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It was true that the little man, in a dark coat and hat alike too large for him, with his shabby shoes and trousers and apologetic demeanour, promised no very profitable plucking; but the rule of Dutch House is to neglect none, however lowly. "Well, bo'," grunted the waiter cheerfully, polishing off the top of the table with a saturated towel, "yuh don't come round's often as y' uster."
An' he's got th' prettiest little ol' face; all red an' white, an' as round's a walnut; an' a fringe of th' whitest hair you ever seed. An' clothes! Say, men." In the pause the speaker deliberately relieved his overcharged mouth. The two in the mill waited breathlessly. "Long tailed coat, stove pipe hat, an' cane with a gold head as big as a 'tater.
A boy 'round's mighty handy. I'd have to hire one." Somehow she wasn't quite willing to have her boys put in the place of a hired one, or one bound out from the county house. And Jim had been her baby for so long. The little girl pleaded also. She told them finally they might come down and try. But if they were the least bit bad or disobedient they would be sent back at once. Mrs.
Her exasperation was somewhat increased by the expression on Trixton Brent's face, which plainly declared that he deemed her last remarks to be the quintessence of tactics; and he obstinately refused, as they went down the stairs to the street, to regard the matter as closed. "I'll take him down town in the Elevated," he said, as he put her into the carriage. "The first round's a draw."
Her exasperation was somewhat increased by the expression on Trixton Brent's face, which plainly declared that he deemed her last remarks to be the quintessence of tactics; and he obstinately refused, as they went down the stairs to the street, to regard the matter as closed. "I'll take him down town in the Elevated," he said, as he put her into the carriage. "The first round's a draw."
But I'll be even with him yet, Mr. Mason. If you'll only trust me, we'll both be even with him yet." Mr. Mason at the present moment said nothing further, and when Dockwrath pressed him to continue the conversation in whispers, he distinctly said that he would rather say no more upon the subject just then. He would wait for Mr. Round's return.
John's charter of concession, however, expressly affirms this consent, and the barons on one occasion seem to have confirmed the assertion. See J.H. Round's article on William in Dict. Nat. Biogr., vi. 229. See C.L. Falkiner in Proc. Royal Irish Acad., xxiv. c. pt. 4 . See Round, Commune of London, 261-277. Ralph of Coggeshall, 164-165. Walter of Coventry, ii, lviii. n. 4.
When the smoke clears away a little, Joe is observed to be occupyin' a horizontal position on the floor and showin' a pronounced indisposition to move. The stranger casually remarks: "'Gents, this round's on me. I shore hates to disturb your peaceful converse on a balmy evenin' like this yere in a manner so abrupt an' sudden-like.
'What round's this comin'? I ask Bill. 'The eighteenth, says he. 'The hell, I says. 'What's come of all the other rounds? The last I was fightin' in was the thirteenth. 'You're a wonder, says Bill. 'You've ben out four rounds, only nobody knows it except me. I've ben tryin' to get you to quit all the time. Just then the gong sounds, an' I can see the Terror startin' for me.
"Stop there," shouted he; "the round's over half-minute time allowed." "What the is it to you?" faltered Flashman, who began to lose heart. "I'm going to see fair, I tell you," said Diggs, with a grin, and snapping his great red fingers; "'taint fair for you to be fighting one of them at a time. Are you ready, Brown? Time's up." The small boys rushed in again.
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