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"Me hope you tink of this, sar, and when you go on shore, you take Mesty wid you: he sarve you well, Massa Easy, long as he live, by de holy St. Patrick. And den, Massa Easy, you marry wife hab pickaninny lib like gentleman. You tink of this, Massa Easy." The mention of the word marriage turned the thoughts of our hero to his Agnes, and he made no reply.
There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland, and who were therefore nearer to him than you think: boys and girls in their nighties, and naked papooses in their baskets hung from trees. "Do you believe?" he cried. Tink sat up in bed almost briskly to listen to her fate.
"Ver' soon after dat, dey all come to de bank of river forty of 'em, I tink draggin' our comerades vid dem, all tied by de wrist Redhand, an' Big Valler, an' March, an' Hawksving, an' poor Monsieur Bertram. Mais, dat Monsieur Bertram, be most 'straordinary man! He terriblement frightened for every leetle ting, but him not fright von bit for big ting!
He was a very thin young man with a pale face and quiet grey eyes. Tony began to offer incoherent explanations. "But who are they?" demanded the young man, "they don't seem to belong to this street." "No, no, no," reiterated Tony, "dey are little fr-riends of mine dey come for a walk with me. Oh, I shall get into some trouble for dis, I tink!
Poor Mangrove at this time was pattering close to my heels, and I could hear him chuckling and laughing to himself. "What dis can be I say, Sneezer" to his never failing companion "what you tink, John Canoe after Spanish fashion, it mosh be, eh?" The dog began to jump and gambol about. "Ah," continued the black pilot, "no doubt it must be John Canoe I may dance why not eh? oh, yes I shall dance."
"About twenty miles, sah. Where you come from?" "We were off the mouth of the river, and were blown off in the gale." "You tink yourself berry lucky you get back," one of them said. "Berry foolish to go out like dat when not know how to get back." "Well, we have managed to get back now, you see, and none the worse for it. Now, Dan, up with the sail again."
"Been standing in the sun." "I'd ignore the whole thing," said Laurence. "Ten to one it's a trick. A stunt put up by our adversaries." "In our private code, Laurence? No, no, no. I tink it wass well we take some precautions with this gentlemen who wass so like our guest. You will telephone to Mr. Phillips please that I would like some of those roads that lead into London made difficult."
You'se all good Mis' Mayburn, de ole major, an' all are in de dark land ob unbelievin', like poor Missy Grace. She doesn't know how you'se all tink about her an' lub her; needer does you know how de good Lord tinks about you and lubs you. You guv me my liberty; you guv what I tinks a sight more on; you'se been kind to de poor old slave dat los' all her chillen in de weary days dat's gone.
"All right," I goes on. "Now the address, Tink. Jersey, eh? Well, it's likely you'll hear from Mr. Ellins before the week's out. But don't get your hopes up; for he turns down enough propositions to fill a waste basket every day. Express elevator at No. 5. So long," and I chokes off Mr. Tuttle's vote of thanks by wavin' him out the door.
Did not you tell God thanked for that? A. No, I have neither thanked him for his mercy, nor feared him for his power. Wife. Then me not believe your God be good, nor makee kill, when you makee him angry. A. Alas! must my wicked life hinder you from believing in him? Wife. How can me tink your God lives there? A. Yes, my dear, he hears us speak, sees what we do, and knows what we even think. Wife.
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