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"Oh, I'll attend to that on 'heef. Give me a man who can handle company- guns and I'll engage to make him a horse-master. D company will end by thinkin' 'emselves Captain Pigeon's private cavalry some day." I had never heard a private and a captain talking after this fashion, and my face must have betrayed my astonishment, for Burgard said: "These are not our parade manners.
Mediums looks from both ends; and, if they're good at it, they soon find out which end's right. You see, some on 'em like me, for instance can throw 'emselves out o' 'emselves, in a manner o' speaking, so that they can see their own bodies, just as if they was miles away, same as I can see that man walking on the Deadborough Road.
They'd had a free fight at Gib with the Ports battalion there; they cleared out the town of Lagos; and they'd fought a pitched battle with the dockyard-mateys at Devonport. So they'd done 'emselves well, but they didn't want any more military life for a bit." "And the strike?" "That ended, all right enough, when the strike-money came to an end. The pit-owners were furious.
By the Lord Harry, sir, there's only one way to treat 'em; give 'em tobacco when they behave 'emselves, and flog 'em when they don't." "Terrible!" says the clergyman with a shudder. "You speak of them as if they were wild beasts." "So they are," said Maurice Frere, calmly. At the bottom of the long luxuriant garden-ground was a rustic seat abutting upon the low wall that topped the lane.
"Because I couldn't walk, I expect," the girl replied easily. The farm-wife shook a fat, warning finger at her. "Oh, ma'm miss that's wot he says! You jest wait till you've got more experience o' scallawags like him an' you'll sure know. Wot I sez is men's that full o' tricks wher' females is to be deceived it 'ud take 'em a summer vacation sortin' 'emselves out.
"I think so, sir; but if if they should accidentally put an make asses of 'emselves they might, you know I hope you'll represent that they were only frightened. There isn't an ounce of real vice in 'em, and I should never forgive myself if any one of of my name got them into trouble." The Colonel nodded, but said nothing. Chinn and Bukta departed at once.
"My word!" said he, when he saw the last of their dear backs. "They told me they've enjoyed 'emselves, but they haven't done half the things they said they would." "I know they've enjoyed themselves immensely," said the mother. "You're a public benefactor, dear." "Now we can be quiet again, can't we?" "Oh, quite. I've a very dear friend of mine that I want you to know.
They called 'emselves miners! God! Miners nothin'! They'd worked around Cripple Creek long enough to get union cards, but two of 'em was prize fighters, and the other used to be bouncer at the old Alcazar when she was the hottest place to lose money that ever turned a crooked card. I remember there one time when " "Nobody asked you about that," growled the other man.
"Yes." "An har. That's my kind er women, black eyes an' har, and kinder spirity. They've more devil to 'em 'n' is better able to take care of 'emselves." "She's got some one to take care of her," answered Tom. "That's my business." "You've got her mightily fixed up, Tom," remarked Mr. Doty, who had just entered. "You'll hev all the women in the country flocking up.
He walked along in silence for a few minutes, and then said, "'Tis curus how folks kin sometimes change 'emselves, one way or the other. 'Tain't so with critturs; 't least so fur's I've obsarved. The way they're born, that way they'll stay. Now look at them oxen! When they was young steers, hardly more'n calves, I began to train them critturs.
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