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"Them shell-fish, sir, more like oysterses than I mean more like muss muzzles oysters muzzles muzzles!" Mark raised himself upon his arm and looked at his companion, who was dimly-seen in the starlight. "Why, Billy, what's the matter?" he said. "Sleeping uneasy?" "Easy it is, sir. Eh? Sleep. No, Mr Mark, sir. What say? sleep, sir. No; wide-awake as you are, sir."
As the tide was falling, we in vain endeavoured to haul off the schooner, which bumped pretty severely for some time, an operation not likely to improve her seaworthy qualities. At last we were left almost high and dry, the only advantage we gained from this being the power of collecting an ample supply of very fine oysters.
He was a member, too, of the corporation, made several laws for the protection of game and oysters, and bequeathed to the board a large silver punch-bowl, made out of the identical porringer before mentioned, and which is in the possession of the corporation to this very day.
I looked in vain for the old inn, the only thing in the place, a dirty hovel, kept, in 1862, by a Liberian negro, inscribed 'Lunch-house' on a sign-board flanked by the Union Jack and the U.S. 'oysters and gridiron. Nothing has succeeded to this 'American hotel, and visitors must depend upon the hospitality of acquaintances.
I saw as many of our guests over-eat last night as over-drink, and there will be quite as many headaches to-day from excess of terrapin and oysters as from excess of wine. It's no use, Margaret. Intemperance is not to be cured in this way.
Ida pushed her bolero jacket from her shoulders, saying, "This seems nice and quiet enough." "Well, of course," answered Vandover, as though dismissing the question for good. "Now, what are we going to have? I say we have champagne and oysters." "Let's have Cliquot, then," exclaimed Ida, which was the only champagne she had ever heard of besides the California brands.
Because of lack of food, and it seems strange to say so when there were of oysters near at hand more than a thousand men could have eaten, and fish in the rivers without number, Captain Smith set off once more in the pinnace to trade with the Indians, as well as to explore further the bay and the river.
It was one member who said Lightning Rod would win the Derby and another who said Lightning Rod had no chance, but it was William who agreed with both. He was like a cheroot, which may be smoked from either end. It would not become me to know precisely when I began to think William an ingrate, but I date his lapse from the evening when he brought me oysters.
After sermon in the afternoon I fell to writing letters against to-morrow to send to London. After supper to bed. 23rd. All the morning very busy getting my packet ready for London, only for an hour or two had the Captain and Mr. Sheply in my cabin at the barrel of pickled oysters that the Captain did give me on Saturday last. After dinner I sent Mr. Dunn to London with the packet.
Things being put in order, and the cook come, I went to the office, where we sat till noon and then broke up, and I home, whither by and by comes Dr. Clerke and his lady, his sister, and a she-cozen, and Mr. Pierce and his wife, which was all my guests. I had for them, after oysters, at first course, a hash of rabbits, a lamb, and a rare chine of beef.
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