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For thou knows as well as ere a one it be not without cause that men do call him a wizard, for a wizard he be, and that of the worst sort. 'We shall be out again afore sundown, shannot we? said another. 'That I trust. 'Up to the which hour the High Court of Parliament assembled will have power to protect its own eh, John Croning? 'Nay, that I cannot tell.
His eyes had giv' out sometime afore he quit the sea, and his legs was shaky, so as he had to walk with a settin' pole, and his hand were tremblin' and unsteady; but aloft he were still all right, and his head were as clear as a bell. "Arter bein' ashore a matter of seven year, he comes to town one day to see a ship off what he had been in afore he quit, and in which he had a half interest.
The ring was believed to have been dropped by some passing "road agent" laden with guilty spoil. "Ef I was you," said Drummond gloomily, "I wouldn't flourish that yer ring around much afore folks. I've seen better men nor you strung up a tree by Vigilantés for having even less than that in their possession."
Would to Heaven all men had tongues as true, and hearts as honest!" "In that respect men do differ, of a sartainty, Judith. I've known them that wasn't to be trusted any farther than you can see them; and others ag'in whose messages, sent with a small piece of wampum, perhaps, might just as much be depended on, as if the whole business was finished afore your face.
"Or ... forget me, Jerry?" "What Ann? Lord love ye no! She ain't one to forget or change never was, an' I've knowed her since a little child. An' she's never loved afore hated men! An' why? Because 't was always her beauty as they wanted her body an' never a thought of her mind, d'ye see! An' now she's to travel to see the world, is she! An' with the Earl an' him such a great gentleman!
They did it like they was sent there to kill somebody, and they meant doin' their job thorough an' competent. Afore I come this trip on the Continong I used to think a Frenchman was good for nothing but fiddlin' an' dancin' an' makin' love. 'Ere's luck to 'im," and he drained the mess-tin.
"'You've wasted pretty near arf a 'undered-weight, I ses. 'I've a good mind to report you. "'Don't do that, watchman! he ses, in a pitiful voice. 'Don't do that! 'Ere, I tell you wot I'll do. I'll pick it all up agin. "Afore I could move 'and or foot he 'ad shifted a couple o' cases out of 'is way and was in among the empties.
Then when they had ridden a two mile and came in a fair valley afore an hermitage, then they saw a goodly knight come from that part in white armour, horse and all; and he came as fast as his horse might run, with his spear in the rest, and King Bagdemagus dressed his spear against him and brake it upon the white knight.
"Better mix it up, I reckon have suthin' half statoo, half fountain," interposed the elder Mattingly, better known as "Maryland Joe," "and set it up afore the Town Hall and Free Library I'm kalklatin' to give. Do THAT, and you can count on me."
If they were coming along in the dark it would be a different thing; but they would not go a horse's length afore they missed our tracks, and even if we muffle the critters' feet, they are strong enough to send a party each way." "So they are, Zeke; but it would be a sight better to fight a third of them than the hull lot." "I think that it would be better to push on, Dave," Boston Joe said.
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