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The blooming image waited till he was about a foot off the cage, and then he did the perlite and asked him whether he'd like a glass o' beer. I never see a cat so took aback in all my life. Never." "There'll be trouble between 'em," said old Sam, who was the cat's special protector, "mark my words." "I'd put my money on the parrot," said one of the men confidently.
"Straight." "I can't think why you should come to see me, into such a place as this!" said Benedict, wonderingly. "Oh, I got kind o' oneasy. Don't have much to do over there, ye know." "How did you get across the gulf?" "I jest shoved over in a birch, an' ye must be perlite enough to return the call," replied Jim, in the most matter-of-course manner possible.
Dalton thought it time to introduce his business, and began: "I came, as always, on a matter which concerns your affairs, Miss Lavillotte. I wanted to say " "Isn't my Doyce doin' to hab 'fweshments foh her comp'nay," broke in an insinuating little voice, in sweetest accents. "I comed back to tell you 'twould be perlite.
Mallard on the verandah there havin' a cooler," and then, to her amusement and Grainger's astonishment, Mr. Dick Scott introduced her. "This is Miss Caroline, boss. I picked her up at the 'Royal," and then, without another word, he marched off again with a proud consciousness of having "done the perlite thing." "I am Sheila Carolan, Mr. Grainger. I was at the 'Royal 'asking for Mr.
The sentry at post three, doubtless having a vein of humor or finding any variation of his tedious duty agreeable, dwelt in his turn long and almost lovingly over the "er-well," making it sound "e-e-er-well." "How you like that?" he called, in a guarded tone, and receiving no answer, laughed: "Then go ter hell with yer perlite manners."
Of the two great divisions among them, Barbadians seemed more well-mannered than Jamaicans or was it merely more subtle hypocrisy? Among them all the most unspoiled children of nature appeared to be those from the little island of Nevis. "You ain't no American?" "Yes, ah is." "Why, you de bery furst American ah eber see dat was perlite."
I must tell Peel that; for he is very fond of that sort of thing. "He was a very pretty spoken man, was Mr. Tact; he is quite the gentleman, that's a fact. I love to hear him talk; he is so very perlite, and seems to take a likin' to me parsonally." Few men are so open to flattery as Mr.
Yer'll see 'em come in, betune ten an' eleven's the time, when the cars arrives, hot and flustered, an' not knowin' for their lives which way to turn; an' yer talks 'em all up and down, deliberate; an' makes 'em answer all the questions yer like, and then yer tells 'em, quite perlite, at the end, that yer don't think 'twould suit yer expectash'ns; it's not precisely what yer was lookin' for.
"Be easy, miss; we'll look after your friends by and by. I reckon they can take care of themselves, though." "Ladies fust, and gents next," interjected Sheldrake, leering at Evaleen. "We know how to be perlite to women. Don't we, cap? Specially to purty women. The young lady is right when she calls me and you gents, eh, cap?" "Shut your gab, and mind your oar," answered the chief.
But all de same, dey've fixed it up so's dis killing business ain't perlite wen deres women about, so every feller taks 'is wife along 'o 'im so's not to be ended right away."
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