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The speaker had been reared in sin and shame; he had known the life of the streets; but now Jesus had grabbed him where he lived, and he was going to do better. He wanted every one to take warning by him. They could get Christ as well as him. The prayer-meeting ended by the singing of the Doxology.

With a hamlike hand Astro suddenly grabbed for Roger's neck, but the wiry cadet dashed along the slidewalk out of reach and the big Venusian rumbled after him. Tom roared with laughter.

He welcomed us in the true Hungarian style, grabbed me by the arms and asked if I was hungry, apologized for their frugal war-time fare, told how splendidly his men had behaved, had a word and a place for every-body, as if we were all old friends.

You stopped it from falling on the people's heads." "And the bear is the bear all right?" asked Bunny. From where his father held him Bunny could not see the shaggy creature. "Yes, the bear is all right," answered Mr. Brown. "He is coming down the pole now." "That bear is too big and heavy to climb the tent pole," said Grandpa Brown. "He is too fat. But it's lucky Bunny grabbed that rope."

He chanced to see a stray coyote near the side of the highway when, after passing it a hundred yards or so, he stopped his machine, grabbed his trusty weapon, which he had hardly learned to shoot, strung it, nocked an arrow, and ran back to take a shot at the animal in question.

Luckily for her and him too, perhaps Mr. Nelson did get home early, and he was no sooner inside the door than Betty grabbed him by the arm, led him over to a divan in the corner of the living room, and let loose upon him a flood of questions. "Did you see him? What did he say? Why didn't you let me know sooner?" These and various other queries were hurled at Mr.

I'll be good while we talk." Hanlon rose, but stood warily as the other slowly climbed to his feet. But he wasn't sharp enough Panek's hand flashed out even before he seemed to be standing erect, and slickly grabbed the wallet from the inside pocket of Hanlon's jacket. But the SS man, seeing what the other was after, stood there without making any resistance.

"You are not Mrs Ragg," our companion said. She grabbed more convulsively at her dress, and made no reply. "Where is Mrs Ragg?" "She is dead, sir. Dead," the woman said, and sat down and began to cry. "She died the very afternoon the ladies came. I had the doctor to her. You can ask the doctor if you don't believe me. I'd have kept her alive if I could. She was my dear sister.

The thief arrived, slipped into the stable and was already carrying off one of the sacks when the mare grabbed him by the neck, dragged him into the yard and broke two of his ribs by trampling on him. People came running to the cries of the terrified thief, whom Lisette was unwilling to abandon until my servant and I persuaded her, for in her rage she would have savaged anyone else.

"There was a feller once," said Peaches, "who bit off more'n he could chew." "I've heard of him," Racey admitted, gravely. "He was first cousin to the other feller that grabbed the bear by the tail." "I dunno whose first cousin he was," frowned Peaches. "All I know is he didn't show good sense." "Now that," said Racey, "is where you and I don't think alike. I may be wrong in what I think.