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The most shocking oaths fell from his beardless lips whenever he opened them to speak English, and O'Reilly's efforts to break the boy of the habit proved quite unavailing. "Colonel Miguel," continued Jacket, "he say if he's got a hunnerd sick men like El Demonio he'll march to Habana. By God! What you think of that?" Judson rolled in his hammock until his eyes rested upon the youth.
"They's no gold there, where we're diggin', I know there's no gold! They's no sign of gold. They can dig a hunnerd feet down, an' they won't find no gold! Why, in Minnesota, that time " "A-ah, now, le's have none av Minnesota," Murphy broke in upon Mike's gobbling no other word expresses Mike's manner of speech, or comes anywhere near to giving any idea of his mushy mouthing of words.
"That's a man after my own heart!" said Grace, enthusiastically. Red seemed a little put out over her assertion but he bravely swallowed his dose and continued. "He's got a few hunnerd saved up and he makes it go far enough in development work to git her a patent on it. Bein' a United States Deputy he surveys thu claim hisself an' saves thet much.
"But, bless ya! all eggs binna addled. General Clive here 'twere the Injun sun what hatched he, an' binna he, I axe ya, a rare young fightin' cock? Ay, and a good breed, too. A hunnerd year ago theer was a Bob Clive as med all our grandfeythers quake in mortal fear, a terrible man o' war was he. They wanted to put 'n into po'try an' the church sarvice.
She wants to cut a shine 'mong de angels, an' her quilt's most done, jus' one corner ob it lef'. Reckon ole miss done gone to carry her de pieces fur dat corner. Dere ain't much time lef', fur Aun' Patsy is pretty nigh dead now. She's ober two hunnerd years ole." "What!" exclaimed Master Junius, "two hundred?" "Yes, sah," answered Letty.
"Then I can't fink of noffin' else," said Katie, shaking her head; at the same time having a guilty recollection of several beautiful toys, and "'most a hunnerd bushels of canny;" that is to say, a small box of confectionery her uncle Edward had given her. Mrs. Clifford had observed of late that her little daughter was not as generous as she could wish.
'That it should ever come ta this! And hev yew anything left oover? "'Yes, I say. 'I've got a matter of a hunnerd an' four pound clear arter payin' ivery farden owin', an' the stock an' nets an' gear and tew boots an' all wha'ss mortgaged ta yew. Now I'll ha'e no more on't. Ayther I'm master or I ha' done wi't. "'Oh dear! oh dear! Posh, he say, 'I din't think as yew'd made so much."
Gray's children, a lively little boy about two years old." "Was he cunning? As cunning as Katie Clifford? Did he say, 'If you love me, you give me hunnerd dollars; and I go buy me 'tick o' canny'?" "Very likely he was quite as cunning as Katie. You would hardly think any one could get out of patience with such a little creature would you, my daughter?"
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