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And the bridegroom, with a train of haughty-lookin' Arabs follerin' him, all swept down the streets towards the Mosque, with music a-soundin' out, and flowers a-bein' throwed at 'em, and boys a-yellin', and dogs a-barkin', etc., etc. I drew my pardner out of the way, for he stood open-mouthed with admiration a-starin' at the bride, and almost rooted to the spot.
I couldn't tell 'ee for sure about that, for I were hit all to flinders, and for a bit they thought I was done for. But when I did get a bit better, and did begin to look about, I'm danged if the first thing I did see weren't poor old Dick's long white face, lyin' there so solemn, wi' his girt hollow black eyes, a-starin' and a-starin' straight i' front of en.
Ah! an' a nice time I 'ad of it, what wi' chamber-maids a-runnin' up an' down stairs to see the 'poor gentleman, an' everybody a-starin' at me, an' a-shakin' their 'eads, an' all a-axin' questions, one atop o' the other, till the doctor come. "Ow did this 'appen, me man? says 'e. 'A haccident! says I. 'A haccident? says the doctor, wi' a look in 'is eye as I didn't just like.
"The ole man never even looks towards the track. "'He wins easy, says Chick as they go under the wire, 'n' all you can hear is 'Trampfast! Trampfast! but ole man Sanford still keeps a-starin' at me. "'You want to cheer up, Mr. Sanford, I says. 'You win a nice bet on him. "He pulls the tickets out of his pocket 'n' looks at 'em. They call fur sixteen hundred bucks.
"You've had the D. T.'s, old man, that was the trouble with you. What you thought was writing was nothing but snakes." "Ye see, b'ys," continued Sol, ignoring Pritchen's thrust, "the words, 'Homes Ruined Here, 'Disease, Insanity, an' Murder Found Here, 'This Way to the Poor House an' the Grave. That's what we see, an' yit we walk right in an' buy with them words a-starin' us in the face."
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