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He moved to the door and was just about to open it to look in when a light flashed across the yard from Uncle Balla's house, and he saw him coming with a flaming light-wood knot in his hand. Instead of opening the door, therefore, Willy called to the old man, who was leisurely crossing the yard: "Run, Uncle Balla. Quick, run!" At the call Old Balla and Frank set out as fast as they could.
The whole party crept back out of the garden, and the boys were soon dreaming of buccaneers and pirates. The boys were not sure that they had even fallen asleep when they heard Lucy Ann call, outside. They turned over to take another nap. She was coming up to the door. No, for it was a man's step, it must be Uncle Balla's; they heard horses trampling and people talking.
Varhely and Valla waited at the hotel until one of Balla's friends, who lived at Pistoja, should inform him of the arrival of the Hungarian count. And Menko did, in fact, come there three days after Varhely reached Florence. "To-morrow, my dear Valla," said Yanski, "you will accompany me to see Menko?" "With pleasure," responded the Italian.
"If you don't show us pretty quick where those horses are, we'll put a bullet or two into you. March off there!" He was backed by a half-a-dozen more, but the pistol, which was at old Balla's head, was his most efficient ally. "Hi! Marster, don't pint dat thing at me that way. I ain't ready to die yit an' I ain' like dem things, no-ways," protested Balla.
Varhely and Valla waited at the hotel until one of Balla's friends, who lived at Pistoja, should inform him of the arrival of the Hungarian count. And Menko did, in fact, come there three days after Varhely reached Florence. "To-morrow, my dear Valla," said Yanski, "you will accompany me to see Menko?" "With pleasure," responded the Italian.
Varhely and Valla waited at the hotel until one of Balla's friends, who lived at Pistoja, should inform him of the arrival of the Hungarian count. And Menko did, in fact, come there three days after Varhely reached Florence. "To-morrow, my dear Valla," said Yanski, "you will accompany me to see Menko?" "With pleasure," responded the Italian.
Instead of doing so, they found Uncle Balla standing by the hen-house with a comical look of mystification and chagrin; the roof had been lifted off at one end and not only the prisoner, but every chicken was gone! The boys were half inclined to cry; Balla's look, however, set them to laughing. "Unc' Balla, you got to give me every chicken you got, 'cause you said you would," said Willy.
This was beyond Willy's logic, so he pondered over it. "Yes, but she's afraid Hugh'll be kilt, as well as them," he said finally, as the best solution of the problem. It did not seem to wholly satisfy Uncle Balla's mind, for when he moved off he said, as though talking to himself: "She sutn'ey is 'sot' on that boy. He'll be a gen'l hisself, the first thing she know."
Even the boys had to admit this; and they yielded to old Balla's advice on this point, but made up for it by additional formality, ceremony, and secrecy in pointing out the spot where the box was to be hid. Old Balla was quite accustomed to their games and fun their "pranks," as he called them.
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