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I knew what master's game was, for if miss had got a hinkling of the quarrel betwigst him and the Frenchman, we should have had her screeming at the "Hotel Mirabeu," and the juice and all to pay. He only stopt for a few minnits and cumfitted her, and then drove off to his friend, Captain Bullseye, of the Rifles; with whom, I spose, he talked over this unplesnt bisniss.
"Not fo' no sich wage like you give." "Oh, you ain't, ain't you?" mocked Lund. He was standing with Rainey in the middle of the space they had cleared of gravel, the seamen lower down the beach, nearer the sea, their ranks compacted. "Why, you booze-bitten, lousy hunky, what in hell do you want? You never saw twenty dollars in a lump you c'u'd call yore own for more'n ten minnits.
"He's up to Widder Smith's; Ned was here a few minnits ago and said he was a' wantin', so off he sot; but he said to tell you he would be back less 'n ten minnits." "The 'tarnal fool, to be a runnin' arter the Smithses every time they want him," exclaimed Mr. Spriggins, seating himself under a tree to take the afternoon lunch which now had arrived.
They have 'em all the time over to Rivington Street an' down to the Educational Alliance." "Rebecca Einstein," said the Secretary darkly, "if you're goin' to fire off your face about plays an' the Educational Alliances you can keep your own minnits, that's all! Do ye think I'm goin' to write down your foolishness? Well, I ain't." Again the President plied her gavel.
It's full 'a coffee. Look at his head by th' fire an' see how it looks. Maybe it's a pretty bad un. When I git relieved in a couple 'a minnits, I'll be over an' see t' him." The youth's senses were so deadened that his friend's voice sounded from afar and he could scarcely feel the pressure of the corporal's arm. He submitted passively to the latter's directing strength.
I seen her meself a few minnits, an' she was fond av the Capt'in, ma'am, an' graivs fur him; and she said to say the big cat slapin' on the rug moight make the room same homeloike to yez. She knowed Capt'in Errol whin he was a bye an' a foine handsum' bye she ses he was, an' a foine young man wid a plisint word fur every one, great an' shmall.
The stranger sprang up to his feet, and seemed for a moment about to fly at Zeb's throat. "You treacherous hound!" "Stand off," said Zeb wearily, without taking his hand from the door-post. "I reckon it don't matter what I may be, or may not be, so long as you'm dressed i' ten minnits." The other dropped his hands, with a short laugh. "I beg your pardon.
Sponge who was drawing near to hear, 'find us a fox that'll give us five and forty minnits! the speaker inwardly hoping they might chop their bagman in cover. 'Y-o-o-icks! rout him out! continued he, getting more energetic. 'Y-o-o-icks! wind him! Y-o-o-icks! stir us hup a teaser! 'No go, I think, observed George Cheek, ambling up on his leggy weed.
"Yes," said Obed, "I see him jest now streakin' it like a quarter hoss in that direction," pointing off. "But he was pretty nigh blown, and I 'xpect you can catch him in about two minnits." "Well, just hold my horse," said the sheriff, "and I'll overhaul him."
"Wal, I'll bet you I can scare him with one stone," said the first outlaw. "We're in on thet, Jim to fire the darnick," chimed in the others. The money was put up, the stone thrown. The turtle-dove took flight, to the great joy of all the outlaws except Bill. "I'll bet you-all he'll come back to thet tree inside of five minnits," he offered, imperturbably.
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