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"We're done bin eated alive by dese yar pencilguins." The rookery lay in a slight depression and was not visible from where the boys stood, so that they were unable to imagine what was taking place. "They are in serious trouble of some sort again," cried Frank. "Come on, boys, let's go to their rescue."
It consisted of five thousand horse, and seven thousand foot. Extending, in the arc of a circle, towards the village of Plassey, were the troops of the three traitor generals Rajah Dulab Ram, Yar Lutf Khan, and Meer Jaffier.
"Consarn them women folks!" he grumbled, depositing the tin cups on the porch. "They locks up an' conceals things most damnable. Ain't a tumbler in th' place." "These yar is all right," assured Lawton consolingly, picking up one of the cups and examining the bottom of it with great care. "I reckon they'll hold the likker, anyhow," agreed Davidson.
I'se de fourf mate ob dis yar ship, en my name's Mistah Jones, 'n yew, jest freeze on to dat ar, ef yew want ter lib long'n die happy. See, sonny." I SAW, and answered promptly, "I beg your pardon, sir, I didn't know." "Ob cawse yew didn't know, dat's all right, little Britisher; naow jest skip aloft 'n loose dat fore-taupsle."
"Oh!" said the driver, in a patronizing tone, "yar parspectin', are yar?" And so they kept up a conversation, from which Roch gleaned that the stage was bound for Anderson's Court House, S. C. Whenever the driver would ask a question he did not like to answer, he would say, "nichts verstehe," and so tided over all his difficulties. The passengers, one lady and three gentlemen besides Mrs.
"Ah jes' know I can't eveh tell yo' all dose things." "This is different," Hamilton pointed out. "Those other questions are about farms, just as you say, but these are all about your own family." "Yes, sah, yes, sah. Ah tol' mah husban' so when we were talkin' about that yar farm business.
Three ......... Yat. Four ......... Yanet. Five ......... Judom. Six ......... Judom Wean. Seven ......... Judom Yar. Eight ......... Judom Yat. Nine ......... Judom Yanet. Ten ......... Fook. Eleven ......... Fook aug Wean, &c.
The "little bit in" settled Matteo completely. Something seemed to crack in the wretched Greek's throat, and he dropped back. "Monday, Monday!" said Harvey, eagerly, "where are they?" "Hullo, Massa Dick!" said faithful Monday; "I'se gwine to give this fellar toko an' den I'll jine yar." "He's done for," said Dick, hastily. "Come now." "He might come too," said Monday, in some doubt. "No fear."
Seems to me he didn't look so peart last time I seed him on the bluff heavin' rocks at Chinamen. Didn't seem to take much interest in it. Thar was a gang of 'em by yar yesterday, drownded out up the river, and I kinder thought o' Johnny, and how he'd miss 'em! May be now, we'd be in the way ef he wus sick?"
"Why, the biggest shark recorded is only eighteen feet in length," protested Billy. "Don't know nothing 'bout records, Master Billy, but I do know that this yar varmint was twenty-four." "Did you measure him?" asked Frank. "Not much," snorted Bill, "he'd have measured us, and we'd have soon measured our length if we'd tried.
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