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"What did your uncle have for breakfast, Mas' Don?" "Coffee ham I hardly know, Jem." "Ho! Thought p'r'aps it had been cayenne pepper." "Nonsense!" "Ah, you may say that, but see how he is going it. 'Tarn't my fault that the dock men work so badly, and 'tarn't my fault that Mike isn't here, and " "Don't stand talking to Wimble, Lindon," said a voice sharply, and Uncle Josiah came up to the pair.
"They can't hear us, and if they did they'd think it was the watch. Say, look here, seems a pity to waste them ropes after we've got 'em down ready." "Yes, Jem, it does." "Such a short way to slide down, and no fear o' their breaking, same as there was in that cock-loft. What d'yer say?" "What to?" "Let's slide down and swim for it. 'Tarn't quarter of a mile. You could do that easy."
"Then what do you mean by serving a fellow like that?" muttered Samson to himself. "I didn't think I could make such a fool of myself about an enemy, too." "Samson," whispered Fred, excitedly, "can I trust you?" "No, sir. 'Tarn't likely," growled the man, morosely. "I'm sartain to go and tell tales everywhere, and blab it all out, whatever it is." "No, no; I don't believe you, lad.
I'm English, I am, and I arn't going to sit down and be kicked by a Frenchman, 'tarn't likely." "No, matey, it arn't. But lookye here. He's forrard and down in the forksle, and as soon as you get the feeling back in your legs " "Ay, you may say that, mate. They're like a mask o' cold lead." "Then I'll rub them for you, and then you can go and strike him back." "What! now he's down.
I was looking at you, and I saw that root you were holding come out of the rock." "Did you, Mas' Don? Oh, I thought I did that o' purpose," came from below. "Where are you?" "Sitting straddling on a big bit o' bush." "Where? I can't see you." "Here, all right. 'Tarn't ten foot, it's about five and twenty "`De-riddle-lol-de-ri." "Jem, we must climb back. It is too risky."
"I say, do have it. It's real gold." "I don't care if it's real silver!" cried Polly. "I've got brooches of my own, thank you, and I'll trouble you to go." "'Tarn't good enough for you, I suppose. Well, I'll bring you something better." Bang. The cottage door was closed violently. Then we heard footsteps, which ceased after a minute, and we went on out toward the lane. "Make haste!"
He didn't know what they were, and mamma had often told him never to eat strange things. But they smelt so good, and looked so nice, he couldn't resist, and lifted one to his mouth, when little shadow motioned for him to stop. "Oh, dear! you don't let me do any thing I want to," sighed Will. "I shall ask Polly if I tarn't eat these; and, if she says I may, I shall, so now."
There," he cried, stopping suddenly in his angry soliloquy; and pulling up short, he stood ready, looking inward, forgetting the splashings of the reptiles, which were repeated from time to time. "What did I say? 'Tarn't rounds yet, and I should have been ketched, for here's some one coming. Out of regular time, too. One of the officers, for that spot of light's a cigar. Well, glad to see him.
"Then I 'spose it's their ferret in yon burrows, eh? there it is!" he continued, as the buff-looking, snaky animal now came out of one of the holes close by us, and Mercer stooped and picked it up as it made for the dead rabbit. "Oh yes, it's their farret, 'tarn't mine," said Magglin quickly. "Yes, it's my ferret, Mr Hopley," Mercer said dolefully. "And their nets, eh? Here, you stand still.
'Tarn't a bottle he's got; it's a pistol!" Two of the men turned as if to run away, but at that moment another bucket-bearer came up, and there was a shout from up by the fire to know why the spraying had stopped. "Hi! all on yer! Coome here!" yelled Smiler. "What's he been shootin'?" cried one of the men who had turned to go. "Hissen," growled Joey, with a horrified look.
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