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"I'll take the cub," said Wilmshurst, noticing that the native sergeant was stumbling frequently as he carefully nursed the somewhat fretful animal. "Berry good, sah," replied Bela Moshi, handing the cub to the subaltern. "I tink, sah, dat " A chorus of yells and warning shouts from the Haussas made the officers turn pretty sharply.
The recital of these dare-devil propositions caused Yaunie's face to wear a careworn look, and when asked what he thought of it he said "Well, I try to tink, bit it is impossible. You speak what cannot happen. If you do what you say, how can you come back here? No, no; that must not be. I have better plan.
"Does yer mean that?" she demanded, sternly. "Sartin, I does." "Yer denies kneelin' at my feet an' sayin', "Wasn't de onions made yer cry;" a pleadin' and a coaxin' till I 'sented to marry yer." "In course I does," repeated Dolf, doggedly. "Take care! Jis' tink!" "Miss Clo, dis ere ain't decorous; I'se 'stonished at yer!" With a bound like an unchained tigress Clo sprang at him.
"By all power, she no fool of a woman dat," said Mesty, as she retreated curtseying; "I tink Mr Oxbelly very right sleep tingle." We have now come to the end of our hero's adventures; that afternoon they all started for Forest Hill, where everything was ready for their reception.
I master de leetle one, Eboe Peter, and we carry dem both prisoners into Falmouth. Massa Aaron fight? Ah, massa, no hax dat question again." "Well, but will Mr Gelid fight?" said I. "I tink him will too great friend of Massa Bang good duck shot too oh yes, fink Massa Paul will fight." "Why," said I, "your friends are all heroes, Pegtop will Mr Wagtail fight also?"
"No, Quady is one of the bright ones now; and you will be made white, too, when you go there. Don't you want to go and be one of those bright ones, Vingo?" "Does all de white folks go dar?" "Yes, if they love God when they are here; if they are good he will take them home to be with him." "Den I don't tink I wants to go dar." "O, Vingo! that is very wicked! Why don't you want to go?"
He own dem all; but he tink more ob one ob you, more ob one ob you pore, ignorant brack folks dat you am dan ob all dem great worles! Who wouldn't belong, to sich a Massa as dat?
"Ob cose it's got money in it," Jeff reasoned. "Nuffin else 'ud be done up to tight and strong. I'se woan open it jes' yet, feared de missus or de colored boys 'spec' someting. Ki! I isn't a-gwine ter be tied up, an' hab dat box whip out in me. I'll tink how I kin hide an' spen' de money kine of slowcution like."
'All! no, replied the man, shaking his head; 'some die some get away only four Kroumen left. Massa Francisco, how you come back again? Everybody tink you dead. I say no, not dead ab charm with him ab book.
"You are ze most prudent of gentlemen!" he exclaimed. "Your great Franco-American pearl expert, 'e 'as valued ze pearls one time already at 'is own place, under your eye, Mistaire Sand. Now 'e 'as to come to your 'ouse! Mazette! But you must tink me a smart one, saire, if I could change false tings for real in ze last minute!"
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