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"Well done, Knapp!" muttered the Parson, swallowing his excitement. "Good little boy! Good little b-o-y! If he lives through this, he shall have a pint o beer to his breakfast to-morrow, by God he shall. Piper! how long'll they take getting here?" "Why, sir, a little better'n half an hour, I reckon. Drop down by Motcombe, through Upperton, and down along Water Lane." The Parson turned to Kit.
'B-o-y Jove, what a night! repeated he, rising and closing the shutters, and letting down the little scanty red curtain. 'Let us draw in and have a hot brew, continued he, stirring the fire under the kettle, and handing a lot of cigars out of the table-drawer. They then sat smoking and sipping, and smoking and sipping, each making a mental estimate of the other.
As he stepped into the room, his eyes swept the faces of the gamblers and again he burst into vociferous song: "O-o-o-o-o-h, w-h-e-r-e is my wanderin' b-o-y tonight?" "Hey, you! Whad'ye think this is, a camp meetin'?" The Texan faced the speaker. "Well, if it ain't my old college chum! Fatty, I stopped in a purpose to see you.
'What, you're a literary cove, are you? asked Facey, in a tone of surprise. 'B-o-y Jove! You've not heard me play the flute! No more you have. Dash it, how remiss! continued he, making for the little bookshelf on which it lay; adding, as he blew into it and sucked the joints, 'you're musical, of course?
'God bless me! exclaimed Bouncer, apparently lost in admiration, though he scarcely knew the country; 'God bless me! repeated he, 'what a run! The finest run that ever was seen. 'Nine miles in twenty-five minutes, replied Tom, tacking on a little both for time and distance. 'B-o-y JOVE! exclaimed the major. Having shaken hands with, and congratulated Mr.
Night had now closed in a keen, boisterous, wintry night, making the pocketful of coals that ornamented the grate peculiarly acceptable. 'B-o-y Jove, what a night! exclaimed Facey, as a blash of sleet dashed across the window as if some one had thrown a handful of pebbles against it.
Slowly he turned the pages, scanning the pictures and the text for a repetition of the combination B-O-Y. Presently he found it beneath a picture of another little ape and a strange animal which went upon four legs like the jackal and resembled him not a little. Beneath this picture the bugs appeared as: A BOY AND A DOG
She had been so frightfully punished for disobedience, that she dared not risk a second attempt. Then too how could she tell whether the second little green door would admit her to her grandmother's cheese-room? She felt so dizzy over what had happened, that she was not even sure that two and two made four, and b-o-y spelt boy, although she had mastered such easy facts long ago.
The first word which the children learned to spell in school was "b-e-e, bee," instead of "b-o-y, boy." The poorest citizen had a bush of roses and a bee-hive in his yard, and the people were very forlorn who could not have a bit of honey-comb at least once a day. The court preferred it to any other food.
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