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The eyes of the two men met.... Spence had never seen eyes like that ... they dazzled him like sudden sunlight on a blade of steel ... they clung to his mind and bewildered it ... he forgot the question at issue ... he forgot Just then Li Ho opened the kitchen door. "Get 'um lunch now," said Li Ho, in his toneless drawl. "Like 'um egg flied? Like 'um boiled?" Spence sank back upon his pillow.
See my argument, don't you, Mr. Ellery?" "Yes, I guess so." "Um hm! Why, land sakes, names don't mean nothin' with seafarin' men. I've seen the time when I had more names Humph! Looks kind of squally off to the east'ard, don't it?" That night the sick man was much worse. His ravings were incessant.
"Boss, him no come back. P'raps him bin shoot, eh?" "Which way did he go?" asked Sax again. "It sounded quite close." "Me find um all right." "I vote we go too," said Vaughan. Yarloo looked at him for a moment in hesitation; then he pointed to the other blacks and said: "No two fella white man go. No leave um camp quite 'lone. See?" "He's right, Boof," said Sax. "You go with Yarloo.
I want to gallop, and get it done. Hullo! old Dark Night; I didn't know you were there." This was to Joeboy, who was walking with one hand on the cantle of my saddle. "Um!" said Joeboy; "come along take care of Boss Val." "Good boy!" said Denham banteringly. "Take care of me too." "Um! Yes!
Much obliged to him. 'Yes, said Andrew, who was gladly watching Old Tom's change of mood with a quiescent aspect. 'Um! must keep it quiet from his poor old mother. Andrew again affirmatived his senior's remarks. That his treatment of Old Tom was sound, he presently had proof of.
Meanwhile the driver picked himself up and removed his coat as a proper preliminary to engagement. "Put 'em up," he invited Cranbourne. "Put 'um up, you " but the descriptive titles he employed do not affect the narrative. Cranbourne shook his head and tugged a note case from his pocket. "Five pounds," he said, "if you answer my question. Where did you get it?"
When he jumped up Andrews noticed that he had a corporal's two stripes on his arm. "Hello, Andy." They shook hands warmly. "A' you all right now, ole boy?" "Sure, I'm fine," said Andrews. A sudden constraint fell upon them. "That's good," said Chrisfield. "You're a corporal now. Congratulations." "Um hum. Made me more'n a month ago." They were silent. Chrisfield sat down in his chair again.
The tramp, in the shadow of the trees, caught his breath sharply, then laughed to himself at Peace's supposition and Cherry's horrified exclamation, "Why, Peace Greenfield, what ever put such a crazy idea into your head? supposing the sun was a frying pan?" "I bet it would make a good one, and I'll bet the cakes would be dandy, too! Um m m! I can smell 'em now.
The Frenchman looked puzzled, then, "By Gar you look de good look. I let um go. I tink you pretty good fellow, parbleu!"
I was not startled at the irreverence of the expression, however, as sacred names were familiar interjections of Mammy's, as of all her race. "Ev'y button off'n these draw's," Mammy answered to my alarmed question alarmed because I anticipated some disaster to my wardrobe. "Hit's a mortal shame. I'll take 'em home, an' Monday I'll get some buttons on Broad Street an' sew um on."
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