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No otter would ever dare do that. In a fight in a place like that the beaver, which has such strong teeth and is such a strong little brute anyway, would have the advantage every time. The otter works in 'nother way. The beaver fam'ly had been busy all through the summer hidin' their strips o' poplar and birch and willows in the bottom o' the lake which they had made.
Presently Captain Horn saw him running toward him, accompanied by the two other negroes. "'Nother boat over there," cried Cheditafa, as the captain approached him, "'nother boat, but badder than this. No good. Cook with it, that's all."
You see, 'twas a good while sence Jonadab and me had been to a wedding, and we know there'd be mostly young folks there and a good many big-bugs, we presumed likely, and 'twas going to cost consider'ble to get rigged not to mention the price of passage, and one thing a' 'nother.
Carn dry long. No good one man work himself. Subpose have mate he give hand along nother man. One man messin' abeaut. One small beg oyster one day. My word, 'Dorphy' smart boy good-for-working boy!" As a lone hand his honour thrown upon himself Hamed was so precise and methodic that by the time the second "beg," had been painfully chipped off semi-submerged rocks, the first was past its prime.
We's all got to die, sometime or 'nother. Don't mind me: I'm yer pap's oldest friend on this coast hev' prospected an' dug an' washed up with him sence '49; and a kinder comrade a man never hed. In course, I consider it my dooty an' privilege to see that you're took car' ov.
And sometimes I fell asleep there, in my chair, and didn't wake up till after midnight, and the house Oh, the devil! Please get me, Carrie. I just want you to know how welcome you'll be if you ever do come. But I'm not asking you to." "You're It's awfully " "'Nother thing. I'm going to be frank. I haven't always been absolutely, uh, absolutely, proper.
"The other for the fight," I said, feeling pleased to have met a Chinaman who was not dishonest and grasping. "You wantee 'nother fight morrow?" he said, looking at me sharply. "Don't know. Not aflaid." "No, no; you don't understand," I cried, laughing. "We give you six dollars instead of three." Ching nodded, and the silver money disappeared up his sleeve.
"You've had too much already, Hanks," he said sharply; "just shut up, and stand out of the road." "Oh, no offence!" muttered the man, staggering aside to let the cousins pass; "'nother time'll do jus' the same."
I used to think they was placed there for show, but it's to keep the air off of folks a goin' through the entry, and it ain't a bad thought, nother.
Tryin' to save a half dollar; when you know it'll give you the rheumatiz, and cost ten in doctor bills! 'Nother thing; it's mean mean as dirt. You know there's poor devils who need the work, and you're cheatin' 'em out of it. But it's just like yer! A-a-h!" and then the saw began again.
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