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He grinned, stretched out the corners of his mouth, and pressed down his brows, so as to defy any divination of his feelings under that kind of stroking. "And what may that need be?" he said, after a moment's pause. In his heart he was tempted by the hinted opportunity of applying his invention.

They belonged to a family of twelve, and among these there had twice been twins, and this of itself was an inexhaustible source of raillery; and moreover they were half Swedish. They shared the disadvantage with Pelle. But nothing seemed to have any effect upon them; they grinned at everything, and gave themselves away still more.

There was a splash in the water, a little cry of well feigned dismay. "Oh, how careless of me! It slipped out of my hand." Phil grinned cheerfully as he began to dip his paddle, interest quickened. It was a neat sidestepping of his inconsiderate attempt to scrutinize her. She had taken the first trick. "You do yourself an injustice, madam. Are you usually so careful when you are careless?"

"Wait, Brothers," he pleaded; "you do not believe me, I see let us go together, and if I do not show you this Buffalo, waiting for the Kill, then " "Yes, then " sneered the Wolf; "if you fail to show us this Buffalo, then " He grinned diabolically in A'tim's face. "E-e-u-h, I know," exclaimed the Dog-Wolf, stepping down gingerly from the log.

"Oh, you'll see him all right all right," O'Brien returned with a laugh, while the men at the bar grinned over at the card players. "Guess you boys'll see him later all you need." Then his eyes flashed in Charlie's direction, and he winked at those near him. "Maybe some folks around here'll hate the sight of him before long."

A more expert scoundrel would have stolen them under my very nose. You are a bungler." "I really wasn't goin' to take any, sir just put them away, that is all." "In that packet," said Brett, "there are eighty-seven cigarettes. I count them, because each one is an epoch. I don't count the cigars in the sideboard." "I prefer cigars," grinned the waiter. "So I see.

"Thank you . . . uh, what do I call you now?" "Arlene in private, Ranger Perry in public. And His Majesty is `sir' to you now, not `sire'." She grinned. "I think civvies would be more appropriate than probationary-cadet clothing, and I have a sidearm for you outside the door. His Majesty will give you your badge when we get to the Palace. Okay?" "Uh, yes, of course.

What sort of a miserable, spineless, cowardly, caddish travesty of a man do you take me for, to think I would let you go alone?" "Please don't joke," she urged. "It simply isn't possible. You would get into trouble with the French Government, and " "Do you know," I grinned, "it is rather exhilarating to snap one's fingers at governments?

As we approached it, an old negro thrust his head, all dabbled with flour, out of a hole above the water-wheel, and grinned, and rolled his eyes, and looked like the very hobgoblin of the place. The illustrious Diedrich fixed upon him, at once, as the very one to give him that invaluable kind of information never to be acquired from books.

I was afraid that it was a whim of your own. And now, one thing more, how are you off for provisions?" "Wal, sir," said Captain Corbet, "I've made my calculations, an I think I've got enough. What I might fail in, the boys and Solomon have made up." "How is it, Solomon?" asked the doctor. Solomon grinned. "You sleep in the hold, I see," continued the doctor. "Yes, sir," said Bruce.