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Hunchback Joe drew a short, ugly blackjack, a packet of papers, and a large roll of bills from his pocket, and tossed the articles into the trunk. "Lock it again!" he instructed tersely. Hoppy Meggs hesitated he was staring into the trunk. "Say, youse don't mean dat do youse?" he demanded heavily. "Not dem papers dat " Hunchback Joe's smile was not pleasant. "Lock the trunk!" he said curtly.
"You're a mighty fine woman, Rachel Gwyn," cried the lawyer warmly. She frowned as she held out her hand. "None of that, if you please," she remarked tersely. "Will you have the paper ready for me to sign this afternoon?" "I will submit it to you right after dinner." "You may expect me here at two o'clock. We will then step over to the Free Press and allow Mr.
Looking to see that no one was near enough to hear what he said, he turned savagely on Goddard. "I should arrest you at once." Goddard stared blankly at Lloyd, unable to believe his ears. "On what charge?" he demanded, hotly. "Aiding and abetting the enemy." Goddard's face cleared. "You are crazy," he remarked, tersely. "Am I? We shall see. I warned you Nancy Newton was a spy."
He was laughing, but there was a half-coaxing note in his voice as well. Toby was silent for a moment. Then: "You're mad!" she said tersely. "I'm not!" said Bunny. "I'm perfectly serious. Don't you understand that when this kind of thing gets hold of you, there's no getting away from it? We can't possibly go back to where we were before behave as if nothing had happened.
Paul seems to state this in so many words when he says: "But all these worketh that one and the selfsame spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." Could our modern speculation, forced upon us by the facts, be more tersely stated? He has just enumerated the various gifts, and we find them very close to those of which we have experience.
It was a sad procession that wound its way down the steep pathway, littered with the debris of broken masonry: for many of Sir Hugh's officers and soldiers were in such a weak condition that they had to be carried out in sheets or helped along between two men, and the Parliamentary officer adds rather tersely, that 'the rest were not very fit to march. The scurvy had depleted the ranks of the defenders to such an extent that the women in the castle, despite the presence of Lady Cholmley, threatened to stone the Governor unless he capitulated.
Richer by two hundred and ten pounds stored in his money-belt, Dick caused Bessie, now thoroughly bewildered, to hurry from the bank to the P. and O. offices, where he explained things tersely. 'Port Said, single first; cabin as close to the baggage-hatch as possible. What ship's going? 'The Colgong, said the clerk. 'She's a wet little hooker.
Miss Stansbury arrived at the front entrance of her hotel at the same moment, and tersely instructed the driver to collect his fare at the desk. She entered the hall with him, and walked indifferently past the night clerk, answering with a nod the tacit question of that youth as he glanced from her to the cabman.
Can't we put it out?" "Let's get through with this job first," replied Arcot somewhat tersely. "The discussion comes after." The bodies of the invaders were gone, so they could not examine them now. That was a matter for the doctors and biologists, anyway. The engines were their main interest, huge things which overshadowed everything about them.
All that they wanted her to do, as Tom Horton tersely expressed it, was to "sit still and look pretty." As for Uncle John, he was so delighted with Beth's social success that he adopted all the boys on the spot, and made them a part of what he called his family circle. Louise, discovering this state of affairs, gave an amused laugh and joined the group.
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