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"Vely well." Hop Lee's impassive face betrayed no perplexity as he departed. In the course of a season he waited on hundreds of wild men from the hills, drunk and sober. Dave helped himself to bread from a plate stacked high with thick slices. He buttered it and began to eat. Hart did the same. At Delmonico's nobody ever waited till the meal was served.

In Nagasaki, a little brown Jappy-chappie of great learning, who was a prince or something or other of that sort, which made it possible for Harvard to know him, asked in choppy English about "the gweat, the vely gweat anti-kwatties in y'or Souf Wes'." When young Harvard got it through his head that "anti-kwatties" meant antiquities, he rolled a cigarette and went out for a smoke; but it came back at him again in Egypt.

He smiled a wide comprehensive smile, but looked very solemn again, saying directly, "You no go chapella; you no mishnally. Me no close; no go chapella; vely bad. That this was no figure of speech I proved fully that day, for I declare that the recess between any of the services never lasted more than an hour.

'There is something to tell there is! Don't I know it vely well by your voice?

As it is, these letters are among the curiosities of amatory correspondence. When Swift writes "oo" for "you," and "deelest" for "dearest," and "vely" for "very," there is no need of an interpreter; but "rettle" for "let ter," "dallars" for "girls," and "givar" for "devil," are at first rather difficult to guess. Then there is a system of abbreviating.

Excellency Kyong-Bah tell me say you he must havee those lifles, and think you get them safe thlough if you vely quick and caleful; but he tell me say you must hully, ol you be caught." "And that's over a week ago!" groaned Drake. "What chance have we, think you, Mr Frobisher, of getting this cargo safely through now?"

Now he decided to make a selection himself. "Vely well. Bleef steak and hlam'neggs." "Fried potatoes done brown, John." "Flied plotatoes. Tea or cloffee?" "Coffee," decided Dave for both of them. "Warm mine." "And custard pie," added Bob. "Made from this year's crop." "Aigs sunny side up," directed his friend. "Fry mine one on one side and one on the other," Hart continued facetiously.

Brett felt that she was too full, and would overflow with tears in an instant. "This is vely bad!" gasped Jiro. "Oh, Nummie dear, have we been doing wrong?" moaned his spouse. The barrister determined to frighten them thoroughly. "It is a grave question with the authorities whether they should not arrest you instantly," he said. "On what charge?" cried Jiro.

'I could cly before you, as I cly often and often ... in seclet ... for my childlen.... 'You cry in secret? This is news 'Yes, yes, I cly. Is not the burden of the world heavy upon me, too? and the work I have to do vely, vely gleat?

A dozen paces straight through the underbrush, then a sharp turn at right angles for no apparent reason, only to veer again suddenly in a new direction! Thus, turning and twisting, the tortuous way led them toward the south end of the island, until Sing, who was in advance, gave a sharp cry of surprise. "Klick! Look see!" he cried excitedly. "Blig blute dead vely muchee dead."