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"Is it big as me?" asked Mary Jane. "One way 'tis and another way 'tisn't," said Grandfather. "Oh, dear!" sighed Mary Jane, "that's the kind I never can guess!" Then she thought carefully for a real good question. "Is it brown or gray?" Grandfather leaned back and laughed. When he finally could answer he said, "It's partly grayish brown and some day it may be all brown for a' I know."

"They seem to take up a lot of your time," he said with pretended indifference, but, to his annoyance, landed a salmon parr at the same moment. "We work together most evenings," was her reply. The question which he then put as he threw the parr back into the burn struck her as curious. It was evident that he was endeavouring to learn from her the nature of her father's correspondence.

With regard to the other resolution, I should act in like manner. That resolution says that Now, that is entirely a different question.

"'Who's there? cries the Captain at his busy desk, hurriedly making out his papers for the Customs 'Who's there? Oh! how that harmless question mangles Jonah! For the instant he almost turns to flee again. But he rallies.

Old Judd Tolliver, so Hale learned, had come himself to offer the little old woman in black the refuge of his roof as long as she lived, and had tried to get her to go back with him to Lonesome Cove; but it pleased the Red Fox that he should stand on the scaffold in a suit of white cap and all as emblems of the purple and fine linen he was to put on above, and the little old woman stayed where she was, silently and without question, cutting the garments, as Hale pityingly learned, from a white table-cloth and measuring them piece by piece with the clothes the old man wore in jail.

It is much the same in New York and London. It is only a question of more or less sophistication." "Mr. Henderson tells us," said my wife, "that you knew the Eschelles in London." "Yes. Miss Eschelle almost had a career there last season." "Why almost?" "Well you will pardon me one needs for success in these days to be not only very clever, but equally daring.

"Hiya, Corbett," said Roger, "did you hear how Astro made out yet?" Tom ignored the question. "I want to talk to you, Roger." Roger eyed him suspiciously. "Sure, Corbett, go ahead." "Well, I'll be going along," said Richards. He had heard about the previous fight between Manning and Corbett and didn't want to be hauled up as a witness later if they started again.

Possibly the best way to present the question of Declan's age is to put in tabulated form the arguments of the pre-Patrician advocates against the counter contentions of those who claim that Declan's period is later than Patrick's: For the Pre-Patrician Mission. Against Theory of Early Fifth Century period.

"Mamma, I want to know something." "Well, what is it?" "Mamma" Daisy seemed to be engaged on a very puzzling question "what does it mean to be a Christian?" "What?" said her mother, rousing herself up for the first times to look at her. "To be a Christian, mamma?" "It means, to be baptised and go to church, and all that," said the lady, turning back to her book.

Did not they save my life that I might glorify God and the Blessed Virgin the rest of my days?" "Listen, Apolinaria," replied the Father solemnly. "I know well the state of your mind concerning this question.