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You see, he was sort of doublin' in brass, as it were; conversin' for two, you know. For Sallie was playin' it safe, watchin' how the others negotiated the asparagus, passin' up all the dishes she couldn't dope out, and sayin' mighty little. Mostly she's watchin' Mr. Leavitt, her eyes growin' brighter and rounder as the meal progresses, and at last fairly beamin' across the table at him.
You see me set off this mornin' bright 'n' beamin', 'n' you see me come home this night burnin' 'n' bitter, 'n' it's nothin' but right's you sh'd be fully took in to the betwixt 'n' between.
Talk about broad o's he spilled 'em easy and natural, a font to a galley; and he couldn't any more miss the final g than a telephone girl would overlook rollin' her r's. And such graceful gestures with the shell-rimmed glasses, wavin' 'em the whole length of the ribbon when he got real interested. I don't think I ever saw Auntie come so near beamin' before.
The entire news of the world that mornin' he could boil down into one official statement: Elsa had said she'd have him! Hip, hip! Banzai! Elsa forever! He flashed that miniature of her and passed it around. He nudges Lawson T. Ryder playful in the short ribs, hammers Deacon Larkin on the back, and then groups himself, beamin' foolish, with one arm around old Busbee and the other around Mr. Hyde.
All the guidin' hand there was in this deal was that of J. Bayard Steele, and he contents himself with eggin' Hubbs on to stand firm on that ten-cent raise. "Not a penny more, not a penny less," says he, beamin'. "It'll get 'em." And I don't know when I've seen him look more contented.
And as it fell back from his fingers to the platform for the 3d time, he broke out in a torrent of swearin' words dretful to hear. I felt as if I should sink through the "Democrat". But Josiah listened to the awful words with a warm glow of pleasure and satisfaction a beamin' from his face. I never saw him look more complacent.
What did they think they were carrying on board so carefully?" "Sand," says I. "Huh!" grunts Old Hickory. "You said you'd stand for it," says I. "And all you owe 'em is about two apiece for helpin' you save your face." "My face, eh?" says Old Hickory. "Someone had to be the goat," says I. "Why, to be sure," cuts in Auntie, beamin' good-natured again. "And I think Torchy managed it very cleverly."
Sperrit come pretty close to bein' idiots themselves, for she says she don't know she's sure what ails 'em but they've been married years now an' is still goin' round as beamin' as two full moons.
I wonder if them lambrequins are real?" She says it loud enough to be heard around on Broadway, and I looks to see how the old boy takes it; but he keeps right on beamin' mild and sort of curious at the crowds pushin' in. It was them calm, gentle old blue eyes of his, gazin' steady, like he was lookin' for someone, that caught me.
True, we have each our troubles, some little, some big; but why wear them always on our faces? Why inflict them on others? Why not, when we can, the brave, kindly smile?" "Just the way it struck me a minute ago," says I. "Did it?" says he, beamin'. "Then I claim you for our clan." "Your which?" says I. "Our brotherhood," says he. "Can't be very exclusive," says I, "if I've qualified so easy.
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