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Do you think I am an ostrich or a cormorant, or that I am going to entertain a party of friends?" asked Capitola, in astonishment, turning from the wash stand, where she stood bathing her face. "'Deed I dunno, Miss, whedder you'se an ostrizant or not, but I knows I don't 'tend for to be 'bused any more 'bout wittels, arter findin' out how cross empty people can be! Dar dey is!
"I'd be glad to go to work to-morrow, too," said Ella. "I'd be glad of anything to make the time pass." "Why, honey, wot you want de time to pass quick fer? You oughter be like de hummin'-bird, gederin sweets all de day." "I feel more like a croaking raven." "You'se quar, Missy Ella. You'se up an' you'se down, an' you doan know why.
Wonderful as was the mechanism, yet the boy who had constructed it was still more worthy of wonder. When the steam had given out, the hunter placed his big hand upon the head of the little fellow, and said: 'You'se a mighty smart chap, that be you. Did anybody help you make that? 'No; I believe not. 'What'll you take for it? 'I never thought of selling it. 'Wal, think of it now.
"Give me Miss Marigold's apartment, please." Helene's voice was soon on the wire. Shirley asked for Warren in a gruff tone. "What do you want?" was that gentleman's musical inquiry, in the tones which were already so familiar to the criminologist. "Chief, dis is de Rat. I wants to meet you down at de Blue Goose on Water Street in half an hour. Kin you'se come? It's important."
"An' Strokher answers up: "'Hardie, I loves you better'n ever. You'se the first man I've met up with which I couldn't do for an' I've met up with some scraggy propositions in my time, too. "Well, they two is a sorry-lookin' pair o' birds by the time we runs into San Diego harbour next night. They was fine lookin' objects for fair, all bruises and bumps.
"You'se tell me do dis, and, Cyd, do dat, jes as dough dis nigger no account at all." "I am in command of the boat; and it was my duty to get her under way. When I told you to do any thing, you began to ask questions." "Dis nigger's free now," replied Cyd, with becoming dignity. "Not yet, Cyd. We may be caught at any moment." "Gossifus! I tought I was free now." "What made you think so?"
Hannibal now appeared at the door, saying, rather huskily and brokenly, considering his message: "Miss Edie, you'se mudder's awake, an' 'd like some water." "That's what we all have been wanting, 'water' 'the water of life," said Mrs. Groody, wiping her eyes, "and never was my parched old heart so refreshed before.
Timmie and the little boy had stopped to say good-bye, and she called his name; even emboldened by his silence to murmur: "Don' you know you'se gwine pop yoh brains a-wu'kin' 'em so hard?" Bip, who regarded Dale with mysterious interest, made farther advances. He went up close, and looked wonderingly into his face; but at last both he and the old woman left unseen and unheard.
Gulian gave him his hand, and the negro took it in both of his, and bending over it, burst into a loud fit of weeping. "Oh, Massa Guly, if I'se ever hurt your feelin', or done anyting berry wrong, I hopes you will forgive me. De Lord bress you, Massa Guly; you'se been de light ob mine eyes, an' de joy ob my soul, eber sin' you fuss cum here. De Lord bress you, foreber an' eber."
Dey called it a Foh Day Baptis' Chu'ch dat is, fer foh days you'se a Baptis', an' de rest de week you'se nuthin' 't all. Ole Zack wuz crazy 'bout it; in fac', he wuz de prime mover, cyarrin' on most of his op'rations durin' dem las' three days.
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