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"Ye-e-e-es, sir," reluctantly; for young as he was, Johnnie realized that whatever his own feelings toward the longshoreman might be, they were no gauge of the feelings of the longshoreman toward him. However, dutifully he went to find the wash basin, and fill it; and he accepted from Mr. Perkins a most immaculate wash cloth, this one of those wonderful handkerchiefs which had colored borders.
"Ye-e-e-es, sir!" says he, before he sees who it is. "Never mind, Piddie," says I. "I was goin' to ask you 'Guilty or not guilty? But what's the use? Anyone can see it was you that did it." "You you impudent young sauce box!" he begins. "How dare you " "Ah, save that for the subpoena server," says I. "He'll be in here after you in a minute.
As the molasses had not yet responded, he up-ended the jug still farther and waited for results. "I suppose," he queried, "that Steve has told you about things down home. And all about his mother?" "He told me that he lost his mother last winter." "Ye-e-e-es," he said reflectively, drawing the word out as a thick sluggish stream began to pile up in the saucer.
I finds Jonesey with his head in a file drawer, as usual, and without spillin' anything of the joke I leads him in and lines him up in front of Don Pedro. "Listen, Jonesey," says I. "This gentleman comes from Havana. Were you ever there?" "Why, ye-e-e-es. Once I was," says Jonesey, sort of draggy, as if tryin' to remember. "You were?" says I. "How? When?"
"You you ?" But I was thinkin' too rapid to talk much. Vee and Aunty was out on that boat, and maybe at the next landin' Aunty would mail them transfers. If it was goin' to hit her alone, I might have stood it calmer; but there was Vee. "Say," I sputters out, "ain't there room for two?" "Why, ye-e-e-es," says he sort of draggy. "I've never taken up a passenger, though; but I've thought that "
I just think of the things I should like to have done for me, and well, I do them for him. It's rather interesting, you know." I expect I gawped some myself, hearing that from him. From Ham Adams, mind you! "Ye-e-e-es; must be," says I, sort of draggy. Then I shifts the subject. "How's Mr. Nivens gettin' along?" says I. "Ain't married yet, eh?"
"Huh!" says I. "Lady trailin' old K. W. here, eh? Must be one of the fam'ly." "Oh no, sir," says Vincent. "I'm quite sure it isn't." "Then shunt her, Vincent," says I. "For you can take it from me, K. W. is in no mood to talk with stray females at the present writing. Shoo her." "Ye-e-e-es, sir," says he; "but but I wish you would see her a moment yourself, sir."
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