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"I'm a'right," murmured Emmeline in a dreamy voice. "Shut your eyes tight," replied Mr Button, "or Billy Winker will be dridgin' sand in them. `Shoheen, shoheen, shoheen, shoheen, Sho-hu-lo, sho-hu-lo. Shoheen, shoheen, shoheen, shoheen, Hush a by the babby O."
'I wunna. 'You must. If you don't, I'll tell the parson you stopped the night at Undern. Surely you know that he wouldn't marry you then? He was bluffing. He knew Vessons would tell Marston the truth if he spoke. But it served his turn. 'You wouldna! she pleaded. He laughed. 'A'right, then, she said, 'if you wunna tell 'un. 'Will he stay for the dancing? 'No. I mun go along of him.
He warn't doin' nothin'. He was just awatchin' it swim. It's tied to that post. It don't come up no more." "Watchin' it swim, eh, was he? A'right. Whose dog is it?" The officer turned and sauntered away. Sudden horror seized the old man. The liquor seemed drained out of his veins: his brain worked almost quickly. "Whose dog whose dog? Say!" he darted after the retreating boys.
You get camp fixed up for the night, and keep the fire going." "A-ha-ha. Me feex t'ings, a'right." Leaving the Indian, Dane hurried away from the lake, descended into the valley, and climbed the hill on the opposite side. By the time he reached the height above the waterfront, the dusk had deepened into a weird darkness. Here he paused and looked down upon the strange scene below.
With a smile of satisfaction the half-breed stood erect and advanced boldly. "You com' in tam', eh?" he asked, as with a nod Endicott stepped toward him and handed him the revolver. "Yes, just in time. I am deeply grateful to you." "Eh?" The other's brows drew together. "I say, I thank you for the gun, and for telling me " "Ha, dat's a'right. W'er' Purdy?"
More romance than in all the galleons that ever sailed the purple tropics, which they mostly ain't purple, but dirty green. Anything 's possible now. World cools off a'right, we'll move on to some other planet. It gets me going. Don't have to believe in fairies to give the imagination a job, to-day. Glad I've been an aviator; gives me some place in it all, anyway."
My interference raised a loud, angry remonstrance, in the midst of which the Captain, who was lying in a most uncomfortable position, woke, and, struggling into a sitting posture, stared vacantly at us, his reins and straps wound like serpents about his neck and arms. "What's all the row 'bout?" he demanded huskily. "Getting up rev'lution, I s'pose. A'right; only thing to do in this country.
"Perfect! Freddy, you're a wonder. How can I thank you?" "Tha's a'right. You're welcome." He was regarding her with worshipful eyes. "You're awful pretty," he breathed. "Thank you," said Madame d'Avala. "Are you coming to my concert?" "No, they put us to bed!" cried Freddy in disgust. "Puttin' me to bed at 8:30 every night! What-ta y' know about that!
Grub and Grinder better men cannot be three hundred and seventy Gliblad twenty; I doubt Gliblad's ganging Slipprytongue; Slipprytongue's gaen but they are sma'sums sma'sums the rest's a'right Praise be blest! we have got the stuff, and may leave this doleful country. I shall never think on Loch-Ard but the thought will gar me grew again"
"A'right!" answered Bland, and Johnny put his weight into the pull, failed to "turn 'er over," took a deep breath and tried it again. The third attempt set the propeller whirling in a blurred circle. The motor woke to throbbing life again. "Help me turn 'er first," called Bland, with a gesture to make his meaning clear. "'Bye, Mary V! Now's your chance to get a picture but you'll have to hurry!"
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