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He's not been in the House six years this is his second Parliament he's jumped up like a Jack- in-the-box. His first constituency was Harwich they've got him still, and much good may he do 'em! but how he came to stand for the place, or who, or what, or where he was before he stood for the place, no one seems to have the faintest notion. 'Hasn't he been a great traveller? 'I never heard of it.
You've made me spill coffee on Nita's Bagdad." "I can't help that," said Madeline Ayres, composedly. "You were implying that I'm a pig. I'm not; I'm only devoted to chocolate." "What's happening to-night, Nita?" demanded Bob, popping up like a Jack- in-the-box from behind Madeline's back. "There!" exclaimed Betty, resignedly. "I've spilled it again! Where have you been, Bob?"
Owing to his bulk and natural laziness, which rendered jumping about like a jack- in-the-box impossible, Hugh Mathison preferred to stand on the defensive; while his lighter opponent, giving way to the natural bent of his mercurial temperament and corporeal predilections, comported himself in a manner that cannot be likened to anything mortal or immortal, human or inhuman, unless it be to an insane cat, whose veins ran wild-fire instead of blood.
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