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Tro. 989. ἧλθεν δὲ δαὶς θάλεια πρεσβίστη θεῶν. Soph. Fr. 548. See also Pauly Wissowa, s.v. Icaro-Menippos 24 schol. ad loc. Sylloge 628, Ar. Thesm. 84, 296 et passim. The plural αἱ Θεσμοφόροι used in late Greek is not, as one might imagine, a projection from the whole band of worshippers; it is merely due to the disappearance of the dual from Greek.
Well, den dey gub me anoder glass, and dat wouldn't do; dis here child hab trong head, Massa, werry trong, but he hoped de rum was all out, it was so bad; den dey rejectioned anoder in my face, and I paused and crastimated; sais I, 'Masters, is you done? for dis child was afeard, Massa, if he drank all de bottle empty, dey would tro dat in his face too, so sais I: "'Masters, I preaches under protest, against owners and ship for bandonment; but if I must put to sea, and dis niggar don't know how to steer by lunar compass, here goes. Sais I, 'My dear bredren, and dey all called out: "'You farnal niggar you! do you call us bredren, when you is as black as de debbil's hind leg?
"The chicken gives a shriek, 'n' starts to hug me right in front of the swell guy. "'I seem to be dee tro, says he, 'n' backs out the door. "'Where did you get the money? says the chicken, countin' the roll. 'Why! There's over a hundred here! "I takes fifty bucks fur myself, 'n' hands her the rest. "'I cops it at a poolroom, I says. 'A ten-to-one shot comes through fur me. Now get busy.
"Yo' kin find her, Mistah Dane, an' bring her back to me. I pray fo' her ebbery night an' all tro de day. I know yo' will come agin, an' bring my los' lamb wif yo'." The next day Dane and Pete left the settlement and headed up river. They started early and travelled hard. They were well aware that a storm was not far off, so Dane wished to be well up the Washademoak before the tempest burst.
Then the whole party, carried away, joined in the chorus. The men beat time with their heels, whilst the ladies did the same with their knives against their glasses. All of them singing at the top of their voices: "By Jingo! who on earth will pay A drink to the pa to the pa pa ? By Jingo! who on earth will pay A drink to the pa to the pa tro o l?"
So him pick off Sambo Moses oh! cool as one cucumber. Now, say he, man to man, and wid dat him tro him gun on de ground, and drawing him cutlass, we push up in one moment him and Corromantee Tom close. Tom put up him hand to fend him head whip ah massa cutlass shred de hand at de wrist, like one carrot down Tom go atop of him jump Massa Aaron.
A yelling in broken English smote the startled sergeant. "Tro up your hands, you d Injun! I'll blow the top off you!" came through the quiet. The sergeant sprang down to see the Swede standing with carbine levelled at a young buck confronting him with a drawn knife in his hands, while his blanket lay back on the snow. "He's a buck he ain't no squaw; he tried to creep on me with a knife.
"Let me go, massa," cried Tom, rapidly throwing off his clothes, and beginning, without further ado, to fasten the rope round his own waist. "Jis see him tight not a slip-knot, massa. Tom Baraka swim tro' worse seas dan dis on coast ob Africa, as you know. Stick de oar in de sand. Tie de rope to it, Massa Pack; you pay out, and off him go."
The strange Mexican was standing proudly and looking into the squinting eyes with only a grayness of face and a tigerish litheness to tell what he felt. "None go through the canyon after dark on Fridays," purred Martin. "I go tro' de canyon nex' Friday night. Eef I do, then you mak apology to me?" "I'll limit my remark to all but one Greaser." The Mexican stepped forward.
Hayoue rose, breathed on the hand of the old man, said "tro uashatze, umo," and left. After his departure Topanashka also rose, but before crossing the threshold he whispered to Say, "They found nothing?" "Nothing." "Was Tyope along?" "He was." "In that case they may accuse you as much as they please, they cannot do you any harm." "But who could have told them?"
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