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He paused, and at the mention of the walnut Dorothy clutched her hands to her breast and caught her breath, but the man went on: "Ye hain't no native-born man hyar, Thornton, albeit ye've done sought ter run ther country like some old-time king or lord beyond ther water.... Ye hain't nuthin' but a trespassin' furriner, nohow an' we don't love no tyrant.
Rainey set out some whisky, which the Japanese refused, some cigars that he passed over with a motion of his hand. He sat down stiffly and ran through the papers. "We're pelagic, you know," said Lund. "We ain't trespassin' on purpose. Didn't even know you owned the island." "It is on our charts," said Ito crisply, as if that settled the right of dominion. "How did you come here at all?"
Being a person of some courage, she managed with an effort to keep her hold of the basin and to scatter the remaining grains among the fowls before addressing her terrific visitor. "You're trespassin'," she said, with harsh self-possession. And from the grass she picked up her cheap magazine and dropped it into the basin which she had just slapped down on the bench by the door.
Rube, however, stared inquisitively into the stranger's ruddy brown face, noticing how closely together his piercing black eyes were set and how sharp and thin was his nose. He was an unusually handsome person. "Injuns ain't supposed ter come out from their reservations," the boy continued. "Anyhow, you've got no business trespassin' on this yer property. You'd best quit.
Up go these signs, an' it won't be a happy day for anybody I catch trespassin' on my birds." Maria studied the signs meditatively. "You shouldn't be forced to put 'em up," she said conclusively. "If it's been decided 'at it's good for 'em to be here, an' laws made to protect 'em, people ought to act with some sense, an' leave them alone.
"The first sojer I catch trespassin' on my piece o' ground, I'll have the law on him!" "Hullo! Be you the owner o' this patch, then?" "Yes, I be: and I tell 'ee you've no business messin' around my property." The corporal removed the pipe from his mouth and rubbed its bowl softly against the side of his nose. "So you said, to be sure.
Two rough-looking men, evidently a farmer and his hired man, armed with guns, and holding a couple of dogs by ropes, came in sight close by. "Hey! what d'ye mean by trespassin' on my ground? I'll have the law on ye for darin' to build a big bonfire like that! No tramp convention c'n threaten to set fire to my woods, let me tell ye!"
One evenin', him an' me was trespassin' ovver a compound wall after one of them mongooses 'at he'd started, an' we was busy grubbin' round a prickle-bush, an' when we looks up there was Mrs. DeSussa wi' a parasel ovver her shoulder, a-watchin' us. "Oh my!" she sings out; "there's that lovelee dog! Would he let me stroke him, Mister Soldier?"
"Hear folks is trespassin' on your land, Norton. Name of Crane and Keith. Haulin' logs acrost. No contract with you? No contract with Plumm?" "No contract." "Hain't got a right to do it, have they?" "No." "If I owned that land I'd give 'em notice," said Scattergood. "G'-by, Norton. Goin'to Boston to-day. Set tight, Norton. G'-by."
Now hold your noise, and remember where you are and who you're speakin' to; and perhaps I mayn't lock you up this time. Tell me what you saw when you were trespassin' in the meadow." "I sor a young 'omen and a man. And I see her kissin' him; and the gentleman won't believe me." "You mean you saw him kissing her, more likely." "No, I don't.
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