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He ordered the glass and metal holding clips, with the water-tight rubber gaskets, from the same firm in New York that had originally made Benny's tank. They still had the patterns, and knew just the proper size and kind of glass to send, and Joe had no difficulty in malting his tank a double one. The experiment was tried in private one afternoon just before the performance.
He strolled to his belated canvas and stood for a while puffing at his pipe, his mind still pondering gloomily over his neglected foreground. then regretfully, tenderly, he undid the clips that fastened the canvas, unlooped the cords from his stone anchors, wiped his brushes, shut his paint-box and moved slowly up the hill toward the house, his mind protestingly adjusting itself to the situation.
In selecting a half-leaf of a spring, choose one the width of the springs to the machine, and carry along three or four small spring clips, for it is quite likely a spring may be broken in the course of a long run, and, if so, the half-leaf can be clipped over the break, making the broken spring as serviceable and strong for the time being as if sound.
Her hands clasped him and their lips sought each other's in the darkness. "Gently ..." she whispered. "I bruise easily...." "He wouldn't come in, sir. Just hammered on the door and said, 'I'm here, tell Brandd." "Good enough," Brion said, fitting his gun in the holster and sliding the extra clips into his pocket. "I'm going out now, and I should return before dawn.
Handfuls of shells of various sizes and description, from revolver, rifle and shotgun, intermingled with rifle clips and unfired copper-jacketed rifle cartridges, were piled upon the clerk's desk as exhibits by these youthful witnesses.
"My little one, I think I know more than you imagine. I think the secret flew into your heart of itself; you did not take it up and put it there. I think you tried to drive it out, and it would not go: the same Fate that clips the thread of life, had clipped its wings that it could fly no more! Did my little one think I had not a heart big enough to hold her secret?
The room became ominous with the metallic click of loaded cartridge clips and the hard snap of released chambers. Five minutes later Philip stood alone with MacDougall. The loaded rifles, each with a filled cartridge belt hanging over the muzzle, were arranged in a row along one of the walls. "I'll stake everything I've got on those men," he exclaimed.
She was very well equipped, I found two electric torches in clips alongside her barometers by the rear seat. "What make is she?" says Mankeltow. "Continental Renzalaer," I says. "My engines and my Rush Silencer." 'Walen whistles. "Here let me look," he says, and grabs the other torch. She was sure well equipped. Walen starts to go through 'em.
He sprang to his feet, found Grim heaving his bulk up more slowly. "I was coming up after you," the giant growled. "You were gone too long. That's the thanks I get." Hilary had no time for idle talk. "Attention, men," he snapped. "We leave at once. You have five minutes to get your arms, ammunition clips and rations, light marching order." Without a word they scattered alertly to their tasks.
Generally the pith-splitters sat here in long rows, each at his own little table, on each side of a gangway left for the slaves, who carried the prepared material to the drying-house; but, to-day, most of them had left their places and stood chatting together and packing up their wooden clips, knives, and sharpening-stones.
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