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Then after a preliminary dance, he took off a little packet of leopard skin, which hung amongst his other charms, and stuffed it deep inside Kettle's shirt. The interpreter explained: "Him say he put ju-ju on Cappie Nilssen, and can take it off all-e-same easy. Him say you give Cappie Nilssen dis new ju-ju for chop, an' he live for well one-time."
“He like you too much?” she asked again. I told her, with a grin, I believed the old lady was rather partial to me. “All right,” said she. “Victoreea he big chief, like you too much. No can help you here in Falesá; no can do—too far off. Maea he small chief—stop here. Suppose he like you—make you all right. All-e-same God and Tiapolo. God he big chief—got too much work.
“Stop away all-e-same,” says Uma. “I fear the dog has returned to his vomit,” said Mr. Tarleton. “And now what am I to do for you? I will speak to Namu, I will warn him he is observed; it will be strange if he allow anything to go on amiss when he is put upon his guard. At the same time, this precaution may fail, and then you must turn elsewhere.
He was got up in light pyjamas, near white, his gun sparkled, he looked mighty conspicuous; and the land-crabs scuttled from all round him to their holes. "Hullo, my friend!" says I, "you no talk all-e-same true. Ese he go, he come back." "Ese no all-e-same; Ese Tiapolo," says my friend; and, with a "Good-bye," slunk off among the trees.
"You think me one devil?" I asked. "No think devil," said he soothingly. "Think all-e-same fool." "Uma, she devil?" I asked again. "No, no; no devil. Devil stop bush," said the young man. I was looking in front of me across the bay, and I saw the hanging front of the woods pushed suddenly open, and Case, with a gun in his hand, step forth into the sunshine on the black beach.
"He like you too much?" she asked again. I told her, with a grin, I believed the old lady was rather partial to me. "All right," said she. "Victoreea he big chief, like you too much. No can help you here in Falesá; no can do too far off. Maea he small chief stop here. Suppose he like you make you all right. All-e-same God and Tiapolo. God he big chief got too much work.
And suddenly she had fallen before me on the floor. “I belong you all-e-same pig!” she cried. I came on the verandah just before the sun rose on the morrow. My house was the last on the east; there was a cape of woods and cliffs behind that hid the sunrise. To the west, a swift cold river ran down, and beyond was the green of the village, dotted with cocoa-palms and breadfruits and houses.
The name of the concern is a Tyrolean harp; and you can tell him the name means in English that nobody but dam-fools give a cent for it.” This time he was so pleased he had to try his English again. “You talk true?” says he. “Rather!” said I. “Talk all-e-same Bible. Bring out a Bible here, Uma, if you’ve got such a thing, and I’ll kiss it.
Tiapolo big chief devil, stop home; all-e-same Christian devil." "Well then," said I, "I'm no farther forward. How can Case be Tiapolo?" "No all-e-same," said she. "Ese belong Tiapolo; Tiapolo too much like; Ese all-e-same his son. Suppose Ese he wish something, Tiapolo he make him." "That's mighty convenient for Ese," says I. "And what kind of things does he make for him?"
"I belong you all-e-same pig!" she cried. I came on the verandah just before the sun rose on the morrow. My house was the last on the east; there was a cape of woods and cliffs behind that hid the sunrise. To the west, a swift cold river ran down, and beyond was the green of the village, dotted with cocoa-palms and breadfruits and houses.
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