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I followed his glance, and started involuntarily. There had been three pistols lying side by side on the polished mahogany, and now there were only two. "My son," said my father, "the rum decanter is on the bookshelves. The glasses " A shout from the hall interrupted him. "B'gad, captain!" Mr. Aiken was roaring. "Damme! Here's another of 'em! You would bite me, would you!
Then he clinched his hands and thrust them forward, knuckles downward, the Indian sign for death, for falling dead or being struck down. With his delivery this was unmistakable. "Me," he said, "me dead; white man go. "He wants to fight Juan by himself," cried Franklin. "Yes, and b'gad he's doin' it for pure love of a fight, and hurray for him!" cried Battersleigh. "Hurray, boys! Give him a cheer!"
To whom thus the Viscount, raising his voice: "Oh, by the way, Sling, Beverley wants to go with you." Here the Captain stopped, as it seemed in the very middle of a puff, and when he spoke it was in a tone of hoarse incredulity: "Eh, b'gad, what's that?" "He wants you to introduce him to Jasper Gaunt."
He was an elderly man, for the hair, beneath the battered hat, was gray, and he leaned wearily upon a short stick. Very still he stood, and Barnabas noticed that he kept his gaze bent ever upon the horse; nor did he look away even when the Captain began to speak again. "B'gad!" exclaimed the Captain, "I'll sell the brute to the highest bidder. You, Jerningham, you seem devilish amused, b'gad!
Beverley, I think hem! son of old Beverley, and a devilish good name too! Eh, Sling my boy?" Hereupon the Captain limped forward, if possible redder of face than ever, very much like a large schoolboy in fault. "Sir," he began, "b'gad !" here he paused to clear his throat loudly once or twice "a devil incarnate! Fourteen minutes and a half, by my watch, and devil a spur!
This man Captain Slingsby incontinent hailed in his characteristic fashion. "Hi, you over there!" he called. "Hallo!" The man never stirred. "Oho! b'gad, are you deaf? Just come over here and hold my horses for me, will you?" The man raised his head suddenly and turned. So quickly did he turn that the countless gleaming buttons that he wore upon his coat rang a jingling chime.
'Only my leg, says I, 'go on, and good luck to you. 'Devilish rough on you, Sling! says he, and on he went. But he'd only gone about a couple of yards when he threw up his arms and pitched over on his face. 'Poor Crichton's done for! says I to myself, and made shift to crawl over to him. But b'gad! he saw me coming, and began to crawl too.
Franklin and his friends joined the rude circle of what they were glad to see was meant to be an impromptu council. White Calf arose and faced the white men. "White men go!" he said, his voice rising. "Injun heap shoot!" "B'gad, I believe the haythen thinks he can scare us," said Battersleigh, calmly.
Oh, I see, you're joking, of course, deuced quaint, b'gad!" "No, I'm very serious," said Barnabas thoughtfully. "Are you though! But what the deuce kind of work d'you suppose I'm fit for?" "All men can work!" said Barnabas, more thoughtfully than before. "Well, I can ride, and shoot, and drive a coach with any one." "Anything more?" "No, not that I can think of."
"I'm glad to see ye; glad as ivver I was in all me life to see a livin' soul! Why didn't ye tell ye was coming and not come ridin' like a murderin' Cintaur but ay, boy, ye're a rider worthy the ould Forty-siventh yis, more, I'll say ye might be a officer in the guards, or in the Rile Irish itself, b'gad, yes, sir!
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