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"Don't be alarmed," cried he, hurried and nervous, and blushing furiously. "I put the the present for you in that funny little bundle of yours, under one of the folds of the nightgown or whatever it is you've got wrapped on the outside. I didn't like to hand it to you. I've a feeling somehow that you're not regularly that kind."

Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside the bundle. And finally Verification, which is the process of ascertaining whether, in point of fact, our anticipation is a correct one.

Halcyone was trembling all over, and when she had put her precious bundle safely into the bag with the rest of her simple preparations, she laid it on the iron-bound box which had never been stirred, all ready for her to lift up and take with her in the morning.

The maid was a trusted one and close to Betty. "The little boy from the Home, Mrs. Truedale," she replied, "and already the house is cheerfuller." Lynda felt a distinct disappointment. She had hoped that Betty would care for little Ann for a few days, but how could she ask it of her now? In the sunny room upstairs Betty sat in a low rocker, crooning away to a restless bundle in her arms.

It's for the good of the organization. Pickering must go under. Your testimony will do it. He was your 'man higher up' when you were on the force. His share of the boodle passed through your hands. You must go on the stand and testify against him." "He was" began the Captain. "Wait a minute," said Finnegan. A bundle of yellowish stuff came out of his inside pocket.

I admit my behaviour was inexcusable, but then my temperature was seldom normal in these days. My dear aunt's endeavours to 'nurse up my strength' seemed altogether beside the mark. It was not my strength that wanted nursing, it was my imagination that wanted soothing. I kept the bundle of papers given me by Kurtz, not knowing exactly what to do with it.

So, till better befalls thee, and I wot of it, thou must be here no later than curfew, or I will know the reason why." "And I hope the young gentleman will find it no sore grievance," said Perronel, so good-humouredly that Ambrose could only protest that he had feared to be troublesome to her, and promise to bring his bundle the next day.

Peter described how he had found the tin case on the top of a bundle of shavings in the cabin of the river steamer. 'He was in a tight place there, and must have known it, said Peter. 'Why not have burned the letters before our boat got up? Dunbar laughed.

On one occasion, having been offered as great a bundle of fire wood as he could carry, he marched off with one of the largest trees in the forest. Tom was also extremely fond of attending fairs; and in cudgeling, wrestling, or throwing the hammer, there was no one who could compete with him.

This, together with some sticks of firewood, he rolled in a blanket, placing it near the stove. He added more wood until the bundle was about the size and shape of a man, and covered it with his other two blankets. Filling the broken stove with wood he blew out the lantern and limped silently out into the night.