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"I look everywhere, I no find te tog. Den de tog is dead?" "Yes," replied Vanslyperken, "but I'll punish the scoundrel, depend upon it. That will do, corporal; you may go." As Snarleyyow remained perfectly quiet during this conversation, we must give Vanslyperken great credit for his manoeuvre. The corporal went to Smallbones, and repeated what had passed. Smallbones snapped his fingers.
No one ever heard of the devil's eye being put out ergo, the dog could not be a devil, or one of his imps; so argued a knot of the men in conclave, and Jansen wound up by observing, "Dat de tog was only a tog after all." Vanslyperken returned to his cabin and stated his intentions to his factotum and confidant, Corporal Van Spitter.
How Grumper, Father, Major Decies, and even Khodadad Khan and the sepoys would have laughed at the get-up. Nay, they would have blushed for the fellow a Sahib, a gentleman to tog himself up so! The boy also liked the man's voice when he turned towards the tent and called:
Bring him into the cabin." Here the corporal, who was prepared, shook his head, smoothed down the hair of his forehead, and made a very melancholy face. "It was all my fault, Mynheer Vanslyperken; yet I do for the best, but de tog be lost." "How is that, corporal?"
"Go ahead. I'll follow," returned Larry. "I'd like to get out of this rain." "Have to tog you out like me," said the old fisherman, as he led the youth toward his hut. "These are the only things for this weather." As they hastened on there came over the water the boom of a signal gun from the wrecked steamer. "What's that?" asked the young reporter, pausing.
"Tat you haf tone it yourself, ten, Malcolm? My prave poy!" "No, daddy; I took my licks like a man, for I deserved them." "Deserfed to pe peaten, Malcolm to pe peaten like a tog? Ton't tell her tat! Ton't preak her heart, my poy." "It wasna that muckle, daddy. I only telled him auld Horny was at 's lug." "And she'll make no toubt it was true," cried Duncan, emerging sudden from his despondency.
This was rather a trial to the corporal's politeness; to deny what the widow said, might displease, and, as he firmly believed otherwise, he was put to a nonplus; but the widow looked him full in the face, expecting assent, so at last the corporal drawled out, "Mein Gott! yes a tog is but a tog." The widow was satisfied, and not perceiving the nice distinction, continued.
Hamburger; "de nex' time you leetle vootshucks vant to chase dat oder vootshuck, you put a pag ofer dese hole. Den you shace him round among de rocks, and you will catch de tog ant de vootshuck into de same pag." "That's what we'll do," said Abe Selover. "But not to-day, boys. He was the finest woodchuck I ever saw, but we've missed him this time." By Lieutenant-Colonel W. Hill James
I might "tog up" as many as possible, and said "togged" men must lend their guns to the others; for every man of the "reals" insisted on wearing a gun dangling over each hip. So I went down into my trunks, and disinterred four dress suits and three Tuxedos, together with all the appurtenances thereto. Oh, Rankin was certainly a wonder!
This was rather a trial to the corporal's politeness; to deny what the widow said might displease; and, as he firmly believed otherwise, he was put to a nonplus; but the widow looked him full in the face, expecting assent, so at last the corporal drawled out "Mein Gott! yes a tog is but a tog." The widow was satisfied; and not perceiving the nice distinction, continued:
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