...in American phraseology, so that it shall be quite unintelligible to people who only know English : His nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line...for the briny. You know what to do. — BOB. This is not Shakespearian English, but of course it is not Shakespearian American. The worst of the contemporary...

...when he " got by " with the following bit of chatter found in his book, " Cabbages and Kings " : " His Nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line...the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the drygoods are headed for the briny. You know what to do. " BOB." For the benefit of the uneducated,...

...confidential message to his friend in Coralio. This could not have been accomplished in either Spanish or English, for the eye politic in Anchuria was an active...guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You to know what to do. BOB." This screed, remarkable as it was, had no mystery for Goodwin. He was the...

...and Kings he uses the device of a slang telegram which the English-speaking Spaniards cannot fathom: "His nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line...kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about," etc. O. Henry could scarcely write a dull word, so a typical objection is against his slang and "vulgarity."...

...and Spanish, has recourse to slang with this result: "His nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack rabbit line with all the coin in the kitty and the bundle...goods are headed for the briny. You know what to do." By Courier is another story based on O. Henry's relish for slang and his amusement over its possibilities....

...unconstrued, through the fingers of curious officials, and came to the eye of Goodwin : His Nibs skedalled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in...main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. Yon know what to do. BOB. This screed, remarkable as it was, had no mystery for Goodwin. He was the...

...thing looked impossible; but the resourceful Englehart worked out the following brilliant solution: "His Nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line...figures short. Our crowd in good shape; but we need the spondulics. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You know what to...

...to the eye Goodwin : His Nibs skedalled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in the kitl and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boodle is six figures shor Our crowd in good shape, but we n'ecd the spondulicks. You collar it. Tl main guy and the dry...