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And thus was it for, maybe, a little month; and in that time had the voice of Naani grown so weak and far-off that even I that had the Night-Hearing, could scarce make real its meaning.

Let's head for it, fellows, and maybe we can get on the right road." "Over the fence is out!" cried Jack, as he leaped the barrier. "Come on, fellows!" The others followed him, the torch of George being the only one aglow. "It's a cornfield!" cried Tom, as he landed in it. "Look out, and don't trample too much of it down."

"How did he fall? Did he hit his head?" "I don't know maybe." He looked at Ensign Vaneski. "Did he, Mister Vaneski? He was right on top of you; I was across the room." Vaneski swallowed. "I don't know. He he just sort of well, he fell." "You didn't catch him?" asked the chief. He was a physician on a case now and had no time for sirring his superiors. "No. No. I jumped away from him." "Why?

"And the whole thing showed me I couldn't count on my self-control as I thought I could. I couldn't sleep last night, and I thought perhaps maybe the thing to do was to get out quick before I did any real damage. It doesn't matter about me. It is Ruth." "Do you think you can stay on and keep a steady head for her sake and for ours?" "I can, Uncle Phil. It is up to me to stick and I'll do it.

"'Sol, says he, 'it surprised me to find that you knew what a "margin" was. You didn't get that from anything I said. Where did you get it? "I leaned back on my box seat. "'Mr. Williams, says I, 'I cal'late I'll tell you a little story, if you want to hear it. 'Tain't much of a yarn, as yarns go, but maybe it'll interest you.

Then there was silence, and the thanes looked at one another for so long that I waxed impatient, and being headstrong, maybe, got up and spoke: "Landless I am, and maybe not to be hearkened to, but nevertheless I will say what it seems to me that a man should say.

But what we really need is a way of bridging the gap between ourselves and the rest of the personnel before it gets too wide. How's your P.R. these days?" "That's something I learned in a hard school, public relations," she answered nonchalantly. "De-segregation was just beginning when I was a girl back in Georgia. But maybe I'd better know what the gap is."

"I don't suppose a woman knows, herself, what she means, half the time," he hazarded impatiently. "She certainly didn't have any excuse for throwing it into me the way she did; maybe she's sorry for it now."

"Stop, Jerry, stop!" cried my uncle; "have a glass of grog before you go?" "No, thankee, cap'en," answered Jerry. "I must keep a clear head on my shoulders. If I once takes a taste, maybe I shall want another as I pass the Blue Posteses." Uncle Kelson did not press the point, and the old man took his departure.

It's when they can't cut the time down by another split fraction of a second that I'll be calling them good enough. They won't be blessing me for it now, but come the day maybe they will." The battery was moving slowly down a muddy road that ran along the edge of a thick wood.