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"Yes," replied Mr Meldrum, "we have got along; but you must remember we've had fourteen hands at work besides the carpenter, including Mr Lathrope and myself; and such a number of men, when their labour has been systematically divided, can accomplish a good deal in a short time. I wish we had some more timber, though!
Mr Zachariah Lathrope, who made light of his injuries, albeit his left arm was in a sling confessing, too, that his side "felt kinder painful, as if some coon had given him a sockdolager in the ribs, or a grizzly bar put his hug on" was seated at the replaced table, pitching into a sort of heavy lunch, to make amends for his missed breakfast, while the steward was cutting up a plentiful supply of ham for him on his plate, so that he could use his solitary hand with a fork and so feed himself.
"Goodness gracious, man!" she exclaimed frantically "do get out of the way. Lord a mercy! where's the fire? Oh dear, oh my! We shall all be burnt alive? Maurice, my darling boy! come to your mother's arms and let us die together. Maurice! Where's my boy?" "You'd better stop that screechin' and say your prayers, marm," said Mr Zachariah Lathrope, sententiously.
"Ah!" said Mr Meldrum, "I told you that the fine weather we had was very exceptional, and could not last. It was providential that we were prepared for this, or we should have been in a miserable plight." "You're right, boss," observed Mr Lathrope. "This air snow-storm is jest like one of them blizzards I told you about when we were aboard the old ship that I had noticed in Minnesota.
"They look as if they'd had hard times," said Ben Boltrope, who was one of those who could now have a look at the boat, "and some of them seem to have lost the number of their mess." "And a durned good job, too!" exclaimed Mr Lathrope; "the mean skunks, to scoot away and leave a lot of wemmen and children to drown, as they thought. They've well arned any troubles they've come by, I guess!"
"I guess that air prime," said Mr Lathrope; "but I've hed enuff v'yging fur a spell, and I kinder kalkerlate I'll make tracks to hum. I don't mind either, darkey, if I take you along o' me! I've got a fust-rate brown-stone front in Philadelphy, and I'll chuck you in as cook, if you like, hey?" "Golly, massa, you don't mean dat, suah!" "Guess I dew," said the American deliberately.
"But I hope, sorr, though it goes agin my own counthry to say it, what you bring back won't be as much as Paddy shot at." "You slide along with your durned brogue," was all the retort that Mr Lathrope condescended to make to this hit.
The "travelling caravan," as Mr Lathrope had styled the jolly-boat when he saw it first mounted on its broad-flanged, awkward-looking carriage, had been packed the night before with all the impedimenta of the pilgrims.
"I see, I see," whispered Mr Lathrope; "I don't need nary nother explanation, mister. I hev shed my eye-teeth, I hev, and thar's no use in skearin' folks. That madam the Meejur, now, has been going on tree- men-jus, an' it has ben as much as your gal could kinder dew to get her to quiet down.
"Narrow-minded, humph!" snorted "the Major," highly indignant at the accusation. "The idea of the thing! to be sure, Mr Lathrope, I ought never to be surprised at anything you choose to say; your manners and conversation are so very ah, well elegant!" "Much obleeged, marm, I'm sure," said the other, chuckling at making her angry.
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