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"Why, it's a crab!" I cried. "A soft one," shouted Bob. "He can't nip now." As he spoke he poked the curious-looking object with his finger, making it wince and threaten with its claws, but they were perfectly soft, and it was evident that the creature had only just crept out of its old shell, and was hiding away in the dark hole waiting for the new armour to form.
Sam trimmed the sheet and hauled the Howlin' Mary that's what we called the bot -on the wind, and the other bot did the same, both of us makin' for the same spot. I see it was nip and tuck; and, knowin' that Sam was a master-hand, I says. Sam, yaou take the iron. So we shifted.
In the dearth of such, let us content ourselves with briefly noticing one of the multitude of abortive cubs, its villany nipped as Nature is wont to nip it in the promising bud of its tenderness. Many a flourishing young rogue suddenly disappears, and the world never knows how or why.
"But I'm thankful that he is quite insensible, and will not know the agony we have to face." The old sailor looked curiously in his companion's face. "Agony!" he said, slowly; "agony! Well, I suppose it is, but I've been face to face with the end so many times that I suppose I've got a bit blunt. Do you know, sir, it seems to nip me more about that poor young chap than it does about myself."
We lifted the rudder out of the ice and placed it clear of the stern, athwart the fore-and-aft line of the ship. All the pintles are gone at the fore part of the rudder; it is a clean break and bears witness to the terrific force exerted on the ship during the nip. I am glad to see the rudder upon the ice and clear of the propeller. "August 25, 11 p.m.
But as yet no little white egg lay in the nest, and when Nip cocked his impudent little ears at them, they were off with a whirr that sent him, scampering, startled and scared, after the boys. From the trees to which they had flown, the Bob Whites watched the movements of the boys with some anxiety. "They might, you know," whispered Mrs.
The host, who had gone to the door to watch the last of the residents disappear, turned back at the mention of business. "They've swallowed everything bar the bottles," he exclaimed. "Then we'll move on without the nip," the man said quietly. As they started towards the door Cudlip interposed before them. "Say, Misters, before you go," he said.
"You are a Prince and I am an anarchist, yet both of us need a nip of brandy when we are disturbed. But I have the better of you in one respect, my dear Michael. My hand doesn't shake. Now, yours " The clasp on his arm loosened, lost some of its friendliness, and Prince Delgrado stood for an instant on the stairs.
"Hell for leather," cried a second, as he set after the first. "My " the third began, but left the sentence unfinished as he also started. The fourth said nothing. He had too much handicap to make up. When they had all gone, the four strangers stood and looked at one another in silence. "Better have another nip and then move on," the man who had had the conversation with Cudlip remarked.
If I am not mistaken, she has already gone far to put his neck in a halter; and he was determined to nip this latest adventure in the bud by removing the object of her " I felt myself changing color, and: "For heaven's sake say no more!" I interrupted. "It is a gruesome and horrible thought! Yet, perhaps you are right. What must we do, Gatton?
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