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I just heard a little bout Abraham Lincoln. I believe he wuz a good man. I just hed a slight remembrance of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. A pretty good man. I think it wuz a great thing that slavery anded, I would not lik to see it now. I joined de Baptist church but I have been runnin' round from place to place. We always prosper and get along with our fellowmen if we are religious.
We be officers Bow Street officers wi' a werry dangerous criminal took red 'anded an' a fifty-pound reward good as in our pockets so 'ere we be, an' 'ere we bide till mornin'. Lay down, you!" Saying which he fetched the wretched captive a buffet that tumbled him into a corner where he lay, his muddy back supported in the angle.
You ought to ha' took the fifteen bob when I 'ad it." There was no 'elp for it, and arter making 'im swear to give me the rest o' the money when 'e got it, and that I shouldn't see the ghost agin, I 'anded the things over to 'im and came away. He came to the door to see me off, and if ever a man looked puzzled, 'e did. Pleased at the same time. It was a load off of my mind.
As the Cockney snarled at him he moved his hands in deprecating gesticulation; a touch of the florid appeared in him, of that easy vivacity which is native to races ripened in the sun. "Keepin' men waitin' like this," mouthed Bill. "Bloomin' flat-footed, greasy 'anded." Dan's deliberate voice struck in strongly. "Ain't you goin' to have no dinner, Dago?" he demanded.
"Not a bit," says he. "If them suvreigns were there when the jacket were 'anded to me, they is there now. I could see as you was a man to be trusted, otherwise I'd 'ave undone the bundle and searched long afore this." "What have you been doing?" said Eliza, on my return. "Never mind. Your mother has given you a new jacket. Let me have the pleasure of giving you a new hat."
Keep the gate locked, and don't let anybody in you don't know. Especially that monkey-faced imitation of a man. Here 'e is. That's his likeness. "He pulled a photygraph out of 'is coatpocket and 'anded it to me. "'That's 'im, he ses. 'Fancy a gal getting love-letters from a thing like that! And she was on'y twenty last birthday. Keep your eye on 'er, Bill, and don't let 'er out of your sight.
"Hang about arter the rest 'ave gone ashore, and trust to luck," says Bill, looking at me. "We'll see 'ow the land lays when we draw our advance." We went down aft to draw ten shillings each to go ashore with. Bill and me got ours fust, and then the second mate who 'ad tipped 'im the wink followed us out unconcerned-like and 'anded Bill the mattress rolled up in a sack.
"Bob shook his 'ead, and started talking to Bill Chambers about something else. "'I'll bet you two bob to one, Bob, ses Dicky. 'Well, three to one, then. "Bob sat up and looked at'im for a long time, considering, and at last he ses, 'All right, he ses, 'if Smith the landlord will mind the money I will. "He 'anded over his shilling, but very slow-like, and Dicky Weed 'anded over 'is money.
He 'anded it round, and arter everybody 'ad taken a look at it 'e took it up to the table and laid it down. "Let me 'ave a look at it," ses Bob Pretty, going up to the table. "I'm not going to 'ave my good name took away for nothing if I can 'elp it." He took it up and looked at it, and arter 'olding it to 'is ear put it down agin. "Is that the flat-iron it's going to be smashed with?" he ses.
"Bob shook his 'ead, and started talking to Bill Chambers about something else. "'I'll bet you two bob to one, Bob, ses Dicky. 'Well, three to one, then. "Bob sat up and looked at'im for a long time, considering, and at last he ses, 'All right, he ses, 'if Smith the landlord will mind the money I will. "He 'anded over his shilling, but very slow-like, and Dicky Weed 'anded over 'is money.
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