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"What happened to you?" he asked, jogging Sunny's elbow to make him look at him. "How'd you get down here?" "Fell down," said Sunny calmly. "Could I have a duck to play with, Jimmie?" "How'd you fall down?" persisted David, who usually got what he started after. Sunny Boy was exceedingly bored by these numerous questions, and he wanted to be allowed to watch the ducks in peace.
From the open square of which Blake had spoken, his lordship drew out a resplendent ruby. "Centre stone of Lady Anne's brooch!" He ran his immaculate finger-tips over the many squares in the cloth. "A stone in every one must be all of the really valuable loot! The settings were out of date small value. How'd you get it from him, Tom?"
Enoch started. "Why, how'd she happen to wire you, Jonas?" "I done told her to," replied Jonas coolly, "and moreover, I left the money for her to do it with." Enoch said nothing until he was standing in his dressing-gown before his bedroom fire. Then he turned to Jonas and said: "Old man, it won't do. I can't stand it.
I'd sleep better o' nights if I knew he was broken for keeps. Too much red-tape to put the United States after him. How'd you rig him?" "Faro and roulette. They never tumble. I didn't have anything against him until he ran into me at Rangoon. But he's stepped in too many times since. Is this straight?" "About lifting his belt? Easy as falling off a log. Leave it to me.
You have to live with Susan Jane to appreciate her. Oh! poor Davy. We never really knew what a hero he is, Daddy. He's splendid!" It had been necessary, unless Susan Jane was to receive double pay for her boarder, that Janet should inform Billy as to her money-getting; but once the fact was stated, the girl hurried to other thoughts, in order to divert Billy. "How'd ye get yer money, Janet?"
He may get me a job. You see the vicious state of mind of the professional class! When I mentioned the possibility to him, he said, 'I can get you a job all right. How'd you like to go to sea? "I nearly dropped the receiver when he said that. Go to sea! People in residential suburbs didn't go to sea! "'Eh? I said. 'What d'you mean? "'What I said, he bellows. 'Go to sea,
He was speaking in a tone she had never heard from any man. "What's this about your goin' to the sociable with Matt Pillsbury?" She stiffened and flung back defiance. "I'm goin', that's all. How'd you know it?" "I was over to the store an' Lottie Pillsbury come in an' I heard her tell Jane Hunt: 'Brother Matt asked her, an' she says she's goin'." "Well, it's true enough.
His glance was almost tender. "How'd you come to marry Pa, anyway? You and him's so different." The nymph in Ma leaped to the surface and stayed there a moment, sparkling, laughing, dimpling. "Oh, I dunno. I kept running away and he kept running after. Like that." He looked up again quickly at that. "Yeh. That's it. Fella don't like to have no girl chasing him all the time.
"How'd you come in my wagon?" repeated Ranse, this time in a voice that drew a reply. Curly recognised the tone. He had heard it used by freight brakemen and large persons in blue carrying clubs. "Me?" he growled. "Oh, was you talkin' to me? Why, I was on my way to the Menger, but my valet had forgot to pack my pyjamas. So I crawled into that wagon in the wagon-yard see?
"What'd they do? what'd they do?" "Do?" "How'd they git notice to 'em?" "Oh," said Mr. Hartington, "cussed if that wuhn't funny. Let's see, where was I? After awhile they went over t'other side of the street, talkin' sly, waitin' for the act to end. But goldarned if it ever did end." For once Mr. Bixby didn't seem to understand. "D-didn't end?" "No," explained Mr.
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