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The owner of the steed in question seemed proof against all temptation; article after article of great value in Indian eyes was offered and refused. The charms of an old tin-kettle, however, were irresistible, and a bargain was concluded. A great part of the following morning was consumed in lightening the packages of the men and arranging the load for the horse.
"No, no!" cried Ching, who was excited and alarmed, and who now began chattering in his own tongue, all pang ang nong wong ong, and a series of guttural sounds, while I could do nothing for laughing, but had to stand like a post for Ching to dodge behind. "Why don't you stand by, messmate?" growled Tom Jecks. "You can't go through life with that there tin-kettle tied to your tail.
Folly, impertinence, sheer impertinence, has exclusive possession of the king's highway; and a dog with a tin-kettle at tail has as good a chance as the wretch who dares to tread the pavement without partaking of the ruling insanity. Oh! Mr. Brougham, Mr. Brougham! your schoolmaster has a great deal yet to do: pray heaven his rods and his fools' caps may hold out! New Month. Mag.
"What was you a doing to Watch?" "I was tying a tin-kettle to his tail," said Ben, a little reluctantly. "And what was you a doing that for?" pursued the Squire. "I wanted to see how he would look," said Ben, glancing demurely at his father, out of the corner of his eye. "Did it ever occur to you that it must be disagreeable to Watch to have such an appendage to his tail?" queried the Squire.
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