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"Nothing at all, John," our Annie answered; "only the horrible ferocity of that miserable blacksmith." "That be nayther here nor there," John continued, with some wrath at his own interruption: "Blacksmith knawed whutt the Squire had been; and veared to lose his own custom, if Squire tuk to shooin' again. Shutt any man I would myzell as intervared wi' my trade laike.
"Plaise zur," said one little fellow at last, being nodded at by the rest to speak, in right of his known eloquence; "hus tould Harfizers, as a wor no nade of un, now King's man hiszell wor coom, a puppose vor to command us laike."
"Oh!" said Edward Henry. And then after a pause added: "Pity we can't have a foundation-stone-laying!" "By the way, old Pilgrim's in the deuce and all of a haole, I heah. It's all over the Clubs." Just laike him! Greatest advertiser the world ever saw! Well, since that P. & O. boat was lost on the Goodwins, Cora Pryde has absolutely declined to sail from Tilbury. Ab-so-lute-ly!
Bates's hair was now grey, but his frame was none the less stalwart, and his face looked all the redder, making an artistic contrast with the deep blue of his cotton neckerchief, and of his linen apron twisted into a girdle round his waist. 'Why, dang my boottons, Miss Tiny, he exclaimed, 'hoo coom ye to coom oot dabblin' your faet laike a little Muscovy duck, sich a day as this?
Three times it came and went again, as the shaking of a thread might pass away into the distance; and then I touched John Fry to know that there was something near me. 'Doon't 'e be a vule, Jan! Vaine moozick as iver I 'eer. God bless the man as made un doo it. 'Have they hanged one of the Doones then, John? 'Hush, lad; niver talk laike o' thiccy. Hang a Doone!
Is there any cold chicken you could grill?" "Chota murghi one egg lay, mem-sahib, anda poach. Sahib, chicken grill laike!" "Oh, all right! But I thought of a mutton-chop for the major sahib." "Sahib no laike!" "Very well, that will do a poached egg for me and grilled chicken for the sahib." "No, mem-sahib no 'nuf. Sahib plenty 'ungry chicken grill, peechy ramble-tamble egg!"
"Oh, she's used to it," said the captain, "and if she don't like it, she can go downstairs; you'll want to see about Mr. Gwyn's dinner, may dear." "No, no, sir," said Cardo, "certainly not. I dine every day with all the other passengers on board the Burrawalla. I shall come back to my tea, and I hope your niece will always sit down to her tea and breakfast with me." "Oh, well, if you laike.
Where have you been all this time?" "In d' woods," he whispered, "hidin' in d' swamps, an' skulkin' long aftah night. Could n' nevah sleep, Mas' Tom. When I went t' sleep, seemed laike d' dogs was right aftah me." His head fell back again, and a rush of blood in his throat almost choked him. "Wish I'd stayed at d' plantation, Mas' Tom," he whispered.
'Chraist's will be done; I zim thee had better faight, Jan, he answered, in a whisper, through the gridiron of the gate; 'there be a dale of faighting avore thee. Best wai to begin gude taime laike. Wull the geatman latt me in, to zee as thee hast vair plai, lad? He looked doubtfully down at the colour of his cowskin boots, and the mire upon the horses, for the sloughs were exceedingly mucky.
"Don't understand," drawled Kenealy, "I thought you would laike it." "Well, you see, I don't laike it." "You seemed to be getting rather spooney on me." "Spooney! what is that? one of your mess-room terms, I suppose." "Yaas; so I thought you waunted me to pawp." "Captain Kenealy, this subterfuge is unworthy of you. You know perfectly well why I distinguished you.
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