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Weller, who, having tied his shawl with the aid of a small glass that hung in the window, was now, by dint of the most wonderful exertions, struggling into his upper garments. 'Vait a minit' Sammy; ven you grow as old as your father, you von't get into your veskit quite as easy as you do now, my boy.
A small space was reserved for Murden, Fred, and myself, but it did not look large enough to seat one of us comfortably. In the corner opposite to me was the wounded man, and partly resting upon one of the police was Rover, as quiet and orderly a dog as ever suffered confinement for the purpose of saving life. "And von't you take me in?" asked Steel Spring, as Murden entered our over-crowded den.
Vonce you got it they von't gif you dime to sleep. And dat's why I'm here to-day you've attracted Mrs. Millington's notice, and vonce you're hung in dat new ball-room dat's vere she vants you, in a big gold panel vonce you're dere, vy, you'll be like the Pianola no home gompleat without you. And I ain't going to charge you any commission on the first job!"
Jeames, holding up to his face a pot of porter almost as big as the young potifer himself. "Vill you now, Big'un, or von't you?" Spitfire said. "If you're thirsty, vy don't you say so and squench it, old boy?" "Don't ago on making fun of me I can't abear chaffin'," was the reply of Mr.
Downstairs, we stood and looked at each other, feeling like two school-boys who had been playing truant, and would soon have to face the teacher. "You stay here, Billy!" insisted the magnate. "You gotta see him in de mornin'! I von't!" "I'll stay," I said, and looked at my watch. It was after one o'clock.
What he needed, right now, but bad, was a theory that would explain what had happened to him. Understanding was beginning to dawn when Mrs. Stauber came out to announce midday dinner. "I hope you von't mind haffin' it so early," she apologized. "Mein sister, Jennie, offer in Nippenose, she iss sick; I vant to go see her, dis afternoon, yet. I'll be back in blenty time to get supper, Mr. Hartley."
'They von't be long, Sir, I des-say, replied Sam. 'There's a Dutch clock, sir. 'So I see, observed Mr. Pickwick. 'And a bird-cage, sir, says Sam. 'Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison. Ain't it, Sir? As Mr. Weller made this philosophical remark, Mr. Pickwick was aware that his sitting had commenced.
She von't come outdoors when the cowboys ride by and stop to buy grub at the store. No, she's too good to talk to old mens like me, and with cowboys what get forty a month; but she spends all her time playing tunes on the piano and singing scales avay up in G. You vait, pretty soon you hear her begin dat scale-singing drives me madt!"
"But he didn't keep 'em out of mischief in your vay. Dat's de trouble, isn't it? Come now, own up, like an honest man, and I von't go tell nobody else about vat you say. Own up, now; isn't dat de trouble?
"Besides his mother'll be here to-morrow, I 'spect." "Mebbe she vill, und mebbe she von't," said the saloonkeeper astutely. "I don't want dat I should mess up myself mid dis here piziness." "The things ain't goin' to hurt your old coal shed none!" began Nance, firing up; then with a sudden change of tactics, she slipped her hand into Mr. Jack's fat, red one, and lifted a pair of coaxing blue eyes.
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