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The boys stood rooted to the spot with the intensity of their wonder and delight. If there were not millions in that vast army of buffalo, there were certainly hundreds of thousands. What would happen if that great mob should suddenly take a notion to gallop furiously in their direction? "You needn't whisper so," said Charlie, noticing the awe-struck tones of the youngsters.
The youngsters were like all other children, and got into mischief once in awhile; but the old woman had much experience with children and managed to keep them in order very well, while they quickly learned to obey her, and generally did as they were bid.
"Let the poor little creatur's get their stummicks full for once, sence nary one hain't had a mouthful of victuals, scurce that, to-day," cried Susanna, herself feasting her eyes upon the now joyous faces of the youngsters. Then what a tap-tap-tapping sounded on the floor of the kitchen chamber!
All these rivers are infested with alligators, and I believe they are very often mischievous; at all events, one of our youngsters was continually in a small canoe, paddling about, and the natives cautioned us that if he was not careful he certainly would be taken by one of these animals. Early in the afternoon we disembarked at a Chinese village twenty-five miles from Kuchin.
Make a friend of him by your good conduct, and you will do well. The Winchelsea was manned with good seamen, with scarcely a landsman on board; and the first lieutenant, senior master's mate, and boatswain, were all excellent practical seamen; so that the midshipmen and youngsters, to the number of nearly thirty, could not be in a better situation for obtaining a knowledge of practical seamanship.
He has a favourite expression which runs thus: "His Majesty the Kaiser said Germany's future lies on the sea; I say Germany's future lies under the sea." He is inordinately fond of this statement, and the youngsters continually say: "What made you take to U-boat work, Schmitt?" and the invariable reply is as above.
He recognized half of Bessie's friends as neighborhood youngsters, and he knew very well that there would be many a quiet laugh at his expense around various Beacon Street dinner-tables that night. At the thought of those dinner-tables, he scowled again. He had no dinner-table at least, he had no dinner on it! Who the man might be Bertram thought he could easily guess.
Fielding, that the women love not an early tippler, and that they expect sober and sweet kisses from a pair 'of youngsters' like us." "By the Lord," cried Mr. Fielding, stroking down his comely stomach, "there is a great show of reason in thy excuses, but only the show, not substance, my noble Count.
Red embers flew about in every direction. The door being open, the wind helped to set the cabin ablaze. "Now you've done it!" panted Dick, holding up one hand and trying to put a stop to the trouble. "Quit fighting and help put the fire out." "You youngsters put it out yourselves, then," Fred retorted. "It was all your fault that it started."
It is these youngsters to whom books give up the long ages of history, "the wonderful series going back to the times of old patriarchs with their flocks and herds" I am quoting Mr.
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