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Toot led the Regulators down an' they took him out. I warned him, but he would not go in time and they took him to the mountain." "Good Heavens! what did they intend to do with him?" "Most of them meant only to frighten him and to whip him, but Toot Wambush will kill him if he gets a chance." "I don't believe they'll harm him," said Mrs. Floyd, consolingly.
"All ready!" was the answer. "Blow your trumpet, and I'll jump!" The Trumpeter raised his golden horn to his lips. Toot! Toot! Tootity-toot-toot! came the blast. "Here I come!" shouted the Jumping Jack. "Oh, dear! Tell me when it is all over!" begged the Talking Doll, putting both her hands over her eyes.
"Then run her down to the oranges, Bartholomew, and couple on, and we'll order ourselves out. See?" The 44 looked like a baby-carriage when we got her in front of the refrigerators. However, after the necessary preliminaries, we gave a very sporty toot, and pulled out. In a few minutes we were sailing down the valley.
The locomotive emitted a long, lazy, softly modulated and thoroughly Southern toot. I handed the operator a silver dollar, and he presently emerged from his office and slouched off up the street, while I walked with Miss Barrison to the station platform, where I resumed the discussion of her future movements. "You are very young to take such a risk," I said, gravely.
Groups of girls, pulling their wraps on as they came, tripped noisily down the steps, greeting waiting cavaliers, or hurrying off alone in various directions. "That's Mac's horn," said Birdie, "a long toot and two short ones. I'd know it in Halifax!" At the curbing the usual altercation arose between Mac and Birdie as to how they should sit.
And we'll take care of you, pard. We'll fix you all right. There'll be a kerridge for you; and whatever you want, you just 'scape out and we'll 'tend to it. We've got a shebang fixed up for you to stand behind, in No. 1's house, and don't you be afraid. Just go in and toot your horn, if you don't sell a clam.
It was very broad, the brim was pinned up on one side by a little brass ornament, and he wore it on the back of his head. Westerfelt caught the eye of his partner, and asked: "Who is the fellow with the hat on?" "Don't you know him?" she asked, in surprise. "Why, that's Toot Wambush, Sarah's brother." "Why don't he take off his hat?" "For want of better sense, I reckon."
The rink band opposite kept up a lively competition, grinding out go-round music, imparting, if one may say so, a glamour to existence. The band is on hand at the pier at four o'clock to toot again, and presently off, tramping to some other hotel to satisfy the serious pleasure of this people. While Mr.
He seems to be everywhere at once, darting from right to left, now rounding up a stubborn ewe and her first-born, now cornering the black one. "Toot! Toot!"
"John will go with you Sunday, and if it rains next month, I'll take Theodore with me when I go over for a cat hunt with old man Pierre. I'll let him act as master of the horse, no, of the hounds, and give him a chance to toot his own horn with Frances. Honest, boys, I'm getting disgusted with the white element of Las Palomas. We raise most everything here but white babies.
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