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Jerry was a little worried about that prospect himself. Jerry saw Pedro watching them as he and his father sat down on the sofa. "Has Pedro talked any more?" Jerry asked. "Stop gawking at that parrot and pay attention to me," said Jerry's father. "Yes, sir." "You had your mother worried sick." Jerry said he was sorry. "Did you stay out so long on purpose to worry her?"
"Here, you people, don't stand there gawking like a lot of dotty chumps!" cried the secretary, striving to whip them out of the mood of horror into which they had fallen. "Get a move on! Give the judges a chance! What is it, doctor?" The judges were consulting. At length the decision was announced. "One hundred and twenty-nine seven." "Hooray!" yelled Fatty, flinging his straw hat high.
The door opened a few inches, and Ashton's English valet peered in at the visitors with a timid, startled look. "Well?" demanded Mr. Leslie. "What d' you mean, sir, gawking that way? What's the matter here? all these papers scattered about everybody out on the bridge. Who are you, anyway?" "M-Mr. Ashton's m-man, sir!" stuttered the valet. "His man? Where is he? out on the bridge?"
But he had caught a look in her eyes that caused his heart to lose a beat, then to thump like a bass drum in martial band. He was made suddenly aware that he was gawking after her with his mouth hanging open and his eyes bulging, by the delighted snickers of a pair of impertinent door boys and the suppressed comment of one, "Betchu a nickel she's thrown him down! Gee! Ain't he got it bad!"
Mirabelle collected herself. "What are you standing around gawking like that for? Find out what time that meeting is. Telephone every member of the committee. They won't have any meeting without us, not by a long, long row of apple-trees!" "Save your strength," said Mr. Mix, with a spiritual yawn. "Save my strength! Well, what about saving my five thousand dollars for for missionary work!"
Oh, you've got to squeeze your way in," he continued, clenching his teeth and hurling himself forward, "just mash 'em endwise if they stand gawking in your way. You follow me." Abbott laughed aloud at Simon's ability as they pushed their way under the tent. "Uh-huh, now see that!" groaned Simon reproachfully, as he looked about. "Every seat taken.
When things returned to normal it was discovered that all the charguls had been removed from the left hand side of the carriages, railside Arabs knew that we would be occupied gawking and took advantage of our distraction; they found charguls useful too.
Only a quarter of a dollar. Get your tickets, gents, and see " Red pushed forward: "What did yu say, pard?" He asked. "I'm a little off in my near ear. What's that about eatin' a woman for two years?" "The greatest wonder of the age, gents. The wom " "Any discount for th' gang?" Asked Buck, gawking. "Why don't yu quit smokin' an' buy th' lady a meal?" Asked Johnny from the center of the group.
And they'd hate a girl who got the notion they had time to stand around gawking in a mirror to see their clothes set right, or study the look they're going to pour into the china blue eyes of some tow-headed bundle who knows his bank wad down to the last cent." She sighed heavily, but her eyes were literally dancing. "But it's kind of nice that boys act that way," she went on.
"Guess you don't need to be sorry. I need to feel that way, acting foolish, gawking around here like some fool kid. But you see you're a girl." Keeko's smile broadened into a delicious ripple of laughter. "Sure," she nodded. "You didn't guess I was a-jack-rabbit?" Marcel was recovering. He, too, laughed. "I didn't guess anything," he said.
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