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He stopped, the heads separated; Collinson had appeared at the doorway, his melancholy patience apparently unchanged. "Grub's on, gentlemen; sit by and eat." The humble meal was dispatched with zest and silence. A few interjectional remarks about the uncertainties of prospecting only accented the other pauses. In ten minutes they were out again by the fireplace with their lit pipes.
Geraldine's desolate heart yearned after the kind friend so soon lost. "That'll do, Ma. I guess the grub's all on the table. Go chase yourself. Miss Melody'll pour my coffee." "Don't wash any of the dishes, Mrs. Carder, please, until I get out there," said Geraldine. The old woman disappeared with one last glance at her son whom Geraldine eyed with sudden steadiness.
Come on, fellows," he said; "grub's ready. Where's Frenchy?" "Over chewin' th' rag with Waffles about his hat he's lost it again," answered Red. "He needs a guardian fer that bonnet. Th' Kid an' Salvation has jammed it in th' corral fence an' Waffles has to stand fer it." "Let's put it in th' grub wagon an see him cuss cookie," suggested Hopalong.
"Oh, Bompard will come back all right," said he, "the grub's here and that will bring him. Bompard will come back all right." "No," said she, "he will never come back and you know it." She turned away from him. Dusk was now falling and as she entered her cave the wind from the sea suddenly fell dead.
Its confusion rendered it clumsy; and the mistake cost it its life. It dies poisoned by the rich food which, if consumed according to the rules, should have made it grow plump and lusty. I was anxious to observe the deadly effects of a disturbed meal in another fashion. This time the victim itself shall disorder the grub's activities.
You can walk on dead carcasses from the Porcupine to the Summit." A third stranger, evidently one of the well-provided few, laughed carelessly. "If you boys can't stand the strain you'd better stay where you are," said he. "Grub's sky-high in Dawson, and mighty short. I knew what I was up against, so I came prepared. Better go home and try it next summer."
There was a sort of grim, steady scowl on his features that looked to me as though he had fixed it there purposely as a protection against the weakness of an inherent amiability that, he fancied, were better concealed. And then I let supper usurp his brief occupancy of my thoughts. "Draw up, George," said Ross. "Let's all eat while the grub's hot." "You fellows go on and chew," answered the cook.
Should there be any doubts, I will reply to them with the following experiment. Split lengthwise, the grub's abode leaves a half-tunnel wherein I can watch the occupant's doings. When left alone, it now gnaws the front of its gallery, now rests, fixed by its ambulacra to the two sides of the channel. I avail myself of these moments of quiet to enquire into its power of perceiving sounds.
Oh, yes, you two are kin I remember. Well, colonel, I'm waiting for orders, as you are. Morally sure we're in for an awful scrap. Got a real respect for Fitz John Porter. McClellan's got this army trained, too, till it isn't any more like the rabble at Manassas than a grub's like a butterfly! Mighty fine fighting machine now. Fitz John's got our old friend Sykes and the Regulars.
Get a move on, fellers the dinner gong's struck and the grub's on the table waitin' to be swallered first come, first served's the rule things go by, so stir your stumps, an' put in the best licks you know how an' may the devil take the hindmost.
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