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Ned was banished from court in utter disgrace when he was discovered tormenting some unhappy field-mice. Goldilocks could never forget the sad spectacle, and retired behind her veil when he approached, waving him away with an imperious little hand, and crying, in a tone of mingled grief and anger, "No, I tarn't love him; he tut the poor mouses' little tails off, and they queeked!"
The General bowed, and the man stood staring at him for a few moments, and then from one to the other, in an undecided way. "Then you won't go?" he said at last. The General made a sign to Colonel Preston. "No, sir; we will not go," said the latter, firmly. "Oh, very well. 'Tarn't my fault. I like peace, I do; but if you will have it rough, why, it's your own fault."
"Why, it's all right, Mas' Don; 'tarn't tea and coffee, and bread and butter, but it's salad and eggs and fruit. Why, fighting cocks'll be nothing to it. We shall live like princes, see if we don't. What's them things like?" "Like very ripe apples, Jem, or medlars," replied Don, who had been tasting the fruit carefully. "That'll do, then.
Theer was nothing else for a man to do but to go with the bad beggars, and when I seemed to jyne 'em, why of course Neb Dumlow and old Barney joined at once." "Bob!" I ejaculated, as a feeling of delight sent a flush of blood to my cheeks, and I felt hot and excited once more, "you don't mean to say that " "But I just do, sir. 'Tarn't likely I should run all this risk if I didn't mean it."
You're as right as right, and it is unfortunate that our chief should be surrounded here in a place where he can't use the best part of his troops. But there, we won't argue about it. 'Tarn't a common soldier's duty to talk over what his general does. What he, a fighting man, has to do is to fight and do in all things what he is told. Do you see?" "Yes, Serge, I see, but "
"No, no, don't you think that," cried Dummy. "Let's keep on talking." "Yes," said Mark, jumping at the proposal. "Let's keep talking Who are you laughing at?" "You, Master Mark. You are sleepy. 'Tarn't far, now. Fresh air'll soon rouse you."
Sometimes it's better; sometimes it's worse. 'Tarn't a nat'ral way o' taking blue pill, and consekently it don't agree with you. But don't you worry about that, nor me neither: I arn't killed yet." As Dumlow spoke, the others got carefully by me, and passed on out of sight. Then it came to his turn. "Stand fast, sir," he said. "I don't want to shove you down into that hole.
"They must be all drunk, Jem," whispered Don, with a fresh shudder of horror and loathing. "No, Mas' Don, 'tarn't that," said Jem, with a look of disgust. "Old Mike used to tell us stories, and most of 'em was yarns as I didn't believe; but he told us one thing as I do believe now.
I don't think there's anything to fear, but take my gun, and if that old ruffian does rouse up and crawl to the saloon door 'tarn't likely, or he'd ha' been here before, but I says it, my lad, because it would be your dooty, and you must shoot, sir; shoot him. He aren't a human man, only a something in a man's shape; a murderer, that's what he is, and you must shoot him as if he was a wild beast.
It's wonderful filling at the price." The man laughed, and emptied the baler. "'Tarn't bad, mate," he said, as he leaned over the side to refill the tin. "Bad? I should think not. I feel like a noo man." "And you looks it, too, matey," said the other grinning. "I shouldn't ha' knowed you with that boiled duff fizz-mahogany o' yourn. How much bigger's it going to get?"
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