. Our young folks [serial]. r if he wor nt a stone. Ye big gommeral — Howld yer tongue, ye owld hin ! or I 11 giv yez a blue batin where yestan there. Shoo, shoo, shoo ! screamed out Mrs. Malony, coming along with abroomstick ; and I dont know how they got along then, for they went intothe stable in a great hurry. But the white poodle had nobody to go home to except her mistress, so shehad to talk to herself; and when she was getting washed next morning, sheheld her head more on one side than usual, and said, I wonder if that dirtylittle dog is washed. Poor wretch! what are such creatures good
. Our young folks [serial]. r if he wor nt a stone. Ye big gommeral — Howld yer tongue, ye owld hin ! or I 11 giv yez a blue batin where yestan there. Shoo, shoo, shoo ! screamed out Mrs. Malony, coming along with abroomstick ; and I dont know how they got along then, for they went intothe stable in a great hurry. But the white poodle had nobody to go home to except her mistress, so shehad to talk to herself; and when she was getting washed next morning, sheheld her head more on one side than usual, and said, I wonder if that dirtylittle dog is washed. Poor wretch! what are such creatures good for? I msure they only make refined persons ill. I suppose, perhaps, crows couldeat them. Dear me ! no cologne and no soap ! how can they live ? Hermistress heard her whine, and thought she did not like her bath, so shewrapped her up quick in a hot towel, and carried her off. Patience looked at me with her blue eyes, and asked for more; but that isall. My Patience ! is nt it enough ? Rose Terry. Round-the- World Joe. 153. ROUND-THE-WORLD HEAD-HUNTERS, PIRATES, AND CANNIBALS. ALKING of good-looking people,said Joe [Charley had just been say-ing what a handsome old gentlemanCaptain Brace was], the handsomestman I ever saw was a Dyak head-hunter. Head-hunter of what ? Hunter of heads, said Joe. Imade his acquaintance in Sarawak,and we used to go a-fishing together. Heads of cabbages or sermons ?How good-looking was he ? Where sSarawak ? What did he hunt emfor ? Catch any fish ? Was he tat-tooed ? Bait with wor-r-ms ? How did you like him ? [Thats Mr. Sharpesstyle of investigating a subject] Peoples heads, said Joe. Never saw a fellow get so many bites in mylife—fish hadnt the heart to disappoint such a good-looking man—Sar-awak s in Borneo — hunted em for glory — caught a canoe-full — was nttattooed, but had black teeth, and brass rings on his legs — baited withshrimps and bobtailed polliwogs — real clever chap. Anything else you dlike to know ? Did he hun
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