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"Jee whillikins!" ejaculated Bill, with his hand to his forehead, "the men I clean forgot to pick up in the road, and now I reckon they never intended to be picked up, either." "No doubt a part of the gang," said Brice, with increased bitterness; "I see it all now." "No!" said Bill decisively, "that ain't Snapshot Harry's style; he's a clean fighter, with no underhand tricks.
An hour later the khan- jee meets me going toward the bazaar in search of something for supper; inquiring the object of my search, he takes me back to his tchai-khan, points significantly to an iron kettle simmering on a small charcoal fire, and bids me be seated; after waiting on a customer or two, and supplying me with tea, he quietly beckons me to the fire, removes the cover and reveals a savory dish of stewed chicken and onions: this he generously shares with me a few minutes later, refusing to accept any payment.
Sneyd Hall, belonging to the Earl of Chell, lies a few miles south of the Five Towns, and from it the pretty Countess of Chell exercises that condescending meddlesomeness which so frequently exasperates the Five Towns. Sir Jee had got his title by the aid of the Countess-'Interfering Iris', as she is locally dubbed.
Were he entertaining me in a private capacity he would feel injured at any hint of payment; but being a khan- jee, he opens the purse and extracts a cherik twenty cents.
Sillett and his daughter had disappeared in a springboard, drawn by a buckskin horse, and were supposed to have travelled south, in the hope of crossing the border into Mexico. At the head of the bill was a rough woodcut of Sillett. Jeff crumpled up the sheet of paper, and stuffed it into his pocket. "It's him sure 'nough," he growled. Then he gasped suddenly, "Jee- roosalem! Bud is a rosebud!"
The panting farmer stopped and picked up the gun, then he stood and shook his fist at Rattleton, who was speeding away like a deer. "Oh, I'll report ye I will, by jee!" he vowed over and over. In the meantime Merriwell had had a most exciting adventure. He had found the turkey roost and had selected the biggest old gobbler of them all.
In fact, William Smith would find it very difficult to steal that frame unless he had an accomplice or so. 'This is the last time I shall see YOU! said Sir Jee to the portrait. He went to bed, but not to sleep. It was no part of Sir Jee's programme to sleep. He intended to listen, and he did listen.
Mr Bittenger ploughed the seas alone to New York. But supposing that Vera had not interfered, what would have happened? That is the unanswerable query which torments the superstitious little brain of Vera. Lady Dain said: 'Jee, if that portrait stays there much longer, you'll just have to take me off to Pirehill one of these fine mornings.
Then she turned to the enslinged Denry and with concern added: "But will you have something?" If she could have foreseen the consequences of her question, she might never have put it. Still, she might have put it just the same. Denry paused an instant, and an old habit rose up in him. "Oh no, thanks," he said, and turning deliberately to Sir Jee, he added: "Will you?"
Sir Jee, very characteristically, said nothing to Lady Dain immediately. He allowed her to proceed with the packing of the trunks, and then tea was served, and as the time was approaching for the carriage to come round to take them to the station, at last he suddenly remarked 'I shan't be able to go with you to John's this afternoon. 'Oh, Jee! she exclaimed. 'Really, you are tiresome.
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