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After a hasty toilet and a more hurried meal, I went out, and, too impatient to walk, I hailed a droschky, and drove through the wide, cheery streets of Berlin. It was a balmy June evening. The pavements were thronged.
Matilda, who lived in the bare cottage, was sour and disagreeable, while Katrinka was happy and cheery.
Then, in the cheery starlight, he looked into the two men's faces and grinned. He had a great knowledge of the men of his village. "Well, so long," he added, and abruptly strode away. The moment he had gone Jim protested. "Peter," he said, "we've got to help him; we've got to get him clear of that saloon. It's not because I like him or want " "Just so. But we got to help him.
There were one or two cheery souls who, though poor, were blest with friends and a home of some kind and were looking forward to a speedy restoration; but these were the exception. Nearly all the others blamed someone else for their unhappy condition and in nearly every case someone else was undoubtedly to blame, even though in most cases each individual had been also somewhat responsible.
Have a peppermint? It will soothe your feelings." The parcel of round black bull's eyes was held towards Margot in ingratiating fashion. It was impossible to refuse, impossible to cherish angry feelings, impossible to do anything but laugh and be happy in the presence of this kindest and most cheery of men.
"Well, never mind; you're mate just the same. Get your traps aft into the mate's berth." "Ay, ay, sir," was the cheery response, as Johansen started forward. In the meantime the erstwhile cabin-boy had not moved. "What are you waiting for?" Wolf Larsen demanded. "I didn't sign for boat-puller, sir," was the reply. "I signed for cabin-boy. An' I don't want no boat-pullin' in mine."
The old doctor kept up a cheery flow of small-talk with me, thinking, no doubt, that this would be a kindness to Derrick: and at last that purgatorial drive ended, and somehow Derrick and the doctor between them got the Major safely into his room at Radley's Hotel.
During the whole three weeks of the voyage Hone took no further action. Nina saw him every day of those interminable weeks, but he made no sign. He did not seek her out, neither did he avoid her, but continually he mystified her by the cheery indifference of his bearing. He became as was almost inevitable an immense favourite on board.
One envied the cheery faces under the queer caps, the stout arms that scrubbed all day, and were not too tired to carry home some chubby Jean or little Marie when night came; and, most of all, the contented hearts in the broad bosoms under the white kerchiefs, for no complaint did one hear from these hard-working, happy women.
"Yes, your plan seems to work better and better every year," he said, with an emphatic nod of approval toward the cheery scene before him. "How can it fail to work well when I have so much help from you all?" answered Mrs. Jo, looking gratefully at her most generous patron. "It is the best joke of the family, this school of yours and its success.
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