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'Messin' about touchin' up or makin' colour. He never does 'is share of a job like this; 'e knows 'ow to work things all right for 'isself. 'What if 'e does? We'd be the same if we was in 'is place, and so would anybody else, said Slyme, and added sarcastically: 'Or p'haps you'd give all the soft jobs to other people and do all the rough yerself!
"What do they cost, Dan?" "Hills o' dollars. Fifteen thousand, p'haps; more, mebbe. There's gold-leaf an' everything you kin think of." Then to himself, half under his breath, "Guess I'd call her Hattie S., too." That was the first of many talks with Dan, who told Harvey why he would transfer his dory's name to the imaginary Burgess-modelled haddocker.
"Messmates," said Tim Rokens, who for some time had leaned with both elbows on his oar and his face buried in his hands, "wot d'ye say to a bath? I do believe it 'ud do us good." "P'haps it would," replied King Bumble; but he did not move, and the other men made no reply, while Rokens again sank forward.
The next instant, however, he slumped down beside her upon the floor, where both the man and the woman sat in silence gazing into the fire. The man was the first to speak. "Send me up Polka. Say, p'haps me marry you huh?" he said, coming to the point bluntly. Wowkle's eyes were glued to the fire; she answered dully: "Me don't know."
It would cost me my commission if I should try to do what you have done. "'Well, gentlemen, I says, 'what was wrong about it? What's the matter with the Screamer's rig? "'Well, the size of the rope for one thing, says the Colonel, 'and the boom. "'Well, p'haps you ain't looked it over, I says, and I began unravelling an end that stuck out near the shackle.
'P'haps some of the other "believers" would like to, said the young man sneeringly, looking round upon the disciples. As no one seemed desirous of availing himself of this offer, the man returned the bottle regretfully to his pocket.
P'haps that chap in the next caboose, in a fur coat an' top hat, is the steward. An' wot'll Tagg say?" "I don't know," said Dick, half inclined to resent this open scorn. "Who is Tagg, anyhow?" Stump instantly became silent. He seemed to remember his "sailing orders." He muttered something about "playin' me for a sucker," and shut his lips obstinately.
Mose, yo's gwine to be a married man one of dese days yo'self, an' yo' wants a little cabin of yo' own; and ef yo' hoe dis row to de end an' circumwent dese 'spiring men, p'haps Mas'r LeMonde gwine give yo' de cabin an' Miss Viola gwine put lots o' nice tings in it. Dat's de proposition; an', Mose, yo' got to keep yo' wooly head mighty cool an' calc'lating.
Half-way over she stopped and reminded him in a most apathetic manner: "P'haps me not stay marry to you for long." "Huh seven monse?" queried Jackrabbit in the same tone. "Six monse," came laconically from the woman. In nowise disconcerted by her answer, the Indian now asked: "You come soon?"
"Don't you want to see the new dress Rhoda's doll is going to have? I suppose you could make your doll's dress yourself?" It seemed a hard thing to say. Feeling round was not pleasant. "P'haps I could, but she doesn't wear dresses," Rebecca Mary answered, gravely. "No?" This was puzzling. "Her clothes don't come off, I suppose?" Then it could not be the nice, friendly doll. "No'm.
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