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Did you ever before see such a splendid pair?" "No, Serge, never." "And yet you say that everything's wrong and hopeless and bad. Why, boy, if I didn't know it was all through your being young and anxious and eager to do your duty, I should be ashamed of you." "But you are not, Serge?" cried the boy, excitedly. "'Shamed of you? No, boy. I feel proud."

In the outer trading-room groups of men were still about the tickers, rather excitedly discussing the last quotations. Percival made his way toward one of them with a dim notion that he might be concerned. He was relieved when he saw Gordon Blythe, suave and smiling, in the midst of the group, still regarding the tape he held in his hands. Blythe, too, had plunged in copper.

But you tell her when you go back that there are some thousands of good men and true now in London who will not stop till they have saved dear Sir Robert, and the other brave leaders who are shut up in that wretched prison." "Ah!" sighed Frank; "if they only could!" "But we will," cried Drew excitedly. "Well, your father is safe," said Frank bitterly. "I suppose he will leave the country now?"

Scooping up a quantity of the gravel and sand he filled his pan with water, then moved it, quickly back and forth, every few moments splashing some of the "wash" or muddy water, over the side. Thus, filling and refilling his pan with fresh water, he excitedly went through the process of "washing" everything but solid substance out of it.

Listen!" he said; and hardly had the words left his lips before there was another report, this time without the flash being seen. "It is poachers," I said excitedly, "and they're in Long Spinney. Why, where's Bob Hopley? They're clearing off the pheasants."

"Sergai Mihailovitch!" Sipiagin began excitedly, taking a step or two towards him and extending his right hand, only so that he might touch him or stop him if he made a movement in advance, "Sergai Mihailovitch! I am not here to tell you of our amazement, our deep distress you can have no doubt of that! You wanted to ruin yourself and have done so!

I suggest a law and order vigilance committee. There's going to be a rooting up of all the cads and sneaks around here, if I have my way. This is a decent school; we've got a grand old fatherly president, and the fellow who can't have fun without meanness has got to leave, that's all." "A box, you say?" observed Frank Jordan one day, as Bob Upton came up calling. "Yes," returned Bob excitedly.

"Catch hold!" he roared through the trumpet. Keith made a flying grab at a vacant place on the line, caught it, was almost jerked from his feet, recovered himself, and charged on, yelling like the rest. But now Bert Taylor began to shriek something excitedly.

'And then? asked the fir-tree, trembling in every limb with eagerness, 'and then? what happens then? 'Oh, we haven't seen anything more than that. That was simply matchless! 'Am I too destined to the same brilliant career? wondered the fir-tree excitedly. 'That is even better than sailing over the sea! I am sick with longing. If it were only Christmas!

Why, I have a sham quarrel with him sometimes about Napoleon. I pretend that I admire him very much." "Pretend!" cried Morny eagerly. "Well, I tell uncle that he was a very great general and soldier." "Yes, yes! Grand!" said the French lad, flushing. "And that I shouldn't have wondered at all if he had conquered the whole world." "Yes, yes!" cried Morny excitedly. "That was brave of you!