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"No matter," said Gerald gloomily; "if it isn't then it's something else. What's the news, Decker?" "The only news for me is this idiotic talk that has been allowed to go the rounds about Don Morley. That is what I came to see you about. What does Dillingham have to say about it?" "Oh, you know Dill; he side-steps.
"Be a sport, Buzz, and forgive her and love her again," said my Gouverneur Faulkner with a laugh. "That is, as much as Miss Susan will " But at this point my Uncle, the General Robert, caused an interruption in the conversation. "What are you doing here, sir, when I left you to watch the side-steps of that French popinjay and the Whitworth woman?
What does the average man do when he suddenly meets another coming hurriedly in an opposite direction? He places himself squarely in front of him and then begins a series of side-steps, first to one side and then the other, in exact accordance with those of the man he is trying to pass, like the mirror pantomime in Hanlon's Fantasma.
The open-air man or woman "side-steps" sickness. Since superabundant vitality can be obtained through open-air life, spend as much time as you can out-of-doors. Cultivate the outdoor habit. It will increase your efficiency so that you will do better work in less time. One of the first requirements in vitality building is strengthening the stomach.
I sat and smoked, lounging in one of Mary's comfortable porch-chairs. I managed without trouble to be in the background and I couldn't help putting in most of my time studying Joe Lane and Miss Rainey. Those two were sitting, on the side-steps of the porch, a little apart from the rest of us and a little apart from each other, too.
Her husband works in a bank somewhere. He earns about as much as Mrs. Hoffman pays the least of her department subordinates. And he's so subdued that he side-steps when he walks, and they call him the human jelly-fish." Emma McChesney was regarding her son with a little puzzled frown.
A shadowy something, which for a better name may be called sentiment, if given full play encourages these side-steps, and since they are generally found fruitful, and often not too fatiguing, the procedure should be given every encouragement. Not all the interesting royal palaces and chateaux of France are those with the best known names.
"So long as yuh don't get swell-headed the first time yuh stick on a horse that side-steps a little, or back down from a few hard knocks, you'll be all right." Thurston had not intended getting out and actually living the life he had come to observe, but something got in his nerves and his blood and bred an impulse to which he yielded without reserve. "Park, see here," he said eagerly.
"Why is it that the great Gouverneur Faulkner has such a coldness for ladies?" I asked of that Mr. Buzz. "I did find him to be of such a beautiful kindness." "He's been too much chased. He's got his fingers crossed on them, they tell me. Just watch him in action at his dinner. He side-steps so gently that they never know it."
"Yis, Sorr if th' yoong lady says so beg pardon, Sorr, Miss Landis is driving." "Oh h! I see. Is Miss Landis a guest at Shotover House?" "Yis, Sorr. An' if ye would joost ask her the phayton do be coming now, Sorr!" The phaeton was coming; the horse, a showy animal, executed side-steps; blue ribbons fluttered from the glittering head-stall; a young girl in white was driving.
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