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"Why even Jink might hit that sort of bird," cried Sir Howard, hilariously slapping his host on the back. "Even he might hit a haystack or a hippopotamus." "Look here, you fellows," said Fisher. "I want you to come along with me for a minute and shoot at something else. Not a hippopotamus. Another kind of queer animal I've found on the estate.
First one pursuer, then another, then a third and a fourth, found himself almost upon the quarry and bent down with outstretched, eager spear only to be baffled by a swift jink and carried on helplessly, pulling vainly at the reins. At length a sudden turn threw out all the field except the Maharajah, who had foreseen it and ridden off to intercept the now tiring boar.
Now, lass, if ye like, we'll play them a fine jink; we will awa out and take a walk they will mak unco wark when they miss us, but we can easily be back by dinner time, or before dark night at ony rate, and it will be some frolic and fresh air. But maybe ye wad like to take some breakfast, and then lie down again?
Helmsley started slightly. "Arbroath? I've seen that man." 'Ave ye? Well, ye 'aven't seen no beauty!" And Twitt gave vent to a chuckling laugh "'E'll be startin' 'is 'Igh Jink purcessions an' vestiments in our plain little church up yonder, an' by the Lord, 'e'll 'ave to purcess an' vestiment by 'isself, for Weircombe wont 'elp 'im. We aint none of us 'Igh Jink folks."
"Here, let's get our things together. This place is fair death to me." And he began to walk towards the inn. It was Catriona that spoke the first. "He has sold you?" she asked. "Sold me, my dear," said Alan. "But thanks to you and Davie, I'll can jink him yet. Just let me win upon my horse," he added. "Catriona must come with us," said I. "She can have no more traffic with that man.
"An' what wad ye ca' the best use, father?" "Whatever maks o' a man a neebour. A true life efter God's notion is the sairest bash to Sawtan. To gie yer siller to ither fowk to spread is to jink the wark laid oot for ye. I' the meantime hadna ye better beery yer deid again? They maun lie i' the dark, like human sowls, till they're broucht to du the deeds o' licht."
The first special difficulty, that of turning the corner of Jink Lane and the Widdiehill, successfully overcome, the twain went reeling and revolving along the street, much like a whirlwind that had half forgotten the laws of gyration, until at length it spun into the court, and up to the foot of the outside stair over the baronet's workshop.
"Then perhaps you may be able to tell us whose smoke it is?" "Him white man. Mebby same man, mebby not. White man all same. Him call other white man. Him say some along, by jink." "Let's make a smoke and answer him," suggested Ned eagerly. "That would be a joke on him, whoever he is." Tad said "no," and said it emphatically. "No make smoke," agreed the Indian.
He had been managing a wealthy old merchant's store for a long time in Aberdeen, and he had been blithely looking forward to the goodwill of it, when jink, at the old man's death, in stepped a nephew, and ousted the poo-oor fellow. He had bawled shrilly, but to no purpose; he had to be travelling.
You'd marry my sister, would you? It will be odd" he paused "if I don't jink you yet, when I've made my use of you! I'm a schemer too, Mister Asgill, only one at a time, one at a time! The Colonel first, and you afterwards! Ay, you afterwards, brother-in-law!" With a last gesture of defiance Asgill had long passed out of sight he returned to the house.
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