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Her face was turned from him. She had forgotten his presence. "Star gazin', Poll?" he asked at length, dreading to disturb her revery. "I guess I was, Jim." She turned to him with a little, forced smile. He longed to save her from Barker's threatened rebuke. "How yer feelin' to-night?" "I'm all right," she answered, cheerfully "Anythin' yer want?" "Want?" she turned upon him with startled eyes.
They say he's rather a bad one, that he can't be fired. We'll see about that. There's a steamer for Belize next Thursday. I'm going to sail on her. Will you go along too?" For a minute they stood there, Mother and Sonny boy, gazin' into each other's eyes without sayin' a word; and then well, we turns our backs as they goes to a clinch and Mother turns on the sprinkler.
The soopine Tom, who otherwise is the soul of integrity, abstracts six sacks for his mate an' at daybreak the wretched Jerry's standin' thar, white as milk himse'f, an' flour a foot deep in a cirkle whereof the radius is his rope Tom's gazin' on Jerry in a besotted way like he allows he's certainly the greatest sport on earth. "Which this last is too much an' I ropes up Jerry for punishment.
"Now! now! now!" comforted One-Eye, with a pat or two on a shoulder. "Y' want t' know, don't y'? Aw, sonny, it'll make y' proud!" Johnnie could only nod. The Father went on: "They went out upon the ice with all the others, and stood gazin' up at the beautiful sight, and talkin', I'll venture t' say, about how wonderful it was, and sayin' that some day they'd bring the boy t' see it."
"Couldn't keep her out," says I. "You know how she is. There they are, at the gate." I don't know which was quicker to turn and look, him or Ella May. And just then Mrs. Flynn happens to be gazin' our way, pleadin' and expectant. "Oh!" says Mr. Robert, laughin' careless. "Katie, eh?" Miss Buell has jumped and is starin' at the group. Then, at that laugh of Mr. Robert's, she whirls on him.
"Gee!" says I. "Why, I could wear out all my old shoes doin' that, and if ever you need " "S-s-sh!" says she. "Here comes my aunt!" Not waitin' for any further diagram of the situation, I makes a dash into the cloakroom, where I finds Izzy Budheimer gazin' puzzled at Bobby, who's sittin' tilted back in his shirt sleeves with the braided coat slung on the floor. "Look here, Torchy!" begins Izzy.
Wal, you're gazin' at Monty Price an' Link Stevens, who have of a sudden got too swell to associate with their old bunkies. They're practisin' for the toornament. They don't want my boys to see how they handle them crooked clubs." "Have you picked your team?" inquired Madeline. Stillwell mopped his red face with an immense bandana, and showed something of confusion and perplexity.
I'd been scraped twice over, and was just bein' unwrapped from the hot towel, when I turns to see who it is has camped down in the next chair, and finds Mr. Robert gazin' at me curious. "Why!" says he, chucklin'. "If it isn't Torchy! Indulging in a shave, eh?" "Oh, no, Sir," says I. "Been havin' my eye teeth tested for color blindness, that's all." Mr.
He borrowed where he could, an' one way with another, he accumulated enough capital ter pay that debt on the stipulated date, which was last Monday. Are you listenin', Kiddie? You're gazin' up inter them clouds as if you was composin' a poem to 'em, 'stead of cipherin' out the problem I'm puttin' in front of you." "I assure you I'm all attention, Isa," Kiddie averred.
I steps out of the ranks and goes up to that General De Vega man, who was smokin' a cigar and gazin' upon the scene with satisfactions and glory. He smiles at me polite and devilish. 'Plenty work, says he, 'for big, strong mans in Guatemala. Yes. T'irty dollars in the month. Good pay. Ah, yes. You strong, brave man. Bimeby we push those railroad in the capital very quick.
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