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Jemmy's Yankee blood is up; his dark eyes flash lightning, he clenches his brown fist, sets his ivory teeth together, and brings his little bare foot down on the gravel-walk, with an emphasis; but he sees it is no use, he is no match for the pampered footman; and great rebellious tears gather in his eyes, as he picks up his scattered treasures, saying, "Ninepence would have bought my book."
On the following morning at breakfast, his uncle asked him where he had dined the day before. "With Hycy Burke, sir," replied the nephew. "Yes; that is honest Jemmy's son a very great man in his own conceit, Harry. You seem to like him very much." Harry felt a good deal puzzled as to the nature of his reply.
Buckley, and how did they behave themselves?" "Why," she answered, "they axed me if I had seen about the country a tight-looking fat little man, wid black twinklin' eyes and a rosy face, wid a pair o' priest's boots upon him, greased wid hog's lard? I said no, but to the revarse. They then searched the cabin, tossed the two beds about poor Jemmy's God rest my boy's sowl! an' afterwards my own.
"Indeed: well, perhaps so, if he could only see his way when once into them," replied the man with a loud laugh, in which he was joined by his companions. "What can you do, my little man?" said another of a slighter build than the first, coming forward and putting his hand upon Jemmy's head.
"Never mind Jemmy's wife, let's have Jemmy's song," said Spurey; "he hasn't piped since he was pulled up by the corporal." "No: he put my pipe out, the hippopotamus. Well, I'll give it you it shall be about what we are talking of, Obadiah."
Jemmy's eyes sparkled at this, and he said, "So I think, Gran." Then he sat looking at the fire, and then he began to laugh in a sort of confidence with the fire, and then he said, folding his arms across my esteemed friend's lap, and raising his bright face to hers. "Would you like to hear a boy's story, Gran?" "Of all things," replied my esteemed friend. "Would you, godfather?"
As soon as all was ready, Jemmy Ducks, who, much to Vanslyperken's wish, was left in charge of the cutter, received his orders to lie-to where he was, and when the tide made flood, to stand close in-shore; and all was prepared for a start, when it occurred to Vanslyperken that to leave Snarleyyow, after the threat of Jemmy's wife, and the known animosity of Smallbones, would be his death-warrant.
There was no entreaty in the words, but they pierced Captain Jemmy's heart like two stabs of a knife. He took a step forward and stretched out a hand as if to lay it on his old friend's shoulder. The little man jumped aside, faced him again, hissing out one word "You!" The arm dropped. "Jack I'm sorry; but you have drawn the wrong conclusion."
Hereupon Moggy held out one arm bent, and with the palm of her other hand slapped her elbow "There!" cried she. What Jemmy's wife meant by this sign, it is impossible for us to say; but that it was a very significant one was certain, for Mr Vanslyperken foamed with rage, and all the cutter's crew were tittering and laughing.
"Poor things! an' no wondher, wid such a haythen of a father; but, Jemmy, bring the heifer here first till I look at it, an' the sooner you bring it here the sooner they'll have relief, the crathurs." It is not our intention to follow up this iniquitous bargain any further; it is enough to say that the heifer passed from Jemmy's possession into his, at about the fourth part of its value.
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