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Parry had said in all the colors of the rainbow. Giles guessed at once who she was, and bowed. "Good evening, Miss Franklin," he said, lifting his hat, "you seem to be looking for something. Can I assist you?" The damsel looked at him sternly and scowled. "You're trespassing," she said in rather a gruff voice.
"Well, no, perhaps not," said the Chimpanzee. Anonymous "Ugh!" grunted the big Hippopotamus. "I think I shall have a bath. Oh, dear me, I feel so sleepy!" And he opened his mouth and gave a tremendous yawn. "Well!" said a deep, gruff voice from the other side of the railings. "Well! If I had a mouth as large and as ugly as that I would keep it shut, at any rate." It was the Rhinoceros, next door.
Can't lose you," was the captain's gruff greeting. "How does it happen that you aren't off with the crowd doing the sights?" "Sights bore me," said Percival, unfolding his napkin with an air of lassitude. "Crowds, too, eh? Twoing more in your line?" The remark was treated with contemptuous silence while Percival devoted himself to the menu.
"It is some species of savage religious ceremony, your Majesty. According to the admiral, the dunes by the seashore where he landed were covered with a multitude of men behaving just as this man is doing. They had sticks in their hands and they struck with these at small round objects. And every now and again " "Fo-o-ore!" called a gruff voice from below.
It was well that Verty was interrupted as he essayed to speak; for we cannot tell what he would have said. He did not speak; for just as he opened his lips, a gruff voice behind him uttered the words: "Well, sir! where is your business?" The young man turned round: the gruff voice belonged to Judge Rushton. That gentleman had left his horse at the outer gate, and approached the house on foot.
"Valiant sir," replied Adam, still seated, and drawing his gown instinctively over Sibyll's face, which nestled on his bosom, in slumber so deep and heavy, that the gruff voice had not broken it, "valiant sir! we are forlorn and houseless, an old man and a simple girl. Some evil-minded persons invaded our home; we fled in the night, and " "Invaded your house! ha, it is clear," said the chief.
A gruff voice bade him enter; and as he stepped over the threshold, the dog flew at him with an angry bark. Violet uttered a cry of fear, and Kennedy struck the dog a furious blow with the knobbed end of his alpenstock, which for the moment stunned the animal, while it drew down on the heads of the tired and fainting travellers a volley of brutal German oaths.
"I guess you'll excuse me if I ain't down there to stand around on the w'arf and see you go," she said, still trying to be gruff. "Yes, I ought to go over and inquire for Mis' Edward Caplin; it's her third shock, and if mother gets in on Sunday she'll want to know just how the old lady is." With this last word Mrs.
A few weeks after Langhetti's visit Potts had a new visitor at the bank. The stranger entered the bank parlor noiselessly, and stood quietly waiting for Potts to be disengaged. That worthy was making some entries in a small memorandum-book. Turning his head, he saw the newcomer. Potts looked surprised, and the stranger said, in a peculiar voice, somewhat gruff and hesitating, "Mr. Potts?"
"Good dog!" said the latter, speaking with gruff gentleness. "I won't hurt you more than I can help." As if he comprehended the old soldier's words and placed full confidence in his knowledge and power, Lupe stretched himself out fully upon his left side, extended his head, and, half closing his eyes, lay perfectly still as if dead.
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