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Now glancin' t'left of piece you'll per-ceive slight darkening of riflin's. Now casting your heyes right forrard you'll re-mark slight roughening of riflin's towards muzzle of piece and there y'are, sir. One hundred and twenty-seven times she's been fired by my 'and and good for as many more both of us. Arternoon, gentlemen, and thank ye!"
No wonder my heart sank when I saw this. Glancin' wildly around me, as people will do when they are scared, I saw the smooth place I was in gettin' smaller and smaller, for the kerosene was evaporatin', as it will do even off woollen clothes if you give it time enough.
"Most of 'em are fine," says I, glancin' over the slip; "but who's this W. T. Wiggins with no address?" "I particularly want to reach him," says she. "He is a wealthy merchant who is apt to be rather generous, I am told, if properly approached." "I'll look him up," says I, "and see that he gets an invite registered."
Hollister a glancin' blow on the side of the bead. His next aim was better; but this time the nightstick didn't connect. There's been let loose a weird, high-pitched howl, which I didn't recognize at the time as the old Rebel yell, but know now that it was. Uncle Noah had gone into action. That walkin' stick of his was a second-growth hickory club as thick as your wrist at the big end.
It was this same afternoon, along about 2:30, that I gets a call from Old Hickory's private office and finds this picturesque lookin' bird with the three piece white lip whiskers and the premature Panama lid glarin' indignant at the boss. "Torchy," says Mr. Ellins, glancin' at a card, "this is Señor Don Pedro Cassaba y Tarragona." "Oh, yes!" says I, just as though I wasn't surprised a bit.
He's costumed in an old pair of wide-bottomed white ducks some splashed with paint, and with his sleeves rolled up and a faded old cap pulled down over his eyes he sure looks like business. I could see Miss Hampton glancin' at him sort of curious.
"No; but I'm ready for 'em now," says I. "That is, if Say, you don't mind doin' this, do you?" "Why should I?" says she. "Oh, well," says I, "you see I ain't well, I'm kind of outclassed here, and I didn't know but some of the other girls might " "Let them dare!" says Miss Vee, straightenin' up and glancin' around haughty. My! but she's a thoroughbred!
And as I loosens my hold he straightens up, only to get the full benefit of that placid, ladylike lookover. "Ahr-r-r chee!" says he, glancin' disgusted at me. Then he starts gettin' rosy in the ears, like he always does when there's fluffs around, and after one more hasty look he bolts back into the gym.
I offers to run in and see if Auntie is back yet, but he won't have it. "Just lead the way, that's all," says he. "Oh, very well," says I. And when Helma, the maid, has used up all her hyphenated English in assurin' us that "Meesus" is still out, I rubs it in by shruggin' my shoulders and glancin' knowin' at him. "Mees Verona, she coom," suggests Helma.
I was only an hour late in getting to the office myself next day, but I finds Ernie at his desk looking hardly any the worse for wear, and grinding away as usual. He looks a little sheepish when I ask him if Louise has 'phoned him yet. "S-s-sh!" says he, glancin' around cautious. "Please!" "Oh, sure!" says I. "Trust me. I'm no sieve. But I'm wondering if you'll ever run across her again."
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