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At dawn we follow and bag you at our leisure." "You are discouraging!" Lanyard complained. "I see I may as well go below and be good. It's a dull life." "Tell you what," giggled the lieutenant, leading his prisoner to the conning-tower hatch and lowering his voice: "do just that, go below and be nice, and presently I will come back and we'll split a bottle. What do you say to that, eh?"
The call of the Gray Seal to arms NOW! When with every faculty drained to its last resource, cornered, trapped, he was fighting for his very existence! "Jimmie, it is half-past eleven now HURRY!" The words were jangling discordantly in his brain. And now he laughed outright, mirthlessly. A young girl hanging on her escort's arm, passing, glanced at him and giggled.
'Ah! you want to look at the house, I suppose, remarked M. Vandeloup, lazily; 'the building is extremely ugly, but there are some redeeming features in it. I refer, of course, to the number of pretty girls, and Gaston turned round and looked steadily at a red- haired damsel behind him, who blushed and giggled, thinking he was referring to her.
Somehow it wouldn't work. The words refused to come. Love was too big and sweet and sacred. It couldn't be hinted at to a third person. And so he merely stammered: "Will you er please tell Miss Betty I'm here?" "Yiss-sor!" Peggy giggled. He was glad to be rid of her. He drew his handkerchief, mopped the perspiration from his brow and sat down by the open window to wait. His heart was pounding.
"She's ail right, girls; she can see a joke," said Charlotte, who in spite of herself began to feel the baby's charm. "Poor little kiddie! I'm sure she's very brave to laugh at the idea of having to support us all," giggled Ruth. "Let's ask mother about it," suggested Dorothy, as Mrs.
"So I perceive," observed Uncle Marmaduke; and the fact was certainly obvious enough. "Tell y'what I did," giggled the wretched Dick. "You know I never did get what I call regular good blow out always some one to shay 'had quite 'nough' 'fore I'd begun. So I thought this time I would have a tuck-in till till I felt tired, and I he-he-he I got down 'fore anybody elsh and helped myshelf.
"Everybody has to wear shoes on Sunday." "Yes, of course they do," agreed Sister, who had never heard of a boy and girl who didn't wear shoes on Sunday and every day in the week except when they were allowed to go barefoot as a great treat. The tempting packages were not to be forgotten one moment longer, and they decided to "take turns" opening them. "Isn't it fun!" giggled Sister.
"Principally because mamma has her heart set on a spectacle," Linda laughed. "She'd hold up her hands in horror if she heard you. Decorated bridal bower, high church dignitary, bridesmaids, orange blossoms, rice, and all. Mamma likes to show off. Besides, that's the way it's done in society. And the honeymoon." They both giggled, as at some mirthful secret. "Shall we tell her?"
After a few more compliments, through which Tessibel flirted her way into the big man's regard, the officer rose to his feet. "Little lady, I came here for a specific reason," he announced. Unquenchable mischief shone upon him from smiling, enquiring eyes. "Oh," giggled Tess, "anyway, I air awful glad ye come." The grim lips of the deputy curled upward again.
He had been but an indifferent business man on a small salary before he fell upon the fat days of war, but now he had a servant and a position of authority. "Good-day, Mr. Holmes," he cried heartily. "Good-day, Miss Tilly, you're looking as lovely as ever, I see." Tilly gasped and giggled and took refuge in questioning Gavin as to whether it was number forty or fifty white spool his Aunt wanted.
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