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Words are wanting to express the dignified look of injured innocence with which the man replied "I I've had no d-drink. Nosh a d-drop!" "Yes, truly you are a man and a brother," muttered Rooney, as he noted this "touch of nature," and felt that he was in the company of "kin." "What's your name, you walrus?" "K-Kazho," answered the man indignantly. "What!" "K-Ka-zho," he repeated, with emphasis.
On one occasion of this kind, indeed, one of our number, an impetuous stammerer, was so possessed by his emotion that he shouted at me: "I'll b-b-bet you t-two d-d-dollars they d-drop him b-b-before he g-gets to that d-d-ditch!" I did not accept the brutal wager; I thought they would.
Besides, he felt seriously his grave deficiencies of speech. "I-I-I was s-sorter expectin' a-a-another kind of c-c-caller," he stuttered desperately, in explanation, every freckle standing out in prominence, "an' th-th-thought m-m-maybe somebody 'd g-g-got the d-drop on me." The girl only laughed again, her black eyes sparkling.
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