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"I think the country is going mad on this subject of settlement houses, and reforms, and hygiene!" Mrs. Salisbury said, with some sharpness. "However, go on!" "Well, Owen spoke to me a little about about Jim's liking me, you know," Alexandra continued. "You know Owen can get awfully red and choky over a thing like that," she broke off to say animatedly.

'And what'll our men at the front do, if we go holiday-making? We daren't send them home. They sat in the dark among the machines, singing, 'Keep the home fires burning, 'Tipperary, and the like. I tell you, it made one a bit choky to hear them. They were thinking of their sweethearts and husbands I'll be bound! not of themselves."

"Jumped in to save you? My partner a hero, too! I knew it was in him, though. You're a pair of the bravest chaps I ever knew, and I'm proud of you both," and Skipper Ed's voice sounded strange and choky. "Oh, it was nothing for me to do! I was safe on the end of the line! I was sure of getting out but Jimmy!" "Here," said Skipper Ed, "is some fine tender seal meat and a hard biscuit.

You've got your passport." "Yes; if I'm going it had better be at once. Only Mother if if I wanted to stay out somewhere America or anywhere, would you mind coming presently?" "Wherever and whenever you send for me. But don't send until you really want me." Jon drew a deep breath. "I feel England's choky."

"It means that I shall not do any of the things I had planned to do for you, if you persist in refusing my most reasonable request. Listen, young man " Michael noticed with keen pain that he had dropped the customary "son" from his conversation, and it gave him a queer choky sensation of having been cut off from the earth.

And even today when the work it was meant to do is done, hundreds of boys and girls still laugh at Topsy and feel very choky indeed over the fate of poor old Uncle Tom. In 1853 Fillmore's term of office came to an end and Franklin Pierce became President. He was only forty-eight, and was the youngest President who had been elected so far.

I'm blest if I don't believe you've a-bin in the Cathedral, smellin' at that there choky incense! It takes me like that, always; and Miss Gould says she's just the same. Funny feelin's within, haven't you now?" "Yes," said Peter, "just exactly that"; and they so overcame him that he began to laugh helplessly. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Johnson," he said presently. "I'm an ass. But I'm all right now.

Dick felt a choky sensation in his throat as the thin little arm tightened round his neck. "It's all right, Grizzel," he whispered, "we'll find the diamond let my arm loose a moment." He groped round, and in another minute the stone was in his hand. He turned it over, and a pale-green ray darted out, more unearthly than ever in the moonlight. Grizzel gave a cry as he laid it on her palm.

So they asked me just to come in and say for them they were very much obliged for all the ladies' kindness, but they couldn't say it themselves." The tired helper was suddenly too choky to answer. The message, the choice of the messenger, as one sure to do "the right thing," were both so touching. But there was a sudden movement in the crowd. The train was up.

"How unreasonable of you both," says Auntie. "Now, you young people have been together a great deal of late. You can well afford to be separated for a few months." I goes choky in the throat. There was a lot of points I wanted to make, but I couldn't seem to state 'em fast enough. All I can get out is: "But but see here; we we was sort of plannin' to to be " "Nonsense!" cuts in Auntie.

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