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"That is very strange," said I, "for whenever I was cruising in the lagoon I always kept an eye on the shore." "Then you moost 'ave been lookin' out abeam, or ahead, not astarn, vhere I 'appened to be," declared Van Ryn. "Possibly," I agreed, for I saw that the man was in an aggressively disputatious humour, and I wanted to have no words with him. "Well, what happened after that?
"What's the matter with you two fellows?" asked Ted Strong, the leader of the broncho boys, who was writing some letters at the big oak table in the center of the room. "Der pig, he moost die," cried Carl tragically. "Why, what has 'Oof' done now?" "He has ate all mein gabbages," answered Carl, with almost a sob. "Well, s'posin' he hez," said Bud.
"Faix, ya moost go owver to old Oireland to larn, me bhoy," he answered with a laugh. "Wait till ye kiss the blarney stone, an' thin ye'll know!" "I suppose it's what father calls the suaviter in modo," said I, laughing also, he put on such a droll look. "And I think, Mr Rooney, you possess the fortiter in re, too, from the way you can speak sometimes."
"Veil, you don't seem likes von silly girl, und I vill dry you; put you moost pe very schteady und batient, und but down shust vhat I say. Von leedle schlip, und I vas all vrong in mine vigures. Von preadth off hair down here ish oh so vide oop dere.
Passing by this ironical allusion of Harris to the current belief of all hands anent the watering of the men's grog by the steward, which was received with much favour by those standing round, Mick went on as gravely as a judge. "Yis, sor, it wor aboord this viry ship thet Oi sayd me last spirrit, sure," said he. "Lit me say it moost hev bin a wake, ay, or mebbe t'wor longer agone than thet.
Interest on board the Southern Cross was now intense in the fate of the dirigible. Even the old chief engineer had left his engines and wiping his hands with a bit of waste, stood gazing at the distressed cloud clipper. "The mon moost be daft," he exclaimed, "any mon that wud go tae sea in sic a craft moost be daft. It's fair temptin' o' providence."
Yet beneath his steady, questioning gaze her face slightly sobered, a faint flush becoming apparent in either cheek. "You talk so ver' funny, señor; you so big like de tree, an' say vords dat vay; it make me forget an' laf. You moost not care just for me. Pah! but it vas fight all de time vid you, was n't it, señor?
"Schon gut," Morris declared; "then you wouldn't got to go at all, because we ourselves would give you thirty." "I moost go," Harkavy said, shaking his head; "my fare is paid." "Pay 'em back the fare," Morris insisted "we would see you wouldn't lose it." Again Harkavy shook his head. "I got a bonus too," he declared "a thousand rubles." "What are you talking about, rubles?"
They saw under the white counterpane the dead body of his father stretched there, and the stain on the grim beard tilted to the ceiling. He loosed her and pushed her from him. "We moost coom out o' this," he muttered. He pushed her from the room, gently, with a hand on her shoulder, and made her go before him down the stairs. He went back into the room to pick up her hat.
Sure an' she moost be gittin' 'long rale well! An' ye're from th' hospital! Moira! Where's yer manners? Fetch th' little lady a chair! Katie, git a mug o' wather an' wan o' thim big crackers. Don't ye know how to trate comp'ny?"
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