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But how shall I name them all? they were there by dozens, and all tremendous in their way. There was Bulldog Hudson, and fearless Scroggins, who beat the conqueror of Sam the Jew. There was Black Richmond—no, he was not there, but I knew him well; he was the most dangerous of blacks, even with a broken thigh. There was Purcell, who could never conquer till all seemed over with him.
"I beg your pardon," I put in, rather mystified. "I'm afraid I don't know very much about the Navy. What's a chief buffer?" "Chief Bos'un's Mate, wot looks arter the upper deck, sir. Name o' Scroggins. Well, sir, Number One sez to 'im, 'Scroggins, 'e sez. 'You knows them buoys we was usin' yesterday? 'Yessir, I 'ears the chief buffer say.
"Let me see, why this old pot and kettle and the cups and plates, and table and chairs, and everything in this room won't sell for more than half my demands, so we must have the bedsteads and bedding and a chest of drawers or so; and as the old woman in there won't ever be able to pay me more rent, she and all of you must turn out with what remains! So now, Crouch and Scroggins, do your duty."
'You means them wot we 'ad fur that there boat racin' yesterday? 'Yes, sez Jimmy the One. 'I wants 'em all bled before seven bells this mornin'. 'Aye, aye, sir, sez Scroggins, and goes off to see abart it." "Bleed the boys!" I murmured in surprise. "Do you mean to tell me they still have these archaic methods in the Navy?" "Course they does, sir," answered the A. B. "They won't float else."
"Upton Robert Upton!" bellowed the old janitor, Scroggins, appearing on the campus just then. "That's me," acknowledged Bob. "President Elliott wishes to see you in the library," said Scroggins. "Aha!" snorted Banbury. "Called down already! Look out, Bob-up, you're in for a quake in the shoes." "No; the president is going to consult him on how to raise squashes," sneered a crony of Banbury.
William received a good plain education at a Quaker school at Ackworth, and grew up a genuine country lad, scouring the lanes on his famous grey pony, Peter Scroggins, the acknowledged leader of the village lads in bird-nesting and rat-hunting expeditions, and taking his full share of the work on his father's little farm.
Then Blunter and Scroggins, and Fat Collins and Bobby Sprat, started simultaneously to their feet, but were put down by Peter Pax, who rose, and, with a calm dignified wave of his hand, remarked that as the question before the meeting was whether ladies should or should not be invited to the soiree, the simplest plan would be to put it to the vote.
Why, after they passed the crossroads where the ruins of the old blacksmith shop lay, in which they had held their first meetings, but which had been mysteriously burned down, some thought by mischievous and envious town boys after they had gone by this well-known spot, and sighted the Scroggins farm beyond, every fellow had actually forgotten such a thing as fatigue.
Of course, as one does, I had gone expecting to distinguish the actual sandy mound among the firs where she sat with her harp, the young countryman waiting close by for escort, and the final 'Giles Scroggins, native British, beer-begotten air' with which she rewarded him for his patience in suffering so much classical music. Mr.
But, suppose it had been Scheringhausen or Scroggins! I think I did very well with Pinkhammer." "Your name," said the other man, seriously, "is Elwyn C. Bellford. You are one of the first lawyers in Denver. You are suffering from an attack of aphasia, which has caused you to forget your identity.
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