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Tompkins, your looks tell me," said Col. Haughton. "No, I am not one of the ill-kine, Colonel," laughed his bride-elect. "Nor yet one of the lean-kine," said Trevalyon gaily. As the other ladies gathered about, a small London swell, who had come forward with a beaming face, saying: "Here we are again," and whom Mrs. Tompkins presented to Col. Haughton and Capt Trevalyon as "Sir Tilton Everly."
He was delighted to find a full strong company of artillery, subject to his orders, well supplied with clothing and money in all respects, and, much to the disgust of our Captain Tompkins, he took half of his company clothing and part of the money held by me for the relief of his worn-out and almost naked dragoons left behind at Los Angeles.
He hastily gathered them up and threw them in a pan which he handed to Tompkins, the man who had charge of the mules and who had entered into the agreement with him; the driver was still on the animal's back.
The lad threw himself into a position of defense as the two boys rushed at him. "Oi doan't want vor to hurt ee," he said again, "but if ee will have it, why, it won't be moi vault;" and swinging his arm round, he brought it down with such force upon the nose of Tompkins that the latter was knocked down like a ninepin, and, once down, evinced no intention of continuing the conflict.
With a strong but unsatisfactory effort to appear at ease, he sauntered into the bank. After the usual interchange of greetings, he nervously remarked, "Brother Hyde, as I was coming this way to- day to call on Brother Tompkins, I have taken the liberty to drop in to ask you a question on a matter in your line." "Very well," replied the banker, "I shall be happy to serve you."
"Indeed! who have you got me ticketed for?" and the pink eyes turned towards her step-mother. "Little Sir Tilton would be just her height, dear Mrs. Tompkins," and Mrs. Meltonbury clasped her hands in ecstasy. "Mrs. Tompkins will tell you how I love him," said Blanche disapprovingly.
Again that frozen, shrewd, steady study of my soul from her pale-yellow, unwinking eyes, trying to penetrate my mask of deception and rout out my true motives from my lying lips. There was a Mr. Tompkins in the front hall bedroom two flights up. Perhaps it was he I was seeking. He worked of nights; he never came in till seven in the morning. Or if it was really Mr. But no; I held firmly to Paley.
"Our party were completely outgeneralled in that measure." "Yes." "Bad news from London." "Yes, bad enough." "It has played the mischief with stocks." "Thank fortune, I don't deal in stocks." And thus Tompkins run on, and Wolford replied cold and sententiously for some ten minutes.
'It's intellect does it, says Silver Tompkins. 'Oh, that's it, eh? says Wind-River Smith. 'Well, I'm glad I'm not troubled that way. I'd rather have a forty-four chest than a number eight head any day you can find in the almanac. And I'm with Smithy. This knowing so much it makes you sick ain't any better than being so healthy you don't know nothing, besides being square miles less fun.
Tompkins privateer, and had received a considerable sum in prize-money, on returning home. They had used their money discreetly, having purchased an English prize-brig, at a low price, and fitted her out. On board the Tompkins, both had been foremost hands, and in prison they had messed in our bay, so that we had been hail-fellows-well-met; on Melville Island.
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