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You come alongee fightee ploper. Me likee you welly muchee." Alice was crying too much to answer, especially as she could not find her handkerchief. I gave her mine, and then she was able to say that she did not want to walk on anybody's head, and she wanted to go home. "This not nicee place for lillee whitee girlee," said the young Chinaman.
I say, Ching, you'll have to stop." "Me don't mind. Velly hungly once more. Wantee pipe and go sleepee. Velly tire. Too much fightee." We glided alongside of the gunboat the next minute, where Mr Reardon was waiting for us impatiently. "Come, young gentlemen," he cried, "you've kept us waiting two hours. Up with you. Good gracious, what a state you're in!
You like British flag? You fight?" And John, blinking jaundicely, replied: "John allee samee Linglishman-muchee fightee blimeby nigger no eatee China boy;" and he chuckled.
The crew, finding him resolute, did not think proper to attack him: upon which the lieutenant asked him, if he would serve king George. Dam king George, mee know no king George: mee be an Indian, mee have a king in my own country, whom mee love and fightee for, because he be de very good king: at which the lieutenant and captain fell a laughing, and left him.
"Me not very much afraid, massa. You good massa to Ostik he no run away if fightee come; but no good fight whole tribe." "I hope not to have any fighting at all, Ostik; but as I have got six Houssas with me who will all carry breech loading guns, I think we should be a match for a good sized tribe, if necessary." Ostik looked thoughtful. "More easy, massa, go without Houssas," he said.
His queue had become unbound for half its length, and he plaited it anew, winking his eyes thoughtfully. "Well, what do you say?" said Moran. "I lose face," answered Hoang at length, calmly. "You lose face? What do you mean?" "I lose face," he insisted; then added: "I heap 'shamed. You fightee my China boy, you catchee me. My boy no mo' hab me fo' boss savvy? I go back, him no likee me.
Their chief, a ragged old fellow, with somewhat tattered, though once rich, garments, stepped forward, and, making a profound salaam, uttered a long address, which Hamed briefly interpreted. "He say you pay him a hundred dollars, he takee where English stop, and fightee black fellows."
"Why, Ching," I said, "you here?" "Yes; velly hot down below, no sleepee sleepee. Come on deck, nicee cool. You have fightee morrow?" "I hope so," I said; but asked myself the next moment whether I really did hope so. "Velly bad fightee, bad pilates come, and captain killee whole lot. Allee velly bad man, killee evelybody." "Do you think they will come out of hiding?" "Ching don'tee know.
"Allee too velly much flighten, and lun away from foleign devil sailor and maline." "But they might have come down to their place here," I said. Ching smiled contemptuously. "Pilate velly blave man, fight gleat deal when allee one side, and know sailor can't fightee. When plenty sailor can fightee, pilate lun away velly fast, and no come back." "Can you understand him, Mr Grey?" I said.
Here is that blessed proa and junk, and a whole fleet of pirates after us!" This made both Tom and I turn pale, although Ching Wang betrayed no expression of alarm when we explained the captain's hail to him, only his little beady eyes twinkling. "You fightee number one chop, tyfong makee scarcee chop chop, Sabby? No goodee when sailor-mannee fightee!"
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