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She's stole my poor little string o' beads." Men's voices spoke. Churn and Isaacs were indeed there! The girl put her ear to the keyhole once more, and listened. "What did I tell you about dat key?" Churn caught her up. "You're ten kinds of a fool, girl. But de tief's dere all right, you say?" "Yes, she's there all right. She must have took Chuff's key off our mantelpiece. You left it there!
'Admiral Lord Exmouth tasted and praised it, sir, on board Captain Chuff's ship, the "Nebuchadnezzar," 74, at Algiers; and he had three dozen with turn in the "Pitchfork" frigate, a part of which was served out to the men before he went into his immortal action with the "Furibonde," Captain Choufleur, in the Gulf of Panama.
Jack Everton came over from Hexley to attend the dismal obsequies of his sister. He was more incensed than ever with the wicked husband, who, one way or other, had hastened Nelly's death. The inquest had closed early in the day. The husband had not appeared. An occasional companion perhaps I ought to say accomplice of Chuff's happened to turn up.
Gee, all sorts of things happen in a house like this! Before long we'll 'phone Isaacs to come along and look at the pearls. Chuff's got a 'phone in his room, you know." Clo knew also. She had good reason to know, and that Chuff had lent his telephone book to "Jake." She feared that the pair in the next room might take alarm at the sound of voices, and therefore she cautiously subdued her own.
If only she could hide in Chuff's room before Kit reached his floor! She stumbled down the last few steps, and paused at the room under Kit's. Would the key fit? It went deep into the small keyhole, and turned. Kit must be close to the top of the stairs now. Trembling the girl locked herself into Chuff's room and went straight to the telephone.
In the same moment, sundry other casements opened, and all the heads in the vicinity including the blacksmith Chuffs, and Mrs. Chuff's were thrust out to condole with their neighbour, Mrs. Peckaby. "Had she been and come back a'ready?" "Did she get tired of the saints so soon as this or did they get tired of her?" "What sort of a city, was it?" "Which was most plentiful geese or sage?"
She returned, put the pillows back into their covers, stood them up in place, and during the process decided that she would spare a moment to search for Chuff's key. It might come in handy. Kit had let drop that the key was a special key. Clo guessed that at times there were things to hide, and then Chuff would forget to leave that key for his friends! "It might be useful to Mr.
A half-grown, or hobbadehoyish footman, so to speak, walked after them, carrying their shining golden prayer-books the ladies had splendid parasols with tags and fringes. Mrs. Chuff's great gold watch, fastened to her stomach, gleamed there like a ball of fire. Nelson Collingwood was in the distance, shying stones at an old horse on Kennington Common.
Nothing of special interest had been said by Kit and her husband since their waking, but soon the young woman began to concern herself with the subject of clothes. "I told Mrs. MacMahon we expected our baggage this morning from Brooklyn. If it doesn't come it's been stolen see? The old party won't think wrong of Chuff's pals. He's a real family friend.
The footmen, too, attending St. Benedict's were so splendid and enormous, that James, Mrs. Chuff's boy, trembled amongst them, and said he would give warning rather than carry the books to that church any more. The furnishing of the house was not done without expense.
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