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Troth I commend his valour in evadin' such a rabble o' hell-spawn! An' what from did he escape, th' sthake an' th' stretchline?" "Justice, M'sieu, his life for the chief's." "Ho-ho! From th' looks o' yer fri'nds, me lad, I'm thinkin' 'twill be justice wid her eyes shut!... But ye may turrn back an' search the forest, we have no sthrangers in our party."
When you bring us our fri'nds, two more shall be added to it, and," hesitating a moment in distrust of the expediency of so great a concession; then, deciding in its favor "and, if we see them afore the sun sets, we may find a fourth to make up an even number." This settled the matter.
He knew Rowan. Dempsey jumped from his chair. "I'm opposed to it, yer Honor, an' so is all me fri'nds here. This woman has been invited into the Union, and treats us as if we was dogs. She" "Are you a bidder for this work?" asked the judge. "No, sir; but the Union has rights, and" "Please take your seat; only bidders can be heard now." "But who's to stand up for the rights of the laborin' man if"
In that backward look he had caught sight of the brown face of Maren Le Moyne, the white garment, glittering with its beads, but he had seen, too, the crown of braids, wrapped round her head after the manner of the white woman. "Go yer ways," he said; "we thravel fast on urgent business, ye cannot throuble us wid yer lookin' an' pokin'. Tell yer fri'nds No."
Perkins looked at him inquiringly. "Givin' me, Mike Finn, song an' dance about not bein' home, wid me fri'nds outside on the lawn watchin' him troo de windy, laffin' loike a hayeny." "Excuse me like a what?" said Thaddeus. "A hayeny," repeated Mr. Finn. "Wan o' thim woild bastes as laffs at nothin' much. 'Is he home? sez oi. 'Are yees a pershonal fri'nd? says the gurl. 'Oi'm not, sez oi.
Many hours can't go by without the troops on the river hearing of this party, and then your fri'nds may look for relief. 'Tis but a day's march from the nearest garrison, and true soldiers will never lie idle with the foe in their neighborhood.
"The best fri'nds must often part," the last began, when he saw the whole party grouped around him "yes, fri'ndship can't alter the ways of Providence, and let our feelin's be as they may, we must part. I've often thought there's moments when our words dwell longer on the mind than common, and when advice is remembered, just because the mouth that gives it isn't likely to give it ag'in.
"Why, Deerslayer, I've got to believe that a man meets with inimies easier than he meets with fri'nds. It's skearful to think for how many causes one gets to be your inimy, and for how few your fri'nd.
She therefore poured out a glass of her morning beverage, and handed it to her companion as a peace offering. "A few warm words between fri'nds are a trifle, ye must be knowing, sargeant," said the washerwoman. "It was Michael Flanagan that I ever calumn'ated the most when I was loving him the best." "Michael was a good soldier and a brave man," said the trooper, finishing the glass.
Then, agin, it's plain enough neither of your fri'nds did me any harm; I raised my hand ag'in 'em on account of what they were striving to do, rather than what they did. This is nat'ral law, 'to do lest you should be done by." "It is so. Sumach has but one tongue; she can tell but one story. The pale face struck the Hurons lest the Hurons should strike him.
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