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Though the damage to property is very great, the Huns have been kept away, and robbers and marauders find nothing to tempt them. What "Chal" Dick Saw. "I'll kill the first man that dares to cross the bridge." "Chal" Dick, lawyer, burgess and deputy sheriff and sportsman, sat upon his horse with a Winchester rifle across his saddle and a thousand or two of fiends dancing a war dance in his eyes.
Well, well, 't is nat'ral, I suppose, though what I can see of him bean't much to look at, Ann but no more am I, for that matter! And he ain't exactly a Goliath of Gath though no more am I again. But then I've noticed that great men be generally of a comfortable, middling size. And if he be your chal, my dear " "Have you forgotten me so soon, Mr.
Before this terrible title Charles appeared, and swore stoutly that he was no more a Rommany chal than he was one of the Apostles for be it remembered, reader, that in Germany at the present day, the mere fact of being a Gipsy is still treated as a crime. Suddenly the judge attacked him with the words "Tu hal rom, me hom, rakker tschatschopenn!" "Thou art a Gipsy, I am a Gipsy, speak the truth."
What the engro found the most difficult was to get a firm hold of the chal, for no sooner did he seize the chal by any part of his wearing apparel, than the chal either tore himself away, or contrived to slip out of it; so that in a little time the chal was three parts naked; and as for holding him by the body, it was out of the question, for he was as slippery as an eel.
When I fought Staffordshire Dick, t'other side of London, I was alone, brother. Not a Rommany chal to back me, and he had all his brother pals about him; but they gave me fair play, brother; and I beat Staffordshire Dick, which I couldn't have done had they put one finger on his side the scale; for he was as good a man as myself, or nearly so.
There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise the wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?" "I would wish to die " "You talk like a gorgio which is the same as talking like a fool were you a Rommany Chal you would talk wiser. Wish to die, indeed! A Rommany Chal would wish to live for ever!"
It is surprising how similar in meaning the names of several nations are: Cumro, a youth; Gael, a hero; Roman, one who is comely, a husband; Frank or Frenchman, a free, brave fellow; Dane, an honest man; Turk, a handsome lad; Arab, a sprightly fellow. Lastly, Romany Chal, the name by which the Gypsy styles himself, signifying not an Egyptian, but a lad of Rome.
Yeckorus a rye pookered a Rommany chal he might jal matchyin' 'dree his panni, and he'd del lester the cammoben for trin mushi, if he'd only matchy with a bongo sivv an' a punsy-ran. So the Rom jalled with India- drab kaired apre moro, an' he drabbered saw the matchas adree the panni, and rikkered avree his wardo sar pordo.
"The Rommany chi And the Rommany chal Love Luripen And dukkeripen, And hokkeripen, And every pen But Lachipen And tatchipen." The girl, who had given a slight start when I began, remained for some time after I had concluded the song, standing motionless as a statue, with the kettle in her hand. At length she came towards me, and stared me full in the face.
I thank you kindly, brother." Starting up, she flung the bulrush aside which she had hitherto held in her hand, and seizing the kettle, she looked at it for a moment, and then began a kind of dance, flourishing the kettle over her head the while, and singing The Rommany chi And the Rommany chal, Shall jaw tasaulor To drab the bawlor, And dook the gry Of the farming rye.
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