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He was persuaded to do what he had done by the gentlemen whom he supposed engaged in an honest enterprise. In truth, he had never suspected them of a design to get honest people's money in a dishonest way. "If I toos t' shentlemens a favors, und ta makes t' money, und I makes no money, und t' peoples don't get no money pack, what I cot t' do mit him?"
If you do, I call upon these men present to witness the act, for, as I have said, if you go beyond a certain point I will make you trouble, and justly, too." "Nah, nah! vat for I do so mean a ting? You but your hand in my bocket ven you takes my dinners, my lagers, and my brandies, but I no do vat no shentlemens does.
This counting of our forces and the sinews of war is good enough in advance; but I must insist on an answer from Mr. Seigerman. Will you become our candidate?" "Shentlemens, how can I refuse to be one sheriff? The cattle-mens must be protec. I accep."
So she courtesied off poor Duncan, who departed, saying in his secret soul, "Cot tamn her English impudence! she takes possession of the minister's house as an it were her ain and speaks to shentlemens as if they were pounden servants, and per tamned to her! And there's the deer that was shot too but we will send it ower to the Manse, whilk will pe put civil, seeing I hae prought worthy Mrs.
Several of our officers had assembled to bid him good-by, and I happened to be passing along, and witnessed what transpired. The few farewell remarks of the old man were punctuated by the roar of the big guns of our army and navy pounding away at Vicksburg, and the incident impressed me as somewhat pathetic. Then, with a wave of his hand to all the little group, "Goot-by, shentlemens, all."
On one occasion, while inspecting the arms and accoutrements of our regiments, when he came to inspect Company H he said, "Shentlemens, vatfor you make de pothook out of de sword and de bayonet, and trow de cartridge-box in de mud? I dust report you to Sheneral Bragg. Mine gracious!"
When morning dawned they again climbed into their saddles and continued on towards the kraal of the boer. When, as they supposed, within about five miles of the house, they met two strange horsemen coming in the opposite direction. "Goot morgen, shentlemens!" saluted one of the strangers as they drew near. "I'm glat to meet some ones coming your ways. Hash you seen anything of our horses?"
"Tom has learned to hold his tongue, he must be up to some dam' good thing," opined another; while a man with hooked features and of German extraction who was supposed to be agent for a Dutch crockery house the famous "Sphinx" mark broke in resentfully: "Nefer mind him, shentlemens, he's matt, matt as a Marsh Hase. Dree monats ago I call on board his prig to talk pizness.
"The Captain, man," interrupted Duncan; "folk winna ken wha ye are speaking aboot, unless ye gie shentlemens their proper title." "The Captain, then," said David, "assures me that the call is unanimous on the part of the parishioners a real harmonious call, Reuben."
"The Captain, man," interrupted Duncan; "folk winna ken wha ye are speaking aboot, unless ye gie shentlemens their proper title." "The Captain, then," said David, "assures me that the call is unanimous on the part of the parishioners a real harmonious call, Reuben."
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