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"Do not do that, I beg of you," said Tiktok; "for you could not put me to-geth-er a-gain, and my use-ful-ness would be de-stroyed." "Oh! are you useful?" asked the Scarecrow, surprised. "Ve-ry," said Tiktok. "In that case," the Scarecrow kindly promised, "I won't fool with your interior at all. For I am a poor mechanic, and might mix you up." "Thank you," said Tiktok.
The policeman, whose solid face showed traces of astonishment, answered slowly: "As a general thing, a man's private life don't bear lookin' into, as you know, sir." "I have not lived one for some time," said Mr. Lavender. "Well," remarked the policeman, "if you take my advice you won't try it a-gain. I should say you 'adn't the constitution." "I fear you do not catch my meaning," returned Mr.
Coleman of course immediately said to himself that the dragoman was lying a-gain in order to prevent another expedition into ominous Turkey, but after all if the commander, of the cavalry had suddenly turned the light of his favour from the correspondent it was only a proceeding consistent with the nature which Coleman now thought he was beginning to discern, a nature which can never think twice in the same place, a gageous mind which drifts, dissolves, combines, vanishes with the ability of an aerial thing until the man of the north feels that when he clutches it with full knowledge of his senses he is only the victim of his ardent imagination.
A phan-tom is unreal, while I am the real thing." The King rolled over, sat up and opened his eyes. "Didn't I smash you to pieces?" he asked in trembling tones. "Yes," said Tiktok. "Then you are nothing but a junk-heap, and this form in which you now appear cannot be real." "It is, though," declared Tiktok. "Kal-i-ko picked up my piec-es and put me to-geth-er a-gain.
The girl, who had observed his lips attentively, seeking even to see inside his mouth, replied frankly: "Yes, I am de-light-ed that you have re-turned, that you are not go-ing a-way a-gain nev-er a-gain." Her father embraced her impetuously, and then in great haste, in order to make quite sure, he overwhelmed her with questions. "What is mamma's name?" "An-to-nia."
"When I found my-self im-pris-oned I shout-ed for help un-til my voice ran down; and then I walked back and forth in this lit-tle room un-til my ac-tion ran down; and then I stood still and thought un-til my thoughts ran down. Af-ter that I re-mem-ber noth-ing un-til you wound me up a-gain."
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