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The mehter or dog-keeper is also in attendance with a couple of greyhounds in leash, and a motley pack of wicked little terriers frisking and frolicking behind him. This mongrel collection is known as 'the Bobbery Pack, and forms a certain adjunct to every assistant's bungalow in the district.
There be a black fellow, a unique they calls him, with a large sword and a bag of sawdust, as always stands sentry at the door, and if so be a woman kicks up a bobbery, why plump her head goes into the bag."
The next morning Vincent went down early to the stables. As he approached them Dan came out to meet him. "Well, Dan, what's your news?" "Berry great bobbery ober at Jackson's last night, Massa Vincent. Fust of all I crept round to de huts ob de field hands.
I not able to speak, so I help myself, and not show my face. She not like dat and make a bobbery, but I lift up my cloak and show my black face and white teeth, and den she tink me de debil. She run out of de house and I help myself very quick, and den set off and come close here yesterday morning.
Do you know, Gascoigne, it appears to me very odd, but I can do nothing but there's a bobbery at the bottom of it." "You certainly have a great talent that way, Jack. Don't I hear one of those poor fellows groan?" "I should think that not impossible." "What shall we do with them?" "We will argue that point, Ned we must either keep their bodies, or we must throw them overboard.
Suppose Captain Pearce come in and find you all staring out window. He kick up nice bobbery." Thus admonished as to their duty, two of the negroes took up their muskets and stood with their backs to the door, with their eyes fixed on the prisoner with such earnestness that Vincent could not suppress a smile. The negroes grinned responsively.
A squeaky voice was heard from the other side of the garden hedge of clipped yew. "Hi! farmer, is that the missing young man?" and presently a neighbour, by name John Sedgett, came trotting through the gate, and up the garden path. "I say," he remarked, "here's a rumpus. Here's a bobbery up at Fairly. Oh! Bob Eccles! Bob Eccles! At it again!" Mr.
"So help me Gad, nobody on board but Pompey and dat me." "Good ship-keepers, at all events," said Jack. "A ship in the outer roads with only a black fellow on board! I say, Pompey, do they always leave you in charge of the vessel?" "No, sar; but to-night great pleasure on shore. Eberybody dance and sing, get drunk, kick up bobbery, and all dat." "What, is it a festival?"
Bad luck to the oath she'd swear aginst him if they'd made a queen of her, but outdone the counsellors and lawyers, an' all the whole bobbery o' them, whin they wanted her to turn king's evidence. Now, it's not but I'd do anything to serve the purty Bodagh's daughter widout it; but you see, Dandy, if white-liver takes her off, I may stand a bad chance for the portion."
"Well, perhaps that is what those girls were talking about, but I'm pretty sure there's more than that in the wind," Jennie thoughtfully observed. "But" all on the alert again "I've found out that the sophs are planning to, kick up a bobbery, too " "Oh, Jennie!" interposed her companion, with laughing reproof. "Yes, I know; that is awful slang.
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