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"I vos yoost goin' to fill me op mit der dings like a good soldier, Captain," he said in anxiety. "So I perceive," I answered, my own spirits high. "The long night of fasting must have left quite a vacancy." "I vos like a cistern in mein insides, by Chiminy." "No doubt; well, I am rather hungry myself. Mrs. Bungay, in memory of old times cannot you spare me a plate?
Merrill's side, and, while Bob Harding was leaning over examining his saddle-girth, the German slipped the object he held to his employer. "Idt's a gun," he whispered. "Keep idt handy. Py chiminy, I dink maype you need him pefore you get through." "With the insurrectos in retreat?" laughed Mr. Merrill. "Geisler, you are getting nervous in your old age. Come, Mr.
"Ther best part; ther head." "Den I dake der tail. By Chiminy, I get skvare yet so soon. I cut der tail off, und dot vill make der pig not able to valk straight ven he can't der tail curl in der opposite direction. Den ve see how mooch der tricks he done. Vat?" "I'll hev ther law on yer if yer interfere with thet pig."
He arose ponderously, and came forward with a decidedly halting gait. "Vos I sent for?" he asked. "Yes," I said; "I want you to have the men get their supper at once, as we shall be obliged to ride a good portion of the night." "Ride?" and his face took on an expression of genuine horror. "By Chiminy, Captain, it vos impossible. Mem Gott! it could not be done."
"Dot is too thin," he said meaningly. "You dink me von ol' fool, but I show you. By Chiminy, I want no friends you shoot me der ear off, and I fights mit you good and blenty. Der is dings to eat in der bantry, and you be damned." He drew back, leaving merely the black muzzle of his gun projecting across the top of the lower door.
With a crash I flung aside the thick iron bar which answered as a lock, and drew in the Sergeant, yet panting heavily from his hard run. "By Chiminy, dot vas a narrow squeak," he exclaimed, as I released my grasp upon him and hurled the door back into its place. A dim light swinging suspended from the ceiling of the great wide hall revealed clearly the scene within.
"Oh, Ephie, Ephie!" he squawked, rushing forward and embracing Gallup, who was nearly upset by this impetuosity. "You vos so glad to see me dot I coot almost cry right avay alretty quick now!" "Waal, gol dern my punkins!" exploded Ephraim. "It sartinly is old Hans!" "Oldt Hans? Oldt Hans?" yelled Dunnerwurst indignantly. "Who vos you callin' oldt Hans mit such carelessness? Py Chiminy!
"Py chiminy, nur horen Sie einmal! In my life day haf I never heard so brecious worts." "So I talked him out of the hack, Mr. Tracy, and he let up on that, and said put in a hearse, then because he's chief mate of a hearse but don't own it stands a watch for wages, you know. But I can't do a hearse any more than I can a hack; so here we are becalmed, you see. And it's the same with women and such.
The fleshy Sergeant was undoubtedly fatigued, yet he was a thorough soldier, a strict disciplinarian, and although he moved as if his coarse army trousers were constant torture, he was not guilty of omitting any known requirement of his office. "Chones", he shouted impressively, "dot is not a good vay to tie dot horse. By Chiminy, he vould break his neck mit der rope.
"The bloody devils!" he cried excitedly. "Ye bet I'll go." "Come, Sergeant, speak up; what do you men say?" "I like not to fight mit der Yankees," he admitted candidly, "but der vomens, py Chiminy, dot vos anoder ting. I vill go, Captain; mein Gott, yaw."
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