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I forgot ye can swaller nothin' but Toorko cum, squaki lorum ho po, doddie jairum frango whiskie looro whack? eh! Arrah! ye don't need to answer for fear the effort opens up yer wounds afresh. Farewell, lads, or may be it's wishin' ye fair-wind would be more nat'ral."
Dan," cried another, as a man forced his way through the crowded room towards the fire, "you've bin in Toorkey, I believe; I say, try them fellers wi' a screed o' Toorko. P'raps they'll make that out." The individual addressed was very different from the men amongst whom he stood.
I would try him wi' Frinch, but it's clear as ditch wather that he's half drownded still." Convinced that Dan Horsey's "Toorko" was of no use, the fishermen at length allowed him to retire. While this scene was enacting in the cottage, I was hasting up from the beach, where the lifeboat men had rendered good service that night.
"Ye can speak Toorko, can't ye?" "Maybe I can," he replied cautiously. "Well, I'm told that Toorkey lies to the suthard o' Roosia, just as England lies to the suthard o' Scotland, an' so, mayhap, they'll understand a bit Toorko." "Faix, av they don't understand Thoorko better nor the English understand Scotch, it's little speed I'll come wi' them," said Dan with a leer.
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