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The spicules are joined together and cemented by a body that has been named "spongin," which has much the same chemical composition as silk, and, like silk, is very elastic. In some varieties of sponges, especially in the kinds which come into the market, the skeleton is almost entirely composed of fibers of pure "spongin."
Seems he used to know this Speranza rascal when Speranza was younger and more decent if he ever was really decent, which I doubt. But this lawyer man was his friend then and about the only one he really had when he was hurt. There was plenty of make-believe friends hangin' on, like pilot-fish to a shark, for what they could get by spongin' on him, but real friends were scarce." "And the boy "
With him to think was to act, and many a boy larger than himself had felt the lightning blows of those little tense knuckles. "What do ye mean?" he demanded, looking up into Farrington's face. "What do I mean? Well, if ye want to know, I mean that Parson John is a rogue, an' that you are nuthin' but a young sucker, an impudent outcast, spongin' fer yer livin' upon others."
The spicules are some crutch-like, others spined or echinated, while the deep-sea sponges appear to grow long thick spicules, which attach the sponge to the ground by means of grapnel-like ends. In some cases the skeleton seems to be more or less replaced by sand, the small grains of which are cemented together by the "spongin." Dr.
The people in town all know it and talk about it, and what's more, they've talked to me about it. That niece of your'n knows it, and that's the reason she won't come near you, and I'm sure I'm not sorry for that. As for that old thing that helps you at the toll-gate, and as for the young man that's spongin' on you, I've no doubt they've got a mighty poor opinion of you.
These fibers are so close together as to draw up water by capillary action, and, indeed, a great deal in the value of a sponge depends upon the fineness and tenuity of these fibers. Dr. Ledenfeld again illustrated this stage of his lecture by means of a number of microscopic slides in which the variety of shape and size of these spicules and "spongin" fibers were shown.
If 'twas Alvin Baker you ought to be ashamed of yourself, spongin' on him for your vittles." "Alvin! Good land! did you ever know him to pay for anything he didn't have to?" "Never mind what I know. Did you get trusted for 'em? How many times have I told you " "I never got trusted. I ain't that kind. And I didn't sponge 'em, neither. I paid cash, right out of my own pocket, like a man." "You did!
"You come to my shop," came the reply, "an' I'll send for the police. An' I'll put you through, too. Oh, I know you, but you can't make no rough- house with me. I don't want nothin' to do with the likes of you. You're a loafer, that's what, an' I ain't asleep. You ain't goin' to do no spongin' off me just because I'm marryin' your sister. Why don't you go to work an' earn an honest livin', eh?
"'Why! says Ag, 'that's for you to say wouldn't look well coming from me but if you press me, I'll admit I give birth to a little gem now and then. "Our bold buck puts on a great swagger. 'Well yer needn't be funny in this waggon, says he. 'The pair of yer spongin' a ride! Yer needn't be gay yer hear me, don't cher? "'Why, I hear you as plain as though you set right next me, says Ag.
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