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There is no use, however, in dillydallying against one man; so I will make a rumpus that will soon bring the chap to his bearings." Hereupon Marble made what he called a rumpus in good earnest. I thought, for a minute, he would kick the cabin-doors down. "'Andzomelee-'andzomelee," said some one on deck. "Vat for you make so much kick?"
I told the wife it was only a lover's quarrel most like. She's been worrying about you; but she didn't like to ask you what was the trouble. She ain't one of them unfortunate folks who can't be happy athout they're everlasting poking their noses into other people's business. But what kind of a rumpus was kicked up at the Gordon place, to-night, Master?" Eric looked amazed.
The forming infantry before Front Royal knew by the rumpus that Ashby was over there, below the Massanuttons. There ran a rumour, too, that the 2d Virginia cavalry under Munford was somewhere to the northeast, blocking the road to Manassas Gap, closing the steel trap on that quarter. The 6th with Jackson remained sunken. In the hot sunshine blared the Louisianian trumpets.
"It's there on the Bailey dyke we saw it and it started to chase us." Rosemary herded the three distracted creatures to the Ingleside veranda. Gilbert and Anne were both away, having also gone to the House of Dreams, but Susan appeared in the doorway, gaunt and practical and unghostlike. "What is all this rumpus about?" she inquired.
"For my part," said the Commandant, "I've been out of all calculation with the weather for a week past. It's uncanny for the time of year." "There's the devil of a rumpus going on somewhere, to account for the sea that's running," said Mr.
And one thing, you should have seen Skinny. That's all I've got to say you ought to have seen him. After a little while, when the rumpus was over, Bert and I walked over to the shore of the river and sat down and just looked across at Catskill and the big hills in back. I kind of felt as if I'd like to be alone with him a little while. I said, "You did it all, Bert.
Right close to the swaying nest the boy hung, his limbs encircling it, his two hands locked upon it, trusting to it, just trusting to it. It bent low in a great sweeping curve, the nest swayed and swung from the movement of the swing downward, a little olive-colored, speckled head peeking cautiously out as if to see what all the rumpus was about.
"I wonder whether they will set on me again," he said to himself; "if they do I will use my weapon that's certain, and then there will be a bigger rumpus than before." The knowledge that the chief who had served so many times as friend was near at hand added much to Jack's courage, when he finally let the bison-skin door drop behind him.
A squeaky voice was heard from the other side of the garden hedge of clipped yew. "Hi! farmer, is that the missing young man?" and presently a neighbour, by name John Sedgett, came trotting through the gate, and up the garden path. "I say," he remarked, "here's a rumpus. Here's a bobbery up at Fairly. Oh! Bob Eccles! Bob Eccles! At it again!" Mr.
You appear to take but little interest in this civil war, Stowel!" "Then it's true, is it, sir? I didn't know but it might turn out to be galley-news. Pray what is the rumpus all about, Admiral Bluewater? for, I never could get that story fidded properly, so as to set up the rigging, and have the spar well stayed in its place."
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