Vanderzee

Vanderzee cried out to take care, the captain merely pushed the old man back with a snort of rage.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

"See that he don't git away," Jarrow whispered to Vanderzee.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

"Der more kvicker, der more petter," said Vanderzee, and humped his shoulders up with a convulsive shrug.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

"Vhy don'd you to der Pay Few go?" suggested Vanderzee.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

Vanderzee pottered at his books behind the bar, smoking a china pipe.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

"Has he gone plumb _loco_?" asked Jarrow, looking at Vanderzee.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

Vanderzee made some of his profits out of a little room at the far end of his bar, where a man could sit hidden by tawny _tapa_ curtains rove on a bamboo pole, and have privacy while he heard what was being said at the bar.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

"Der sun his het in," said Vanderzee, with a significant nod toward Dinshaw.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

Vanderzee leaned over the bar, and Peth craned his neck forward, maintaining his eternal grin.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

Vanderzee can have his religion and his god whose love is conditional.

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