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"It w-would be l-l-like one of his l-low-lived tricks. Wh-what is that g-girl to him, anyhow?" It was no pleasant task to hurt this man deliberately, yet, perhaps, it would be best. Anyway, it was not in Beth Norvell's nature either to lie or to be afraid. "He has been her friend; there are some who say her lover."
Then he seemed to shake himself together inside his coat, which was very crumpled, as though he had been lying down inside it. "Look here," he said breathlessly and with an effort, "w-would you like some tea? I can get another c-cup from the steward." "I would," she said frankly. "Do make some more. I've a cake in my box that's supposed to last me till I get to Australia.
"You don't that's just it, you don't, and that's what's so funny." And she laughed again. "What's funny?" he asked. "You !" "I'm not half as funny as you are, but I don't laugh at you." "Y you w-would if you didn't p-pity me so much," she gasped between giggles. "I don't pity you at all. And I think you're extremely foolish to laugh so much at nothing." "Even when I'm laughing at y-you?"
W-would you care for a drink, Inspector?" "Not on duty, thanks," Gainer said cheerfully. "Tell me, Alan how long did you know Max Hawkes?" "Since last May. I'm an ex-starman. I jumped ship. Max found me wandering around the city and took me in. But I never knew anything about any robberies, Inspector. Max kept his mouth pretty well sealed most of the time.
"It certainly does not." "W-would pay if it went to Brampton and Harwich?" "Mr. Bass, the company consider that they are pledged to the people of this section to get the road through. I am not prepared to say whether the road would pay, but it is quite likely that it would not." "Ch-charitable organization?" said Jethro, from the depths of his chair.
I asked them to head for Lanesport, and told them that I expected to meet the rest of the "Hoppergrass's" crew there. "L-L-L-L-L-Lanesport!" exclaimed the boy at the wheel, "it w-would be sailing into the j-j-jaws of d-d-d-death! W-Why, d-don't you s-see when we s-stole this b-boat w-we c-committed pup-pup-piracy on the high s-s-seas! They'd s-s-s-string us right up at the y-y- yard-arm!"
"Isn't anyfing," sniffed His Majesty, mindful of his manhood, and raising his head from the motherly bosom upon which it was resting. "I only fought vat you you petted Patsie 'cause she had ve blue wiban, and and if I'd had ve blue wiban too, m-my Papa w-would pet me."
"Warmer weather to-morrow, the paper says, and I guess we shall all be glad to have it," Aunt Matilda was saying. "It w-would be f-fine to h-h-have it w-w-warmer," said Arabella, her teeth chattering so that she thought every one must hear them rattle. Over her paper Aunt Matilda's bright eyes peered at the little girl who shivered in spite of her effort to stand very still.
"It certainly does not." "W-would pay if it went to Brampton and Harwich?" "Mr. Bass, the company consider that they are pledged to the people of this section to get the road through. I am not prepared to say whether the road would pay, but it is quite likely that it would not." "Ch-charitable organization?" said Jethro, from the depths of his chair.
"What w-would you say, Peter, just to die altogether, and we would gi-give you an A1 funeral? If you'll just be g-good-natured and do it, I'll write your l-life myself. It's perfectly sc-scrummageous." And then Peter fell on Nestie, and Howieson on Bauldie, and they rejoiced together once more in the straw. "You're 'avin' an 'igh 'ole time in 'ere, young gentlemen," and Mr.
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