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It was not the boom that was strange; it was the loud, unearthly chord it seemed to strike; the dread whiz which followed; which blanched faces, and sent the timid housemaid diving beneath the bed out of harm's way. Was it an earthquake? the buildings shook. A fearful crash dissipated the notion. A fearful crash, indeed; but a material sound a relief from its weird, unnerving prelude.
Tommy threw his searchlight into the interior and saw only bare walls. On his right as he looked in, appeared to be some sort of connection with the cave beyond. "Gee whiz!" he exclaimed. "There seem to be passages and corridors in this big bear tenement building. I wonder if there isn't an elevator, too." "I wouldn't mind going up a few hundred feet!" suggested Sandy.
There was much explanation of the "dollars-and-cents value of being known as a college man when you go into the law," and a truly oratorical account of the lawyer's life. Before he was through with it, Babbitt had Ted a United States Senator. Among the great lawyers whom he mentioned was Seneca Doane. "But, gee whiz," Ted marveled, "I thought you always said this Doane was a reg'lar nut!"
Frank and his three chums held their breath in astonishment, for they found themselves looking on a loving cup made of gold, upon which were fashioned various beautifully executed designs especially interesting to those who were devoted to play upon the golf links. "Gee whiz!" Of course it was Jerry Wallington giving vent to the feeling of utter amazement that very nearly overcame him.
The one-sided battle had begun. Every time a little frog peeped out of the water to get a breath of air or to look at the two giants, whiz! flew a pebble right toward it, and it never cared to look at its enemies again. The mother became very angry. She lifted her head boldly above the water. "Cowards!" she cried. "If we could sting, would you fight us? If we could bite, would you be here?
"Ham, eggs, lice," answered the Mongolian, imperturbably. "Gee whiz!" said Coley, "goin' to feed the boss' uncle on ham and eggs?" "What?" said John, with sudden interest, "Uncle boss, eh?" "Yes," said the unblushing Coley. "Huh! Coley heap fool! Get chicken, quick! meat shop, small, eh?" The Chinaman was at last aroused.
A look and exclamation of disappointment were given by each as the bird vanished, but just at that moment a large rabbit darted across their path. Whiz! twang! burr! went bolt and bow and stone, and that rabbit, pierced in head and heart, and smitten on flank, fell to rise no more.
Hunger and thirst would ere long destroy them, even though they should escape the arrow and the tomahawk. It was not deemed wise to expend a single charge of powder or a bullet, unless sure of their aim. And the Indians crept so near, prostrated in the long grass, that not a head could be raised above the frail ramparts without encountering the whiz of arrows. The day passed away.
"And what d'ye know, the bally old balloon has taken a crazy notion to drop right in the worst part of the Black Water Swamps, where we were just saying nobody had ever been before!" "Gee! whiz! that's tough!"
"Yes, I am sure to be a coward. One doesn't think of the bullets when one is fighting and they ping and whiz by one's head; but to stand up and face a row of rifles, waiting for the order to fire I'm afraid I shall be a coward then." I shivered now; and a minute later, as I listened to Denham's breathing, I shivered again.
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