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He listened to his lucubrations with earnest attention at all times, and, when he understood them, usually assented to all his friend said. When Bounce became too profound for him, as was not infrequently the case, he contented himself with nodding his head, as though to say, "I'm with you in heart, lad, though not quite clear in my mind; but it's all right, I'm quite sartin."
"I'll tell ye what it is," said March, advancing towards Bounce with a swagger and drawing his hunting-knife, "I quite agree with Waller's sentiments. I don't mean to allow myself to get any more waspisher, so I vote that we cut Bounce up and have a feed. What say you, comrades?"
When the ceremony drew near a close, I got up on one leg, so that I could bounce to my feet like lightning, and when it was finished, I got her in my arm, before you could say Jack Robinson, and swinging her behind the priest, gave her the husband's first kiss.
And now you will disturb the signorina, and you will do nothing but make la Lazzeruola's ears lively. Bounce! you are up the stairs. Bounce! you are on the landing. Thrum! you drum at the door, and they are singing; they don't hear you. And now you're meek as a mouse. That's it if you don't hit the mark when you go like a bullet, you 're stupid as lead. And they call you a clever fellow!
The boys," he added significantly, "don't like a man to bounce, and what they don't like is pretty hard to do." "Damn the boys," exclaimed Charley vehemently, "they're all alike out here. I can't act different. If I waited, I might wait too long too long, d'you sabe? I just can't trust myself," he added in a subdued tone. "No," replied Crocker meditatively. "No, p'r'aps not.
Only the tin soldier and the dancer remained in their places. She stood on tiptoe, with her legs stretched out, as firmly as he did on his one leg. He never took his eyes from her for even a moment. The clock struck twelve, and, with a bounce, up sprang the lid of the snuff-box; but, instead of snuff, there jumped up a little black goblin; for the snuff-box was a toy puzzle.
He lammed me with a horsewhip t'other day, 'cause I was ridin' behind his ox cart. If he tried to git by me, I'll bounce a rock off'n his Sunday hat." "Doctor," whispered Keziah from the kitchen window. "Doctor, come quick. Nat wants you." Captain Nat was standing at the door of the bedroom. His face was drawn and he had seemingly grown years older since noon.
Then some one trotted out upon the spring-board, gave a bounce and a leap, and went into the water with a splash. “How is it, Ned?” called Westby; and Irving came up as Morrill, reaching out for a long side stroke, shouted, “Oh, fine—warm and fine.” “Hello, Mr.
But you must not think me unkind if I ask you to leave me, Wilson. The Doctor is always insisting that I must keep quiet; so, good-day to you, my boy, an' remember me kindly to my comrades." The next visitor, who appeared half an hour later, was the terrier dog of the station. Bounce belonged, of right, to David Bowers, but, being amiable, it acknowledged the part-ownership of all the men.
Two of the most troublesome men, named respectively Bounce and Badger, were cured by the captain in the following manner: They had been quarrelling verbally for half an hour one morning, calling each other names, and threatening, as usual, to fight, but not doing so. "Come, lads, follow me," said the captain to them sternly, and much to their surprise.
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