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His character altogether might be said to have been a negative one, as the only speciality for which he was particularly distinguished was for the variety of intonation and meaning which he could give to his two favourite exclamations, "Yaas," and "Bai-ey Je-ove!" thus economising his conversational powers to a considerable extent, which was a great advantage for him and others, too, as he might, you know, have had little more to say.
They were all captains as well as he, and he was hail, fellow! well met! with them as with everybody. Mr. Neckart, who was formally introduced, nodded curtly, but did not sit down. "A good day for the perch, Sutphen," said the captain, handing round a bundle of cigars. "Yaas." "But you ought to have been on the banks by daylight." Mr.
"Yaas," rolling his face about on the top of his head violently. "You three gentleman want breakfast. What you have?" I had told him before what we would I have, an now I gave up all hope of keeping our parties separate in his mind; so I said, "Five persons want breakfast at five o'clock. Five persons, five hours. Call all of them at half-past four."
And if anything special happens and I'm badly wanted, you must run to my office and fetch me. You know where it is?" "Yaas, I know," said Billy. "If Mr Smith comes up, you may let him in and make yourself scarce till he goes away again." "What Mr Smith?" I asked. "Oh, my fellow-lodger. Isn't it funny his name's Smith? At least, wouldn't it be funny if every other person weren't called Smith?"
"Gone away!" gasped Frank, now joining Jack. "Gone away!" "Yaas, sir, Boss, dey done goned away on a ship named the 'Walkfast. I done holp Mister Pete put 'em on board." "Where is this ship now?" demanded Frank crisply. "She done lef' a hour or two ago," answered the negro. "If youall wants to know where she gwine, go ax de man at de custom house." "That's a sensible thing to do," declared Jack.
"And, Captain Kenealy, you are my aid-de-camp. It is a delightful post, you know, and rather a troublesome one." "Yaas." "You must help me be kind to this sailor." "Yaas. He is a good fellaa. Carried the baeg for the little caed." "Oh, did he?" "And didn't maind been laughed at." "Now, that shows how intelligent you must be," said the wily one; "the others could not comprehend the trait.
He had longed for success principally for Ruth's sake; and perhaps now, at this very moment of his triumph, she was dying. "Shust what I said, Mister Sederling," the landlord of the Ilium hotel kept repeating. "I dold Jake Schmidt he find him dere shust so sure as noting." "You ought to have taken a share, Mr. Dusenheimer," said Philip. "Yaas, I know.
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.
"Well, sah," began the darky, "Youall is 'bout half way to West Pascagoula. Yaas, sir, Boss, dat am a sure 'nuf fac'." "Good! That's enlightening!" Frank put in. "Now tell me is there a place nearby. I mean does anyone live near here?" "No, sir," replied Doright. "Ah can show youall where they was onct, but they haint there no mo'. Done moved!"
Mr Barnacle gazed curiously at the strange urchin through his spectacles, and then resumed, in as coaxing a tone as he could assume, "You know a person called Masham, do you?" "Yaas; I knows 'im." "What sort of person is he?" "What sort? Why, he are a beauty, so I tell you!" "Yes; but I mean, what sort of looking man? Is he tall or short? Has he dark hair or light?
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