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Updated: May 16, 2025
Stanton gave them a sea-going yacht and a million dollars each for pocket money. When he awoke from this thrilling experience he found that the Good Turn was chugging leisurely up the river in the broad daylight. The boat behaved very well, indeed. She leaked a little from the strain of launching, but the engine pumped the water out faster than it came in.
"Aye, aye, sir!" came from the bronze statue, and the chugging and the whirring began again as the yawl resumed its course, while the launch wove in and out among the oyster reefs, that guard the mouth of the river, at a speed that would have torn the propeller out of her had she struck one of them.
Someone went after Bradford, while Jane hurried to telephone for Doctor Stone, and in less than ten minutes his runabout was chugging out the pike at its top speed of fifteen good miles an hour.
He knew it was his only chance, and that whoever was shooting wouldn't shoot at him while he was all tangled up with me; so he made a spring at me before I knew what he was doing, and threw me off my feet, and got a half Nelson on me, you know " "Yes, Cloudy, he was fiendish, and I couldn't do a thing, for fear of hitting Allison; and just then I heard a motor-cycle chugging by the car.
These latter began firing at once, their muskets easily covering the distance, although our lighter weapons were useless. Yet, beyond keeping us down close to the floor and out of view, this preliminary firing was but a waste of ammunition, the heavy balls merely breaking what glass remained, and chugging harmlessly into the walls.
Five minutes later they were in a motor car, chugging up Kentucky Gulch. The trip was made silently. There was nothing for Fairchild to say; he had told all he knew. Slowly, the motor car fighting against the grade, the trip was accomplished.
The six motor-cyclists leaped on to their machines and went chugging down the road. Of course they raced one another; all motor-cyclists always race and here was the best of all possible excuses, the French army in dire need of them, several of its precious cycle-units wiped out or captured!
Close by is the Doone Valley, which figures so prominently in the story of 'Lorna Doone, and we'll visit that. It will all be beautiful beautiful as only England and Devonshire can be but you'll find nothing at all like this strange little Clovelly, so enjoy it while you may!" As soon as the familiar chugging of the motor was heard at the front door in Cavendish Square, John hurried out.
We were asleep in the hut and woke up with the light in our eyes. Then we heard the car chugging on the road and two men got out and came toward the hut and sort of sort of walked around for about ten minutes and then went off again." "Walked around? What were they walking around for?" "I don't know, sir, but "
He was intensely interested in Jack's play for time and listened with his heart almost up in his throat, fearing lest the steady chugging should suddenly stop and the game be thrown by default.
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