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"I maka da kids worka da pole an' da hub an' da barrel. Him da smarta man, Mister Eden." Nevertheless, by his masterly operation and improvement of her kitchen- laundry he fell an immense distance in her regard. The glamour of romance with which her imagination had invested him faded away in the cold light of fact that he was an ex-laundryman.
"What's the matter, Tony?" inquired Bart of the perspiring baker, an Italian who had spent some years in the United States and who was generally liked by the boys of the old Thirty-seventh because of his customary good nature and his skill in compounding their favorite dishes. Tony looked up in despair. "I can't maka de dough," he complained. "I worka more dan hour. It lika de sand.
"Yesa," said the Greek, with the grin that was so intolerable to the man he meant to murder, "you have worka too harda, Mr. Barry. Ah! when we get to Singapore you will feela betta; there is fine prawna curry there in Singapore make you feel stronga. Make you feela you wanta come back quick to Arrecifos, and finda more pearla."
"Who is the President of the United States?" "Mr. Wils'." "Who is the Vice-President?" "Mr. Marsh'." "Could you be President?" "No." "Why?" "Mister, you 'scuse, please. I vera busy worka da mine." During the cross-examination of a young physician in a lawsuit, the plaintiff's lawyer made disagreeable remarks about the witness's youth and inexperience.
Dey go-a to school. Bimeby maka da good engineer, worka da railroad. Yes, I lika da milka ranch." She paused and regarded Martin with twinkling eyes. "You shall have it," he answered promptly. She nodded her head and touched her lips courteously to the wine-glass and to the giver of the gift she knew would never be given.
"I didn't tell everyt'ing. Besides disa man Hennessy he say cuta da wage, an' send for odders take your job, he tella da biga boss you no worka good, so da biga boss he no pay you for all da last mont'!" The ignorantly credulous Poles uttered a shout of rage. Several cried: "Keel him! Keel him!" Alex, in the loft, drew back in terror. "No! Dere bettera way dan dat," said Tony.
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