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In one stone cabin, very well built and plastered, standing sidewise to the road, with doors on either side, we found the house apparently in charge of a little girl of nine or ten years, a weird but pretty child with very delicate well-cut features, who lay couchant upon her doubled-up arm on a low bed in a corner of the main room, and peered at us over her elbow with sparkling inquisitive eyes.
'Have you seen her before, Jack? Jack replied: 'Once. Your pensioner up-stairs she comes to visit. I do suspect there kinship is betwixt them. Ay! one might swear them sisters. She's a relief to the monotony of the petrified street the old man with the brown-gaitered legs and the doubled-up old woman with the crutch. I heard the London horn this morning.
It thus happened that he and the dropping figure reached the same spot at almost the same moment, one result of which was that the young gentleman in pajamas found himself struck a violent blow with a doubled-up fist, and at the same moment his bare right foot was tramped on with extreme thoroughness. The young gentleman in pajamas reeled back dizzily and gave tongue, while standing on one foot.
Panting heavily, and struggling unsteadily, he crept slowly forward, reached the door and pounded fiercely upon it with both doubled-up fists. Slowly the door was opened, and great was Stephen's surprise to see the little snow-covered figure standing before him. "Help! Come quick!" gasped Dan. "What's wrong?" Stephen demanded, dragging the boy into the cabin. "Where's the parson?"
'I am going to reprint the Greek Christian Poets and another essay nothing that ought to be published shall be kept back, and this she certainly intended to correct, augment, and re-produce but I open the doubled-up paper!
He dived below. All of a sudden the "Hastings" was seen to take a notable leap forward. Then she settled down to a more rapid, steady gait. Just inside the conning tower Jacob Farnum stood again. In his right hand he clutched a doubled-up handkerchief, with which he made frequent dabs at his face.
Who, then, would dare to say this or that about thy granddaughter?" "Rahal Ragnor could speak safely to me." Then there was silence for a few moments and Rahal sat with her doubled-up left hand against her lips, gazing out of the window. Vedder did not disturb her.
Oh yes, here in my pocket; there are little whity marks in the black kid already, as if they were going to split. She drew the gloves out, as she spoke, but with them came something else a doubled-up, rather soiled white card. 'What's this? said Frances, as she unfolded it. 'Oh, I declare! Just look, Margaret it's an old Christmas card of last year.
Immediately after dinner is over, down go the beds with a clatter, the strap that holds the mattress doubled-up is unbuckled, and under the thick sheets and the dark blankets, minus his boots, the trooper smokes his pipe until he falls asleep.
We saw two of these girls in two coops; the girls were not more than ten years old, still they were lying in a doubled-up position, as their little houses would not admit of them lying in any other way.
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