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"I mean," said the mate, continuing to stir his tea with great enjoyment "I mean that all that kind'artedness of yours was clean chucked away on that cook. He's got a berth ashore and he's gone for good. He left you 'is love; he left it with Bill Hemp." "Berth ashore?" said the skipper, staring. "Ah!" said the mate, taking a large and noisy sip from his cup.
"But what does any man know of another man's private life? If you come to that, Jim, what do you know of Rowsley's or mine?" "Pouf, nonsense!" said Mr. Stafford. At his feet lay a small black cat, curled up in the attitude of a comma. Before going on he inserted one toe under her waist, rapidly turned her upside down, and chucked her under her ruffled and indignant chin.
He whipped off his coat laid hold of Osmond's epithems, chucked them across the room, saying, "You may just as well squirt rose-water at a house on fire;" drenched his handkerchief with chloroform, sprang upon the patient like a mountain cat and chloroformed him with all his might.
It's big." "Been dug out?" "Nay. It's a big split as goes up ever so far, and goes down ever so far. Chucked bits down; and they were precious long 'fore they hit bottom. There's a place over the other side too, and I clum round to it, and it goes in and in, farther than I could stop to go. Thought I'd wait till you came home." "That's right, Dummy.
I sung out, and the boys come back for me, double quick; but the way they chucked me over them fences was a caution, I tell you. Next day I was most as black as that darkey yonder, lickin' plates on the sly. This is bully coffee, ain't it? Give us another pull at it, and I'll be obleeged to you."
"What about it!" said Lucille. "What about it!" said Archie. "Why, my dear old friend, it simply means that all the time we've been putting in making your personality winning has been chucked away. Absolutely a dead loss! We might just as well have read a manual on how to knit sweaters." "I don't see it," maintained Bill, stoutly. Lucille turned apologetically to her husband.
They spread out their sensitive military honor over every inch of their new seigniories; and if you chucked the wrong little Indian or habitant's naked baby under the chin, you might unconsciously stir up war in the mind of your host. La Hontan was glad he was directly leaving Acadia. He was fond of Saint-Castin.
There could be no doubt about it, Tom's character was deteriorating, and during the next two months he not only declared that he had chucked religion altogether, but that he meant to enjoy life. Tom spent most of his evenings at the Thorn and Thistle, and as a consequence his studies were neglected.
"It's a scheme to get away with my money!" shouted Carson. "I wish you had your old money chucked down your throat!" exclaimed Sandy. "I'm getting sick of the sound of the word!" All members of the party now drew back toward the dip, where they were entirely concealed from any one in the old shaft.
When he had spoken, he chucked off his glass of wine, and looked into his young friend's face for an answer. "He'll be a lucky fellow that gets her," said Ralph, beginning unconsciously to feel that it might perhaps have been as well for him had he remained in his lodgings on this Sunday. "He will be a lucky fellow, Mr. Newton. She's as good as gold.
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