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She had been shedding tears, and it was with unsteady voice that she excused herself for keeping her father waiting. 'Never mind that, my dear, replied Joseph, as he kissed her cheek. 'You have been doing good unselfish as always. Sit down and rest; you must be careful not to over-exert yourself.
Not that it was much, she assured him; but I interrupted her. 'The fact is, she sat up too late last night, and I let her talk too much and over-exert herself. For I saw he was determined to come to the bottom of this. 'I think the nurse was to blame there, he returned, darting a quick, uneasy look at me.
You must avoid night dews, and too much fruit, and over-exertion." "There, there, doctor," said the major, laughing; "you needn't trouble yourself about the last. I'll undertake to say that none of my fellows will over-exert themselves." "Unless, sir, they are called upon to fight," said a rather important voice. "Oh, I beg your pardon, I'm sure, Mr Long," said the major seriously.
And there, by the window, stood that beautiful child, glowing with health and mirth her light hair tossed from her forehead, her sweet mouth dimpled with smiles. "My darling, go on the lawn, don't over-exert yourself you have not quite recovered that horrid sprain I will join you immediately bless you!"
"No, no; it is necessary to her," said the girl mechanically. "But," her father pursued, with still lower voice, "there is always the danger lest she should over-exert herself. Last night I I thought I noticed but it was scarcely worth speaking of; I am so easily alarmed, you know." Maud tried to say something, but in vain.
Men were busy nailing up the masts, hanging the bowsprit over the side, varnishing the lee-scuppers and pouring hot tar down the companion-way. Captain Bilge, with a megaphone to his lips, kept calling out to the men in his rough sailor fashion: "Now, then, don't over-exert yourselves, gentlemen. Remember, please, that we have plenty of time. Keep out of the sun as much as you can.
For fifteen minutes the combatants rested, then resumed their massing, wedging and driving. Sanderson, who had not appeared to over-exert himself during the first half of the game, gradually began to turn the tide in favor of the crimson. After a decoy and a scrimmage, Sanderson, with the ball wedged tightly under one arm, was seen flying like a meteor, well covered by his supports.
"My dear," said the great fish to his companion, "you really look dreadfully tired, and you must not over-exert yourself at first. Do rest yourself behind this rock;" and he shoved her gently with his nose, to the rock where Tom sat. You must know that this was the salmon's wife.
He was a man who took little or no leisure, and though he never appeared to over-exert himself, few men could have withstood the strain so long. Siemens was buried on Monday, November 26, in Kensal Green Cemetery.
I fear you may over-exert yourself some day." He paused for a moment, puffing like the engine of an overloaded freight train; then he resumed, "I called at your residence, and was so regretful at not finding you at home that your cousin, Mrs. Pennypoker, told me that you were bound for the gulch, and assured me that there was um some prospect of my overtaking, not to say catching up with you."
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