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It was more money than Jurgis had ever seen in his life before, and he stared at it with startled eyes. "Looks like a lot, hey?" said Master Freddie, fumbling with it. "Fool you, though, ole chappie they're all little ones! I'll be busted in one week more, sure thing word of honor. An' not a cent more till the first hic guv'ner's orders hic not a cent, by Harry! Nuff to set a feller crazy, it is.
Rednose ole fren' the guv'ner's! Mr. Rednose, Admiral Dewey; shake han's hic. Ain't he a daisy, though blue ribbon at the New York show eighty-five hundred at a clip! How's that, hey?" The speaker sank into one of the big armchairs, and Admiral Dewey crouched beneath it; he did not snarl again, but he never took his eyes off Jurgis. He was perfectly sober, was the Admiral.
Guv'ner says so hisself, an' the guv'ner knows the guv'ner's got a head for business, you bet! 'All right, guv'ner, I told him, 'you run the show, and I'll take the tickets! An' so he set Aunt Polly to watch me hic an' now Polly's off in the hospital havin' twins, an' me out raisin' Cain! Hello, there! Hey! Call him!"
You're up against it, same as me, an' you can unerstan' a feller; your heart's in the right place, by Harry come 'long, ole chappie, an' we'll light up the house, an' have some fizz, an' we'll raise hell, we will whoop-la! S'long's I'm inside the house I can do as I please the guv'ner's own very orders, b'God! Hip! hip!"
Got him! 'Ere you are, Miss Lorne lay hold of his little lordship, will you? I've got me blessed hands full a-keepin' to me perch whilst the guv'ner's a-wobbling of the branch like this. Good biz! Now, then, sir, another 'arf a yard. That's the call! Hands on this bough and foot on the bank there. One, two, three knew you'd do it! Safe as house, Gawd bless yer bully heart!"
But then they won't lemme sleep there guv'ner's orders, by Harry home every night, sir! Ever hear anythin' like that? 'Every mornin' do? I asked him. 'No, sir, every night, or no allowance at all, sir. Thass my guv'ner 'nice as nails, by Harry!
Shake hands on it, ole man by Harry! Guv'ner ought to be here glad to see you. Great fren's with the men, guv'ner labor an' capital, commun'ty 'f int'rests, an' all that hic! Funny things happen in this world, don't they, ole man? Hamilton, lemme interduce you fren' the family ole fren' the guv'ner's works in the yards. Come to spend the night wiz me, Hamilton have a hot time.
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