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Updated: June 15, 2025
'Well, then, look 'ere, 'spose we go to the little shop opposyte nice little plyce it looks. I could do a cup o' tea myself, and we can 'ev a quite confab. It's a long time since we'ed a talk together. I come over from Twybridge this mornin'; slep' there last night, and saw yer mother an' Oliver.
The Nomes started to laugh again; but a low growl came from the mountain, and in a flash they had all vanished from sight and were silent. Then a door in the rock opened, and a voice cried: "Enter!" "Isn't it a trick?" asked the Tin Woodman. "Never mind," replied Ozma. "We came here to rescue the poor Queen of Ev and her ten children, and we must run some risks to do so."
"The boy's not all dressed in yellow, so he's not a Winkie." "Nor is he all in blue, like a Munchkin." "Or purple, red, or green. He matches none of the Oz colors. I wonder where he came from." "Maybe he's from Ev. Or Ix." "Can you speak, boy?" Graham struggled to sit up, while Telly just stood and glared at the beasts.
I ain't gwine put a dollar in agin, I know." Mrs. Graeme laughed. "Oh! you must pay for being in society. We all do." "I know I ain't," declared the old woman, "and I don't reckon you gwine to gi' me a dollar ev 'y Sunday." "I certainly am not. I am only getting you launched." The following week Mrs. Graeme said to her husband, "I think Mammy is launched.
Then he journeyed to the Emerald City to see her, and on hearing she was about to visit the Land of Ev to set free the royal family of that country, the Cowardly Lion begged to go with her, and brought along his friend, the Hungry Tiger, as well.
"I wish I was twenty 'ear younger. I'd be off like a shot." "Where, Tonkin?" "Off to fight they Germans, to be sure. Why, no young chap worthy of the naame caan't stay 'ome, tha's my veelin'. Tell 'ee wot, they Germans 'ave bin jillus o' we for 'ears, and tes a put-up job. They do 'ate we, and main to wipe us off the faace of the globe. I d' 'ear that the Kaiser ev got eight millyen sodgers.
The lady's eyes were round with astonishment for a moment, for she could not remember her transformation, nor imagine what had restored her to life. "Good morning, ma'am," said Billina, in her sharp voice. "You're looking quite well, considering your age." "Who speaks?" demanded the Queen of Ev, drawing herself up proudly.
"Ah allus covers my haid up wid de blanket an' de bolster an' de piller when hit's astormin'," said Hattie, in an awed undertone. "An' Ah squeals lak a pig ev' time hit claps." "Shucks, gal!" scoffed Zachariah. To his relief and astonishment, Hattie was not offended. "Ah bet yo' all hain't see no setch thunderstorms as we has 'round dis yere neck o' de woods," said she, with conviction.
It war ther ghosts ev ther ships, I reckon, but they looked mighty real. I seen ther fleets ev Tyre with ther sails like calico mustangs; I seen ther Persian fleets thet ther Greeks done up et Mycale 'nd Salamis; I seen ther fitin' ships uv Rome, 'nd Carthage, 'nd Egypt, 'nd Venice, down ter Nelson's fite on ther Nile. O, but it war a grand persession!
"I would wish ter remark, mister," said the American skipper as he pulled out his pipe and commenced to fill it, "thet, ez a rule, I don't run any risk ev bustin' myself with enthoosiastic admiration fer Britishers in general principally because they air the supporters of er low-down, degradin' system ev Government, which hez produced some bloody wars and sunk my schooner the Mattie Casey, with a cargo of phosphates valued et four thousand dollars."
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