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"Stand firm to the mess-chest!" half-whispered the Skimmer, motioning to his companions to place themselves in attitudes to support the weaker of their party, while, with sedulous care, he braced his own athletic person in a manner to throw all of its weight and strength against the seat. "Stand firm, and be ready!" Ludlow complied, though his eye scarce changed its direction.
"I suppose not," she half-whispered, with a dry throat, as he waited for some sign from her. "No, you couldn't have given yourself to any one else if you had known," Chris went on, as if musing aloud. "And that brings me to what I want to say. Marriage lasts a long, long time, Norma, and even you with all your courage! may find that you've promised more than you can perform! The time may come
Some order has been issued. "Voila!" "Mira! mira!" "See!" "Look, look!" are the half-whispered ejaculations that break from the hunters as this is observed. "By the livin' catamount, thar a-going to mizzle!" We see the savages pull down the tasajo and tie it in bunches.
It was the summit of this clear-cut hill, and what was visible upon it, that held his fascinated attention. Suddenly a half-whispered word escaped him and Ralph was beside him in a moment. "Look!" And Nick's arm was outstretched pointing. And Ralph looked in time to see the ghostly form of the Hooded Man as it slowly passed from view over the hill. "The Hood!" exclaimed Ralph, in awestruck tones.
The slips were dropped into the hat, amid the silence of the company. Some of the sophomores and juniors, perched on parallel bars, watched the scene with superior amusement, but no notice was taken of their half-whispered jeers. The four girls then retired to count the votes. "It's a tie," announced Marian Barber, returning presently; "a tie between Grace and Miriam.
In his bewilderment, he served the King with mustard instead of honey from the great silver ship full of condiments, in the centre of the table. "How's this, Sir John?" said the King, who always had a kindly corner in his heart for this young knight. "Are these the idle days of thy Crusade come again?" "I could well-nigh think so!" half-whispered Sir John.
He stared at her, but his ramblings went off the next moment to something else. Then there was a pause, and he sank back. Lady Oldfield took the opportunity to send up a fervent prayer. He caught the half-whispered words, and sat up. He looked for the moment so collected, so much himself, that his mother's lips parted with joyful astonishment, and she gasped, "He knows us his reason is restored!"
The American leaned forward and half-whispered: "Just watch me buy that broadsword. I may, in time, buy out the shop, piece by piece." She smiled swiftly. "Let me warn you: don't pay his price." "Thanks."
The low, half-sung, half-whispered foreign speech of the group, the roaring of the furnace, and the quick, sharp yelp of a coyote on the plain below were the only sounds that broke the awful silence of the hills. It was almost dawn when it was announced that the ore had fused. And it was high time, for the pot was slowly sinking into the fast-crumbling oven.
Kate said good-bye to her with eyes that were full of tears. That night, before she went to sleep, Frances said: "Kate, does what you spoke of still burn into you?" Kate was startled, for she did not think that Frances had heard the half-whispered conversation. "Yes," she said, "it is there just the same. I can scarcely bear it! What can I do?"
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