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Then something happened which made Arabella forget that she was provoked with Patricia, because she suddenly became so vexed with some one else. A short, stubby boy with a mass of hay-colored hair, ran out from a yard that they were passing. "Ho! Look at the girlth a-havin' a ride out! Look at the horthe! My, thee hith bonthe thtick out!
"Cray," said John Mortimer, observing the boy's wan appearance, "how could you think of sitting up so late?" "Why, the thupper wath on purpoth for him," exclaimed Johnnie. "We gave it in hith honour, ath a mark of thympathy." "Because he was burnt out," said Gladys. "Papa, did you know? his tutor's house was burnt down, and the boys had to escape in the night."
"HURRA! THIS way, ma'am!" And turning round a corner, he opened a door into a court-yard, where a number of boys were collected, and a great noise of shrill voices might be heard. "Go it, Turk!" says one. "Go it, barber!" says another. "PUNCH HITH LIFE OUT!" roars another, whose voice was just cracked, and his clothes half a yard too short for him!
He'th named The Little Wonder of Thcolathtic Equitation; and if you don't hear of that boy at Athley'th, you'll hear of him at Parith. And you recollect Kidderminthter, that wath thought to be rather thweet upon yourthelf? Well. He'th married too. Married a widder. Old enough to be hith mother. Thee wath Tightrope, thee wath, and now thee'th nothing on accounth of fat.
With hands clasped demurely before her and her eyes fixed upon the floor, slowly the little maiden began to lisp forth the words while the rest listened in almost breathless silence. "Advent telth uth Christ ith near; Christmath telth uth Christ ith here; In Epithany we trath All the glory of Hith grath."
Woodcock turned restive after the first visit, and wouldn't invite her again. 'Ha, ha! Woodcock hath alwayth a thoft place in hith heart for a pretty fathe. It'th odd how he came to marry that plain woman, and no fortune either. 'Mysteries of the tender passion, said Mr. Ely. 'I am not initiated yet, you know. Here Mr.
Pocket finishing her orange at about the same time, and not approving of this, said to Jane, "You naughty child, how dare you? Go and sit down this instant!" "Mamma dear," lisped the little girl, "baby ood have put hith eyeth out." "How dare you tell me so?" retorted Mrs. Pocket. "Go and sit down in your chair this moment!" Mrs.
"I've been thinking about the accident to our guide," said Miss Elting. "I don't know yet how it occurred." "I caught my foot on a nub," Tommy informed her. "That pulled Mr. Januth down on hith fathe." "Oh! I see." Mr. Grubb regarded Tommy suspiciously. Her face wore an innocent expression, but when Tommy winked solemnly at Harriet, Janus was enlightened. "Well, I swum!
"To beard," I corrected. "'Bared the lion in hith den the Doog-dug-lath " Abraham stopped and took a long breath. I just gazed at him. "'In hith hall," he shouted. "'And h-o-p-hop-e-s-t-hopest thou then unthscathed to go?" The boy's knees began to bend under him, and he was reaching a long, thin arm out behind hunting for the bench. He was fleeing. I knew it. I warned him. "No go on read on."
"All we want," added Ted, seriously, "ith a chance to athist our chum Hen. We believe him to be under thome influence, and tho we're bent on breaking hith chains." Each of the seven boys had a certain load to carry besides his rubber poncho, and his pack was supposed to hold the extra food supplies as well.
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