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Of course it was the slide and thud of the snow from the roof of the main part of the house to the roof of the kitchen, which was in an L, a story lower, but it was as good an imitation of burglars as I want to hear at one o'clock in the morning; and the recollection of it made me more anxious about my wife, not because I believed she was in danger, but because I knew how frightened she must be.
"Dave Darrin, you've played baseball, if my recollection serves me correctly." "Of course." "Did you ever slide for a base?" "What " "Or see anyone else slide for base?" "Then our man " "He held himself low and ran as far as the bushes," Dick went on. "Then he fell and slid for it through the low bushes. See, here's the second print of a bare foot, and the direction is the same."
And tan shoes," she added implacably, daintily lifting the roof off her cream puff to see how generous had been the filling. "Who? Me?" Vic launched himself in among them and slid spinelessly into his chair as only a lanky boy can slide. "Happy thought! Only I'll have bottle green for mine. A fellow stepped on my roof this afternoon, so "
The powers of Europe were armed; France had always appeared dangerous; the war was easily diverted from France as a faction, to France as a state. The princes were easily taught to slide back into their old, habitual course of politics. Their provident fears were changed into avaricious hopes. They carried on their new designs without seeming to abandon the principles of their old policy.
'Who calls? he asked, stopping and looking round. 'Virgilius! answered the voice, 'do you mark upon the ground where you are standing a slide or bolt? 'I do, replied Virgilius. 'Then, said the voice, 'draw back that bolt, and set me free. 'But who are you? asked Virgilius, who never did anything in a hurry.
He could not shorten sail unassisted, however; nor could he leave the helm to summon Carroll, who was evidently sleeping soundly in the forecastle, without rousing his passengers, which he did not desire to do. A little while later he noticed that a stream of smoke was pouring from the short funnel of the stove and soon afterward the cabin slide opened.
"Who comes?" said a harsh but guarded voice, with a strong Hakka brogue. "A brother," answered the outcast, "to pluck the White Lotus. Aid, brothers. Go in, I can help no further. If you are caught, slide down, and run westward to the gate which is called the Meeting of the Dragons." Heywood nodded, and slipped in.
Seeing her interest the guide began to read to her the message in the tracks, how here a pair of otters had raced along in the dawn, stopping at intervals to slide; how a cow caribou and calf had preceded them at midday; how a coyote had come skulking the previous night.
I was not wilfully wrong except in sliding down the banisters. I am so fond of a slide that I could not resist the temptation." "Be warned by me, Agatha," said Jane impressively. "If you write cheeky things in that book, you will be expelled." "Indeed!" replied Agatha significantly. "Wait until Miss Wilson sees what you have written."
But no known danger could have held Blake back. "He is there!" Blake cried. "We were digging in the wrong place." "I thought so," said the Spaniard. But Blake did not stay to listen to him. Now he was at Joe's side. The slide had laid bare a ledge of rock which seemed firm enough to remain solid for some time. "Joe! Joe!" cried Blake, bending over his chum.
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