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"Lord-sakes, though, yer must have heerd tell of him, sir, a young and gallant naval ossifer like yerself, 'specially that yarn consarnin' him and the washerwoman as was going into the dockyard one mornin' when he were a-spyin' round the gates?"
Round and round they went like two Hopi bucks or Zulu warriors, their faces displaying the most murderous cunning and intention to slay only, instead of feathers and beads, they had on their negligible best. All the while Rourke was calling, "Come on, now! Get ready, now! I'll show ye, now! I'll fix ye, now! It's me coat ye'll rip, is it? Come on, now! Get ready! Make yerself ready!
Blame the'r skins!" murmured Gillsey to himself. Then, seeing that he was not gaining on the child, he seemed to gulp something down in his throat, and finally he shouted: "I'll go, sis, honest I'll go. Yer kaint do it yerself. Come back home!" The girl stopped, turned round, and walked back, saying to her father, "They've kep' us the winter. Yer must git thar in time, dad!"
Shefford did not show that he had heard. Hurley waited, leering as looked from the keen listeners to Shefford. "Want to have them all yerself, eh?" he jeered. Shefford struck him sent him tumbling heavily, like a log. Hurley, cursing as he half rose, jerked his gun out. Nas Ta Bega, swift as light, kicked the gun out of his hand. And Joe Lake picked it up.
Eh! but they all did have a blessed day. The sin and shame of it is to bring them back to their stifling homes to-night." "I tell you what, wife," said John Moseley, "the sight of the country fairly made a kitten of yerself. I haven't seen yer so young and so sprightly since we lost our bit of a Charlie.
"Well, s'pose y' don't," answered Big Tom. "It jus' happens that I do." "Ye can't!" cried the other. "Not and be honest! Ye can't find fault where there isn't fault! Why, he served in France, and him far under age. And I'll ask ye, where was yerself durin' the late War? Supportin' a pensioned father, eh? And a girl that was earnin' her own livin'! And a boy who's never cost ye a cent!
For they'd seen a beautiful thing done, one which was truly sublime. And later in yer life, lad dear, when ye hear tell, manny a time, how this boy or that has had somethin' left t' him by his father land, maybe, or a great house, or money then don't ye fail t' remember what was left t' yerself! For yer father left ye more than riches.
"Ain't 'urt yerself, 'ave yer?" he said for in all their wanderings these were the first tears Dickie had shed. "No," said Dickie, and hid his face against Beale's coat sleeve. "It's only " "What is it, then?" said Beale, in the accents of long-disused tenderness; "tell your old farver, then " "It's silly," sobbed Dickie. "Never you mind whether it's silly or not," said Beale. "You out with it."
Then with sudden disgust: "Yer all for yerself, s'long as ye're right..." So charged with egoism James Wait pulled the blanket up to his chin and lay still for a while. His heavy lips protruded in an everlasting black pout. "Why are you so hot on making trouble?" he asked without much interest. "'Cos it's a bloomin' shayme.
"Now, we'll see if the city gits its bond." Then he paused as if a thought had entered his head. "But, jest to keep the record clean, I reckon ye'd better give it to me yerself, young 'un. Jack Jellup ain't no burglar. Loosen him up, Domingo. And fur fear ye might need persuadin' jest take a peek at this," and he drew his revolver. When Ned had been liberated, Jellup pointed to the money belt.
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