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The American consul-generalship at London is worth $70,000 a year, but mine mine in contrast to that is as golf to muggins." "And what shall I tell the reporters about that Jaffa business if they come here? That poison scandal is sure to come up," queried Kleber. "Treat them well. Tell the truth if you know it, and ah invite them to dinner," said Bonaparte.
"The pass up to it is narrow; two or three stout fellows could hold it against an army of savages." "Av there was only a cave now for to live in," said Larry, looking round him. "Wot's that?" exclaimed Muggins, pointing to a hole in the perpendicular cliff a short distance above the spot where they stood. "Ain't that a cave?" Will Osten clambered up and disappeared in the hole.
There were others than Alice praying for Hugh that summer afternoon, for Muggins had gone from the brook to the cornfield, startling Adah with the story of Hugh's sickness, and then launching out into a glowing description of the new miss, "with her white gown and curls as long as Rocket's tail." "She talked with God, too," she said, "like what you does, Miss Adah.
"'I am inclined to think you must have seen her, he replied; 'she was with me on the pier at Yarmouth that evening you met me. "'Not 'Liza! I exclaimed. "'That was she, he answered; 'Miss Elizabeth Muggins. He dwelt lovingly upon the name. "'But, I said, 'you seemed I really could not help noticing, it was so pronounced you seemed to positively dislike her.
"Yer legses, eh?" repeated Muggins in a tone of sarcasm "so I supposes, for it's on them that a man usually goeses; but what caused you for to desart the ship?" "'Cause I no want for be pyrit more nor yourself, Mister Muggles " "Muggins, you lump of ebony don't miscall me."
Did he read much, ever evenings to his mother, or did 'Lina play often to them?" "More'n we wants, a heap!" and Muggins spoke scornfully. "We can't bar them rang-tang-em-er-digs she thumps out. Now, we likes Mas'r Hugh's the best got good voice, sing Dixie, oh, splendid! Mas'r Hugh loves flowers, too. Tend all them in the garden."
"Journal your granny JIM can't write." "S'pose he CAN'T write he can make marks on the shirt, can't he, if we make him a pen out of an old pewter spoon or a piece of an old iron barrel-hoop?" "Why, Tom, we can pull a feather out of a goose and make him a better one; and quicker, too." "PRISONERS don't have geese running around the donjon-keep to pull pens out of, you muggins.
Nash introduced her personally to the Rev. Zebediah Muggins, and when this apostle of the second advent came out upon the platform and introduced her husband to the crowded working-class audience, Gladys was so a-quiver with delight that it was more a pain than a pleasure. Peter did not do perfectly, of course.
It was a blank envelope, closely fastened, and I waited until Draper was out of the room to open it: the slip of paper was inside. 'Jack has not been here all day, was scrawled on it, 'and the governor is precious angry. I doubt Jack has got into some trouble or other. Your obedient servant, Joe Muggins.
"What would the world have said?" cries my Lady Muggins: "my carriage is gone for Sir Alured to the Club; let me stay only ten minutes, dearest Lady Clapperclaw." "Well as you are here, madam, you may stay and get your supper," I answered, and so left her, and never spoke a word more to her all night.
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