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It pleases some folks to believe in chance, but I get more comfort thinking God has His own way. Good night, Mr. Van Landing. Good dreams good dreams!" The door was closed softly, and under the bedclothes Van Landing again buried his face in the pillows, and his lips twitched. Chance was it chance or was it God? If only God would give him a chance!

The body belonging to this prepossessing face was swollen and unshapely, and its owner moved with a limp and a muttered curse towards the place assigned him. He was followed by a sallow-faced, long-nosed man, with black oily hair and an affected smirk which twitched the corners of his thin lips.

I'm long past the age where I'm sensitive about my weight, thank goodness." "And we ARE so much obliged to you." The girl was facing him once more, and she was serious, though the corners of her mouth still twitched. "The whole affair is perfectly ridiculous," she said, "but Mrs. Bascom was frightened and so was I when I had time to realize it. Thank you again." "You're quite welcome, I'm sure.

Fresh from a bath and shave and wearing a clean uniform, the Prussian showed vast improvement in looks if not in equilibrium. But his mouth twitched fitfully, his eyes wandered and disclosed a disquieting superabundance of white, and his tongue was noticeably thicker than before. "Well, my friend!" he said "you are truly disappointing. The watch said you had made no sound since going below.

Our hero's face twitched and he had hard work to keep from laughing. "Indeed, I'm not!" said the old lady, indignantly. "I'm only sixty-seven and folks say I don't look more'n sixty," and the old lady looked angrily at Harry. "You must excuse him, ma'am," said the professor, soothingly. "He is no judge of a lady's age." "I should think not, indeed." "Indeed, madam, you are very young looking."

Big Pete Ellinwood, with the piles of buckets beside him, seized one and twitched it full. "Pass!" screamed the squire as it came up dripping. Ellinwood's great arm swung forward to meet the arm of the man a yard away. The bucket changed hands and went forward without losing a drop. Up it went swiftly from one to another, to the eaves, to the two men at the top.

"Why do you not want to go downstairs?" "Because, Dr. Sandford, I am not good." "Not good!" said he. "I thought you always were good." Daisy's eye reddened, and her lip twitched. He saw that there was some uncommon disturbance on hand; and there was the wet spot on the pillow.

In a moment she had twitched off a saddle-cloth on which she sat; and throwing it over the horse's head, so as to cover up all between the ears and the mouth, she replied, 'that she had bought and paid for the horse at La Plata.

The dark brows twitched as if in pain, and she drew aside the folds of the pink tea-gown to cast a longing glance at the little useless feet stretched before her.

That was a long time ago. At the edge of thick woods the car came to a sudden stop. The lights went out. The conductor disappeared, twitched at the trolley, and went around for a consultation with the motorman, who had at once philosophically pulled off his worn glove and sat down on the step.