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"You see, we were prepared for everysing except," he added after a pause, "except ze invasion of ze American newspaperman. When he iss out of our sight, zen we do not feel secure." Several weeks later, after I had come out of the Kaiser's realm, a representative of the "Boston Journal," who had been looking for me all over the Continent, ran me down just as I was leaving The Hague for England.
Suddenly her sister came running into the room, sobbing loudly: "English soldier come round from Commandant he tell us Shermans come ve got to go 'vay at once, ve got to leave everysing ve go 'vay and English troops steal everysing and shellss come and smash everysing and ve looss everysing." The civilians of the village had received orders to leave immediately.
English soldiers come in de night and take everysing 'vay ve nussing left it's de soldiers in de camp over zair in de field zey plenty drunk dis morning ve lose everysing ve poor now." Besides the windows, the till and the shelves had been cleared, and empty drawers and boxes had been thrown on to the floor. We went down into the cellar.
I go away ver' sad. No use, I say, she like dose soldiers best. But I see her again; I hear her laugh it sound like angels singing I say, no, I can not go away; I stay here and make her love me. Yes, I do everysing she ask but everysing! I wear earrings; I make myself into a fool just to please zat Costantina. He leaned forward and looked into her eyes.
'You do everything that Costantina wishes? 'Everysing! But if you could see her you would not wonder. She has hair brown and gold, and her eyes, signorina, are sometimes grey and sometimes black, and her laugh sounds like 'Oh, yes, I know; you told me all that before.
Father Brachet put the Colonel on his right and the Boy on his left, introducing: "Fazzer Richmond, my predecessor as ze head of all ze Alaskan missions," calmly eliminating Greek, Episcopalian, and other heretic establishments. "Fazzer Richmond you must have heard much of. He is ze great ausority up here. He is now ze Travelling Priest. You can ask him all. He knows everysing."
He almost roared his head off. "The United Bah! Ees the most unfree country what is. Every man, every woman, is slave slave to law, slave to custom, slave to everysing. You get up such time; eat such time," his hands went out in Latin frenzy. "Every day you work such time, every night go to bed such time. And, Madre di Dios, every week you take bath such time!" This was, to him, the ultimate joke.
Mrs Wright, who was a soft little unscientific lady with gorgeous eyes, sat before her son, perplexed. "Well, child, it is it really, I don't know what it is!" "Don't know?" echoed Robin, with surprise, "I sought you know'd everysing." "No, not everything, dear," replied Mrs Wright, with a deprecatory smile; "but here comes your father, who will tell you."
"Does he know everysing?" asked the child. "N-no, not exactly; but he knows many things oh, ever so many things," answered the cautious wife and mother. The accountant had barely crossed his humble threshold and sat down, when Robin clambered on his knee and put the puzzling question. "Fasser, what is lightenin'?"
"From my headquarters in Chihuahua I will give you pen, ink, messenger-boy everysing!" "But I " Pell started to say. But Lopez broke in: "You will please listen more and speak less. I 'ave decide. You I shall 'old for ransom. And," turning to Hardy, "you; and you," pointing to Uncle Henry, "you who 'ave nossing, I shall leave be'ind." Pell and Hardy felt that the game was over.
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