Me like five dollars to give wife to buy tings while me am away." "All right, Dominique, here you are.

Now don't you miss the boat, or we shall quarrel at starting, and I shall send ashore at once and engage someone else." "Dominique come, sar, that for sure.

Me good man; always keep promise." "Well, here is another couple of dollars, Dominique; that is a present.

You give that to the wife, and tell her to buy something for the piccaninnies with it." So saying, Frank, George Lechmere, and Pedro stepped on board the boat; while the pilot walked off, his black face beaming with satisfaction.
He came off duly with the last water boat, and while the contents of the barrels were being transferred to the tanks--for now that the long run was accomplished there was no longer any necessity for carrying a greater supply than these could hold--Frank had a talk with him.
"Now, Dominique, this is, you know, a yacht cruising about on pleasure." "Yes, sar, me know dat." "At the same time," Frank went on, "we have an object in view.

Just at present we want to find that schooner or brigantine that put in here nearly a month ago.