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It was the housemaid that answered his ring at the door of the Brentwood apartment. She was a Swede, a recent importation; hence Kent learned nothing beyond the bare fact that the ladies had gone out. "With Mr. Ormsby?" he asked. "Yaas; Aye tank it vill pee dat yentlemans." The pursuer took the road again, rather unhopefully. There were a dozen places where Ormsby might have taken his charges.
There was an affair of outposts, in which several prisoners were taken. These acknowledged that a very large force of cavalry occupied Harrisonburg, and that Jackson was close behind, having rebuilt the bridge at Fort Republic across the Shenandoah, and advanced by the Keezletown road. An old negro shambled one morning into the lines. "Yaas, sah, dat's de truf! I ain' moughty unlike ol' Brer Eel.
"Two days after you saw me?" I repeated. "Yaas, I run away. That was the mont' of August, 1789, and we have not then heard in New Orleans that the Bastille is attack. I lan' at La Havre, it is the en' of Septembre. I go to the Chateau de St. Gre great iron gates, long avenue of poplar, big house all 'round a court, and Monsieur le Marquis is at Versailles.
This is a memorandum a sort of reminder." "Yaas." "Then clearly I am not the person to whom it should be given. No; if you want to be reminded of this mighty matter, put this in your desk; if it gets into mine, you will never see it again; I will give you fair warning. There hide it quick here they come." They did come, all but Mr. Bazalgette, who was at work in his study. Mr.
Mayor, wast to pring Dootje's 'rapscallion Tominie, and his 'rapscallion frient; and t'at is one, and t'is ist t'ot'e." "This gentleman has the appearance of being a real clergyman, and that too, of the church of England." "Yaas, Mr. Mayor, t'at is yoost so. He wilt preach fifteen minutes wit'out stopping, if you wilt give him a plack gownt; and pray an hour in a white shirt."
"Are they going to have the Jerusalem Jump?" asked Miss Annie. "Oh, yaas, Miss Annie," said the old woman, "dey's sartin shuh to hab dat, when dey gits waken'd." "I should so like to see the Jerusalem Jump again," said Miss Annie. "I saw it once, when I was a little girl. Did you ever see it?" she said, turning to Mr Croft. "I have not," he answered. "I never even heard of it."
You mek' you' weesh wid all you' heart, bien! Yaas, I see, I see!" Breathlessly did Manuela learn that her lover was true, but "dat light gal, yaas, she mek' nouvena in St. Rocque fo' hees love." "I give you one lil' charm, yaas," said the Wizened One when the seance was over, and Manuela, all white and nervous, leaned back in the rickety chair.
He was a willing, lively little waiter, with his moony face on the top of his head; and he jumped round in the rain like a parching pea, rolling his head about in the funniest manner. The American steadied the little man by the collar, and began, "I want to secure two seats in the coupe of the diligence in the. morning." "Yaas," jumping round, and looking from one to another.
The marshal of the leading grange came charging back along the line, riding magnificently, his fiery little horse a-foam. "Are we all ready?" he shouted like a field officer. "Yaas!" "All ready, Tom?" "Ready when you are," came the fusillade of replies.
"Yaas, Miss Lucy. Easter's Jim hab imported dat Marse Berkeley Cyarter done recompense him on de road dis mahnin' ter know when Marster's comin' home." "Just as soon," said Miss Lucy, "as the Convention brings everybody to their senses. Three letters for Edward one in young Beaufort Porcher's writing. Now we'll hear the Charleston version probably he fired the first shot! A note for me.
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