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The work had gone on without interruption for weeks, and never slowly, but there were times when it went with a lilt and a laugh; when laborers heaved at a hoisting tackle with a Yo-ho, like privateersmen who have just sighted a sail; when, with all they could do, results came too slowly, and the hours flew too fast. And so it was that Christmas night; Charlie Bannon was back on the job.
'Of course it ought; but it is of no use, and if you are wise, you will not tease yourself. 'But you said Percy insisted on it. 'So he did, but if he cannot tackle her himself, I am sure we can't. I'll have nothing to do with it it is no affair of mine. 'Then, am I to let her alone? 'As you choose. I wish she would hear reason, but it is not worth bothering yourself for, when it is of no use.
Me-e-e-e-ow!" howled the cats, as they continued to scratch the professor's face till it began to look like the colored map of a country that had been disturbed by a violent earthquake. Somehow Hot Scotch had gotten into a wrangle with High Jinks, whom he was holding down and punching vigorously. "Hit me in the ribs, will ye! Pound me in the eye, will ye? Tackle me when down, will ye?
The end of the tackle was once more made fast to the slings supporting the launch and Bill attached another rope to her which was then belayed around the mast, in order to prevent the little craft swinging out to the end of the boom as soon as he raised her a few feet from the deck. This done, he hauled away on his tackle till the tiny motor-boat swung free.
She ventured to tackle him on a subject which his friends instinctively avoided. "It's very silly of you to be so sensitive about your club-foot," she said. She saw him bush darkly, but went on. "You know, people don't think about it nearly as much as you do. They notice it the first time they see you, and then they forget about it." He would not answer. "You're not angry with me, are you?" "No."
"We can pile the cockpit full of fur robes, and when the wind is right we can scoot up the lake to beat the band!" "Such slang!" cried Grace. "Well, I only meant hat band or rubber band. That isn't slang." And so it was decided. Will went on to describe the boat from the rudder and runners, to the sails and tackle, most of it being as Greek to the girls.
As the sun gathered strength, and the coldness and bleakness of winter retreated farther and farther before the advance of summer, the manner and dress of the crowds upon the streets marked the change as truly as the habits of the birds and flowers, until, at last, here and there, straw hats appeared and suddenly, as bluebirds come, barefooted boys were playing marbles in the alleys and fishing tackle appeared in the windows of the stores.
Vane got the bag upon his back and walked up the hill with it. The veins stood out on his forehead and his face grew red, but he plodded steadily on and came back for another load. "I'll take an armful of the slates this time, Carroll. You can tackle the cake."
Light Tackle in the Gulf Stream In view of the present controversy between light tackle and heavy tackle champions, I think it advisable for me to state more definitely my stand on the matter of light tackle before going on with a story about it. There is a sharp line to be drawn between light tackle that is right and light tackle that is wrong.
We heard Captain Pharo groan silently; moreover, his pipe had gone out, and he dared not relight it. "I thought you was goin' to tell a new one about the Sacred Cow?" said Miss Pray. "So I will, Jane," said Pershal; "but the fact is, it 's sech a true, sech a solemn an' myster'ous thing, that I fa'rly dread to tackle it!" Belle O'Neill would have gasped, had she dared.
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