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"Yes, ar'n't I?" said the big sailor, taking his messmate's remark as a compliment; and settling himself tailor-fashion upon the ground, he waited until the reconnaissance was over. For Hilary was scanning the front of the old house most carefully. There was the room in which he had been imprisoned, with the window still open, and the thin white cord swinging gently in the air.
But I know you well enough, my man; and you can scarcely have forgotten Lieutenant Splinter of the Torch, one would think?" The name so startled the poor fellow, that in his hurry to unlace his legs, as he sat tailor-fashion, he fairly capsized and toppled down on his nose. "Eh! no yes, him sure enough! And who is de piccaniny hofficer? Oh! I see, Massa Tom Cringle!
She squats tailor-fashion, her fingers are twined one in another in her lap, her eyes are closed, and her expression is one of drowsy, listless voluptuousness. A soft die-away face, with no sentiment more strongly defined than the abandonment to pleasure and its consequent weariness.
In the brush that concealed our horses Piegan dismounted, and, seating himself tailor-fashion on the ground, began to fill his pipe. "First thing," said he, "we're a little behind the times. Your birds has took wing and flew the coop." "Took wing how? And when?" we demanded. "You'll sabe better, I reckon, if I tell yuh just how I made out," Piegan answered, after a pause to light his pipe.
The dominie, squatted tailor-fashion on the ground, like his pupils, who may number from ten to thirty, repeats the lesson in a sonorous sing-song voice, and is imitated by the little urchins, who accompany their voices by a rocking to and fro, which occasionally enables them to keep time. A sharp application of the switch is wonderfully effectual in re-calling wandering attention.
At the appointed time an escort waited on the Ambassador to convey him to the palace, arrived at which he was led into one of the many gardens in the interior, full of luxuriant semi-wild vegetation. In a room opening on to one side of the garden sat the Emperor, tailor-fashion, on a European sofa, elevated by a sort of daïs opposite the door.
Hunted all over Texas till you found him, eh? And it's a powerful big State, too." She caught sight of something that made her forget all else. "Have you got water in that canteen?" she asked, her parched eyes staring at it. "Yes, dearie." "Give it me." He squatted tailor-fashion on the ground, put the canteen between his knees, and shoved his teeth in a crooked grin. "Thirsty?"
His life had been made up of dealings with the mountain world and those who peopled it. Nick, large and picturesque, sat tailor-fashion on his blankets, facing the glowing stove with the unblinking, thoughtful stare of a large dog. Ralph was less luxurious. He was propped upon his upturned bucket, near enough to the fire to dispense the coffee without rising from his seat. "Yup.
"Go to it," nodded Slim, seating himself tailor-fashion on the ground and rolling a cigarette. He was a black, bilious-tempered fellow, but this particular kind of gameness appealed to him. Weaver glanced around, threw the rifle to his shoulder, and fired immediately. A chicken, one hundred and fifty yards away, fell over. "Accidents will happen," suggested Slim.
On such occasions the men leave their tables and stools below, and either seat themselves tailor-fashion, or recline Roman-fashion. Nor is this in the least degree unpleasant; for the deck of a man-of-war is made as clean every morning as any table, and is kept so during the day by being swept at least once an hour.
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