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Getting his hat he left the school-room and went to a near-by drug store to have his wounds dressed. While he was gone, the children took charge of the school-room and played pranks of every description. Abe Lincoln took the teacher's chair and played "'fessor." "Sallie Ann ain't yer got wax in yer mouf?" "Yes sar." "Den take dis stick and prop yer mouf opun fur half hour.

"Yes, my dear," he said timidly, trying to look dignified the while before the company. "And what was you doing in such a place as a dancing garding, Mister Mole, sar?" demanded his dusky rib, in a voice which sounded dangerous. "I went, my dear, to study character," said Mr, Mole timidly.... "What?" thundered Mrs. Mole. He trembled, and faltered something almost inaudibly.

But the Homeric Greek had long since forgotten that Helena and Paris were anything more than semi-divine mortals, the daughter of Zeus and the son of the Zeus-descended Priam. But the Greek could not know that Zeus was derived from a root div, "to shine," or that Helena belonged to a root sar, "to creep." Phonetic change thus helped him to rise from fetichism to polytheism.

"If you please, sar," he said, when at last he had returned to his master, "if you please, Miss Nellie say how you must fotch her somethin', and the old woman spec's a present in honor of de 'casion." Dr.

For news we depend on Tom. He appears reticent at first, but be patient. Let him put the soap on, and then tap him gently. "Well, Tom, what news this morning?" "No news, sar." After a long pause, "Commissioner Saheb coming to- morrow." "To-morrow? No, he is not coming for three weeks." "To-morrow coming. Not telling anybody; quietly coming." "Why?" "God knows."

'You heard me say that; how did you hear it? I exclaimed, in surprise. 'Why, sar, de front winder ob de carriage war down jess a crack, and I hard all you said. 'Did you let it down on purpose? 'P'r'aps so, massa. Whot's de use ob habin' ears, ef you don't h'ar? 'Well, I suppose not much; and you tell all you hear to the other negroes?

"No, sar, me free man. Me work there; carpenter, sar." "A carpenter! How did you learn your trade, and obtain your freedom?" "Larn trade board man-of-war, sar man-of-war make me free." Mr Berecroft, who had been listening to the colloquy, took up the discourse. "Were you born in this country?" "No, sar! me Ashantee man." "Then how did you come here?"

Newman will see you, sar, in the library. I will induct you thither." "Thank you," answered Hector, secretly amused at the airs put on by his sable conductor. Seated at a table, in a handsomely furnished library, sat a stout gentleman of kindly aspect. He rose quickly from his armchair and advanced to meet our hero. "I am glad to see you, my young friend," he said.

"Cyd!" said Master Archy, when the boat came up to the steps, and the rowers had tossed their oars. "Sar!" replied Cyd, exploding the word as though he had been a member of Monsieur Crapeau's class in French elementary sounds, and with a start which seemed to shake every fibre in his wiry frame. "Do you know where my boxing gloves are?"

"Oh, boss, I would " "Don't tell me you'd die and kill yourself for me. I want you to live and find this girl for me. I'll take you out to-day, after office hours, and show you the place; then you'll have to do the rest. You talk Spanish, you know. But, above all, don't tip off." "Tip h'off? What shall I be climbing, sar?" "I mean you mustn't tell a soul." "Never fear, boss.