Hoky

‘Hoky-gren,’ therefore, is perhaps a kind of charcoal.

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He was an engaging sort of person, and overcoming his discomfiture at having sent a bullet into the foolish Hoky, Archie decided suddenly that the man might be of service to him.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

"That you, Hoky?" he called sharply, peering through the mist.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

Indeed the Governor evinced a sincere pleasure in his society, and if he behaved himself he might fill the void created in the man's life by the loss of Hoky.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

I'd been strolling round quite freely with poor Hoky up the shore.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

Hoky and I have run before the hounds too often for me to desert him now.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

Hoky and I separated there when the storm started.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

Hoky, my pal, and that's why I whistled; and you warbled the answer like

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

"Hoky would have taken the chance for me," said the Governor, firmly.

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906

My dear boy, can you blame me for being peeved, enormously peeved, when I reflect that Hoky, one of the best pals in the world, is probably lying as dead as a pickled mackerel somewhere back yonder?

Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Meredith Nicholson 1906