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"Which finger was the blue ring tattooed on?" he asked, and he waited anxiously for the answer. "Let me see, it were on de right no, it were on de little finger ob de left hand." "Are you sure, Rad?" "Suah, Mistah Swift. I took 'tic'lar notice, 'cause he carried a stick in dat same hand." "It must be my man Happy Harry!" exclaimed Tom half aloud. "Which way did he go, Rad, after he left you?"
"My kitchen done turned upside down on me!" wailed Washington, "an' a whole kettle ob soup emptied on my head! Oh, golly! What happened?" The aged scientist looked toward the German. The latter was gazing up at the motionless Cardite motor over his head. "There is but one way," he answered. "We must restore our centre of gravity to where it was before. Then the projectile will right herself."
"You know the steamer?" "Yas, sah. Ah's seed her afore dis down et Saint Louee. She uster run down de ribber she's de John B. Glover. She ain't no great shakes ob a boat, sah." His eyes, which had been eagerly following the movements of the craft, turned and glanced at me. "Now dey's goin' fer ter cross over, sah, so's ter keep de channel.
"Aren't you afraid you'd get seasick, Aleck?" asked Sam. "I ain't afraid ob muffin, if only yo'll take me along," answered the darkey earnestly. "I suppose the steam yacht has its cook." "Dat might be, Massa Sam, but didn't I cook all right on dot houseboat?" "You certainly did." "Might be as how I could gab dot cook on de yacht seem p'ints as to wot yo' young gen'men like, ain't dot so?"
De eyes ob dat li'l' black Mose dey as big as de white chiny plate whut set on de mantel by side de clock, an' de sun jes a-settin'. So dat all right. Li'l' black Mose he scrooge' back in de corner by de fireplace, an' he 'low' he gwine stay dere till he gwine to bed.
"Dat's a fac'!" came from Old Ben. "It was jess like de crack ob doom, wasn't it?" He ran on deck, and Jack followed him, with Marion on the bottom of the companion way, not knowing whether to go up or remain below. The bolt had struck the wreck near the stern, ripping off a large part of the woodwork, and had passed along to one side. Just below the deck line a lively fire was starting up.
Dat de way de Wall Street gang dat been raisin' de price ob food gwine ter pass in dey checks in de Red Sea ob blood ob dis war. Moses an' de Jews went trabelin' ober de desert till one day dey gits so hungry dey makes a fatted calf ob gold while Moses up on Mount Sinai gittin' de law laid down.
Our Heabenly Maker, he gib us our lives an' de earth an' all as is on it, for ourselves free! And what have we to render him in turn? Nothing! And what does he 'quire ob us? On'y lub him and lub each oder, like human beings and 'mortal souls made in his own image to live forever! and not to screw and 'press each oder, and devour an' prey on each oder like de wild beastesses dat perish!
"'Spects dere's no need ob answerin' dat question," said she, quietly; "when de Lord's wid ye, dar ain't nobody gwine to 'vent yer workin' good, nohow." "But I don't know how to begin," said Noll, "even if I could do anything. There's so much to be done, and I've nothing to do with. And I'm afraid that Uncle Richard will forbid me to do anything about it.
I shall take de liberty, howsemeber, ob sendin' him some supper; an' she put a san'wich an' some cake an' a cup ob coffee on a waiter an' sen' me out to him whar he was sittin' by de fire in de edge ob de woods on de lawn.
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