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It isn't every day that a man and his wife get their lives saved in that offhand way! Why! I'm all balled up every time I think of it!" "Oh, well; I don't know!" said Waldo, relapsing into embarrassment again; "I guess it was the horses I thought of as much as anything!"
Posed for a moment the admiral at length suggested that one of the waiters should be sent to say that there was one black ball, and that the election would have to be postponed for another month. But Fitzgerald would not credit that message, nor a second which told him a recount had shown two black balls, nor a third which said that he had been black balled all over.
Balled acacias in formal rows outline the paths, while a succession of plantings has given a varying color scheme and a new perfume to each season. Court of Ages A Glimpse From the Colonnade The Court of Ages is the only one of the Exposition courts which is entirely independent of outside influences.
As Dane closed the door behind him, seeing the line of balled fern which had marked his passage, he heard a faint rustling, a sound as if a wind had swept across the green room within. The Astrogator-apprentice had his own problems.
Jane, au contraire, was curled up like a kitten, with one red sweater balled under her ruffled head and the other blue one tangled about her slim ankles.
She got back this morning, pretty well bunged up. Killed himself, didn't he?" "That is not the doctor's opinion, sir, and he was with him when he died." "Well, it looks that way to me. He's busted and all balled up in the Street. If you know anybody who will take the lease off Corinne's hands, let me know. She and the baby are coming to live with us."
For the first time I understood the phrase, to be 'all balled up. Between being ready to clear myself from the saddle and jump off on the up side, in case Blondey should fall, and keeping in sight of the tail of the other horse, I had given no attention to the landscape. Suddenly I lost Nimrod, and everything was swallowed up in a dark misty vapour that cut me off from every object.
Its finances were all balled up on account of settling with people who pretended to be injured when the tent blew down at Poughkeepsie, and the hands and performers are kicking because we are a month behind on salaries, and they get drunk whenever any jay will buy for them.
"I love her with all my heart," hotly. "I want her for my comrade, my wife, my companion, my partner in all I have or do. I love her, and I don't care a hang who knows it." "Not so loud, my friend; not so loud." "Oh, I do not care who hears," discouragedly. "This beats the very devil! You've got me all balled up.
"Friend," said I, "we do not as a rule seek information about the guests in these rooms. We do not have to; they explain themselves. I should never question your assertion that your name is Flint, and I sincerely hope it is Flint; but there are reasons why I must and do ask you for certain definite information about yourself." The hand lying upon the coverlet balled into a fist.
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