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"No, no, Bill," answered the Trapper, "the puddin' is of yer own mixin' and ye must attend to the job yerself. I stuck to yer box with a hole underneath me and a pig under the hole till somethin' happened and ye must stick to yer puddin'." "But I can't hold it down, John Norton," yelled poor Bill. "The lid has lifted again and the whole darned thing is coming out of the pot."
"Lone Wolf," said he, still looking him straight in the eyes, "why don't yer hold yer knife in the hand that yer generally do?" "Lone Wolf can slay the dog of a white man with which hand he may choose." "Yer haven't been able to do it with both hands during all these years that you've been tryin', when yer've had yer whole tribe to help yer; but don't make a fool of yerself, Lone Wolf.
I had to explain that he would be captured and made to play whether he wanted to or not, whereat he beamed. Susie came in again to get our little table ready, and brought up the barrel-top which is her latest improvisation of a tray for Daddy's use. I rose to assist in the preparatives but Susie scorned my aid. "Ye jist set down an' enj'y yerself," she commanded me.
"Call yerself a signalman!" he would growl ferociously. "Give us the glass, an' look sharp an' 'oist the answerin' pendant. You ain't fit to be trusted up 'ere!" It is to be feared that the youthful one sometimes found his life a misery and a burden, for his mentor was a strict disciplinarian and did not hesitate to bully and goad him into a state of proper activity.
Next morning she gave him fifty cents. "Braboy," she said, "ye 've be'n helpin' me nicely wid the washin', an' I 'm going ter give ye a holiday. Ye can take yer hook an' line an' go fishin' on the breakwater. I 'll fix ye a lunch, an' ye need n't come back till night. An' there 's half a dollar; ye can buy yerself a pipe er terbacky.
"Dodrabbit ye, Pharo!" said Uncle Coffin, seizing the hat from his head and regarding its bespattered surface with delight; "ye've been a-whitewashin'!" This Captain Pharo proudly did not deny. "Dodrabbit ye, Pharo!" said our fond host, giving him another whirl, "yer hair 's pretty plumb 'fore, but she 's raked devilish well aft. Ye can't make no stand fer yerself!
Must lock up for t' night. Come, stir yerself!" She went up and took Hugh's hand. "Good-night, Deb," he said, carelessly. She had not hoped he would say more; but the tired pain on her mouth just then was bitterer than death. She took his passive hand and kissed it. "Hur'll never see Deb again!" she ventured, her lips growing colder and more bloodless. What did she say that for?
'Why, you're eating it all yerself, yer bleeder, cried the Semi-drunk indignantly, as soon as he realized what was happening. 'That's all right, matey, replied Crass affably as he deposited the empty dish on the table. 'It don't matter, there's plenty more where it come from. Tell the landlord to bring in another lot.
Rosenstein did credit to his German ancestry at times, and was then in deep waters for his village acquaintances. "Who would you ruther meet in the lookin'-glass than yerself?" pursued Amidon.
"No," replied Ristofalo, still smiling; "ought offer justice first." "Mr. Preacher," asked the young Irishman, bringing both legs to the front, and swinging them under the table, "d'ye vote?" "Yes; I vote." "D'ye call yerself a cidizen with a cidizen's rights an' djuties?" "I do." "That's right."
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