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"And so the Tower o' London ain't a tower?" he inquired at last. "No," I answered; "it is composed of several towers surrounded by very strong, battlemented walls." "Ah to be sure," said he, "ah, to be sure! And me 'ave allus thought on it like it was a great big tower standin' in the midst o' the city, as 'igh as a mountain. Humph not a tower ha! disapp'inted I be. Humph! Good night, master.
Now, however, this fate evidently was very close upon him. Suddenly Jim Dow spoke. "I s'pose ye war powerful disapp'inted kase ye couldn't git yerself hitched in that thar winder; ye air too well used to it, ye hev been through it afore." "I hev never been through it afore!" cried Barney indignantly.
I'm not a fit man to teach Buddy what he ought to know. In fact, I'm about the worst person you could select." "How so?" "Because I'm a good deal of a rotter. I couldn't permit Buddy to make a mess of his life, such as I've made of mine." The father sighed. "I s'pose you know, but Well, I'm disapp'inted. But it wasn't hully on that account I come to Dallas.
"You ain't the only one that's be'n disapp'inted o' their heart's desire," said Mrs. Tobin sadly. "'T warn't so that I could be spared from home to learn the dressmaker's trade." "'T would a come handy later on, I declare," answered the sympathetic driver, "bein' 's you went an' had such a passel o' gals to clothe an' feed.
"Vich I am vun, sir, as don't novise expect nothin', consequent am never novise disapp'inted," says Mottle-face with a solemn nod; "but, vind an' veather permittin', ve shall be at the 'George' o' South'ark at five, or thereabouts!" "Ha!" says the fussy gentleman, "and what about my valise? is it safe?" "Safe, ah! safe as the Bank o' England, unless ve should 'appen to be stopped "
The 'Wild Rose' is very pleasant, but she is no sweeter for so many colours." "That's it! that's natur', and the true foundation for love and protection. When a man stoops to pick a wild strawberry, he does not expect to find a melon; and when he wishes to gather a melon, he's disapp'inted if it proves to be a squash; though squashes be often brighter to the eye than melons.
Then he told Rupert to have a try, and Rupert found some bits of string, a few buttons, two penny stamps, and twopence ha'penny in coppers. "Never mind," ses Mr. Alfredi; "I'll go round to the police-station in the morning; p'r'aps the boy 'as taken them there. I'm disapp'inted in George. I shall tell 'im so, too." He bid Rupert good-night and went off with Mrs.
"Holy Moses!" exclaimed the boatswain, in consternation, "you surely don't mean to say, sir, that after all this time you still has doubts about the truth of that there treasure yarn, do ye? If we don't find that wrack there'll be the dickens to pay in the forecastle. The men especially them Dagoes 'll be that disapp'inted that there's no knowin' what game they may try to play."
Oh, yes, thah wuz considahble groanin' an' wailin' an' sich like, an' a whole passel o' sinnahs come furwa'd to be prayed fur; but I could see thet Brothah Ranson wuz disapp'inted et the lack o' 'citement, an' thet he wuz fixin' to mek a big jump uv some sort.
"How what do you mean, boatswain?" I demanded sharply. "Well, Mr Blackburn," he returned, "what I means is that if we don't find the wrack the chaps'll be so disapp'inted that, in their rage, they may rise upon us, the afterguard, and try to take the ship from us." "What good would that do them?" I demanded.
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