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"Since I was borne I never see'd any English lord walk up and down the room with such an air; he looks like a king. For my part, I should not wonder if he is one of them there emigrant kings, for they say there is a power of them now wandering about the world." "You talk like a fool, Sally," cried the sapient waiter. "Don't you see that his dress is military?
But before ceasing altogever, I will obsarve that you are a pretty smart feller, Oonymoo, and I hain't see'd de Shawnee Injine yet dat knows as much as your big toe. Hencefofe I doesn't say noffin more;" and the negro held strict silence for a considerable time.
An' when I see'd the book open upo' the stall, wi' the lady lookin' out of it wi' eyes a bit like your'n when you was frettin', you'll excuse my takin' the liberty, Miss, I thought I'd make free to buy it for you, an' then I bought the books full o' genelmen to match; an' then" here Bob took up the small stringed packet of books "I thought you might like a bit more print as well as the picturs, an' I got these for a sayso, they're cram-full o' print, an' I thought they'd do no harm comin' along wi' these bettermost books.
And as to the elder, I never see'd a face like hers so wonderful, and with such a light about it; and her courage bless you, miss! the dogs wouldn't harm her. It was fawning on her, and licking her hand, and petting her they were. Is it true, miss, that Miss Betty is so mighty bad?" "It is true," said Sibyl; "and I wonder Oh; please don't leave me standing here alone on the road.
'No; she was sickly then, and she died in a few months after. She wasn't in the parish much more nor half a year altogether. She didn't seem lively that afternoon, an' I could see she didn't care about the dairy, nor the cheeses, on'y she pretended, to please him. As for him, I niver see'd a man so wrapt up in a woman.
"Lord have mercy upon us!" exclaimed the boatswain, in a voice that, now elevated to more than its natural tone, sounded startlingly on the stillness of the scene; "sure enough it is, indeed, a ghost!" "Ha! do you believe me now?" returned Fuller, gaining confidence from the admission of his companion, and in the same elevated key. "It is, as I hope to be saved, the ghost I see'd afore."
'It was thee set 'm on a heerd thee a see'd thee a helping on 'em t' break in; they'd niver ha' thought on attackin' t' house, and settin' fire to yon things, if thou hadn't spoken on it. Simpson was now fairly crying. 'Ay, said he; 'it's a great thing for folk to have a chap for t' lead 'em wi' a head on his shouthers.
"'Yes, Sir, but you will have no time to see them. "'See 'em, cuss 'em, I don't want to see 'em, I tell you. I want to look at 'em, I want to say I was to the Falls, that's all. Give me my hat, quick! So them ain't the Falls! I ha'n't see'd the Falls of Niagara arter all.
One time, when de Yanks was on de way to Augusta, I was picking up chips to make the supper fire, when I see'd em comin'. I hit it out from dar and hide behind two little hills down by de big spring. After awhile my brother find me and he tell me to come on back to the house and see dem white mens dance. De Yanks kep' comin' and dey eat all night. By daylight they was through marchin past."
"Well, then, as I am a miserable sinner," returned the man, impressively, and in a low tone, "I see'd in the bows of the canoe, and the hand that steered it was not made of flesh and blood like ours, what do you think? the ghost of " Captain de Haldimar heard no more. At a single bound he had gained the ship's side.
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