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Breakin' hearts an' spoilin' lives aw've seen them floowers bloomin'." "'E didn't break no witherin' 'earts, an' 'e didn't spoil no lives. The lydies was both married afore Macnamara got as far as Wady Halfar. 'E break 'earts not much! 'E went to Khartoum to be quiet." "Aw'm pityin' the laads that married them lasses." "'Ere, keep your bloomin' pity. I wuz one.
Admiral Dubois de la Motte commanded the fleet; and lest the English should try to intercept it, another squadron of nine ships, under Admiral Macnamara, was ordered to accompany it to a certain distance from the coast. There was long and tedious delay.
After a few seconds, however, with a sort of gasp, like a man awaking from a frightful sleep, he said 'Betty, take the mistress to her room; and to his wife, 'go, sweetheart. Mrs. Macnamara, this must be explained, he added; and taking her by the hand, he led her in silence to the hall-door, and signed to the driver. 'Oh! thank you, Mr.
You never saw a people more sorry in your life. Athon Daze apologised, sent wood and milk and fowls and all sorts of things; and I gave five rupees to the shrine and told Macnamara that he had been injudicious.
"What I said was this," he began indignantly. Again there was a roar of laughter. "Say, you fellers, shut up and give a feller a chance. The Captain wants to resign. I say 'No. He is a darned good scout. We want him and we won't let him go. Let him keep his card." "By the powers," roared Macnamara, "it is a goal, Snoopy. It's a humdinger. I second the motion."
But Macnamara's wits were not wool-gathering, and when Slatin said to him, "If I escape, I will try to arrange yours," Macnamara replied, with a respectful but placid stolidity: "Right, sir. Where does the old sinner keep his spoof?" It was now for Slatin to keep a hold on himself, for Macnamara's reply was unexpected.
At first he chafed under the hourly duplicity necessary in his service to the Khalifa, then he took an interest in it, and at last he wept tears of joy over his dangerous proficiency. Day after day Macnamara waited, in the hope of making sure that the Khalifa's treasure was under the room where he slept.
It has often been said, as Mr. Macnamara remarks, that man can resist with impunity the greatest diversities of climate and other changes; but this is true only of the civilised races. Man in his wild condition seems to be in this respect almost as susceptible as his nearest allies, the anthropoid apes, which have never yet survived long, when removed from their native country.
"It was six days ago that I happened to call at the Old Prospector's house." "To see the preacher, I guess," interrupted Ike gravely, winking at Macnamara, who responded with a hearty "Ha! ha! Of course!" "Quit that, Ike," said Sinclair sternly. "We have got business on hand."
But Dangerfield laughed his quiet hollow 'ha! ha! ha! and said promptly, 'A strange old nurse I make, Miss Macnamara. But what can I do? Mrs. Sturk has left me in charge, and faith I believe our patient's looking mighty badly. He had observed Miss Mag glancing from him to the dumb figure in the bed with a puzzled kind of horror.
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