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Dudley put the ring in her hand. "Why ee!" she cried joyously. "Elsie's ring! Oh, I'm so glad!" "Him ba'ad-a monkee!" grinned the man. "Him go up-a, up-a window op'n him go in-a. I see nobodee I pull-a so! Him no come. I pull-a so!" and the man tugged hard on the imaginary cord. "Him come. Him got-a ring-a in leetle han' I no see!
I take-a pennees so," and he went over a handful of invisible coins, "I see!" pointing to the ring. "Where get-a?" He stared wildly around, to show how great had been his amazement. "Ah-h! him ba-ad-a monkee! him get-a up-a beeg house beeg seeck-house yours!" He ended with a delighted grin, which signified his pleasure in having his surmises come true.
He then shook off the John Canoe, who began to caper about as before, while the Device set up a deuced good pipe, and sung and played, barbarously enough, I will admit, to the tune of Guinea Corn, the following ditty: "Massa Buccra lobfor see, Bullock caper like monkee, Dance, and shump, and poke him toe, Like one humane person just so."
He gesticulated continuously, sawing the air with his hands. "Ye-s Joe Ratowsky, he run and tell ze ze. He ees one fool. He ze monkee on ze stick. Mees-ter Ho-bart, he meek hims jump." The suggestion was enough. Joe was the tool of someone, and that someone was Superintendent Hobart; such was the idea the Italian meant to convey.
"We thank you very much indeed," responded Dr. Dudley earnestly, putting his hand in his pocket. "Accept this for your trouble." And he held out a quarter. "Ah-h, no! Him ba-ad-a monkee!" He waved his hands gracefully. He went away, however, carrying the coin, and grinning his "Good-bye." "Was n't he funny?" laughed Polly, when the door was shut. "He called this a sick-house!"
"I play out-a here af'-a-noon-a," with a sweep of his hand towards the left. "Monkee him ba-ad-a monkee! Him take-a yours?" and he held out the missing ring. "Oh, yes, that is ours!" the Doctor exclaimed. "We have been trying to find it. Polly! Polly! Come here!" Polly obeyed, though slowly, because of her tears; but when she recognized the organ grinder curiosity hastened her steps. Dr.
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