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It was an absolutely perfect clay, as shiny as the black ball at Pool. I took it reverently, but I was firm. 'Will you tell us about the ghost-fight if I do? I said. 'Is ut the shtory that's troublin' you? Av course I will. I mint to all along. I was only gettin' at ut my own way, as Popp Doggle said whin they found him thrying to ram a cartridge down the muzzle. Orth'ris, fall away!
'Why not save expinse, says he, 'an' ship the crew av this German liner that's interned over in Richardson's Bay? Riggins, to make a long shtory short, we have thim this minute, an' the dear God knows that even if shipped at the German scale av wages that gang'll prove a dear crew to the Blue Star Navigation Company if you an' I, Riggins, fail to do our djooty.
"How you know so much 'bout him?" asked Red Ben, a heavy frown on his face. "It's a long shtory, an' Oi'll not tell ye the whole av it. Oi wur paid to hilp do him a bad turn, an' Oi troied to bate th' head off him. It's a foine lickin' Oi got. Afther thot he saved me loife whin a mad buck had me down an' wur about cuttin' me to pieces wid his hoofs.
It was an absolutely perfect clay, as shiny as the black ball at Pool. I took it reverently, but I was firm. "Will you tell us about the ghost-fight if I do?" I said. "Is ut the shtory that's troublin' you? Av course I will. I mint to all along. I was only gettin' at ut my own way, as Popp Doggle said whin they found him thrying to ram a cartridge down the muzzle. Orth'ris, fall away!"
The laundress hurdled the ambiguous pronouns like a thoroughbred. "Is it th' trut' ye're tellin' me?" she demanded, forgetting her graces, and grounding her saucer with a clatter. "Cross me hear-rt," said the housemaid, enjoying her sensation. "Ye'll excuse me intherruptin' " "Ye're no intherruptin'. 'Tis th' ind iv th' shtory." "But phat did th' good ma-an say?"
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