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"That is to say, our duty is to know all about you. Produce your papers. Prove where you cleared from last, and what you are doing here, some thirty miles south of your course, if you are a genuine British trader." "Papers all in order, sir. First-chop wafers, as they puts on now, to save sealing-wax. Charter-party, and all the rest.
With such splendid chances for experimentin', what first-chop mills they must have, to a sartainty.
It is difficult to tell the Government what ought to be done; for, first, there should be great alteration in the Courts in the East Indies, and, secondly, it is clear that the colonists and Indians will not be satisfied unless the Privy Council is presided over by a first-chop man; and I am assured that transferring three puisne judges from the Common Law Courts would not be satisfactory.
I've seen some things that people would call strange enough; but nothing is strange when you're on the Black Smoke, except the Black Smoke. And if it was, it wouldn't matter. Fung-Tching used to be very particular about his people, and never got in any one who'd give trouble by dying messy and such. But the nephew isn't half so careful. He tells everywhere that he keeps a "first-chop" house.
Lady Smigsmag, when she meets Eliza, who is a sort of a kind of a species of a connection of the family, pokes out one finger, which my wife is at liberty to embrace in the most cordial manner she can devise. But oh, you should see her ladyship's behaviour on her first-chop dinner-party days, when Lord and Lady Longears come!
He drooped once more, only to rouse again at the end of a few minutes with: "First-chop coffin, plenty much silver"; and again, a little later and very feebly: "Six-piecee band music China music four-piecee gong four." "I promise you, Charlie," said Wilbur. "Now," answered Charlie "now I die."
It is twelve o'clock; the Baron will look in, no doubt, when the Bourse closes; I shall tell him I was waiting for him, and Asie is to prepare us dinner, first-chop, mind you; I mean to turn the man's brain. Come, hurry, hurry, my girl; we are going to have some fun that is to say, we must go to work." She sat down at the table and wrote the following note:
"Snug as a bug already. Everything's fine first-chop, except the station hands. Can't find where they're working, Barry, though the pay sheet shows fifty or more taking wages from Houten. But what's the trouble? You look as solemn as that crocodile you plunked on the beezer as he was investigating my free-lunch department." "Nothing's the matter," replied Barry shortly.
Plenty time lockee up Missy topside house; no can walkee no can talkee no hab got how can get? must washee washee allee same Chinaman. Ole man go dead Missy all lightee now. Plenty fun. Plenty stay in Blown's big house, top-side hill; Blown first-chop man." Had he inquired he might have found this pagan testimony, for once, corroborated by the Christian neighbors.
"Of course we savvy, Charlie," said Moran. "You weren't afraid when it came to fighting." "I die pletty soon," said Charlie calmly. "You say you gib me fifteen hundled dollah?" "Yes, yes; that was our promise. What do you want done with it, Charlie?" "I want plenty fine funeral in Chinatown in San Francisco. Oh, heap fine! You buy um first-chop coffin savvy? Silver heap much costum big money.
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