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Again, he inserted two fingers and brought forth the sole contents... a plain piece of cardboard, roughly rectangular and obviously cut in haste from the lid of a common cardboard box! On the following morning Inspector Dunbar, having questioned Mrs. M'Gregor respecting the car in which Mlle.
Sometimes the things he did in the house were what we call mischief because they annoy us, such as hammering the woodwork to pieces, tearing bits out of the leaves of books, working holes in chair seats, or pounding a cardboard box to pieces. But how is a poor little bird to know what is mischief? Many things which Jakie did were very funny.
She had a sweet, dreamy little face, a rather pale complexion and lovely gray eyes. She was protected from the heat by a large white sunbonnet; a kichenote, as they call it in that part of the country, is a very old word, and means a large bonnet made of linen and cardboard, which projects over the face like the head-dress of a nun.
When we found him, he had that bit of cardboard so tightly clasped that we couldn't take it from him." He paused, suddenly exhausted. His indignation had burnt itself out. "I'm tired," he apologized. "I'm afraid I let myself get out of hand. I scared you for a moment. I'm sorry. Do you mind if I sit down?" She pushed the table back to make it easier for him to take a place beside her.
When the disease is arrested, a process of repair sets in which often results in the bones becoming denser and heavier than normal. In the flat bones of the skull, the absorption may result in the entire disappearance of areas of bone, leaving a membrane which dimples like thin cardboard under the pressure of the finger a condition known as craniotabes.
Further assuming the bullet to have illustrated Euclid's definition of a straight line, such a line, followed back from the yew tree to the spot where the rifle rested, would pass through the hole in the cardboard! In other words, there is only one place from which it is possible to see the flame of the candle through the hole in the cardboard: the place where the rifle rested!
It is the custom at dog shows for the authorities to distribute certificates on coloured cardboard of all the awards made by the judges. At this show of Finn's great triumph, first prize cards were all blue, second prize cards red, and third prize cards yellow. The custom was for exhibitors proudly to affix these cards to the wire net-work stretched above the bench of the winning dog.
"No," answered Cynthia, "that's all except two pieces of cardboard with something about the Truro Railroad and our names. I don't know what they are." And she took them from the envelope. "Guess I could tell you if I was pressed," said Lem, amid a shout of merriment from the group.
The best way is to come out of it, to grow out of it. Then all the rest has the charm of novelty and the value of contrast, and the distinction of being the best. You, poor dear, were born an artificial flower in a cardboard box. But you couldn't help it." "Everybody doesn't grow out of it." The concentration in Alicia's eyes returned again with vacillating wings.
Look! See if he didn't!" He produced a square of pink cardboard from his waistcoat pocket and she read it, with a sudden lightness underlying her voice: HIBERNIAN MASQUE AND HOP Supper Wardrobe Free Admit Gent and Lady Fifty Cents "Oh, gee, Charley! And me such a sight in this old waist and all. I didn't know there was supper too." "Sure! Hurry, Sweetness, and we'll catch a Sixth Avenue car.
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