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Chapter 5

           Forsomesecondsheremainedinthisattitude:givingoutnoothersignthananoccasional"sniff,"similartothatutteredbythehound,andwhichhehadbeenfaintointerpretasanaffirmativeanswertohisinterrogatory.Itexpressedtheenjoymenthewasderivingfromthebouquetofthepotentspirit.

           Butthisonlysatisfiedhimforaveryshorttime;andgraduallythebottomofthejarwasseengoingupwards,whilethereverseenddescendedinlikeratiointhedirectionofhisprotrudinglips.

           "Bejapers!"heexclaimed,oncemoreglancingstealthilytowardsthedoor,"fleshandbloodcudn’tstandthesmellavthatbewtifulwhisky,widouttastin’it.Trath!I’llchanceitjistthesmallestthrifletowetthetapavmytongue.Maybeit’llburntheskinavit;butnomattherheregoes!"

           Withoutfurtheradotheneckofthedemijohnwasbroughtincontactwithhislips;butinsteadofthe"smallestthrifle"towetthetopofhistongue,the"gluckgluck"oftheescapingfluidtoldthathewasadministeringacopioussaturationtothewholeliningofhislarynx,andsomethingmore.

           Afterhalfadozen"smacks"ofthemouth,withotherexclamationsdenotingsupremesatisfaction,hehastilyrestoredthestopper;returnedthedemijohntoitsplace;andglidedbacktohisseatuponthestool.

           "Tara,yeowldthief!"saidhe,addressinghimselfoncemoretohiscaninecompanion,"itwasyouthattimptedme!Nomatther,man:themasther’llnivermissit;besides,he’sgoin’soontotheFort,ancanlayinafreshsupply"

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