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Frona broke in, pointing to the tip of an amber mouth-piece which projected from Vance's outside breast-pocket. "A pipe! My congratulations." She held out her hand and he shook good-humoredly. "All Del's fault," he laughed. "When I go before the great white throne, it is he who shall stand forth and be responsible for that particular sin." "An improvement, nevertheless," she argued.
"Well, you two are pretty happy together, ain't you?" said he, smiling good-humoredly. "Oh, we don't complain," answered Trina. "Plenty of money, lots to do, everything fine, hey?" "We've got lots to do," returned Trina, thinking to head him off, "but we've not got lots of money." But evidently Marcus wanted no money. "Well, Cousin Trina," he said, rubbing his knee, "I'm going away."
She remembered having heard how keen were the senses of these clever freebooters. "What are you doing here?" he asked good-humoredly. Maya still thought he looked sad. His mind seemed to be far away and not to concern itself with what was of such moment to her. "I'd like to get out," she answered. "And I'm not afraid. I was just startled. You looked so strong and handsome, and your armor shone so.
Bullsom did not approve of smoking in the covered wagonette, which she frequently honoured with her presence. "There's nothing in the world worth having that hasn't to be worked for, my boy," he declared, good-humoredly. "By other people!" Brooks remarked, smiling. "That's as it may be," Mr. Bullsom admitted. "To my mind that's where the art of the thing comes in.
"I don't think it was altogether fear of the girls that caused her to lock us out that day," observed Miriam, a gleam of laughter appearing in her black eyes. "I don't suppose it was," retorted Elfreda good-humoredly. "She says she knows her disposition to be anything but angelic. But she is trying, Miriam. You wait and see for yourself how the new Laura Atkins behaves."
Let the Jews be swallowed up in the nations and me in the sea. If I thought that Israel's hope was a lie I should jump overboard." The German shrugged his shoulders good-humoredly. "You and the Egyptian woman are a pair."
Wine shops were here, curio shops, shops all golden and tempting with cheeses and butter, and hat shops that foretold the spring in a glitter of blues and greens. He passed on, jostling the crowd good-humoredly, being jostled in the same spirit, hugging his freedom with a silent joy.
"You were getting two dollars for shoveling in a mining ditch when I first met you." "I was," Carroll assented good-humoredly. "I believe another month or two of it would have worn me out. It's considerably pleasanter and more profitable to act as your understudy; but a fairly proficient carpenter might have bungled the matter." Vane looked embarrassed. "Let it pass.
"About now he'll be eating grapefruit and poached egg," said the boy. "Don't he work none durin' the day?" The boy laughed good-humoredly. "He gets down about nine thirty, and when he don't go off somewheres he's mostly here till four except between one and two, when he's at lunch." "Gosh!" said Scattergood. "Must be wearin' him to the bone. 'Most five hours a day he sticks to it.
"Well, nothing except random things for my own amusement." "Pass 'em over." Banneker shook his head. "No; I've never shown them to anybody." "Oh, all right. If you're shy about it," responded the reporter good-humoredly. "But you must have thought of writing as a profession." "Vaguely, some day." "You don't talk much like a country station-agent. And you don't act like one.
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