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We had planned to go to Brittany, but she said she needed a change of companionship that her soul must change the color of its raiment, or some such piffle." He laughed shortly. "Here I am hanging about in the heat, most of my money gone, and not able to do a stroke of work. It's hell, Adolph." "My boy," said his friend, "why don't you go home?" "I haven't the face, and that's a fact.
"I weesh I knew what happened to the men," worried Deschaillon in his filed-down accent. "My quistion ixactly, Frinchy," nodded Hogan emphatically. "Misther Madden says 'Piffle, but Oi say where are they piffled to? Did they go over in a storm, or die of fever, or run crazy with heat?" "They didn't starve," declared Mulcher, "for some of th' fellows are in th' cook's galley now eatin'."
He found small twigs, broke them and made a pile. Then he drew out matches. Don was opening a can. "What's wrong, Tim?" "I'm going to have a fire." "Fire?" Don dropped the can. "Good night! do you want the Eagles and Foxes coming down and gobbling us?" "Piffle!" said Tim. "Do you think they'll sit around in the dark? Anyway, I want a cup of coffee." Don drew a deep breath.
It was his Off Day, however. His Brain felt as if some one had played a Mean Trick on him and substituted a Side-Order of Cauliflower. All he could do was to lean up against his Desk and make marks and Piffle his Time away. Between Scribbles he wrote a few Verses about, "When Willie Came to say Good Night." It was a Sad Effort.
I suppose it emphasised that queer contrast unique in my experience between her naturally fair hair, and her black eyebrows and eyelashes. I have to emphasise the fact that the straw gold of her abundant vital hair was its natural colour. She had often, I believe, threatened to dye it, in order to avoid the charge of having already done so. "What piffle!" she remarked. "How has Mr.
I am used to it." "I agree with Emma that there is much in nature that we might do well to consider, suggestions that it would be to our everlasting advantage to adopt," spoke up Tom Gray. "So far, however, as being able to read the notes of the birds or the growl of a bull pup piffle!" "I agree with you," nodded Elfreda. "Emma, where do you get all that dope?" questioned Hippy.
I found Fred smoking his pipe and enjoying himself hugely, with half a dozen runners ready to carry word to whichever section of the defenses seemed to him to need counsel. He could see what Monty had done, and was in great spirits in consequence. "I've bagged two Turk officers to my own gun," he announced. "Murder suits me to a T." I gave him the message. "Piffle!" he answered.
"The big idea in my case was that I thought I might be of some use in keeping our men efficient, in other words 'service," said the Doc. "What is more, that is what you and the Cap. both came for if you would only admit it." "Piffle," snapped the Colonel. "It isn't piffle, it's the truth," asserted the Doc. "Why do you feel sore now because other fellows you know haven't come out?
Carroll smiled and let her have her way he was amused at her valiant efforts to appear the blasé society woman. "I really did enjoy our conversation last night, Miss Rogers." "Oh! piffle! I don't fall for that." "I did." "Then why did you beat it so quick?" "Well, you see I suppose I was jealous of your elegantly dressed young friend." "Him? He's just a kid. A mere child!"
"I would, if I could do the taking." "That's piffle, Elizabeth." He sat down on the arm of a chair and looked at her. "Look here, what about this story the Rossiter girl and a few others are handing around about Dick Livingstone? You're not worrying about it, are you?" "I don't believe it's true, and it wouldn't matter to me, anyhow." "Good for you," he said heartily, and got up.
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