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When it was necessary, Mr Whish, I made them jump,' said Attwater.
You bet you did,' cried the captain. He was a good deal flushed, but
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not so much with wine as admiration; and his eyes drank in the huge
proportions of the other with delight. 'You bet you did, and you bet
that I can see you doing it! By God, you're a man, and you can say I
said so.'
'Too good of you, I'm sure,' said Attwater.
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Did you--did you ever have crime here?' asked Herrick, breaking his
silence with a pungent voice.
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Yes,' said Attwater, 'we did.'
And how did you handle that, sir?' cried the eager captain.
Well, you see, it was a queer case,' replied Attwater, 'it was a case
that would have puzzled Solomon. Shall I tell it you? yes?'
The captain rapturously accepted.
'Well,' drawled Attwater, 'here is what it was. I dare say you know two
types of natives, which may be called the obsequious and the sullen?
Well, one had them, the types themselves, detected in the fact; and one
had them together. Obsequiousness ran out of the first like wine out
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