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If that young Micky ever did such a thing again, Uncle Mo said, the result would be a pretty how-do-you-do, involving possibly fatal consequences to Michael, and certainly local flagellation of unheard-of severity. Dolly did not consider this was to the point, and pursued her narrative without taking notice of it.
"Do you people down there still keep up that tiresome business of 'how-do-you-do' and 'good-bye'?" Climbing higher up the street, Peter Schmidt led Frederick through a number of houses and inside courtyards. In one of the courtyards with many corners, reminding Frederick of certain ancient sections of Hamburg and Nuremberg, was a ship-chandlery bearing the sign, "The Seagoing Ship."
And you'll very much oblige me by not whispering a word abroad about what you've heard this afternoon. It would cause me infinite annoyance. And meanwhile I suggest to you, Dale, as the lawyers say, that you have been impolite enough not to say how-do-you-do to your hostess." He turned to her rather sheepishly, and apologised. My news had bowled him over, he declared.
'Don't you think I ought to like my niece best? 'No' from Cecil. 'You said we belonged to you, too, observed Miss Sara. 'Of course. 'And all aunts, she pursued, 'don't like their nieces so dreadfully. 'Don't they? inquired Miss Levering, with an elaborate air of innocence. 'You didn't say how-do-you-do to me, said Cecil, with the air of one who makes a useful discovery. 'What?
"Yes, it is good-by; but I have promised him that it shall soon be how-do-you-do again. Mount Cheyenne and I understand each other." "I know; you have always had a sentimental attachment to that mountain. Now Pike's Peak is my affinity. We get on beautifully together." "Pike's Peak indeed! I am ashamed of you."
Pake indicated to Garth that Ancose Mackey stood before him. "Where is the Bishop?" Garth demanded impatiently. Ancose blandly ignored the question for the present. "How-do-you-do, sir," he said, like a mechanical doll, at the same time politely extending his hand. Garth, shaking it hastily, repeated his question but the young man was not to be hurried over any of his self-pleasing formalities.
He had dropped in to the Wrights' the night before to say how-do-you-do. "It was nearly ten. I only stayed a few minutes; then I went off. I had got as far as the gate, and I was was fixing my lantern, and I thought I heard a shot. And I said 'What's that? And I stood there, sort of holding my breath, you know; I couldn't believe it was a shot. And then they called.
Maya wanted to find out what sort of an animal it was. She flew to the next-door leaf and said how-do-you-do. The stranger made no reply. "How do you do, again?" And Maya gave its leaf a little tap. The flat object peeled one eye open, turned it on Maya, and said: "A bee. The world is full of bees," and closed its eye again. "Unique," thought Maya, and determined to get at the stranger's secret.
Well, as soon as the train stopped, this brakeman guessed something was wrong and ran up, saw the fellow cutting off the express car and took a couple of shots at him, and the fireman says the fellow didn't even take his hand off the coupling-pin; just turned around as cool as how-do-you-do and NAILED the brakeman right there. They weren't five feet apart when they began shooting.
All the sharks laughed uproariously, whereupon they surrounded our heroes and promptly lay back down in the sand and went to sleep. "Well," said Watts. "This is a fine how-do-you-do. But I don't think we have to worry about these guys too much. I seriously doubt they could eat glass, so we can protect the rest of you." He smiled a very sharp toothy smile. "Besides, they seem to be very lazy.
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