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Updated: May 7, 2025
In the centre of the semi-circle of tiny bead-eyed priests with whitened faces stood one of great age with flowing white beard that nearly swept the ground.
While I wondered what might be the season for chimney-sweeps, a small bead-eyed woman emerged from the doorway and shook a duster vigorously: in the which act catching sight of us, she paused. "I've a-got en, my dear," said Mr. Trapp much as a man might announce the capture of a fish: and though he did not actually lift me for inspection his hand seemed to waver over my collar. But it was Mrs.
Violet Smith wafted the bead-eyed toy a kiss, then slapped him sharply sidewise, toppling him in a heap, and her easy laughter mingled with her petulance. "I wanna big grizzly, Jimmie; a great big brown grizzly bear with a grin. I wanna big brown grizzly." "'Ain't you got one, Doll? A little white one with a pink bow. Here, let's give him a drink!"
Behind them went skulking foxes, pole-cats, badgers, cowering hares, and bead-eyed weasels. They seemed to have a premonition that Famine was stalking behind them, and they fled our luckless woods and fields like rats from a sinking ship. To Master Gordon I said one morning as we watched a company of dun heifers mid-way on the loch, "This is an ill omen or I'm sore mistaken."
We occasionally find entire sets of beautiful old mahogany chairs, with cushions of cross-stitch embroidery, the subjects ranging over everything in the animal or vegetable world, so that one might sit in turn upon horses, bead-eyed and curled lap dogs, or wreaths of lilies and roses.
A marriage sordid, cold, vulgar to such a man this little tobacco-stained, bead-eyed weasel. And she had talked to him about her career.
On the narrow table, under cover of stray articles and papers, grey bead-eyed geckoes craftily stalked moths and beetles and other fanatic worshippers of flame as they hastened to sacrifice themselves to the lamp.
The one restraining force in the case was the absence of takers, since all were backing Red Rover. An amusing incident occurred when, during the meal, a bead-eyed young squaw entered the mess room and stood a little inside the door. "What does she want?" asked the Colonel. Then the interpreter: "She wants to bet on the race. She wants to bet her baby against yours."
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