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"Coachman," says he, "pray, when do you expect to reach The Borough, London?" "Vich I begs to re-mark, sir," retorts Mottle-face, settling his curly-brimmed hat a little further over his left eye, "vich I 'umbly begs to re-mark as I don't expect nohow!" "Eh what! what! you don't expect to "
"Vich I begs to re-mark, sir, as I don't never suppose no such thing, like my feyther afore me. Brave as a lion were my feyther, sir, an' bred up to the road; v'y, Lord! 'e were born vith a coachman's v'ip in 'is mouth no, I mean 'is fist, as ye might say; an' 'e were the boldest " "But what's your father got to do with it?" cried the fussy gentleman. "What about my valise?"
But as you were about to re-mark you're fair honin' for a chance to ask the kid's pardon. Now, ain't I a mind reader, seh?" A trembling voice stammered huskily an apology. "Better late than too late. Now, I've a good mind to take a vote whether I'd better unload the rest of the pills in this old reliable medicine box at you. Mebbe I ought to pump one into that coyote heart of yours."
"A man before the mast," said the latter, fortifying his moral courage with whisky, "is a human being." "Nobody denies it," said Captain Nugent, looking round. One captain agreed with him. "Why don't they act like it, then?" demanded the other. Nugent and the first captain, struck by the re-mark, thought they had perhaps been too hasty in their admission, and waited for number two to continue.
Now glancin' t'left of piece you'll per-ceive slight darkening of riflin's. Now casting your heyes right forrard you'll re-mark slight roughening of riflin's towards muzzle of piece and there y'are, sir. One hundred and twenty-seven times she's been fired by my 'and and good for as many more both of us. Arternoon, gentlemen, and thank ye!"
E. Evans, Gran and Forde, however, were to go and re-mark Corner Camp, and then Meares with his dogs was to carry as much fodder there as possible, while Bowers, Simpson, P.O. Evans and Scott were to 'stretch their legs' across the Western Mountains.
E. Evans, Gran, and Forde will go out to find and re-mark 'Corner Camp. Meares will then carry out as much fodder as possible with the dogs. Simpson, Bowers, and I are going to stretch our legs across to the Western Mountains. There is no choice but to keep the rest at home to exercise the ponies.
"A man before the mast," said the latter, fortifying his moral courage with whisky, "is a human being." "Nobody denies it," said Captain Nugent, looking round. One captain agreed with him. "Why don't they act like it, then?" demanded the other. Nugent and the first captain, struck by the re-mark, thought they had perhaps been too hasty in their admission, and waited for number two to continue.
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