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Out on the sidewalk Phin Drayne plucked up courage enough to find his voice. "For goodness' sake, let me go, Chief," he begged, falteringly. "I haven't done anything, although things look against me." "I guess we'll be able to put things enough against you," retorted the police official mockingly. "Think of my mother!" pleaded the wild boy.
And now NOW, by godfreys domino, they've put on the ONE man that Phin can't influence, that hates Phin worse than a cat hates a swim. Oh, you ought to heard Phineas go on when I told him. He'd just got off the train, as you might say, so nobody'd had a chance to tell him. I was the fust one, you see. So " "Was Leander there?" "No, he wan't.
I went to the 'Change, and there found most people gone, and so home to dinner, and thence to Sir W. Warren's, and with him past the whole afternoon, first looking over two ships' of Captain Taylor's and Phin. Pett's now in building, and am resolved to learn something of the art, for I find it is not hard and very usefull, and thence to Woolwich, and after seeing Mr.
"I say, skipper: don't you think we ought to be liberal with Monsieur Lanyard? He's an awfully good sort and look't all the services he has done us." Monk set the eyebrows to consider the proposition. "I am emphatically of your mind, Phin," he pronounced at length, oracular. "It's plain to be seen he wants those jewels means to have 'em. Do you know any way we can keep them from him?"
"But come, can't we go to them? Isn't Phin Daggin's house near?" "You may git there all right. But I don't want my part taken out of the tree of life jest yet. I ain't aimin' to show myself none. Hark!" From outside came the measured, swinging tramp of men. "Come see how the Lord is proving us and step light." They tiptoed through the other rooms to the front of the house.
"'Cause I don't, that's all." "That ain't much of a reason, seems to me. What have you got against him, Phin? You don't know anything to his discredit, do you?" "Never you mind whether I do or not." Captain Jerry grunted but seemed disinclined to press the point further.
I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family. I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times. In fact. like my own dear mother, Sarah Phin was a New Woman without knowing it.
"Oh," answered the latter, striving to perpetrate a pun, "Only that we have brought Phin a handmaiden, and she finds her handsomer than is agreeable; but there is many a servant comelier than the mistress." "Let me behold this Paragon," said the Seigneur, at the same time rising, and moving towards the door of the inner room, that had been left ajar by the rude Seraphine, in her indignant exit.
"Somebody dead or " Babbitt waved him away. "No," he gasped, chokingly. "No, let me be. I'm I'm all right." Captain Sam, a little conscience-stricken, came forward. "Are you sick, Phin?" he asked. "Is there anything I can do?" Phineas glowered at him. "Yes," he snarled between his clenched teeth, "you can mind your own darned business."
"Fancy Phin Drayne passing in his references for the character ordeal!" chuckled Tom Reade, as the three chums walked down the street. "What time does the next train leave for Gridley?" suddenly demanded Dave. "In twelve minutes," answered Tom, after looking at his watch. "Let's run, then!" proposed Dave. "We can mope, and have five minutes to spare," objected Reade.
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