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I never knew how William felt, but I was not favorably impressed with Brother Dunn when he arrived on the late evening train, a frisky, dapper young man, who looked in the face as if his light was turned too high. That night as he preceded us up the aisle of the church, which was crowded to hear him, he showed to my mind a sort of irreverent confidence in the grace of God.
Frisky Squirrel went home then; and he told his mother what sport he had had, and how Mr. Hawk had at last flown away in despair. "I hope he'll come back again to-morrow," said Frisky. But Mrs. Squirrel shook her head. She wished that Frisky was less daring. Mr. Hawk Returns
"I am just about as safe jogging along in one of your waggons as anywhere in this part of the country," observed Elvira; "and if it was a craving for peace and safety we had, why did we come to Missouri at all? I feel exactly like a rabbit when the men are out trying to thin them; I notice they get very frisky." There was psychological truth underlying this statement.
"Stick to 'em, Jerry!" cried one, "too much oats makes them animals frisky," while another hastened to pick up the several articles and restore them to their owner. Jerry wiped the great drops of perspiration from his bald, shining pate, as he replied: "Them hosses are a leetle too high fed, I'll admit, but I'll take some of the vinegar out of 'em afore night, or my name ain't Jerry Hobson."
And when he saw that the rock was really walking right away with him he forgot all about eating the chestnut. He let it fall out of his paws and roll away; for he had never seen a rock move like that before. It was very exciting, though Frisky had never traveled so slowly before. You see, whenever he went anywhere he always hurried as if he had the most important business to attend to.
As Frisky Squirrel looked down upon this unusual sight from his perch in the tree he saw that Farmer Green's wagons the kind Frisky had often seen before were bringing up sheaves of wheat. And pretty soon and this made Frisky's eyes almost pop out of his head he saw a man lead a pair of horses up that short, steep walk and tie them to the bar at the top of it. Then the horses began to walk.
It seemed fair to Sandy Chipmunk, too. "That's a bargain," he said. "I'll begin right away. Where do you want me to hide the food for you, Mr. Crow?" Old Mr. Crow told Sandy to put it in his house in the top of the tall elm tree. "I don't like to climb so high," Sandy objected. "You know I'm not so good a climber as Frisky Squirrel. He wouldn't mind climbing up to your house.
Manderson half a dozen times, and each time her cool friendliness, a nicely calculated mean between mere acquaintance and the first stage of intimacy, baffled and maddened him. At the opera he had found her, to his further amazement, with a certain Mrs. Wallace, a frisky matron whom he had known from childhood. Mrs.
"Mammy," said he, edging up to her side as the sport went on, "do you know, I think it's just good it's oh, it's so frisky since Joe got well, isn't it, mammy?" "Yes, indeed," said Mrs. Pepper, giving him a radiant look in return for his; "and when Polly's around again with her two eyes all right well, I don't know what we shall do, I declare!"
One of the men was peculiarly tall and and erect of person, had a long, brown mustache, and hair that is called Saxon, which he had evidently taken some pains to keep well ordered. The other was a frisky little man, with a promising red beard and mustache, and a dull blue eye, and a little freckled face, and a puggish nose.
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