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That's me, Lyman, and you may wollop it about in your mouth and chew on it. It is no more than natural that I should want to join my old friends. Of course we were not actually in the army, but we would have been soldiers if we hadn't been captured and disarmed, and we have an affection for the old organization. There ain't many of us left and it is cruelty to keep us apart.
"Why, what's the matter?" demanded Sam innocently. "Isn't it a good picture? "I'll picture you!" "I thought I was doing my best." "Show me off for a donkey! If it wasn't against the rules I'd I'd wollop you!" "A donkey! Oh, Peleg, I did nothing of the kind! Here is your picture, on my word of honor." "It's a donkey's head, I say." "And I say it's your picture.
Then he goes on: "'I taik mi pen in hand to inform u that Ime well, tho I've lost about 15 pounds, and hoap that u air injoyin' the same blessin." "Think o' the vulgarity o' a man writin' to a young lady 'bout his losin' flesh. If a man should write sich a thing to my sister I'd hunt him up and wollop the life outen him.
He succeeded in disengaging himself from his assailants, and, squaring himself off, said, defiantly: "Dom yer cowardly heyes; jest come hat me one hat a time, hand hI'll wollop the 'ole gang uv ye's." One of our Sergeants styled himself proudly "a Chicago rough," and was as vain of his pugilistic abilities as a small boy is of a father who plays in the band.
With the two uv 'em to manidge, I'm betwixt tommyhock an' buzzard, so to speak, an' I won't hev a minit's peace tell I wollop 'em both, an' mek 'em behave therse'ves. So I reckon I'll hafto talk in kindah gen'ral terms, or in par'bles, ez Brothah Stone would say, when Abner axes me 'bout my intahview with Hiram." The opportunity for Rogers' diplomatic use of "par'bles" came that evening.
He's got his whole army together down thar, and he'll wollop yo'uns till your hides won't hold shucks. Ole Bragg's smarter'n ary Yankee that ever lived, and he's fixed up a dead-fall for yo'uns at Tullyhomy that'll mash yo'uns flatter'n a pancack." "Let him go ahead with his mashin' flat," answered Shorty; "we're some on the mash ourselves, as you fellers found out at Stone River."
He chuckled, however, as he ran, at the thought of being there to render him assistance to the best of his power. "Ha!" thought he, "for Long Orrick to wollop Supple Rodger out on the sandhills is one thing; but for Long Orrick to wallop Supple Rodger with me dancin' round him like a big wasp is quite another thing!"
I can't very well do it myself and keep you covered at the same time, and while I ought to give you a wollop on the jaw, same as you done to me, I ain't goin' to do it. You can scream if you want to, ma'am, yell 'bloody murder', and 'police', and everything. It's all the same to me. Go ahead and " "It is not my intention to do anything of the kind," announced the lady haughtily.
I made a fine fool of him, I tell you! And then there's little uns, too: O, little by me! I tell you, I keep them in order. When we carry little uns, I have a rope's-end of my own to wollop 'em." Just then we came to the top of the hill, and looked down on the Ferry and the Hope.
But his smile put it all right, and she not only took his penny but put it in her mouth with a "Thank you, mister. Did they wollop you then?" "Oh no!" answered Diamond. "They never wollops me." "Lor!" said the little girl, and was speechless.
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