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When I entered the house I felt there was something comin' over me, and lo and behold ye! no sooner was we in the hall- passage if it hadn't been for that blessed infant I should 'a dropped. I must 'a known his step, for my heart began thumpin', and I knew I hadn't got my hair straight that Mr. Wentworth was in such a hurry nor my best gown. I knew he'd scorn me. He hates frumps."
Uncle Remus stared at the strange darkey curiously for a moment, and then he seized him by the arm. "Come yer, son, whar dey ain't no folks an' lemme drap some Jawjy 'intment in dem years er yone. You er mighty fur ways fum home, an' you wanter be a lookin' out fer yo'se'f. Fus and fo'mus, you er thumpin' de wrong watermillion. You er w'isslin' up de wrong chube.
"Ditto, says I," answered Hockins, when appealed to, "for, to the best o' my belief, my old ooman is awaitin' for me, too, over there he pointed to England with the stem of his pipe to say nothin' o' three thumpin' boys an' a gal also an old gran'-mother an' a maiden aunt, etceterer all awaitin' with great patience, I have no manner o' doubt." "But how's we to git dar?
An' it'll take great thumpin' jumps sometimes, an' run along the tops of the trees, carrying its partner with it, an' then droppin' him jest as a fish hawk'll drop a pickerel to kill it before eatin'. An' its food, of all the muck in the whole Bush is moss!" And he laughed a short, unnatural laugh.
Now the cries from seaward had ceased, but the two captains were not discouraged. "He's heard the thumpin' of our oars," said Captain Cephas. "He's listenin', and he'll sing out again if he thinks we're goin' wrong," said Captain Eli. "Of course he doesn't know anything about that." And so when they made the sweep to the south the cry came again, and Captain Eli grinned.
"Hm-m," said the doctor, slowly, his eyes averted. "Well, we'll make an examination. Come in here, please," he added, leading the way to an inner room. "Gorry!" ejaculated Jason some minutes later, when he was once more back in his chair, "I should think you might know what ails me now after all that thumpin' an' poundin' an' listenin'!" "I do," said the doctor.
He loaded this and I the one for the lieutenant, I put in a thumpin' heavy charge, so he'll overshoot, I am to give the word; but don't look at me at all. I'll manage to catch the lieutenant's eye, and do ye watch him steadily, aim at his middle and fire when he does, and all will be right." They were all the while moving to the place selected for the duel.
The other two was at him with their clubs by this time, swingin' on him vicious; but somehow they couldn't get in anything but body blows that echoed on Uncle Noah's ribs like thumpin' a barrel. Must have been a tough old boy; for that never fazed him. And the crowd, that was a block deep by this time, seemed to be right with him. "Slug the clubbers!" they yelled. "Knock their blocks off!
"Come, nothin' to be got here," whispered Bob Lumsden, in a tone of disgust, as he caught hold of his friend's arm. "We'll trust to ourselves " "An' the thumpin' sticks," whispered Pat, as they reached the end of the road. Alas for the success of their enterprise if it had depended on those formidable weapons of war!
When I entered the house I felt there was something comin' over me, and lo and behold ye! no sooner was we in the hall-passage if it hadn't been for that blessed infant I should 'a dropped. I must 'a known his step, for my heart began thumpin', and I knew I hadn't got my hair straight that Mr. Wentworth was in such a hurry nor my best gown. I knew he'd scorn me. He hates frumps."
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