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"Of course as soon as Jarvie saw what had happened he knew it was a case for me to handle, and so he ran across to Headquarters; and in a jiffy we had thrown a cordon of police around the building to keep out the curious citizens who would have no business inside, and spoil any trace of the rascals." "And would you mind telling us what Cadger had to tell, Chief?" asked Frank.
And chances are, that when Cadger did come to, he found himself tied up, and unable to even whisper?" "He had hard work to get enough breath, they had fastened the bandage across his mouth so tight; but he could see out of one eye.
"Whew!" was the way Andy relieved his pent-up feelings at this point; while his cousin went on asking questions. "Then Cadger must have seen the robbers, if they captured him; how about that, Chief?" he demanded, eagerly; for the excitement was beginning to take hold of him. "That's right, he did, and was able to give us more or less information," the police officer continued.
Why, some of Sheridan's officers when they saw my name in the papers, wrote to stop it, but it was no use. The military committee in congress couldn't go back on Mr. Cadger, and he daren't go back on my father.
Lousteau, the literary cadger, la Palferine and Malaga, Massol, Vauvinet, and Theodore Gaillard, a proprietor of one of the most important political newspapers, completed the party.
Yes, that's worth knowing, now; and I'm glad you mentioned it to me." "What description did Cadger give of the men, Chief?" queried Frank. "Oh! he said one was tall and thin; and the other short and wiry like, pretty much like a cat. I rather reckon he'd be the fellow who's been in the flying business. Seemed to have a stiff left arm too, like he'd met up with some sort of an accident.
And yet these well-wishings are not always insincere, and they are earnest enough when uttered in Gipsy. Jockey. Tool. Cove or Covey. Hook, Hookey, and Walker, Hocus, Hanky- Panky, and Hocus-Pocus. Shindy. Row. Chivvy. Bunged Eye. Shavers. Clichy. Caliban. A Rum 'un. Pal. Trash. Cadger. Cad. Bosh. Bats. Chee-chee. The Cheese. Chiv Fencer. Cooter. Gorger. Dick. Dook. Tanner. Drum. Gibberish. Ken.
Poor Mr Goldsworthy, incurable cadger that he was, was bound to feel the family reverses acutely. When he had married Miss Pennycuick for her good, in that risky manner, he had naturally expected to be rewarded for the deed. If ever it be safe to trust to appearances, it had seemed safe then, so far as the solidity of the Pennycuicks' position was concerned.
"I see," said I, wanting space to turn the memory leaves. "This Catawba: is he a man about my age?" Captain Forney laughed. "God He only knows an Indian's age. But Uncanoola has been a man grown these fifteen years or more. I can recall his coming to my father's house when I was but a little cadger."
And this brought my attention back to the bright dinner-table. 'What's the game? said the Journalist. 'Has he been doing the Amateur Cadger? I don't follow. I met the eye of the Psychologist, and read my own interpretation in his face. I thought of the Time Traveller limping painfully upstairs. I don't think any one else had noticed his lameness.
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