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"Oh, but I can't take your rosary; that's absurd!" "You cannot take a few leedle pieces of vood from your friend? Vhy, dthose leedle voods are only dthe dthe dthe how you say? bones off dthe olive." I laugh till I ache. "Bones of the olive!" I almost roll off the lumber in a spasm of merriment. Mrs.
Assuredly the Americans are the best-natured people on earth! Here was a man whose house was nearly tumbling down about his ears always bating the principle in architecture just named and he could smile as Nero may be supposed to have done when fiddling over the conflagration of Rome. "But vhy might de vhittler vhittle down your house?"
“Yes, yes, but I expect you to use your common sense!” That was his invariable comeback. Now on the odder hand if you don't put on enough, vhy of course you see it's dis vay, naturally a guest vants to get his money's vorth, you can see dat for yourself—you've just got to use your common sense, you can see dat for yourself.” Not once, but day after day, night after night. Poor, poor Mrs. Schmitz!
And he pulled a half-dollar from his pocket. "Put away your money, you blamed idiot " the Ramblin' Kid began. "I'll bet him four-bits he can't!" Leon cried, jerking a coin from his own pocket. Skinny and Leon each handed the Ramblin' Kid fifty cents. "By thunder, I can," Skinny said, pausing, "that is, I'm willing to bet my money on it " "Vhy don't you go ahead and do it, then?" Leon exclaimed.
"She zay she know dthe Señorita vidth dthe pretty eyes would like dthe shaills, and dthat vas vhy she follow her in dthe church, but Señorita ees easy frighten. Señor must take gude care off her and nefer leaf her." Mrs. Steele smiles indulgently and draws out her watch. "It's time we were going," she says. "The San Miguel's lights will be all out, I'm afraid."
"Why you leab him, den, if he be good country, eh?" "Vhy you leaf Africa, canst you dell me dat?" retorted uncle Ro, somewhat coolly. "Nebber was dere," growled old Yop, bringing his blubber lips together somewhat in the manner the boar works his jaws when it is prudent to get out of his way. "I'm York-nigger born, and nebber seen no Africa; and nebber want to see him, nudder."
Hoch der Vaterland! Und der dears come to der eyes, I doand know because vhy, und der mens gry und shaike der hend, und der whole redgimend maerch off like dat, fairy broudt, bei Gott, der head oop high, und sing 'Die Wacht am Rhein. Dot wass Gravelotte." "And the monkey-wrench?" "Ach, I pick 'um oop vhen der batterie go. Der cennoniers hef forgedt und leaf 'um. I carry 'um in der sack.
Besides, if he was as wicked as Lucifer, the folks of the country don't know anything about it, sin' he's be'n away ever sin' he has be'n a man." "Vhy, den, gan't he haf as many votes as dat poor, ignorant fellow might haf? das ist ott." "It is odd, but it's true as gospel. Why, it may not be so easy to tell. Many men, many minds, you know.
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