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He flourished his club as he spoke, and Bunco, bounding away with a laugh, led the party back on their track for a few paces, then, turning sharp to the right, he conducted them into a narrow opening in the thicket, and proceeded in a zig-zag manner that utterly confused poor Muggins, inducing him from that hour to resign himself with blind faith to the guidance of his conqueror.
"Shucks, and stay fooling around here when we could all be having good times in England whilst we was waiting to find out whether Mary Jane's got it or not? Why, you talk like a muggins." "Well, anyway, maybe you'd better tell some of the neighbors." "Listen at that, now. You do beat all for natural stupidness. Can't you SEE that THEY'D go and tell?
The editor of the Minnesotian would refer to the editor of the Times as "Mr. Timothy Muggins Newson" his right name being Thomas M. Newson and the Times would frequently mention Dr. Foster as the "red-nosed, goggle-eyed editor of the Minnesotian." To effect a reconciliation between these two editors required the best diplomatic talent of the party leaders.
"Do you know," she said, "I have heard so much about you, that I feel as though I had met you before, Mr. Short." "We really have met," said John. "Do you remember that hot day when you came to the vicarage and I waked up Muggins for you?" "Yes was that you? You have changed. That is, I suppose I did not see you very well in the hurry." "I suppose I have changed in two years and a half.
But he detested words of direct praise. He made some grumbling rejoinder, and led the horses out of the thicket. Buck, he explained to me, was a good horse, and so was Muggins. Both of them generally meant well, and that was the Judge's reason for sending them to meet me. But these broncos had their off days.
"Mahogany?" "Ay, maybe that's it: I ken it minded me o' mud and muggins. Atweel, my cousin tauld me they'd a rare call for siccan wood, and being vara costly, they'd hit o' late in the trade on a new way o' making furniture, as did nae come to sae mickle they ca' it veneer." "Oh yes, I know," said I. "Ay, ye'll hae seen it i' London toun, I daur say? all that's bad's safe to gang there."
Verne glanced at her daughter for answer and was pained to see the utter serenity of the pale but interesting face. "Miss Verne has been slightly indisposed to-day and I fear that she will plead that as excuse to remain with Muggins."
At last another footstep sounded in the hall. "That's her'n," Muggins whispered. "Is you crazy, Mas'r Hugh?" "Hush-sh!" came warningly from Hugh, who, the next moment had turned his head away from the fading light, and with eyes closed, pretended to be asleep.
That's another thing I like about 'er; she'll stand up fer a feller; that is, fer any feller that b'longs to 'er that is, I mean, fer a feller she b'longs to." Mose got up and turned around, and brushed the burr-clover from his overalls. "Well, I guess I must be movin'," he said, with a highly artificial yawn. "Come here, you Muggins!" he called to his burro, which had strayed into the alfilaria.
We returned down the hill; and when we reached my trunk, it was surprising to see the distance that our runaway had covered. My hat was also found, and we continued on our way. Buck and Muggins were patterns of discretion through the rest of the mountains.
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