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"I could honestly do it now, and say, `There, sir, I told you I could make a gentleman out of any material that I liked to select; and I've done it. But no: I'll wait till Dexter has passed all his examinations at Sandhurst, and won his commission, and then Yes, Maria what is it!" "Letter, sir, from the Union," said Maria. "Humph! Dear me! What's this?
"Humph!" ejaculated Hurstwood, who had been so sturdily displaced. "This here Single Tax is the thing," said another. "There ain't going to be no order till it comes." For the most part there was silence; gaunt men shuffling, glancing, and beating their arms. At last the door opened and the motherly looking sister appeared. She only looked an order.
Don't know how on earth we shall get hold of it in this crowd. What an excuse me! an appalling set of girls!" "I thought so too, at first, but they look different when you know them. Some of them are sweet, and awfully pretty." "Humph!" said Harold, sceptically. "They are not conspicuous. I don't see a decent-looking girl anywhere, except who's the girl in the grey hat?"
"There!" says Peter T., waving the advertisement and crowing gladsome; "they'll take to that like your temp'rance aunt to brandy cough-drops. We'll have to put up barbed wire to keep 'em off." "Humph!" grunts Cap'n Jonadab. "Anybody but a born fool'll know there ain't any shooting down here this time of year." Peter looked at him sorrowful.
P. S. If any of you boys should say as Charlie Potter did, "Pooh! if I'd been Benny Briggs I could have got down out of that tree," I'll say to you as Benny said to him: "Humph! I'd like to see you try it!" It was an unpleasant day. The gray clouds looked cold and dark, and the wind was blowing a gale as the stage left the little village of Lowton on its daily trip to the Summit.
I can draw you about here, where it's all nice and warm and sheltered, and what I say is this: if you can find a better place for a inv'lid to get strong in than my garden, I should like to see it. Humph! There's Missus Millett working her arms about like a mad windmill. Got some more jelly or blammondge for you, I s'pose.
"Why not?" queried Slevin. "I told his nibs I was sick of the grub." "Foremen don't quit good jobs on account of the grub. You've got to stick till fall; then we'll both go. We'll strike the old man for a raise " "Humph! He'll let us go, quick enough, when we do that. Let's strike him now. I'm through." "Nothing stirring," Berg firmly declared. "We'll play out the string. I'm taking no chances."
But the sailor, not wishing to distress Herbert, contented himself by replying that Ayrton had rejoined Neb, so as to defend Granite House. "Humph!" said Pencroft, "these pirates! they are gentlemen who have no right to any consideration! And the captain wanted to win them by kindness! I'll send them some kindness, but in the shape of a good bullet!"
"Humph!" grunted Father. Then, after a minute: "But why, pray, can't you read here? I'm sure there are books enough." He flourished his hands toward the bookcases all around the room. "Oh, I do a little; but, you see, I'm so afraid I'll leave some of them out when I'm through," I explained, "Well, what of it? What if you do?" he demanded. "Why, Father!"
"He is very rich, is he not?" said Thornton, after a brief silence. "I believe so," said I. "Humph!" answered Thornton.
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