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Cack was a pretty good hand to tell stories; and Cap'n Eb warn't no way backward in that line, and kep' up his end pretty well: and pretty soon they was a-roarin' and haw-hawin' inside about as loud as the storm outside; when all of a sudden, 'bout midnight, there come a loud rap on the door. "'Lordy massy! what's that? says Cack.
She found the front door, which was commonly open, to be uncommonly shut, and was forced to rap loudly and wait lengthily ere the survivor of the Fire-Sale came to let her in. Then when the door did open the figure which appeared in the opening was such as to startle even the phlegmatically disposed chewer of clover. "My heavens alive, Susan, whatever is the matter with "
With an unconquerable dread which arose from early childish prejudice and which she never attempted to analyze, she shrank from meeting him. There came a quick low rap on the door, but she neither heard nor heeded it, and started when a warm hand removed those that covered her face. "Just as I expected, you are having a good cry all to yourself. No, your eyes are dry and bright as stars.
He felt morally certain that the only "confidential" communication the veteran post commander had received from any superior in a week was the stinging rap from division headquarters anent the bungle he had made in Ray's affair, and on general principles he felt that he couldn't let an opportunity slip. "Oh, come now, Mrs.
But remember my words: if you ever need a helping hand, rap at my door; and when you hold the necessary proofs, I will furnish you with the means of rendering your justification even more startling than the affront." He prepared to go, but before crossing the threshold, he turned and said: "In future I shall watch the fingers of the player who sits on my left hand.
He caught her again in his arms, kissed her for the hundredth time, and then suddenly relaxing his hold asked in assumed alarm: "And what about your father? What do you think he will say? He always thought me a madcap scapegrace didn't he?" The memory brought up no regret. He didn't care a rap what the Honorable Prim thought of him.
The porter's rap came unexpectedly soon, and in response to the question, "What is the weather?" he said, "Not utterly bad." There is plenty of starlight; there had been through the night plenty of live thunder leaping among the rattling crags, some of it very interestingly near. We rose; there were three parties ready to make the ascent.
Next morning came a rap at his office door and Baudette entered, treading very lightly. Clark looked up and shook his head. "I haven't got any money yet." "I don't want any money." The gray eyes softened a little. "You're the only man I've met who doesn't. What is it?" Baudette pointed out of the window. Clark got up and glanced at the open space in front of the administration building.
It was Monday evening when the Yeld post-master was exercised in his mind by hearing a loud rap down-stairs, which on inquiry he found to have proceeded from the discharge of 150 mysterious-looking halfpenny missives, written in a very round hand, into his box. Being an active and intelligent person, he felt it his duty to examine one, addressed, as it happened, to the Duke of Somewhere.
"Bachelor life is well enough in its way, but it can't compare with a snug house, and one's own dining-table, and a charming wife to drive away the occasional blue-devils. I have money put aside, and it won't be long till I'm making an easy twelve hundred a year. By Jove, I will " A noisy rap at the door interrupted Jack's train of thought, and brought him to his feet.
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