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She rallied all her strength, and pausing a moment to shift the weight of her baby to the other arm, once more set off through the night. A little while later she found on the edge of the sidewalk the peeling of a banana. It had been trodden upon and it was muddy, but joyfully she caught it up. "Hilda," she cried, "wake oop, leedle girl. See, loog den, dere's somedings to eat. Look den, hey?
"Ye must pay a pinny or ilse put your forefinger in," says McCarthy. They have an idea that all the strength of the medicine goes if the bottle is open, so they trot off with their fingers stuck in the necks. They have the most singular notions about medicines. "It's that strong that a spoon will stand oop in't!" is one man's description.
She set the tea-pot before Essy. "There's a coop of tae. An' there's bread an' drippin'. Yo'll drink it oop." But Essy, desolated, shook her head. "Wall," said Mrs. Gale. "I doan' want ter look at yo. 'T mak's mae seek." As if utterly revolted by the sight of her daughter, she turned from her and left the kitchen by the staircase door.
"Look 'ee 'ere, Tummas," said one short, thick-set man, addressing Bainton; "Look 'ee 'ere thy measter baint oop to mark this marnin'! Seemed as if he couldn't find the ways nor the meanin's o' the Lord nohow!" Bainton slowly removed his cap from his head and looked thoughtfully into the lining, as though seeking for inspiration there, before replying.
"For now, Barry, I haf to say take this schooner to Surabaya. It iss at the orders ouf dot navy mans. Hendrik has to rejoin his ship, unt it will take a week or so to clean oop all dose leedle things left py dose opium runners, I come mit you, too, unt if you are short ouf a mate, I can stand a watch yet. Now schall we start? Hendrik joins his ship outside."
"So no doubt would all of us; but I have no time for mere talk. Did you meet with any trouble during the night?" "Troubles? By Chiminy, yes, Captain, I vos hongry for six hour. I have took der belt oop dree time already, an' I vos empty yet. Troubles? Donnerwetter, it is all troubles." "Not that," sternly. "I mean, have the enemy kept you busy?"
He thought of the little monkey. "Dees is greet! dees is too goot! Jud, we peek it oop in de road, heh?" "I'm kinder afraid we'll wake an' find it a dream, Billy hurry up. Get the cash." Billy was thoughtful: "Tree hun'd'd dollars Jud eef eef " he shook his head. "Now, Billy," said Jud patronizingly "that's nonsense. Bonaparte will eat him alive in two minutes.
"Oh, it will be taken note of, don't fear." "I bet you!" growled the other, in evident admiration. "Undt so she goes oop, yes? Boom!" "Sh!" warned the other. "Never mind any talk about it." But the other was inclined to be voluble. Whistler thought the skipper of the oil tender, Braun, had been drinking. "And when alcohol is in the brain wit is very likely to move out," he muttered.
The point of the steel entered Tommy's back just where the heart should be, passed slowly through the shirt, and bit into the skin. Nor did it stop there; neither did it quicken, but just as slowly held on its way. He shrank back, quivering. "There! there! man! Pit it oop!" he shrieked. "I maun gie in!"
"Weel, noo, ye're a canny lass to coom and filch all old Malcom's secrets to set oop opposition to him. But then sin' ye do it sae openly I'll tell ye all I know. The big wourld ought to be wide enough for a bonnie lassie like yoursel to ha' a chance in it, and though I'm a little mon, I would na be sae mean a one as to hinder ye.
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