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"The name of a pretty man, with brass studs and a copper ring and a tin watch-chain, a little mixed up with your own. That's all." "That's a very unkind picture of Mr. Shiner, for that's who you mean! The studs are gold, as you know, and it's a real silver chain; the ring I can't conscientiously defend, and he only wore it once."
The mercy be good unto me! Me thirty pounds! Where must I get thirty pounds! Does the joult head think I coin? Would he have me go on the highway? Who ever giv'd me thirty pounds? Marry come up! Thirty pounds? Why I came to Wenbourne-Hill with thrums immee pouch. Not a brass farthin more. And now show me the he or the hurr Shiner for shiner Hool a cry hold first?
But, old and new, they were one in purpose and in spirit. The trained muscles, the lithe young limbs of the new bore him bounding down the slope in half the time it took the elder. Shiner lay facing the coming throng, grim hate in his eyes and revolver in hand. In the fury of yells that arose he never heard the shout of encouragement from above.
"They were a peculiar family," said Mr. Shiner, regarding the hives reflectively. Geoffrey nodded. "Those holes will be the grave of thousands!" said Fancy. "I think 'tis rather a cruel thing to do." Her father shook his head.
"There," Ben said, with evident satisfaction, as he gave Paul one of the bundles to carry, "I guess when Shiner gets home, an' finds all these things, he'll think we're havin' a reg'lar party."
"Yes, Master Cringle," he said, in a whisper, "he was as kind hearted, and as brave a lad as ever trod on shoe leather, none of the larkings of the men in the clear moonlight nights ever reached the cabin through him, nor was he the boy to rouse the watch from under the lee of the boats in bad weather, to curry with the lieutenant, while he knew the look outs were as bright as beagles, and where was the man in our watch that wanted baccy while Mr Duncan had a shiner left?"
Why, who ever saw a respectable shiner goin' about with a three-legged stool for a blackin' box? It ain't the thing. The rig'lars chaffs me fit to throw it at their 'eads, they does only there's too many on 'em, an' I've got to dror it mild. A box I must have, or a feller's ockypation's gone. Look ye here! One bob, one tanner, and a joey!
I keep wondering when I'll wake up. And I wish I wish Battles and Shiner were here. I don't believe that Shiner ever had a sleigh-ride in his life Never; not once." "Indeed?" asked the lady, coldly. "No, ma'am. I mean, no, Miss Lucy. And he ain't much more'n a baby, Shiner ain't. Not near as old as I am." "How old are you, my dear?" "I guess I'm going on eight. Molly thinks I am.
Geordie!" cried Nolan, in sudden agony of spirit, "I never once dreamed of this!" It was, indeed, a moment of terror. Here, barely a dozen in all, were Nolan, Shiner, George Graham, and a few of the more intelligent, the Americans, among the miners.
Shiner that he would like him for a son-in-law, if he could get me; that he has his right hearty consent to come courting me!" "That is serious," said Dick, more intellectually than he had spoken for a long time. The truth was that Geoffrey knew nothing about his daughter's continued walks and meetings with Dick.
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