellee fam'lee canoe go topside down you plentee swimee to bush. Allee night in bush. Housee big way off how can get? Sabe?"
All light. Me clean housee." But, though he had won this diplomatic victory, Casey was not satisfied. Finally he took his perplexities to Sheila, enlisting her aid in problems of decoration and the like. "Where does this Miss Burnaby come in?" she asked. "Who is she?" Casey told her, and she frowned dubiously. "Seems to me you butted into real society when you went outside, Casey.
Mistel Woodlidge he say you no go wolkee field allee same Mellikan man. You stoppee inside housee allee same ME. Shabbee? The full extent of his new degradation flashed upon Reddy with this added insult of his brother menial's implicit equality. He understood it all.
He did not complain, although he must have been fixed in that uncomfortable position for some minutes, but plunged at once into the business that brought him there. "But WHY didn't you come to my lodgings?" I asked. He smiled sadly but intelligently. He no payee me. He say he knock hellee outee me allee time I come for payee. So me no come HOUSEE, me come SCHOOLEE, Shabbee?
"Me no shabbee Pilat inside housee; me shabbee Pilat outside housee. Spose you lun away longside Chinee boy Chinee boy makee you Pilat." Hickory softly scratched his leg while a broad, bashful smile, almost closed his small eyes. "Wot!" he asked. "Mebbee you too frightened to lun away. Melican boy's papa heap lickee." This last infamous suggestion fired the corsair's blood.
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