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You've got your mouse, so go on and do your errand." "Oh!" cried Hop, his face lighting up. "Now me know. You takee um tanglefoot, and lis man takee my mousee! He allee samee goatee in um pockee." Instinctively the outlaw put his hand in his pocket, and the first thing his fingers came in contact with was the dead mouse. He uttered a cry and pulled it out.
Go down on your knees and pray that no telegram from Foot Brothers I mean, Legge arrives during the next five-and-twenty minutes. 'Why? 'If not, you're to takee this notee to Brother Andrew Leggee, comprenez? The boss was going to send me, but he altered his mind, worse luck. 'Twelve-thirteen? asked Hood. 'Yes. And now if you're in the mind, I'll box you for half a dollar what say?
So we took him on board, but it was a long time before we could make him speak or understand English; yet when we had taught him, he told us, 'they were going with their kings to fight a great battle; and when we asked him, what made them come up to us? he said, to makee de great wonder look; where it is to be noted, that those natives, and those of Africa, always add to e's at the end of English words, as makee, takee, and the like, from which it is very difficult thing to make them break off.
"But I left no money on the top of the bureau, John," said Mrs. Tretherick earnestly. "There must be some mistake. It belongs to some other person. Take it back, John." Ah Fe's brow darkened. He drew away from Mrs. Tretherick's extended hand, and began hastily to gather up his basket. "Me no takee it back. No, no! Bimeby pleesman he catchee me.
It slipped up Hop sleeve the same as it had done the first time. "Now you findee um jack of hearts," he said, smilingly. Roche nodded and proceeded to look for it. "It isn't here," he said, looking surprised. "You wantee tly foolee poor Chinee," Hop declared, putting on an injured look. "You takee um card and puttee in your boot, so be." "What's that?" cried Roche, half angrily.
The venerable stranger from distant shores said a good deal to the other in what I suppose was the language used in China. It all sounded like "hung" and "li" and "chi," and then the other turned to us and said "Nicee lilly girlee, same piecee flowelee, you takee my head to walkee on. This is alle samee my father first chop ancestor. Dirty white devils makee him hurt.
"Me go uppee lere, and me allee samee lookee down on um other side, so be." "Great Scott!" cried Jim Dart. "Who would have thought of doing that? Hop, you are a dandy!" "Me velly muchee smartee Chinee, so be," was the reply. "Where Misler Charlie? Me takee and showee where Misler Wild is velly muchee quicken, so be."
"He takee lillee tlip to huntee uppee some outlaws, so be," answered the Chinaman. "Me likee havee lillee tanglefoot; len me go outee huntee, too, so be." "Is that so? Well, I don't know how much of a hunter you are, but if yer are as good at it as yer are with ther cards you'll make out all right, I reckon." "Lat light."
He said, "China-man no stealee you tellee him me no stealee he see me no takee him" and then he insisted upon my going to see for myself that the money was on the boot. I was awfully distressed.
That will interest you, I am sure. "'Ah Moy takee up anysing that Missee want, said the Chinaman gallantly. 'Ah Moy velly, velly fond of Missee. He no come to Slunday-school at all if teacher no come too! Slunday-school is a great big bluff most allee time it seem to me. Humbug, eh? "This was a staggerer. "'Why, Ah Moy, how perfectly shocking! "Bluff!" "Humbug!" Where did you learn such words?
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