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"Vell," he began as he burst into the store and stopped in front of Denver, "I vant an answer, right avay, on dat property I showed you the udder day. I joost got a letter from a chentleman in Moroni inquiring about an option on dat claim and " "You can give it to him," cut in Denver, "I've just closed with Mr. Hill for that Number One claim up the crick."
'No, I'm sorry to say I've never set eyes on her. 'The mistress is joost daft aboot her, observed McIntosh, querulously; 'and she's ganging tae look all thro' the toun tae find the puir wee thing. 'I hope she will! said M. Vandeloup, who devoutly hoped she wouldn't. 'Will you come and have a glass of wine, Mr McIntosh?
"Never think it!" cried Bishopriggs, fervently. "If there's ain thing mair than anither that I'm carefu' to presairve intact, it's joost the respectful attention that I owe to Sir Paitrick. I'll make sae bauld, miss, au to chairge ye wi' that bit caird. He handed a dirty little card to Blanche containing the name and address of a butcher in Edinburgh. "Sawmuel Bishopriggs," he went on, glibly.
These two disturbing letters arrived on the day that Joost came home from Germany, after the English mail for the day had gone.
When that was done, it was necessary to lay the table for dinner and superintend the getting of that meal. The Van Heigens dined at four. It had taken Julia all the month she had been with them to in any way get used to that time. Mijnheer and the only son, Joost, came in from the office for two hours then.
Ninety ships of war under Warmond, admiral, and Van der Does, vice-admiral of Holland; and Justinus de Nassau, admiral, and Joost de Moor, vice-admiral of Zeeland; together with fifty merchant-vessels of the best and strongest, equipped and armed for active service, composed a formidable fleet.
"Nobody here!" exclaimed Arnold, looking round. "Where is she?" Mr. Bishopriggs pointed to the bedroom door. "Eh! yer good leddy's joost in the bedchamber, nae doot!" Arnold started. But the result of putting the deception in practice was, to say the least of it, a little embarrassing at first.
This idea pleased him very well; it satisfied his notions of integrity and fair dealing and also his thrifty soul, which found trying the otherwise unavoidable duty of paying a long price for what had been freely given. From this Joost could not move him, so there was nothing for him to do but write distressfully to Julia and explain and apologise.
Hamburger, who was standing under an old butternut-tree and looking down at a round, hollow place in the ground. He was smoking very hard. "Hab you seen my dog?" asked Julius. "Hold shtill, poy! Joost you vait. Hi! Dere goes dose vootshuck!" "Dat's so. He's coming right up out ob de hole, and dar ain't no dog to foller him!" Away went the woodchuck, and Julius gave him up for lost; but Mr.
Orendorf was unable to adjust her mental view to the varying argument; she cast a sullen and puzzled eye on the amiable Irish woman, and said, grimly: "It isn't joost yoong mans vot kan spend money. Freda don't have got no yoong mans, 'cause her Schatz vent to der var und die py der fever in Florida " "Sure he did that!" cried Mrs. O'Brien, "an' 'twas a fine man an' a fine carpenter he was.
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