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The Museum was so well attended, the daily receipts being nearly three thousand dollars, that Barnum offered them fifteen thousand dollars if they would postpone their wedding for a month and continue the levees. "No sir," said the General excitedly, "not for fifty thousand dollars." "Good for you Charlie," said Lavinia, "only you should have said one hundred thousand."
Everybody was excitedly calling everybody else's attention to things that seemed particularly important in the passing spectacle. To Queed the amount these people appeared to know about it all was amazing. All during the afternoon he heard Sharlee identifying fragments of regiments with a sureness of knowledge that he, an authority on knowledge, marveled at.
Already they had cast their lot with the child, and when at last they put the question of the high school to her, the friendship was firmly welded by the extravagance of its reception. "Think of it! Think of it! Only think of it! I didn't know how it was going to come about, but I was sure I was going to get it somehow!" the young girl cried, dancing about the room excitedly.
John Ashley, for his was the head which planned the whole thing, but he could not have accomplished the fascinating and terrible drama without the help of willing and able hands." "Even then " she protested. "Point number one," he began excitedly, fidgeting with his inevitable piece of string.
From behind a clump of young balsams, a hundred yards away, Pierrot and Nepeese had watched him come over the driftwood bridge. Now was the time, and Pierrot leveled his rifle. It was not until then that Nepeese touched his arm softly. Her breath came a little excitedly as she whispered: "Nootawe, let me shoot. I can kill him!" With a low chuckle Pierrot gave the gun to her.
He turned to his fellow, who examined the wounded ear, the lobe of which was split. Then the injury was pinched together for a few moments, a little grass bag was produced from somewhere, and a pinch of clay-dust applied to the wound. This done, Jackum grinned again. "Big Dan there," he whispered. "But the doctor?" whispered Carey, excitedly.
"Here?" echoed Jimmy vapidly, glancing at the button in question, "why, that's just a little " There was a faint wail from the depths of the ulster. Jimmy began to caper about with elephantine tread. "Oochie, coochie, oochie," he called excitedly. "What's the matter with you?" asked Alfred. The wail became a shriek. "Good Heavens!" cried the anxious father, "it's my boy."
At present we are on the banks o' it, where we noo get these nuggets; but 'tis the bed I want, d'ye ken, the centre, for its there the gold is; losh, man, he went on, excitedly, rising to his feet and rolling up the plan, 'ye dinna ken how rich the Deil's Lead is; there's just a fortune in it." "I suppose these rivers must stop at a certain depth?"
"Good heavens! you might have been killed," fussed Mr. Elliot. Farraday looked pale, the women laughed excitedly. "Mary," cried Stefan, his face flashing with eagerness, "you weren't frightened, were you?" She shook her head, still breathless. "It was glorious, you were like storm gods. I've never seen anything so inspiring." And he embraced her before them all.
The older sister began the process of dressing, and in a few moments all six girls were gathered around the roaring fire in the kitchen, excitedly examining the contents of their stockings, which Gail had painstakingly filled with homemade gifts and a little cheap candy from the village store, her one Christmas extravagance.
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