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He replied that notwithstandin' the enormous and remarkable growth of institutions of learning throughout the country and the widespread interest in arithmetic, it hadn't been figured out yet. "'Make good, says I, tappin' the table with the finger of authority. "'I got you, says he, and slams his roll upon the table. 'There's eight hundred dollars.
"In that case," says he, "suppose I send over for a pair of Arabs, the best blood to be found, and have them put into his stable as a surprise?" "Steele," says I, tappin' him encouragin' on the knee, "you've got the spendin' part down fine; but that alone don't fill the bill. As I take it, Pyramid meant for us to do more than just scatter around a lot of expensive gifts reckless like.
"Ahr-r-r-chee!" says he. "That Hamand boob, stickin' up for the Waps and Guineas, he he's a nut, a last year's nut!" "Hardly that, Swifty," says I. "A next year's nut, I should say." "It seemed so absurdly simple at first too," says J. Bayard Steele, tappin' one of his pearl-gray spats with his walkin' stick. "But now well, the more I see of this Gerald Webb, the less I understand."
"I have," says he, producin' an envelope with some notes scribbled on the back. "Is that No. 6 on the list?" says I. "Who's the party?" "Here," says he, tappin' the envelope impressive, "are my findings and recommendations in the case of Hackett Wells." "Shoot it," says I, settlin' back in the desk chair.
The townspeople, however, answered the proposition with a shout of fury, and protested that they would destroy the garrison with their own hands if such an insinuation were repeated. Sebastian Tappin, too, encouraged them with the hope of speedy relief, and held out to them the wretched consequences of trusting to the mercy of their foes.
"We-e-ell," he drawls out, still breathin' a bit hard, but gettin' back his gentle smile, "I didn't want to do no fursin' with them constables; but you know Mistuh Phil he told me to see that Robin didn't git into no trouble, and and we-e-ell, I didn't care for their motions none at all, I didn't. So I jes' had to tap 'em a little." "Tappin' is good!" says I. "And how about you, Robin?
As I was tellin' him, when I heard your tap here at the window " "But I don't and I wasn' tappin' for you, either." "Appears not," said Mr Philp, with a glance at the empty glass in Cai's hand. "Where is he? Still in the garden, d'ye say?" "Ay: somewheres down by the summer-house.
It was really a pleasure to have the kapala of Tumingki meet us a couple of kilometres before arriving there. A man whom I had sent ahead to the river Tappin for the purpose of securing more baskets and to bring a woman to interpret the designs, had evidently told him about us.
Says I, when I heard you tappin', 'That's Cap'n Hocken, says I, 'signallin' me to come an wish him joy, an' maybe to join him in a drink over his luck. And why not? says I. 'Stranger things have happened." "You'll excuse me. . . . If he's in his garden, I want a chat with him." Cai hurried out to the front door. "Maybe you'd like me to go with you," suggested Mr Philp, ready for him.
Sebastian Tappin, a Lorraine officer of much experience and bravery, was next in command, and was, in truth, the principal director of the operations. He had been despatched thither by the Prince of Orange, to serve under La None, who was to have commanded in Maestricht, but had been unable to enter the city.
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