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"Remember the rumpus we had, Mr. MacMasters and us fellows, when those Germans tried to recapture the Graf von Posen?" Ikey asked his mates. "Are we likely to forget it?" retorted Al. "What about it, Ikey?" asked Michael Donahue, complacently. "It was a lovely fight!" "Do you s'pose the fellows on this oil tender we are chasin' will fight?" asked Ikey. "Not a chance.
"I comed ever so far out of my way," said the cabman, "to avoid the rumpus with the homnibuses at the hill, cause the ladies' things is so heavy we'd never got up if the 'orse had once jibbed." All which, though it had nothing to do with the matter, seemed to impress the policeman with the idea that the cabman, if not a true man, was going to be too clever for them on this occasion.
There was no reply, that is, nothing in the way of an answering voice; but all of them caught a peculiar sound that kept up intermittently for almost a full minute. "Now, what sort of a queer rumpus would you call that?" asked Step Hen.
He had been afraid of a rumpus and he had improved his time by making those blessed lepers he was guarding saddle up four horses. We were ready for him. Lyte had accounted for three kokuas, and between us we untangled Burnley from a couple more. The whole settlement was in an uproar by that time, and as we dashed away somebody opened upon us with a Winchester.
"That's what they call them that keeps order; I disremember where I heard it. Larsen, if anybody starts raising a rumpus, it's up to you to shut 'em up." "I'll sure do it," declared Larsen. "You can sure leave that to me, judge." He hoisted his gun belt around so that the gun butt hung more forward and readier to his hand. "Denver, you're the jailer. You see the prisoner don't get away.
They have, one, Ducie Street; two, Howards End, where my great rumpus was; three, a country seat in Shropshire; four, Charles has a house in Hilton; and five, another near Epsom; and six, Evie will have a house when she marries, and probably a pied-a-terre in the country which makes seven. Oh yes, and Paul a hut in Africa makes eight. I wish we could get Howards End.
As I glanced at the sturdy limbs of the giant miner I thought that he would be apt to meet but few men who would not prefer the shooting to the licking. "You often have trouble here in Ballarat?" Fred asked. "Well, no, I can't say that I see much of it. Sometimes the fellers make a rumpus, but they generally let me alone, and that's all I ax of 'em. But whar's that 'ere licker we's to have?
"Now I understand why all this rumpus has been kicked up!" cried the marine officer. "The man who warned you is Lieutenant Rae?" The detective nodded. "Then he is causing us to be delayed for purposes of his own," the officer stormed. "He aims to get to Peking in advance of us. We must be permitted to depart immediately." He moved toward the door, but the detective stood in his way.
"There wuz that rumpus two-three weeks ago down in Market Square. A little more and that affair could have growed into a first-class race riot. And here last Saturday night followed that mix-up out by the Union Depot when Policeman Gip Futtrell got all carved up and two darkies got purty extensively shot.
Does she think that all the men in the world are in love with her at her age? First Mrs. Temple making such a rumpus, and now this " "At first I thought just as you do," Ada said, helplessly. "Of course there can't be anything in it and yet I'm sure I don't understand the situation at all.
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