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"Nice hot cake, sah, for de capen, and Pomp got fibe more juss done. Dat one for capen, one for Mass' George, one for Pomp fader, one for Pomp. How many dat make?" "Four," I said, in the same mechanical way. "Four, and den dah two more for a-morrow mornin'." "Oh, Pomp," I said, "how can you think of such things now!" "Eh? Cos such boofle fire, and Pomp know where de barl ob flour.
So bess. Now dey t'ink Peter all on deir side. But never forget you, young Blossom." "I believe you, Peter; for I FEEL as if you are a true friend. How lucky that we should meet here!" "No luck at all. Come a purpose. Pigeonswing tell me where you be, so come here. Juss so." "Then you expected to find us in this cover! and what have you to tell us of our enemies?"
Our barrage cut off a bit of Fritzie's trench an' we ran right ahead juss about dawn an' occupied it. I'll be goddamned if it wasn't as quiet as a Sunday morning at home." "It was!" said his friend. "An' I had a bunch of grenades an' a feller came runnin' up to me, whisperin', 'There's a bunch of Fritzies playin' cards in a dug- out. They don't seem to know they're captured.
A red-faced man half way up the passage started speaking: "When I thinks to myself how much the folks need me home, it makes me feel sort o' confident-like, I dunno why. I juss can't cash in my checks, that's all." He laughed jovially. No one joined in the laugh. "Is it awfully catchin'?" asked Fuselli of the man next him. "Most catchin' thing there is," he answered solemnly.
"Yes," returned Pigeonswing, coolly nodding his assent as he moved steadily forward. "Dat do right way wid squaw juss what he good for juss what he MADE for work for warrior and cook his dinner. Pale-face make too much of squaw." "Not accordin' to your account of their manner of getting along, Injin. If the work of our squaws is never done, we can hardly make too much of them.
"Never mind at present, dearie. Juss you keep yourself quiet, and drink a little water." The girl mechanically obeyed. The minute she put down the glass her eye fell upon Vincent, who was standing near the door. "Oh! I remember now!" she said, starting up. "Those men were here and they were going to shoot me. One two and then he fired, and it seemed that I fell dead. Am I not wounded?"
"Both dem pale- face dead." "Dead!" echoed all within hearing. "Juss so; Injin kill him. Mean to kill you, too dat why I run away. Saw medicine-priest die. What you t'ink, Blossom? What you t'ink, Bourdon? Dat man die asking Great Spirit to do good to Injin!" "I can believe it, Peter, for he was a good man, and such are our Christian laws, though few of us obey them.
For my part, b'lieve I'm Injin, and don't want to be pale-face. Can love pale-face, now, juss as well as love Injin." "Oh, I hope this is true, Peter," exclaimed Margery, her handsome face flushing with delight, at hearing these words. "So long as your heart tells you this, be certain that the Spirit of God is in you."
At last Mattawa Tom appeared again, and his voice was faintly audible through the dying clamors as he waved his hands: "Juss gorgeous. Gone way better than the best we hoped," he hailed. His comrades heard and answered.
"Why, where's Pomp?" I said. "Him heah, Mass' George," was shouted from the direction of one of the cottages. "I come, sah, but she juss like 'tupid lil nigger. Come 'long, will you; Mass' George won't eat you." I opened my eyes a little as I recognised in the smart, pleasant-looking black girl by his side, Salome, one of the maids I had seen at the cottage before I sailed for Europe.
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