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"But that's not here or there, avick. I was r-readin' in th' pa-apers iv a lad be th' name iv Scanlan bein' sint down th' short r-road f'r near a lifetime; an' I minded th' first time I iver see him, a bit iv a curly-haired boy that played tag around me place, an' 'd sing 'Blest Saint Joseph' with a smile on his face like an angel's. Who'll tell what makes wan man a thief an' another man a saint?
He was a bright-faced, eager-eyed, curly-haired young fellow, all enthusiasm and fire. His figure was trim and clean, but rather slender; and his movements were quick but nervous.
Are all of you hungry?" There was a lively chorus of affirmatives. "Then choose your partners and come along," ordered the little curly-haired girl. It did not take long to dispose of the oysters, and, headed by Sara and Julia Emerson, the little procession of girls moved on to Ralston House, where the twins were to play hostess and serve the soup.
Do you want to take her?" "Yes," I said eagerly. The handsome, black, curly-haired retriever barked furiously, for she saw that we were looking at her. Mr Solomon nodded, and I ran and unbuckled the dog's collar, having my face licked by way of thanks. As I threw the chain over the kennel Juno bounded up at the horse and then rushed at the gate, barking furiously.
Miss Hill attended to her usual task with the papers of the day's lessons and the marking of the morrow's work before she glanced up at the five girls she had detained. They sat in widely separated sections of the room. Rose Clymer, pretty, fragile, curly-haired, occupied the front seat of the end row. Her face had no color and her small mouth was set in painful lines.
And to the curly-haired one: "What mischief have you got into, Bess? You look just as though you had done something." "Don't say a word!" gasped Bess Harley in the red-haired girl's ear. "It's what we are going to do. Some sawneys have arrived. We'll have a procession." "Oh, say!" exclaimed Amelia Boggs, "there is one special sawney expected. Did she come on this train with you other girls?"
The Polaris was easily recognized, and fortunately, was on the nearer side of the giant landing area. "There's home," said Roger. "Yes," agreed Tom. "And she sure looks good to me " The curly-haired cadet suddenly stopped as powerful headlights loomed on the highway ahead. "That's Vidac's jet car," said Roger. "I recognize the lights. We've got to get out of here!"
I remember with delight how I went through their rose-garden, how their dogs, big Leo and little curly-haired Fritz with long ears, came to meet me, and how Nimrod, the swiftest of the horses, poked his nose into my hands for a pat and a lump of sugar. I also remember the beach, where for the first time I played in the sand.
But the perverse curly-haired girl was fully determined, precisely because Verus had forbidden her and forbidden her with mocking words, to carry out her purpose.
His fingers tingled as he reached for the switches that would bring the ship down on the first intergalactic world he had ever visited. In a flash, the curly-haired cadet remembered childhood dreams of doing just what he was doing at this moment, preparing to touch down on a new world, millions of miles away from his home near New Chicago.
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