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"That's right," said Mr. Jarley of Wye, with a decided emphasis. "That's the kind of talk I like to hear," exclaimed Mr. Terry. "And nobody's had the gumption to fight 'em," said Mr. Widgeon. "It looks," said Austen, "as though it must come to a fight in the end. I do not think they will listen to reason. I mean," he added, with a flash of humour, "that they will listen to it, but not act upon it.
"Well, she's got more gumption than any one I've seen here so far seems to take an interest in what she's doing." "Pretty, too, isn't she?" said Quincel. The director strolled away without answering.
Whereat she merely walks out—if she has gumption enough. The labor turnover, from the point of view of production and efficiency, can well be a vital industrial concern. To the factory girl, it saves her life, like as not. Praise be the labor turnover!
Now Linda and Katie are very well, but they haven't half the gumption that Gertrude has. 'No, they have not, said Alaric. 'I like gumption, said Captain Cuttwater. 'You've a great deal of gumption that's why I like you. Alaric laughed, and muttered something. 'Now I have been thinking of something; and Uncle Bat looked strangely mysterious 'I wonder what you think of Gertrude?
"If they're train robbers they have more gumption than I thought." "Well, I don't know," admitted Bud. "Rex Beach writes good stuff, and has some corking movies out, but maybe he was joking when he spoke of the Yaquis. Anyhow we know what they've done to our friends, and it's up to us to pay 'em back!"
Saunders, dazed and fascinated, forgetful even of Meg and loyalty, promised. The glamour of Jess, the gypsy, was upon him. "But what am I to say," he asked. "Say its frae her that he sent the letter to; he'll ken brawly that Meg hadna the gumption to send him that!" said Jess candidly.
Birt seized the opportunity. "Rufe," he said, "ye see I can't git away from the mill, 'kase I'm 'bleeged ter stay hyar whilst the old mule grinds. But ef ye'll go over yander ter Nate Griggs's house an' tell him ter come over hyar, bein' ez I want to see him partic'lar, I'll fix ye a squir'l-trap before long ez the peartest old Bushy-tail on the mounting ain't got the gumption ter git out'n.
"And so is Emmeline Drew though the Drews are all trying to make the match. They are literally throwing poor Emmeline at his head, and he hasn't the least idea of it." "Emmeline Drew has no gumption, I must allow," said Susan. "She is the kind of woman, Mrs. Dr. dear, who would put a hot-water bottle in your bed on a dog-night and then have her feelings hurt because you were not grateful.
Anybody with an ounce of gumption might have seen he'd be a short-wit from the first. I took him over; but that 'ud the opposite way about, as he wanted to go shrimping back of the Bar so he said." Jennifer paused as in earnest thought. "No, not a soul to merit your attention, to-day, sir, that I can call to mind.
And hasn't even got gumption enough to keep his father's practice together! Stupid ass! Well, I let him have it, and straight! He's no worse than the rest. They've got no brains in this district. And they're so narrow narrow isn't the word! Thick-headed's the word. Stupid! Mean!... Mean!... What did it matter to them? I kept to all their rules.
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