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"Casper is intoxicated already with the mere fumes," retorted Bently good humoredly. "He's bound to fill a drunkard's grave sooner or later." "No; I never shall," chuckled the other. "I'm altogether too good natured to crowd the drunkard out." This sally was received with applause, and the glasses being filled, the usual toasts to the goddess Pasht and to art were drank.

"Oh she!" said Ester, brought suddenly and painfully back to all her troublesome thoughts and then, after a moment's hesitation, taking a quick resolution to probe this matter to its foundation, if it had one. "Mr. Foster, don't you think she is very peculiar?" At which question Mr. Foster laughed, then answered good humoredly: "Do you think me a competent witness in that matter?"

He licked his lips and added, "They was beauties an' no mistake." "Big Brazilian gem," he read on. "Eighty thousan' dollars many valuable gems of the first water several thousan' small diamonds well worth forty thousan'." "What you don't know about jools is worth knowin'," Matt smiled good humoredly. "Theory of the sleuths," Jim read.

Smith good humoredly. "Why don't you let them alone, then? What do you expect to find?" "Why, I I " Mr. Smith was plainly non-plused. "Well, I can tell you it's a silly business, whatever you find. If you find your grandfather's a bigger man than you are, you'll be proud of it, but you ought to be ashamed of it 'cause you aren't bigger yourself!

"Or a leper," he added good humoredly, quick to recognize the disadvantage at which the loss of her temper placed her. "They must be a poor lot where you live," he continued. "I think we had better pass them by without further comment." She was suffocated she could have bitten her tongue off! "Have you no consideration for others' feelings for what they might want?" she cried. "Ah!

"But if you stand there, sir, you'll get left," said the official good- humoredly. "Better get in, John, an' don't argy with the gentleman," said Mrs. Stump. Her husband obeyed, grudgingly. The inspector examined his ticket, and Royson's, and locked the door. "Nice thing!" grumbled Stump. "I can't give you a good-by hug now, Becky." This was literally true.

She screamed affectedly and danced about shaking off the ashes. Then with feigned maidenly piquancy and many reproachful glances, she went out laughing good humoredly. He was good natured, and when she was gone he laughed boyishly. Good nature is one of the virtues of impurity. Still giggling she set the tray down in the kitchen and told Cook-mother Charity about it.

"Prince Maiyo is over here on a special mission. We ourselves have only been able to surmise its object with the aid of our secret service in Tokio. You can rest assured of one thing, however. It is of vast importance to the interests of this country that we secure his goodwill." The Duchess smiled good humoredly.

"Now, see here," protested Benson, good humoredly, "as I understand it, you're paid to take me over to the Army tug not to ask questions. Am I right?" "You're right," nodded the fisherman, then surveyed the boy's uniform curiously. "Your uniform looks like you was in the Navy?" suggested the man at the stern of the boat. "Does it?" queried Jack. "Are you in the Navy?" persisted the boat man.

The king, who, up to this time, had listened, with a smiling face, to the passionate and bitter speech of Voltaire, now rose from his seat, and pointing his finger threateningly at him, said, good- humoredly: "Still, still, monsieur! Beware! I believe the king comes! Lower your voice, Voltaire, that he may not hear you. Let us not await the coming of the king, but withdraw very quietly.