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"It is either the Koh-i-noor or an exact duplicate," said Mr. Czenki. "It is the Koh-i-noor," repeated Mr. Cawthorne doggedly. "Id seems to me," interposed Mr. Schultze, "dat if der Koh-i-noor vas missing somebody would haf heard, ain'd id? I haf nod heard. Mr. Czenki made a misdake der oder day maybe you make id to-day?" "You have made a mistake, I assure you, Mr. Cawthorne," remarked Mr.
He so nice I just hate to have to fool him, but maybe I get chance to make eet all up some day you tink so? Merciful saints! Ve are queer, ve vomens! Eet vas alvays de voman vat does like de vay you do, hey? Ve vas mooch fools all de time." "Yes, we are 'much fools'; that seems ordained. Yet there are true, noble men in this world, Mercedes, and blessed is she who can boast of such a friendship.
"Here, have a drink of beer first," said the host, pouring out a foaming glass. Warder shook his head. Winklemann remarked that, "beer vas goot, ver goot, but they had been used to vatter of late." "Ah!" he added, after devouring half a slice of bread while waiting for Cora to prepare another; "blessed brod an' booter!
"Von minute your Honor, von minute," replied the wretch. "I will soon finish de account. As I vas saying, I remember dat dis voman vas standing leaning by de safe and mine clerk tells me to go to de Trug Shtore, as de voman vent in dere, and I goes in de Trug Shtore, and Mr.
"No, no; it was Ian, of course." "Ach, so! Ian he vas." "You were thinking of his father," she smiled. "Yes, his fazzer." She reflected sagely. "I am afraid I get my facts mixed up some times. Ian ah, Reginald came before him not Fergus!" "Reginald oh yes, so he did!" She looked a trifle disappointed. "If I were you I should know them all by heart," said she. "I vill learn zem.
"Mister Peale, he tolt me, I must gall him mit der telephone, but der nomber she vas gone oudt of mine head!" He blinked at her with his short-sighted eyes and laid a big hairy hand on the gate. "You must you mustn't come in," she said breathlessly. "I will call Mr. Beale sit sit down again." "Sch," he said obediently, and shuffled back to his chair, "dell him der Herr Brofessor it was."
Vell, he vas here yesterday, and vas very polite. If I'd just tell him all about everything, he thought as 'ow the Baronet would settle the affair off 'and. He vas very generous in his offer, vas Mr. Boltby; but he didn't say nothin' of any marriage, Captain 'Oshspur." "Of course he didn't. You are not such a fool as to suppose he would."
When he began to employ himself on that science forty-five years ago, there existed in this country no collection which could facilitate the study of mineralogy. Docimacy vas scarcely known here by name. M. SAGE directed his studies and labours to the research and analysis of minerals. For twenty years he has delivered gratis public courses of chymistry and mineralogy.
"Brown?" she exclaimed eagerly. "Stutter Brown? Oh, call him back; cannot you call him back?" The young Mexican shook her head, her white teeth gleaming, as she drew her shoulder free from the fingers clasping it. "You vas too late, señorita," she replied, sweetly confident. "He vas already gone to de 'Little Yankee. But he speak mooch to me first." "Much about what?"
"Veil, I vill soon finish," he remarked, "as I was saying, I goes up de shtreet von little more vays and I ask anoder man vere dis voman vas, and he shust look on me and shay he vould not tell noting to von tam Tutchman, and I go to von oder man and he show me von little log cabin, and I goes up dere softly and I sees dis voman in dere."
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