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"Yes, you are right, in part. I should have trusted her less in some ways." "About me?" "No. About herself." Martin flecked the ashes from his cigar. "And now," he said with a huge sigh that seemed to sweep all regrets before it, "go and wash your face!" Joan ran away, and when she came back the room was empty and the honk-honk of Martin's horn sounded down the river road.
This made it difficult for the young hunters to get a shot at them, and only the most active and persevering ever succeeded. Although for a month the young sportsmen had been expecting them, and had carefully scanned the river every morning, and listened for the welcome "honk-honk" that should announce the arrival of the wished-for game, this was the first flock that had made its appearance.
"The twins are jolly good company, oh, I say!" laughed Rance, in tones so like her brothers-in-law that Evelyn laughed delightedly. It was lovely to have someone to laugh with. "But where are the heavenly twins to-night?" "I suppose they saw a flock of ducks going over, or heard the honk-honk of wild geese," she answered.
Her thoughts were far away, with the two who had so recently left the house. In fancy she saw the brilliantly lighted streets, the throng of pleasure seekers and pretty women in gay attire. She heard the sound of wheels, the persistent "honk-honk" of motor cars, and, in the playhouse, the crash of cymbals and drums.
There's a lot of them honk-honk boys just like him; but he's the only one I ever has a chance to get real confidential with. It's like this: Mr. Robert says to me, "Torchy, if I'm not back by five o'clock, you may tell Louie when he comes that he needn't wait." "Sure thing," says I. Then, when Mr.
Olaf gets something out of it, too. I don't know just how they do it, but it's entirely a family matter, as they say. And when the Ericsons say that " Clara lifted her eyebrows. Just then the angry honk-honk of an approaching motor sounded from down the road. Their eyes met and they began to laugh.
Came a "honk-honk" from without. "There's our car," said the officer quietly. "Come along." Without a word the others followed him through the dark hall, out the door and down the steps, where they climbed into the car, in the rear seat, their captor taking his seat with the driver. The automobile started immediately.
"I think I could make money calling out 'honk-honk! on an automobile," said the grandfather. "Jimmie Wibblewobble once did that for a man. I think I'll look for a nice automobile gentleman to work for, and if I get money enough we'll be rich."
"Oh, dear; I'm going to be caught, sure!" cried Uncle Wiggily, and indeed it did look so, for there was the dog running from one direction, and the auto coming in the other, and prickly briar bushes were on both sides of the road, and Uncle Wiggily couldn't crawl through them without pulling all the fur off his back, and his ears, too. "Honk-Honk!" went the auto. "Bow-wow!" went the dog.
It was a becoming day for the ancient building, as candle-light is becoming to an old beauty and brings back a fleeting and pathetic air of youth to her still lovely features. Above, the sky was very blue, and the ruminating silence was broken only by the honk-honk of a distant motor.
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