[Mother Carey’s Chicken by George Manville Fenn]@TWC D-Link bookMother Carey’s Chicken CHAPTER TWENTY THREE 9/11
"You just wait a minute, sir, and you'll see." "No," said the major, "it does not seem any use to wait.
Come, Strong, let's see how our wives are getting on." "Well, I do call that shabby," muttered Billy.
"Just as I was a taking all this trouble.
Here, you, sir, shy down one o' them nuts." "Chick!" said Jack. "Do you hear ?" "Chack!" said Jack. "Now, look here," said Billy, stooping down and picking up a handful of sand; "if you don't chuck down some of them here nuts I'll shy this here at you and knock you off your perch." "Chick, chick, chick! Chack, chack, chack! Chicker, chicker, chacker, chacker, chacker, chack!" sputtered the monkey, dancing up and down in the tree. "Well, I am blamed!" cried Billy savagely, as he saw the captain and major strolling away and the boatswain and Mark laughing at him.
"It's all his orbstinacy--that's what it is.
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