 | 1833 - 250 pages
...Says I, ' Mr. Adams, I'm Mr. Crockett, from Tennessee.' ' So,' says he,' how d'ye do, Mr. Crockett?' and he shook me by the hand, although he know'd I...when I looked away up the table at a man they called Task, (attache.) He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head... | |
 | 1833 - 250 pages
...wanted. But I had n't took three bites, when I looked away up the table at a man they called Task, (attache.) He was talking French to a woman on t'other...she dodged her's, and then they got to drinking wine across the table. But when I looked back again, my plate was gone, goose and all. So I jist cast rhy... | |
 | 1837 - 226 pages
...Says I, ' Mr. Adams, I'm Mr. Crockett, from Tennessee.' ' So,' says he, ' how d'ye do, Mr. Crockett?' and he shook me by the hand, although he know'd I...when I looked away up the table at a man they called Tasfi^ (attache.) He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1847 - 274 pages
...took my seat jist beside a fat goose, and I helped myself to as much of it as I wanted. But I hadn't took three bites, when I looked away, up the table,...side of the table. He dodged his head, and she dodged hcr's, and then they got to drinking wine across the table. But when I looked back again, my plate... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...but I hadn't ta'en above three bites, when I looked away up the table at a feller they called Tash! (Attache.) He was talking French to a woman on t'other...side of the table. He dodged his head, and she dodged hern, and at last they got to drinking wine across the table, if they didn't, I wish I may be shot!... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1874 - 380 pages
...last I took my seat beside a fat goose, and I helped myself to as much of it as I wanted. But I hadn't took three bites, when I looked away up the table at a man they called Task (attache). He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head and... | |
 | Buffalo Bill - Frontier and pioneer life - 1888 - 1042 pages
...helped myself to as much of it as I wanted. But 1 hadn't took three CROCKETT CALLING FOR HIS GOOSE. bites, when I looked away up the table at a man they called Task (attache). He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head and... | |
 | Buffalo Bill - Frontier and pioneer life - 1888 - 780 pages
...helped myself to as much of it as I wanted. But I hadn't took three CROCKETT CALLING FOR HIS GOOSE. bites, when I looked away up the table at a man they called Task (attache). He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head and... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Biography & Autobiography - 1902 - 360 pages
...three bites, when I looked away up the table at a man they called Task (attache). He was talk* Ing French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head and she dodged hers, and then they got to drinking wine across the table. 14 But when I looked back again my plate... | |
 | Armistead Churchill Gordon - 1909 - 422 pages
...last I took my seat just beside a fat goose, and I helped myself to as much as I wanted. But I hadn't took three bites when I looked away up the table at a man called Tash (attache). He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his... | |
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He dodged his head and she dodged her's, and then they got to drinking wine across the table. But when I looked back again, my plate was gone, goose and all. So I jist cast my eyes down to t'other end of the table, and... 
