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"'Scuse

its eyes at theht that be, now?"

"Ha?" cried Mr Sain, are you!"

"'Scuseits round eyes at them,

"name o' Barryinning to tug at his whiskers,--

"coents,--vich on ye ht be--name o'

Barrymaine?"

"What do you ith hi momentarily more ferocious, "speak out, man!"

"Got a letter for 'im--leastways it's wrote to 'im," answered the

head, "'ere's a B, and a Nay, and a Nar, and another on 'em, and a

Vy,--that spells Barry, don't it? Then, arter that, coive it

"Are you name o' Barrymaine?"

"No, but you can leave it with htly injured tone, "leave it?

axing your pardons, gents,--but burn my neck if I do! If you ain't

na upstairs

now,--and werry 'asty about it, too!" And, sure enough, hurried feet