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There is an irresistibly humorous episode where the instrument of destruction goes "snicker snack," and a fine hilarity at "'O frabjous day Callooh, callay, He chortled in his joy." What would part-song writers do if the Vikings had never been invented? Where would they get their wild choruses for men, with a prize to the singer that makes the most noise?
"'The bleatin' of the kid excites the tiger. Oh, you frabjous asses!" He lay back and laughed till he could no more. The victims took in the situation but slowly. "We'll give you the finest lickin' you ever had in your young lives when we get up!" thundered Sefton from the floor. "You'll laugh the other side of your mouth before you've done. What the deuce d'you mean by this?"
"Hullo, sawbones!" "What are you going to do this afternoon?" "Nothing." "Don't you want to ride with me?" "Maybe. Where?" "To Bannock Bars." "What for?" "To take some pills to Mrs. Richardson." "Not much. Mrs. Richardson is frabjous and a gossip." "What if she is? You needn't talk to her." But Allyn shook his head. "Not if I know myself.
He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. 'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. However, SOMEBODY killed SOMETHING: that's clear, at any rate
About half-a-dozen members of the Mess, however, still occupied the smoking-room; the nearest to the door, a short, slightly built Staff Surgeon, in the act of shaking angostura bitters into a glass which a steward proffered on a tray, turned his head as the newcomers entered. "Bunje!" he cried, and put the bitters down. "Bunje! my son, Bunje! Oh, frabjous day, Calloo, Callay!
Then we sat down and prepared to enjoy ourselves something frabjous. Rearick had used nothing less than genius in picking that team. First in line came Blakely, a mandolin and girl specialist, who had never done anything more daring than buck the line at a soda fountain. He had on football armor and a baseball mask. Then came Andrews.
"'Oh, frabjous day, calloooh, callay," cried Hippy shaking hands all around. "It seems ages since I saw you girls. How well you all look, only you're not looking at me. These other good-for-nothing fellows are getting all the attention. Hello, Miriam," he called to Miriam Nesbit, who ran eagerly across the floor to meet the newcomers. "There's a prize package for you, too.
Grace did not feel it within her province to take Evelyn to task on the subject of her wearing apparel. All she could do was to trust that what had perplexed her would pass unnoticed and uncriticized. "O frabjous day!" rejoiced Emma Dean, using her bath towel as a scarf and performing a weird dance about the room.
Rhoda jerked herself together and tried to moisten her lips with her swollen tongue. "We must take it turn about. When you are crazy I must try to be sane!" "Good idea!" croaked DeWitt, "only I'm crazy all the time!" "'O frabjous day! Calloo! Collay! He chortled in his joy!" Rhoda patted his hand. "Poor John! Oh, my poor John! I was not worth all this.
He got a private car and took a party off to the Kiowa baseball game, with Miss Spencer as guest of honor. He bombarded her with imported candy and American beauties, and cluttered up the spring with a series of whist parties, which butted into the social calendar something frabjous. Ole plowed right along with his own peculiar style of argument.
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