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"Boatswain's mate," bawled out the sleepy and sulky Mr Rattlin, "watch and idlers, wear ship." "Ay, ay, sir whew, whew, whittle whew watch and idlers, wear ship! Tumble up there, tumble up. Master-at-arms, brush up the bone-polishers." "What an infarnal nonsensical ceremony!" growled the pilot, sotto voce; "all bawl and no hawl lucky we have plenty of sea-room."
W'y, gentlefellows, thar'd nevyar been a ruffian, ef et hedn't been fer ther cussed Injun tribe not one! Ther infarnal critters ar' ther instignators uv more deviltry nor a cat wi' nine tails." "Yes, we will admit that the reds are not of saintly origin," said Fearless Frank, with a quiet smile. "In fact I know of several who are far from being angels, myself.
"But, Teddy, what made him do it?" asked the trapper, turning his keen, searching eyes full upon him. "There's where I can't answer yees." "There be some men, I allow, so infarnal mean they'll do a mean thing just 'cause they like to do it, and it might be he's one of them."
There's the boatman, and tide-waiter, and porter, and custom-er, and truck man as soon as you land; and the sarvant-man, and chamber-gall, and boots, and porter again to the inn. And then on the road, there is trunk-lifter, and coachman, and guard, and beggar-man, and a critter that opens the coach door, that they calls a waterman, cause he is infarnal dirty, and never sees water.
I'll let daylight dawn through some o' their jackets, I know. "Jube, you infarnal black scoundrel, you odoriferous nigger you, what's that you've got there?" "An apple, massa." "Take off your cap and put that apple on your head, then stand sideways by that port-hole, and hold steady, or you might stand a smart chance to have your wool carded, that's all."
Between you and me," here his voice sank to a kind of confidential growl, but I distinctly heard every word, nevertheless "it's my idee that he's got some sort of a notion as we may yet fall in with that infarnal Albatross ag'in; but, if we do, we've got chances of getting away from the chap that large ships haven't; and for my part, if I must be in their blackguard neighbourhood, I'd a deal rather be in the Lily than in a large ship.
Most time, said the other, laughing, for by all accounts the clocks warnt worth havin, and most infarnal dear too, folks begin to get their eyes open. It warnt needed in your case, said Mr.
Hopewell, "I don't like that word Consarvative. Them folks may be good kind of people, and I guess they be, seein' that the Tories support 'em, which is the best thing I see about them; but I don't like changin' a name." "Well, I don't know," said Mr. Slick, "p'raps their old name was so infarnal dry rotted, they wanted to change it for a sound new one.
And he went back to his pallet on the floor. When the rescuers reached the ground the Superior Being delivered himself of some very sulphurous oaths, intended to express his abhorrence of "idees." "There's that air blamed etarnal infarnal nateral born eejiot'll die in Stillwater penitensh'ry jest fer idees. Orter go to a 'sylum." But the Poet went off dejectedly to his lone cabin on the prairie.
"You are afther forgettin'!" interrupted Roseen, quickly seizing the opportunity of using her tongue, and proceeding with as close an imitation of Pat's manner as she could muster. "In walks the housemaid. 'Och, says she, 'what brings you here at all, ye dirty little spalpeen!" "To be sure," said Pat, "I was near forgettin' that altogether. You infarnal little sckamer, says she."
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