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He didn't seem to hear the chairman's word, fer he was gazin' through the dirty winder, out inter the storm, an' away to the Injun village beyond. "'De ye hear me, damn ye! cried Pritchen, bringin' his fist down upon the table with a bang. 'Why don't ye answer? We can't fool here all day. "Then the parson turned and looked square into his eyes.
"'Ere," he demanded, "wot are you doin' there?" "Doin'," Bunny chuckled helplessly: "wot think I'm doin ... plantin' daisies or diggin' for gold?" "Look 'ere, me lad, if you're lookin' for trouble !" "Lookin' for trouble? not lookin' for anything. Just 'avin' a rest by the wayside an' gazin' at stars." "Well, get up or I'll 'old you up, an' you'll SEE 'em then."
Course any paid performer would have been tickled to death to have a crowd break loose like that; but Miss Hampton acts a bit dazed by it all. For a second or so she stands there gazin' sort of puzzled, bitin' her upper lip. Then she springs that quirky, good-natured smile of hers, bows a couple of times, and proceeds to help the accompanist gather up the flowers and stack 'em on the piano.
Stub had been a great one for stickin' around, though, and when he showed up in his uniform well, that clinched things. "It wasn't so much the khaki stuff I fell for," confides Miss Casey, gazin' sentimental at a ham sandwich she's just unwrapped, "as it was the i-dear back of it. It's in the blood, you might say, for I had an uncle in the Spanish-American and a grandfather in the Civil War.
She ain't got the ballroom costume on, of course; but I'd know them big gray eyes and that straw colored hair and that sweet pea complexion in any disguise. For a second she stands there gazin' at me sort of surprised and puzzled, like she didn't know whether to give me the nod or just put up her chin and sail by.
"H-m-m-m!" says Mr. Steele, after gazin' at the note thoughtful. "So it does. But lawyers have a way of " Here he breaks off sudden and asks, "You say you never heard of this Mr. Judson before?" "That's where you fool yourself," says I. "I said I didn't know him; but if it'll relieve your mind any, I've heard him mentioned. He used to handle Pyramid Gordon's private affairs." "Ah!
"At laste I thought it was but Hannigan that come over in it says it's a boat. 'Ye must've had a grand time, says I, 'in this floatin' palace, atin' ye'er fill iv sumchuse food an' gazin' at th' beautifully jooled ladies, says I. 'Ah, says I, 'th' wondhers iv science that cud put together a conthrivance th' like iv that, says I. 'It's a boat, says he.
Believe me, the Astors ain't got anything on us now." Mrs. Bagstock don't seem to be listenin'. She's just gazin' around smilin' vague. "Music, wasn't there?" she goes on. "I had really forgotten having ordered an orchestra. And such lovely roses! Let me take one more look at the dear old drawing-room. Yes, it was a success, I'm sure. Now you may ring for my maid. I I think I will retire."
The first intermission was most over too before I discovers this ruddy-faced old party in the back of Box A with his opera glasses trained steady in our direction. I glances along the row to see if anyone's gazin' back; but I can't spot a soul lookin' his way. After he's kept it up a minute or two I nudges Aunt Zenobia. "Looks like we was bein' inspected from the box seats," says I.
But see here that can wait. And in one season on the stage you could make " Well, I must say Oakley argued it well and put it strong; but he'd have produced just as good results if he'd been out in the square askin' the bronze statue of Lafayette to hand him down a match. Ruby drops back into her vague gazin' act and shakes her head.
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