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These men were not here just because they were glad to see him, of that he was sure. He probed their minds and even before Panek spoke, he knew. "The boss sent us to bring you to see him first thing, the boss did," Panek's voice was gruff, yet somewhat friendly. "That's mighty nice of him," Hanlon tried not to let his feelings show, but to take this as a natural courtesy.

"She was your sweetheart." His gruff voice was oddly gentle. Hilary brushed a weary hand over his forehead. The Earth, the universe itself, were suddenly dead, meaningless gobs of matter. "Yes," he said tonelessly. "Five years ago she promised to wait for my return. She kept her word. I found her again only to lose her." Grim said quietly: "I too once loved a girl.

My first care was to present myself to the official whose business it was to inspect the passports, and by explaining the condition of my poor friend, to entreat permission to delay my journey, at least until he should be somewhat recovered. The gruff old sergeant, however, deliberately examined my passport, and as rigidly decided that I could not remain.

It was Simon Bunce, however, who, with demonstrations of looking for him, came out to meet him as he emerged from the brushwood, and said in a gruff whisper, clutching his shoulder hard, 'Not a word to give a clue! Mum! More than your life hangs on it.

"I told you, redskin, that the plank would be sure to be drawn over," said one of the figures, in a low but gruff whisper. "When the tomahawk is red men do not usually sleep unguarded," replied the other, in the Indian tongue. "Speak English, Maqua, I don't know enough o' your gibberish to make out what you mean. Do you think, now, that the villain Paul Bevan is in the camp?"

"It seems so horrible that nobody knew it," said the young girl, shuddering; "that we sat here laughing and talking, while perhaps he was Good heavens! what's that?" A gruff order had been given: in the bustle that ensued the ship began to fall off to leeward; a number of the crew had sprung to the davits of the quarter boat.

"But who on earth would think of stealing a heap of stones?" cried a third. "Could a man carry them away in his pocket?" The master-mason, who was a gruff kind of man, stood scratching his head, and said nothing, at first. But, looking carefully on the ground, he discerned innumerable tracks of little feet, some with shoes, and some barefoot.

Before the scrape of her hard, bare feet had died away on the back porch, a wild shriek I was sure it was hers filled the hollow house. Then the deep, gruff tones of an angry man's voice mingled with the girl's further squeals and unintelligible words. Azalea Adair rose without surprise or emotion and disappeared.

"All captains are not like our friend yonder," said Uncle Dick. "But it seems to me that he's a tyrant to everyone on board. Who's being bullied now?" For just then sharp words were being exchanged, and a gruff voice cried: "Do. You hit me, and skipper or no skipper, I'll give it you back with interest!" "What! you mutinous dog!" shouted the captain.

It was late afternoon when she awoke, and sat swiftly up with a confused sense of being watched. "Don't jump like that!" a gruff voice said. "Lie down again at once. You are not to get up till to-morrow morning." She turned with a shaky laugh of welcome to find Dr. Jim seated frowning by her side. He laid a compelling hand upon her shoulder. "Lie down again, do you hear?