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"I'd been loiterin' about yesterday afternoon, sir," he said; "and I was a bit late thinkin' of my tea." "And you believe, therefore, that Mr. Dunbar was absent for an hour?" "Yes, sir; an hour or more." "An hour, or more?" "Yes, sir." "He was absent more than an hour; do you mean to say that?" "It might have been more, sir. I didn't keep no particular 'count of the time."
But we wasn't countin' too much on it bein' miracle day an' we kept the wheels goin' round with the whistle over-'ead an' the crashes behind to discourage any loiterin' to gather flowers by the way. 'An' when we was well past an' slowed down again I heard the Left'nant draw a deep breath an' say soft-like ". . . a packet o' Chinese crackers." 'But 'e said something stronger that same night.
Murphy, beside him, whispered in his ear: "Don't get excited, kid, it's nuttin'; just another phoney pinch, dat's all." "But what for?" asked John. "Loiterin' around a handbook joint. You'll be squared, kid, you'll be squared. Stick with me and you'll come out on top; ten bucks to the good." One of the deputies marched up to the corner, pushing a young fellow before him.
'You're loiterin'. Why ain't you down helping mar? Mar'll be awful cross with you. She always is wash days. Hi! you'll git it! and he endeavoured to suspend himself from a chair by his braces. 'Come and get your face washed, Lemuel. Now don't wiggle. You know you've got to say your prayers before you can go down.
"There was a feller in a rabbit-skin cap some time ago. 'E was loiterin' about until I asked 'im what 'is business was, for I didn't care about the looks of 'im, or the way that 'e was peepin' in at the windows. I turned the stable lantern on to 'im, but 'e ducked 'is face, an' I could only swear to 'is red 'ead."
'Can't be bovvered, retorted that worthy, as he squirmed into his jacket like an eel, and darted past her. 'I'm as hungry as Wobinson Crusoe, an' I'm goin' to tell mar how you're loiterin'. She followed him sadly. She had forgotten to say her own. 'Fifteen minutes late, said Mrs Harding severely, as she entered the kitchen. 'You'll hev to be extry spry to make up.
Wal, I picked myself up and looked round for Major, feeling as ef I'd had about enough for that spell. I didn't see him nowhere, and was kinder walking back to camp, when I heard a whinny that sounded nateral. I looked round, and there was Major stopping for me a long way off, and lookin' as ef he didn't understand why I was loiterin' behind.
"Then what's the charge and who makes it?" shouted and rapped Chief Hadfield. "Loiterin' and disturbing and I make th' charge!" Sandy put his cap on in the excitement of that speech but quickly yanked it off again in respect to the court. Jane and Dozia could not remain longer silent. Evidently Judith had been educated in the absurd proceedings before they came.
All three could not squeeze her hands at once, but all three managed to do something affectionate, if Janet did have to be content with a mere pluck at the white sweater sleeve. "Now see here," spoke the chief in a tone of irritated finality. "Sandy, what do you mean by disturbin' and loiterin'?"
"Yes, you can stare, but it's my job, and no one else's. Anastasia's the name four a's." "Craggs?" "Johnson Anastasia Johnson. If you jug him you can jug me." "Who talked of juggin', ye fool?" growled the Master. "Coom on, Mr. Armitage, for I'm fair sick o' this loiterin'."
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