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I did mesilf proud. An' did they have the wagon? Sure they wud five policemen niver walked. Wan av thim might, av ut was handy-like, but five niver! Tell me, man, who else was at the party? No howld on a minut!" He interrupted himself, "Thim cops stimulate me mimory a bit. Was there not a bunch av sailor-men from wan av thim big ships?" The driver nodded.
I had imagined the Emperor of Brazil to be a dark, swarthy, tall man, of forty-five years; that he would not really have a crown upon his head, but that I should feel it was somewhere around, handy-like, and that I should know I was in royal presence.
"Say, guess I kind o' fixed the hosses diff'rent. Our hosses. Bro't 'em up an' stood 'em in the angle wher' this corral joins the next one. Seems better; more handy-like. It's sheltered, an' ther's a bit of a sharp breeze. One o' them early frosts." He looked up at the sky. "Guess ther' didn't ought. Ther' ain't no moon till nigh on daylight. Howsum, ther' ain't no argyfyin' the weather."
"That'll be your mother, I'm thinkin'." Then, with abrupt change, "When did you leave the old country, Mary?" "A little more'n a year before I married Dan. But tell me, Mouse, about the chief wantin' him." "We'll you see, Dan's that handy-like " "That's the blessed truth you're speakin'," she interupted, her face lovely with its flush of pride. "But tell me more, that's a darlin'."
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