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Do you agree with her?" A flare of red came up into the boy's face, and his jaw dropped. Then, as well as he could, he pulled himself together. "Yes, sir," he said, swung around and marched back into his own cubby-hole. "You needn't telephone, Miss Beach," said Rodney curtly. And without another word he put on his hat and overcoat and left the office.
And that caused me to stare about our poor little cat-eyed cubby-hole of a wickyup and for the first time realize that our first home was to be wiped off the map. And nothing would ever be the same again, and even the prairie over which I had stared in my joy and my sorrow would always be different! A lump came in my throat.
The hostess did not share their meal, being engaged in some duties in the little cubby-hole known as the back kitchen. Heritage drank a glass of milk but would not touch food. "I called this place Paradise four hours ago," he said. "So it is, but I fancy it is next door to Hell. There is something devilish going on inside that park wall, and I mean to get to the bottom of it." "Hoots! Nonsense!"
I penetrated finally into a small locker or cubby-hole, set in the angle under the roof of the cabin, and, as subsequent investigation showed, so placed as to attract no notice from the casual eye. I ascertained this by lying down and wriggling my head and shoulders into the cabin.
'Where can I buy some toys and truck, to come out on Number Three? says I. "He didn't pay no attention. "I reached in and took him gently by the hair, drawin' him part way through his cubby-hole so's he could hear plain. "'My young friend, says I, 'is it any part of your notion that I grew up on cabbages?
By the gleam of a candle which she lighted, Grandma Ford showed the children the nut cubby-hole into which Margy had fallen. Then the cover was put on so there was no more danger. "And now you may go out and play in the snow," said Mrs. Bunker. "I have unpacked your rubber boots and old, warm coats, so run out and have some fun."
All day theatrical folks had been in and out of this little ten-by-twelve cubby-hole; and now there would be quiet. But no. The door opened and an iron-gray head intruded. "Will I be in the way?" "Lord, no!" cried Burlingame, throwing down his proofs. "Come along in, Cutty." The great war correspondent came in and sat down, sighing gratefully.
By the way, that cubby-hole there is the apartment reserved for you two ladies. We are in rather cramped quarters, but I think you will find everything you need."
Sanitary arrangements were provided for by a box-like cubby-hole over-hanging the boat's side; inexperienced officers often take it for a vantage-point to heave the lead from, and only find out too late after attempting to board there, that things are not always what they seem.
She smiled widely over the absurdity of indulging in a pleasurable feeling of possession in a squalid little cubby-hole like this. The wall-paper was stained and faded, the paint on the soft-wood floor worn through in streaks; there was an iron bed a double bed, painted light blue and lashed with string where one of its joints showed a disposition to pull out. The mattress on the bed was lumpy.
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