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"I remember a Kit Caryll by name in the Mediterranean in the nineties. And I ought to know the King's uniform, seeing I was a King's officer myself before I took orders." "A sailor?" "Sailor be d'd!" cried the Parson, heartily. "I'd sooner be a cod- fish. No, sir, no: I hate the sea like I hate the French. D'you think if the Almighty had meant me for the water, He'd have troubled to give me that?"
"I sye," he cried, all at once scrambling up and clawing at our arms, "D'd the bally ha'nt show up agyne?" And as we nodded he went on more aggrievedly than ever "Oh, I sye, y' know, I daon't like this. I eyen't shipping in no bloomin' 'ooker wot carries a ha'nt for supercargo. They waon't no good come o' this cruise no, they waon't. It's a sign, that's wot it is.
'I come not here to talk, as they used to say in school. D'd you ever hear that piece?" "Yes," said Mary. "That's taken from Romans, aint it?" "No," said Mary again, with a broad smile. "I didn't know," said the man; "I aint no brag Bible scholar." He put on a look of droll modesty. "I used to could say the ten commandments of the decalogue, oncet, and I still tries to keep 'em, in ginerally.
And how is your father and your mother? asked the Landlady. Oh, the Governor and the Head Centre? A 1, both of 'em. Prime order for shipping, warranted to stand any climate. The Governor says he weighs a hunderd and seventy-five pounds. Got a chin-tuft just like Ed'in Forrest. D'd y' ever see Ed'in Forrest play Metamora? Bully, I tell you!
Happily for his own comfort, he had but a speaking acquaintance with politics. He was not a blue Federalist, and he never d'd the Democrats. With unconscious skill he shot the angry rapids of discussion, and swept, by a sure instinct, toward the quiet water on which he liked to ride.
-And how is your father and your mother? asked the Landlady. -Oh, the Governor and the Head Centre? A 1, both of 'em. Prime order for shipping, warranted to stand any climate. The Governor says he weighs a hunderd and seventy-five pounds. Got a chin-tuft just like Ed'in Forrest. D'd y' ever see Ed'in Forrest play Metamora? Bully, I tell you!
"'Ullo, Sailor! says the Genelman. 'Ow are ye? "'I'm done, sir, says pore old Pipes, smotherified. He were layin on his face. "'Done, be d'd! says the Genelman, and whips round sudden with his sword. "Course they run, curs! "Round he come again, quick as light, catches old Piper under the arm-pits, and pops him in his chair. "'Run him in, Soldier! says he. 'Sharp's the word.
"I was young and didn't know any better." "But later on, you " "I wanted the largest size." "D'd you ever cry for a brother of the largest size?" "Why, yes; I nearly cry for one yet, sometimes, when somebody makes me mad." "Miss Garnet, I'm your candidate!" "No, Mr. March. If you were elected you'd see your mistake and resign in a week, and I couldn't endure the mor-ti-fi-ca-tion." John colored.
We kin slack up some more now; we want to get our critters lookin' cool and quiet ag'in as quick as we kin, befo' we meet up with somebody." They reined into a gentle trot. He drew his revolver, whose emptied chambers he had already refilled. "D'd you hear this little felleh sing, 'Listen to the mockin'-bird'?" "Yes," said Mary; "but I hope it didn't hit any of them." He made no reply.
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