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He seems ter be so plagued stuck on the life over here, he'll think I must be tew." But, though Havens had to wait for the return of the man who had gone off duty yesterday morning, still Abe had not put in an appearance when Samuel and the life-saver trudged down the trail through the woods to the bay. As he stepped into the scooter, Samuel's conscience at last began to prick him.
Ann Jane Foster, known as 'Scooter Jane', for her rapid walk and stiff carriage, met us at the corners on her way to the schoolhouse. 'Big turn out I guess, said she. 'Jed Feary 'n' Squire Town is comin' over from Jingleville an' all the big guns'll be there. I love t' hear Jed Feary speak, he's so techin'. Ann Jane was always looking around for some event likely to touch her feelings.
He'd never have dared if Daddy had been here." "He is evidently a bounder," said Bernard. They sat for some time on the verandah, growing pleasantly intimate, till presently Peter came out with an early breakfast for Bernard. He invited Tessa to join him, which she consented to do with alacrity. "We must find Scooter afterwards," she said, as she proudly poured out his coffee.
I saw you go in the mine, you see. Then I went back to fence makin'. Pretty soon I heard the put-put of that scooter and along came the ice-cream man. He parked the scooter and sort of sniffed around here and there, and then he walked over and went into the mine.
"Looks like I might as well go back to town, then. Want a lift? You can hang onto the step behind me." "No, thanks," Scotty replied. "We're staying just over the hill." The Frostola man turned his scooter wagon, gave them a wave, and went on his way back toward town. The boys watched until he drove out of sight. "There's an optimist," Scotty said.
Just for a second the elder man paused; then: "Are you sure that is the wisest thing you can do?" he said. "It's what I'm going to do," said Tommy firmly. "All right." Everard stooped again, picked up the inquiring Scooter, and dropped him into the box in which he had spent the evening. Then without more words, he turned along the verandah and led the way to his own room. Tommy came close behind.
There were a lot of steps up to it and Scooter " a sob rose in her throat and was swiftly suppressed "was sunning himself on the top. And I tried to run up the steps and catch him, but there were always more and more and more steps, and I couldn't get any nearer. And I cried at last, I was so tired and disappointed.
Storey, Hollins and Tiflin all accomplished it. Even Gimp Hines rode behind Ramos in some very wild gyrations, though he didn't attempt to guide the scooter, himself. Then it was David Lester's turn. It was a foregone conclusion that he couldn't take the scooter up, alone. Palefaced, he rode double. Ramos was careful this time.
None of them found anything remarkable. "We could spend weeks covering it this way," Greg said when they met at the scooter again. "Why don't I take the scooter and criss-cross the whole surface at about fifty feet? If I spot anything, I'll yell." It seemed like a good idea.
In addition to the pilot and one technician, there was a single passenger: a portly figure dressed in a black robe, horn-rimmed glasses and cowl. The scooter grappled the Lancet's side, and Black Doctor Hugo Tanner climbed wheezing into the entrance lock, followed by the technician. He stopped halfway into the lock to get his breath, and paused again as the lock swung closed behind him.
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