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Updated: June 27, 2025
"I never was so glad in all my life as when I found out you were here. The letter was forwarded to me at the beach. We're at Wildwood for the summer. Maybe I didn't pick up my things in a hurry. To use slang, which you know I can't resist using occasionally, I hot-footed it for the station the minute Ma said I could come." "Which letter do you mean, Elfreda?" asked Grace in a puzzled tone.
It was not a dignified thing to do, but he had to yell for Assistance and yell plenty. He hot-footed to the Gusher, friend of his Youth and God-Father to his Children. He explained that his Heels were beating a Tattoo on the Ragged Edge of Insolvency, and unless he could raise the Wind, it meant a Receiver over at the Works, his Credit evaporated and the Pianola to the Hock-Shop.
Those Rover boys are like cats each has nine lives. Sam Rover will be hot-footed after you before you know it." "Have you got that money with you, Baxter?" "To be sure I have. I never travel without a wad." "Then let me have some." "You won't need it, if we are to travel together." "We may become separated," urged Lew Flapp. He did not altogether trust his companion.
I was starved hungry, and I remember I hot-footed it proper upstairs to his den and threw open the door." Puff! puff! went the big stogie. "An Irish plasterer with seven kids ate that turkey, I recollect," he completed, "and I've never kept Thanksgiving from that day to this." "And your grandfather?" unemotionally. "Just the same.
But though they tramped the locality for a good half hour the pursuit of Arnold Baxter proved useless. "He is probably making good use of his time," was Tom's comment. "He knew we would be after him hot-footed, just as soon as we heard of his being here." "I'm going to drive over to the railroad station," said Dick. "He may hang around and get aboard of the first morning train."
"Partner," he said gravely to Flanders, "I've always prided myself on having eyes a little better than the next one, but just now I guess I must of been seein' double. Seemed to me that that was Sandy Ferguson that you hot-footed out of that door or has Sandy got a double?" "Nope," said the bartender, wiping the last of the perspiration from his forehead, "that's Sandy, all right."
They think there's some secret place here, where the goods are stored and reshipped. That's why so many detectives are here. They are after the smugglers hot-footed." Tom Swift dropped the tool he was using, and came over to where Ned stood, his chum having vaulted in through the open window. "Ned," said the young inventor, "there's something queer about this business."
But run he did, Bellona hot-footed after him, and gaining. And then, just as she caught up, he in full stride, and she leaping with nose at his knee, there was a sudden flash, a burst of smoke, a terrific detonation, and where man and dog had been the instant before there was naught to be seen but a big hole in the ground. "Death from accident while engaged in illegal fishing."
But it was Eric who at length plunged out of the confusion, ball in arm, shook off three or four tacklers and started hot-footed toward the distant goal. By some unusual burst of speed he not only got a clear start of the rest, but shot past Steve before that youth could intercept him.
We'll get after that whole bunch hot-footed!" "And don't spare them," added Dick, thinking of poor Tom. "They deserve all that is coming to them." "And they'll get it," said the lawyer, briefly. The next morning was a busy one for Dick. He visited the lawyer's office at an early hour and then went to the police station.
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