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"Sarvent, sir name o' Jerry Tucker, late Bo'sun, 'Bully-Sawyer, Seventy-four; come aboard with despatches from his Honor Cap'n Chumly and my Lady Cleone Meredith. To see Mr. Barnabas Beverley, Esquire. To give these here despatches into Mr. Beverley Esquire's own 'and. Them's my orders, sir."
I'm Chumly, Captain John Chumly, plain and without any fashionable varnish. Consequently, though I have commanded many good ships, sloops, frigates, and even one Seventy-four " "The 'Bully-Sawyer, Trafalgar!" added the Bo'sun. "Seeing I am only John Chumly, with a U and an M, I retire still a captain.
He hereupon cleared his throat, and in a well modulated voice said: "Maud Chumly, your great grandmother, the daughter of a Church of England Clergyman, at the age of eighteen married Arthur Eustace Carlton, ninth Earl of Castlemere.
"I'm going!" said Barnabas. "Going? Where?" "Back over the wall!" "Eh! run away, is it?" "As far," said Barnabas, scowling, "as far as possible. Good-by, Marquis!" And so he turned and strode away, while the Marquis stared after him, open-mouthed. But as he went, Barnabas heard a voice calling his name, and looking round, beheld Captain Chumly coming towards him.
"Hum!" said the Captain, a little hipped, "I say ha! lady, sir " "With a wig!" added the Duchess. "And with a young and handsome, I say a handsome and roguish pair of eyes, sir, that need no artificial aids, mam, nor ever will!" "Three!" cried the Duchess, clapping her hands. "Oh, Jack! Jack Chumly! you, like myself, improve with age!
"Certainly, your Grace I say by all means, mam." "Very well, then I'll begin. Listen both of you. Captain Chumly, being a bachelor and consequently an authority on marriage, has, very properly, chosen whom his ward must marry; he has quite settled and arranged it all, haven't you, Jack?" "Quite, mam, quite." "Thus, Cleone is saved all the bother and worry of choosing for herself, you see, Mr.
"Now by Og, I say by Og and Gog, mam! She is my ward, and so long as I am her guardian she shall obey " "I say boh! Jack Chumly, I say bah!" mocked the Duchess, nodding her head at him. "Cleone is much too clever for you or any other man, and there is only one woman in this big world who is a match for her, and that woman is me.
"Till 'Barnaby Bright," said Barnabas. At this she smiled, a little tremulously perhaps. "May heaven prosper you in your mission," said she, and turned away. "Young sir," said the Captain, "always remember my name is Chumly, John Chumly, plain and unvarnished, and, whether we refuse you or not, John Chumly will ever be ready to take you by the hand. Farewell, sir!"
"My name, sir, is Chumly plain Chumly spelt with a U and an M, sir; none of your olmondeleys for me, sir, and I beg you to know that I have no crest or monogram or coat of arms; there's neither or, azure, nor argent about me; I'm neither rampant, nor passant, nor even regardant. And I want none of your sables, ermines, bars, escallops, embattled fiddle-de-dees, or dencette tarradiddles, sir.
"Jack Chumly, don't bully the boy!" said a voice near by; and looking thitherward, Barnabas beheld the Duchess seated at a small table beneath a shady tree, and further screened by a tall hedge; a secluded corner, far removed from the throng, albeit a most excellent place for purposes of observation, commanding as it did a wide view of lawns and terraces. "As for you, Mr.
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