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"Ther Injuns wuz all down on their hands an' knees, bowin' ter Ezra, who wuz walkin' eround on his hind legs, sashayin' sideways an' noddin' his head jest like a live bock-beer sign. Yer see, ther Injuns hed never seen a goat before, an' when Ezra walks onto them, waggin' his whiskers in a wise sort o' way, they thinks he's some kind o' a god, er somethin' like that.
"Well, just let me catch you luggin' off my property without my consent in writin' an' we'll see who does all th' bowin', Scraggsy. I'll cut your greedy little heart out, that's what I'll do." "Well, then," said Scraggs, "you get your blasted property off'n my ship, an' get yourself off an' don't never come back." "F'r th' love o' common sense," bawled Mr. Gibney, "what do you think I am?
Oh, very like, says he, bowin as polite as a black waiter at New OrLEENS, very like, only I never heerd it afore; oh, very good French dat CLEAR STUFF, no doubt, but I no understand its all my fault, I dare say, Sare.
'Hum, he says, holdin' ye'er wrist an' bowin' through th' window to a frind iv his on a sthreet car. 'Does that hurt? he says, stabbin' ye with his thumbs in th' suburbs iv th' pain. 'Ye know it does, says ye with a groan. 'Don't do that again. Ye scratched me. He hurls ye'er wrist back at ye an' stands at th' window lookin' out at th' firemen acrost th' sthreet playin' dominoes.
Always to home! which means he is always eatin' and drinkin', and hante time to go out. So respectful! which means bowin' is an everlastin' sight easier, and safer too, nor talkin' is. So honest! which means, parquisites covers all he takes. Keeps every thin' in such good order! which means he makes the women do his work.
"Yes, the coolers, the hired help, you know," sez he. "Catch Ury fixin' his eye on his left side coat collar when he speaks to me not dastin' to lift it, and bowin' and scrapin' when I told him to go and hitch up, or bring in a pail of water, and catch him windin' his hair in a wod when he wuz out by himself and then lettin' it down his back when he came to wait on me."
Generally she was smilin' and bowin' to people all around, but this time she walked in and set the children down, and then set down herself without even lookin' at anybody, to say nothin' o' smilin' or speakin'. Well, when half-past ten come, my Jane began to play 'Welcome, sweet day of rest, and all of 'em begun singin' except Milly.
And, my law! the whole earth bowin' down to him; torchlight processions and sky-rockets when he come home in the night; bands and cannon if his train got in, daytime; home-folks so proud of him they couldn't see; everybody's hat off; and all the most important men in the country following at his heels a country, too, that'd put up consider'ble of a comparison with everything Napoleon had when he'd licked 'em all, over there.
"Even after the preacher sharp gives his p'role, Abby acts plenty doobious. She ain't shore it's wise to throw him loose. It's Doc Peets who reasshores her. "'My dear young lady, says Peets, at the same time bowin' to the ground, 'you may trust this maverick with me. I'll pledge my word to prodooce him at the moment when he's called for to make these nuptials win.
The sun is so almighty hot here in New York, no man is large; he is roasted down like a race-horse. "'I don't mean that, said the poor man, bowin' and beggin' pardon. "'Oh, sais he, 'you mean great-grandfather, laughing. 'No, I hante come that yet; but Astoria Ann Oregon, my grand-daughter, says I am to be about the fore part of next June.
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