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He lowered his voice "Say, he's one of de richest mugs in New York, ain't he? Well, he's been sellin' stocks an' bonds all day, t'ousands an' t'ousands of dollars' worth fer cash." "All dem t'ings is always sold fer cash," remarked Larry the Bat fatuously. "Aw, ferget it!" said the Magpie earnestly. "Fer CASH, I said de coin, de long green understand?
"Dat's berry sad, massa, berry sad," returned Ebony, with a deep sigh, "but you no object sit on de straw for a bit an' let me rest. Dere now. You's growin' heavier every day, massa. I stick de torch here for light. Look, here you see I hab a few t'ings. Dis is one bit ob rope wid a loop on him." "And what may that be for?" asked Rosco, with some curiosity.
"What is that, Peter?" "What! you not know what de Kasba am? My, how ignorant you is! De Kasba is de citad'l de fort where all de money an' t'ings treasure you call it am kep' safe. Strong place, de Kasba awrful strong." "I'll be glad to see that," said Foster. "Ho yes.
Drawing forth Grace's letter he rose and tendered it to the astonished young man. "Now him is done," Jean referred, not to Tom, but to the finished means for Tom's transportation. "I go, put 'way the t'ings till we com' after, som' day." With this pointed assertion, Jean promptly made good his word. David followed him with alacrity, leaving Tom alone with his unexpected treasure.
But I don't want to reach under there in the dark and perhaps get bitten and scratched by Snoop, or whatever he has. We'll wait for the flash light." Bert now came running in with this, Sam following when he heard that the cat had something strange under the table in the kitchen. "Dey suah am lots ob t'ings happenin' dis day," observed Sam. Mr. Bobbsey flashed the light under the table.
"I lub fishing," he said one day to Nigel when in a confidential mood; "I can't tell you how much I lub it. Seems to me dat der's nuffin' like it for proggin' a man!" When Nigel demanded an explanation of what proggin' meant, Moses said he wasn't quite sure. He could "understand t'ings easy enough though he couldn't allers 'splain 'em."
Rhoda Gray, sprawled on the floor where he had thrown her, did not move-except to take the revolver from the pocket of her dress. She was crooning queerly to herself, as she watched Rough Rorke light the candle and grope around on the floor: "She was good to me, de White Moll was. Jellies an' t'ings she brought me, she did. An' Gypsy Nan don't ferret. Gypsy Nan don't "
But yistiddy aftahnoon dee was two gent'men what I seen playin' wid a leetle ball an' some cups ovah it, an' I went up to look on, an' lo an' behol', suh, it was one o' dese money-mekin' t'ings. W'y, I seen de man des' stan' dere an' mek money by the fis'ful. Well, I 'low I got sorter wo'ked up.
"Dey gets all kind o' fool notions 'bout all kind o' fool t'ings. You ain't got to feel so bad de Jedge is lots wuss'n yo' boss is. Yo' boss kin see de bugs he run atter, but my boss talk 'bout some kind o' bug he call Germ. I ax um what kind o' bug is dat; an' he 'low you can't see um wid yo' eye.
"I mean is Dawson as rich as they say it is?" "Um m! I don' know." "Didn't you get in on the strike?" "I hear 'bout 'im, but I'm t'inkin' 'bout oder t'ings." Phillips regarded the speaker curiously. "That's funny. What business are you in?" "My bizness? Jus' livin'." The Canadian's eyes twinkled.
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