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Alford. "Not very p'lite, Square, I know," said Mr. Alford, "but possession is nine p'ints of the law, as I've heerd you say; and as you won't deny the handwritin', I s'pose you don't question my right to these 'ere." The rage of Mr. Clamp may be imagined. "Good mornin', Square," said the triumphant executor.
Of course, I calls this crooked game a "brace" in speakin' tharof to you-all sports who ain't really gamblers none. That's to be p'lite. But between us, among a'credited kyard sharps, a brace game is allers allooded to as "the old thing." If you refers to a game of chance as "the old thing," they knows at once that every chance is 'liminated an' said deevice rigged for murder.
Leaning over the side with a lantern, while one of our men held the bateau, I motioned to the coachman. "Give that 'humberreller' to the butler, with my compliments," I whispered. Our anchors up, our sails took the wind in a jiffy. "Member how we used ye," D'ri called to the receding Britishers, "an' ef ye ever meet a Yankee try t' be p'lite tew 'im."
An' we're goin' out ash I proposed. Yer a shplendid feller, Abe," continued Kent, with lofty patronage. "A shplendid feller, an' do great credit t' yer 'portunities. But y' haven't had my 'dvantages of mingling constantly in p'lite s'ciety, y'know. Rough diamond, I know, 'nall that short o' shing, but lack polish an' easy grace. So I'll be th' Lord Mayor, an' y'll be th' train. Undershtand?"
"A scout's always p'lite t' women and children," he explained as he offered her the kitchen chair. "And some day Boof is goin' t' go mad, and I'm goin' t' protect y' from him! There's a pitcher in my new book that shows how t' do it!" He showed her his new present. However, she gave it only a glance, exactly as if she had seen it before. She rarely even mentioned Mr.
"'I reecounts that exploit with pleasure, says, the Major, bowin' p'lite as Noo Orleans first circles an' touchin' his hat to Nell. 'It's one day when we're in a fight. The line of battle is mebby stretched out half a mile. As I su'gests, I'm spraddlin' 'round permiscus with no stated arena of effort, carryin' despatches an' turnin' in at anything that offers, as handy as I can.
"'By the powdhers o' war, I'm all right, says I; 'there's a house there. And, sure enough, there was, and a parcel of men, women, and childher, ating their dinner round a table, quite convanient. And so I wint up to the door, and I thought I'd be very civil to them, as I heerd the Frinch was always mighty p'lite intirely, and I thought I'd show them I knew what good manners was.
"Well, to be sure, they all stapt eating at wanst, and began to stare at me, and faith they almost looked me out of countenance, and I thought to myself, it was not good manners at all, more betoken from furriners which they call so mighty p'lite; but I never minded that, in regard o' wantin' the gridiron; and so says I, 'I beg your pardon, says I, 'for the liberty I take, but it's only bein' in disthress in regard of eating, says I, 'that I made bowld to throuble yez, and if you could lind me the loan of a gridiron, says I, 'I'd be entirely obleeged to ye.
This yere is proper an' p'lite, an' everybody within hearin' of the yell lines up. "It's at this crisis Crawfish Jim starts in to make himse'f a general fav'ritc.
"'Cherokee does right, says Nell to Dan, 'like Cherokee allers does. An' I'll do the same as Cherokee. Stranger, goes on Nell, turnin' from Dan to this Holliday; 'go as far as you likes. The bridle's off the hoss. "'An' much obleeged to you, Miss! says this Holliday, with another of them p'lite bows. 'As the kyards goes in the box, I makes you the same three bets I makes first to Mister Hall.
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