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"It's funny somebody hasn't picked this place as a site for a summer home," Mr. Perry remarked as he took a hurried view of his surroundings. "The trouble is it doesn't look like a very interesting place from a view out on the river, and there are hundreds of islands to choose from," said Cub. "Yes, I suppose so," his father agreed; "but in my opinion the place deserves a second look-over.
As a usual thing I don't go into scandal an' gossip so prodigious; but I was hungry to have another look at Jim, now that I knew he was the son of an Earl, an' I decided to pull out an' give the Pan Handle a look-over as soon as it was handy. I spent about two hours that night lookin' at the stars an' wishin' they could tell me all they'd ever seen.
He was over $300 to the good and he wanted to treat me to a lot of kind words he felt like saying about himself. Oh! but maybe he wasn't the City Boy with the Head in the Suburbs! When I reached home that night I felt like a sock that needs darning. Clara J. had invited Uncle Peter to take dinner with us and he began to give me the nervous look-over as soon as I answered roll call.
But both the Lieutenant's eyes must have been wandering for he don't seem to notice my friendly play. "Ha-ar-r-r yuh," he rumbles from somewhere below his collar-button, and with great effort he manages to focus on me with his good lamp. For a single-barreled look-over, it's a keen one, too like bein' stabbed with a cheese-tester.
"How much do you charge for board?" he asked the bar-keeper, who was wiping his decanters and putting his bar in trim for the business of the day. The bar-keeper gave the stranger a look-over and said to him: "I guess we're too high for you." "Well how much do you charge?" "Six dollars." "Yes, that's more than I can afford."
Then I passed up the can o' paint, an' took a stroll around to see that no one had been givin' us the look-over. The can o' paint did have a pretty fierce smell, but I didn't put much faith in it. I'd been in opium joints, an' I knew that a Chinaman would FATTEN on a smell 'at would suffocate a goat; an' when it comes to vigorous an' able-bodied odors, a billy-goat ain't no tenderfoot himself.
He informed my father that he had been mistaken in me, before ... that he had given me a too cursory look-over, judging me after the usual run ... he announced that he would admit me as special student at the Keeley Heights High School. The one thing High School gave me my Winter there was Shelley. In English we touched on him briefly, mainly emphasising his Skylark.
As soon as I finished takin' care o' Starlight, I give Monody's mount a look-over. The old bald-face was whipcord an' steel; but he looked purty near ready to own up. "Monody, confound you," I sez. "What the deuce did you hammer this old skin over the road like this for?" "That's my pony," he growled. "Since when?" "Since I bought him, that's since when." "When did you buy him?"
Duty forbade, however, that this lady should be remitted to an assistant. "I am sorry to disturb you, Miss Jocund, but it is important it is about a bonnet," cried Mrs. Stokes gayly. "I have brought you Miss Fairfax of Abbotsmead. I am sure you will make her something quite lovely." Miss Jocund took off her glasses, and gave Bessie a deliberate, discerning look-over. "Very happy, ma'am, indeed.
"How much do you charge for board?" he asked the barkeeper, who was wiping his decanters, and putting his bar in trim for the business of the day. The barkeeper gave the stranger a look-over and said to him: "I guess we're too high for you." "Well, how much do you charge?" "Six dollars." "Yes, that's more than I can afford."
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