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"A Charmans ein Teutscher." "A German ine Tycher is the place you come from, I s'pose?" "Nein ein Teutscher isht a Charman." "Oh, yes! I understand. How long have you been in Ameriky?" "Twelf moont's." "Why, that's most long enough to make you citizens. Where do you live?" "Nowhere; I lifs jest asht it happens soometimes here, ant soometimes dere." "Ay, ay!
"Dat it ish, miss," he said; "but I vorks pretty hard mineself, and my son Shakey, he gifs me von leetle lift ven he ton't pees too much in school." "Do you live here?" asked little Grace. "Here in dis garten? no, miss; I lifs oud boud t'ree mile in de country." "That's a long walk for you, isn't it?" said Lulu.
"What Italian fellow do you refer to?" "He lifs close by me, a few doors away. His name is Spatola, und he plays the violin the gurb-stones beside." "What time was it that you saw him?" "Maybe elefen o'clock. I am not sure. But it was just a little while before I got me the rush of customers from the theaters." "Did you notice his manner? Was there anything unusual in his looks?"
The Individual was curious to inquire wherein the fifty-cent dose he had received, differed from the fortunes for which she charged “ein tollar,” and he received the following information: “For ein tollar I gifs you a charm as you vears on your necks, und it gifs you goot luck for ever, und you never gets drownded, und you lifs long viles, und you bees rich und vera mooch happy.”
In relating his history be often shed tears; at one time with his elbows resting upon his knees, and face buried in the calico 'kerchief until it was wet. At another time he was just raising himself up from the kneeling position when I came in. "I's jus' bin prayin' for you," he said. "I did't know as you's so near, but I felt your spirit. It sort o' lifs me up to talk wid you.
She is not truly an Aztec, but she is of years one hundred and one, and LIFS! Possibly she haf not the beauty which ravishes, which devastates. But she shall attent you to the hot water, to the bath. Thus shall you be protect, my leetle brother, from scandal." "Enriquez," I burst out suddenly, "tell me about yourself. Why did you leave the El Bolero board? What was the row about?"
You told me to tell you already," he said, standing there and grasping his cap firmly as though it were the only old friend he had to help him out of the labyrinth. "When did she die?" asked Millard, motioning the young fellow to a chair. "Just now. I came straight away." "Who is with your mother?" "Miss Callender and a woman what lifs in the next room."
In our beastly pizness, nopody cares to know who lifs or dies; it is a crate plessing gif a mann kann put drust in his vife's heart. Mein Telvine prouht me more as a million, as you know, but I should gladly gif her for Malfina dot haf not so pig a dot. "'But how much has she? "'I do not know precisely; boot she haf somdings.
"It ish Deerhead! I means Deerfoot," whispered the German lad; "dinks a whirlwind lifs him out te boat and drops him in de tree; what don't he vants?"
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