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Reardon to join him in three fingers of nepenthe to celebrate the occasion. "T'ank you, sor, but I never dhrink on djooty," Mr. Reardon retorted with chill politeness, "nor," he added, "wit' me immejiate superiors." A superficial analysis of this remark will convince the most sceptical that Mr. Reardon, with true Hibernian adroitness, had managed to convey an insult without seeming to convey it.
"That makes no difference," interrupted the Squire. "Flour is an accidental circumstance." "What's that?" thought Hannah, opening her eyes in amazement. "And should not be allowed to interpose an obstacle to an IMMEJIATE answer to my summons." "Sir," said Hannah, who guessed at the meaning though she did not understand the words, "you wouldn't have me dirty the door-handle with me doughy hands?"
The system that can make the fastest time in the government speed trials gets the plum. Understand?" "I do!" answered Martin, with the first real enthusiasm he had known in weeks. "'Tis me budget I'll be fixin' up immejiate at once. Ye'll get action, ye will." He departed for a frenzied month. Then he returned at the request of President Barstow.
"But what did he mean by to-morrow? I don't know but what we ought to let the treasure go and find Sorez first." "Find Sorez and ye has ter help him; help him and the Priest fixes us immejiate. Then where's yer girl? No, th' thing for us ter do is ter git th' treasure first and get it quick. Then we has somethin' ter work with." "And if the treasure isn't there?"
We wants them tried immejiate. Thar ain't no need of lawyers an' jedges tew mix things up. We seed 'em kill th' miner, an' are willin' tew swear tew it, an' that otter be enough tew have 'em danglin' by their necks inside of half an hour." "They'll dangle, when they've been proven guilty, according to the laws of this city; and not before," answered the sheriff dryly.
And suppose it took me three days to finish that little job they're potterin' with, by that time I'd be ready to, let's say, to escape, say, on the steamer that sails for Lima on Thursday. I'm a broken and tremblin' reed, Jefe. That's me. I shrinks, I fades away. The majestic law's too much for me. And suppose you was to fix up a Proclamation subsequent and immejiate, offerin' a reward for me.
No, I'm a-goin' to git him somethin' thet's got some git-up to it, an' an' it'll be either that Cupid vase or lordy, Mr. Lawson, don't fetch out that swingin' ice-pitcher. I glimpsed it quick ez I come in the door, an', says I, 'Get thee behind me, Satan, an' turned my back on it immejiate.
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