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The enthusiastic Jane even suggested that they should devote a week's wishes to assuring the Baby's future, by asking such gifts for him as the good fairies give to Infant Princes in proper fairy-tales, but Anthea soberly reminded her that as the Sand-fairy's wishes only lasted till sunset they could not ensure any benefit to the Baby's later years; and Jane owned that it would be better to wish for fifty pounds in two-shilling pieces, and buy the Lamb a three-pound-fifteen rocking-horse, like those in the Army and Navy Stores list, with part of the money.
Price looked them over soberly. "You see the vote, men," said he. "I wish Jess had come, but he didn't. Who'll be the man to ride down? Wingate?" "He wouldn't go," said Kelsey. "He's got something against Banion; says he's not right on his war record something " "He's right on his train record this far," commented Price.
You heard 'em yourself, Mr. Reade." "I didn't hear a single rattler," Tom replied soberly. "Let the tired little fellow go to bed in peace," urged Harry. "All right," Tom agreed. Alf went to the head of the cot, to turn the blanket down from the head. Click-ick-ick-ick! came the warning sound. With a yell of terror Alf Drew bounded back. "There's another rattler," he screamed.
"The Lord has appointed to each of us our three-score years and ten, and it behooves us to be mindful that the end of all things is drawing nigh," he remarked soberly. "Look here, Elder Witham," the old lady exclaimed with growing impatience, "you are here haying to-day, not preaching! I'm going to lay that load of hay if there are men enough here to pitch it on the cart to me."
There too, white staff in hand, was Lord High Treasurer Burghley, then sixty-five years of age, with serene blue eye, large, smooth, pale, scarce-wrinkled face and forehead; seeming, with his placid, symmetrical features, and great velvet bonnet, under which such silver hairs as remained were soberly tucked away, and with his long dark robes which swept the ground, more like a dignified gentlewoman than a statesman, but for the wintery beard which lay like a snow-drift on his ancient breast.
He laid down on the mass the pile of foreign magazines he had brought under his arm. "They gave me another address first." "Yes. I have chust gome here," said Lindau. "Idt is not very coy, Neigh?" "It might be gayer," March admitted, with a smile. "Still," he added, soberly, "a good many people seem to live in this part of the town. Apparently they die here, too, Lindau.
What do you suppose he means by it, March?" he asked, bringing himself soberly up, of a sudden. "What is his little game? Or is he crazy? It don't seem like the Dryfoos of my previous acquaintance." "I suppose," March suggested, "that he's got money enough, so that he don't care for this " "Pshaw! You're a poet!
You can't conceive how full of them she is sometimes; how soberly she can say the funniest things, and how funnily she can say the soberest things!" "You say she was so full of fun that day; what day?" The young thing gaped at me, gasped, and melted half to the ground: "O oh I've let it out!" "Yes, you may as well go right on, now."
"Ye done it skilful," said D'ri, smiling. "Whut'd I tell ye?" I made no answer, being too full of happiness at the moment. "Tell ye one thing, Ray," he went on soberly: "ef a boy an' a gal loves one 'nother, an' he has any grit in 'im, can't nuthin' keep 'em apart long." He straightened the mane of his horse, and then added: "Ner they can't nuthin' conquer 'em."
"You did?" exclaimed Will, sitting instantly erect. "Yes, sir; I did. What's the matter?" he added, as both boys began to laugh loudly. "Isn't it true?" "Oh, it's too good to be true. Tell us some more, Peter John." "I can't see what you fellows are laughing at," said Peter John soberly. "That answered the question all right. I'll get an 'A' on that paper.
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