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She was dripping wet, and covered with sand. Mr. Allen lifted her in his arms, and there she lay, sobbing as if her heart would break, but not speaking a word. When she was lying, clean and warm, in soft blankets, and had had a nap, she told them how she got out. "The log kept jiggling," said she, "and I couldn't hold on, but I did.
Fortunately, the refreshments were in this section, so that once therein, few of the sheep strayed back, and the jiggling wail of the violin was succeeded by a shrill babble of tongues and the clatter of cups and spoons.
Already the spell of the day was wearing off. "I've learned, to my sorrow that you can't be too careful. Such a time as I had last month! I went out to a luncheon party May Stephens you know her? Well, just before luncheon I was astonished to see cocktails appear. I didn't think May had any stock, but there she was just the same, jiggling the shaker up and down.
'Drop right in there, he was saying, 'an' let her drag down, through the deep water, deliberate like. Git clus t' the bottom. Peering through a screen of bushes I could see an eager look on the unlovely face of Moses. He stood leaning toward the water and jiggling his hook along the bottom. Suddenly I saw Mose jerk and felt the cord move. I gave it a double twitch and began to pull.
He regarded the corrugated iron garage. For the three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth time in a year he reflected, "No class to that tin shack. Have to build me a frame garage. But by golly it's the only thing on the place that isn't up-to-date!" While he stared he thought of a community garage for his acreage development, Glen Oriole. He stopped puffing and jiggling. His arms were akimbo.
Sam and Pete were two boys with whom Tom played. Tom looked for them as he ran down the street, the Candy Rabbit jiggling around among the things in his pocket. "I hope my ears aren't broken off," sighed the poor Bunny. "This is the most dreadful and cramped place I was ever in." Suddenly Tom spied his two chums. "Hi there!" he called to them. "Look what I got!" "What?"
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