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"They all come, señor," he announced. "Pig tief say Fransoy rob him and he go casser office window." He turned and waved his hand threateningly as a big man in ragged white clothes came into the light. "Fuera, puerco ladron!" The man took off a large palm-leaf hat and flourished it with ironical courtesy. "Here is gran escandolo, señores. La belle chose, verdad!
All the while they were making sure in this way that he should not escape, the Indians were cuffing his ears, and reviling him for a "Tief! A hoss steal! A rascal!"
Walter Puddock hesitated a few seconds, and then, without venturing a word of remonstrance, let down his trousers. "See now the guilty tief, he knows what's coming. Shame upon you, Walter Puddock, to disgrace your preceptor so, and make him tell a lie to young Master Keene. Where's Phil Mooney?
"Why, massa, I knows what 'em respect white men what be gemmen like yersef, but dat Dutchman stand da'h a'n't no gentlem', he done gone tieffe my money seven time; an' I whip him sure-jus' lef' him come out here. I doesn't care for true, and God saw me, I be whip at the wukhouse next minute. He tief, an' lie, an 'e cheat me."
Keep off my lan', if you hain't want anoder lesson. "'You's a tief, my fader say. "'Hermidas, make up Narcisse Laroque bill, de old rascal say to his clerk. 'If he hain't pay dat bill to-morrow, I sue him. "So my fader is scare mos' to death. Only my moder she's say, 'I'll pay dat bill, me. "So she's take the money she's saved up long time for make my weddin' when it come.
Standing astraddle on both seats, with the map close to the lamp, I greedily followed the course of the 'tief' southward. It inclined away from the road to Esens and passed the town about a mile to the west, diving underneath the railway.
It makes de down fly like a feather-bed. It makes niggars wery sarcy to see white tief punished tree times as much as dey is; dat are a fac, Missus. A poor white man can't work, and in course he steal. Well, his time bein' no airthly use, dey gib him six month pensiontary; and niggar, who can airn a dollar or may be 100 cents a day, only one month. I spise a poor white man as I do a skunk.
Ef dere is a man in your room, he shall shar de fate ob dat villain dat I've 'spected ob bein' a tief afore. An' he went an' looken in Missy Roberta's room. In a few moments he come back an' say, 'Dere was a man dar, but he 'scape troo de winder on de verandy-roof. Ef I kin discober 'im he shall die too. Den he say, grave an' sad-like: 'Ladies, dere is bad men in eb'ry army.
My father took his hand, and the boy jumped and uttered a cry of pain, but he evidently mastered himself, and rising to his knees, he resigned himself to my father, but doubled his other fist and shook it in the direction of the shore as he shouted fiercely "Ah, you wait bit, great big coward great big ugly Injum tief. You wait bit Pomp and um fader get hold you, gib you de 'tick.
"Top, you tief top, you tief! for me piece dat," shouted the pursuer. "You dam rascal!" quoth the dame.
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