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So, I say, we must pat our men on the back and tell zem what great, wise, strong fellows they are, and how good and gallant too. Then they will fight for us like the lion, and zey they will work for us like the ass and the oxen, because man he enjoys to be applauded greatly. A man likes to have his hair rubbed gently with the finger tips.
After a great deal of thought, I determined to consult the children themselves, and try to learn what their parents' custom had been. "Budge," said I, "what do you do Sundays when your papa and mama are home? What do they read to you, what do they talk about?" "Oh, they swing us lots!" said Budge, with brightening eyes. "An' zey takes us to get jacks," observed Toddie.
If I go out at night alone, zey instantly put their heads together and shake zem all at the same time. So that is what has happen, Miss Clinton. One of them, Alma, I suspect, because she had a sister who, Yes, it would be Alma, I am sure, in any case, one of zem comes out to get me, so like a policeman. But still I do not understand something. I have told them I was coming here to see you.
And then the bright blue suit, the white spats, were reassuring. As if one could ever take such a child seriously about anything! Mr. Zanti shook his head, ruefully. "No, not ezackly a fortune! There was a place I 'eard of, right up in the Basque country 'twas an old deserted garden, where zey 'ad buried treasure, centuries ago I 'ad it quite certainly from a friend.
"Let's see," said the boy thoughtfully, "a squid is something like an octopus, isn't it?" "Well, no, sair, not exac'ly," the boatman answered. "Bot' of zem have arms wavin' around, but zey look quite diff'rent, I t'ink. An' a squid has ten arms, but an octopus has jus' eight." "Eight's enough, it seems to me," said Colin. "And are there many of them here?
Tell Walls that I spoke to the Duke of Ormond about his friend's affairs. I likewise mentioned his own affair to Mr. Southwell. But oo must not know zees sings, zey are secrets; and we must keep them flom nauty dallars. I was with Lord Treasurer to-day, and hat care oo for zat? Monday is parson's holiday, and oo lost oo money at cards; ze devil's device. Nite, nite, my two deelest logues.
The standard chosen for the measurement of his wit escaped the Baron, the scheme delighted him. “Ha, Bonker! schön! I tvig! Goot!” he cried. “How shall ve do?” “Leave it to me.” The Baron reflected, and his smile died away. “Sopposing,” he said, slowly, “zey find out? Is it vise? Is it straight?” “They can’t find out.
"Zey tell us to get vatever you vould like and nevair mind ze money." "It was so good of you, I am sure," said Ethel struggling valiantly against disappointment almost too great to bear. "Everything is beautiful but I wish mamma or papa had I wish they were here I'd like them to wish me a Merry Christmas." The little lip trembled but the upper teeth came down on it firmly. The child had courage.
The Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg, as I have said, had a warm heart. He was, besides, alone in one hundred and twenty square miles of strangers and foreigners when he had happened upon this congenial spirit. He began in a tone of the most ingenuous friendliness— “I haf no friends here. My introdogtions zey are gone. Bot I haf moch money, and I vish a, vat you say?—showman, ha, ha, ha!
"Bot you have bought ze kilt, ze Highland hat, ze brogue shoes." "I had them made to your measurements." The Baron impetuously embraced his thoughtful friend. Then again his smile died away. "Bot, Bonker, my voice! Zey tell me I haf nozing zat you vould call qvite an accent; bot a foreigner one does regognize him, eh?" "I shall explain that in a sentence.
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