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Have I lived to hear it from a jackanapes like you? And he made for Buncombe, and I had to hold them apart; and there was Adams in the middle, gone luny again, and carrying on about copra like a born fool. It was good as the play, and I was about knocked out of time with laughing, when all of a sudden Adams sat up, clapped his hands to his chest, and went into horrors.
Many things we spoke of, as concerning the mother of the Maid how wise she was, yet in a kind of amazement, and not free from fear, wherefore she prayed constantly for her child. Moreover Elliot told me that the jackanapes was now hers of right, for that the woman, its owner, had been at Puy, but without her man, and had sold it to her, as to a good mistress, yet with tears at parting.
The dignity and purity of E'.s character stand forth in strong relief against the laxity of his times. Writer of children's stories, dau. of Mrs. Among her tales, which have hardly been excelled in sympathetic insight into child-life, and still enjoy undiminished popularity, are: A Flat Iron for a Farthing, Jackanapes, Jan of the Windmill, Mrs.
Round went the pony so unceremoniously, that, with as little ceremony, Jackanapes clung to his neck, and he did not properly recover himself before Lollo stopped with a jerk at the place where they had started. "Is his name Lollo?" asked Jackanapes, his hand lingering in the wiry mane. "Yes." "What does Lollo mean?" "Red." "Is Lollo your pony?" "No. My father's." And the Gipsy boy led Lollo away.
To be deserted the first minute he was alone with her, and for that jackanapes with the small head and the volcanic glances! It was too much! And suddenly it occurred to him that she was alone with Kasteliz alone at night, and far from home. 'Well, he thought, 'what do I care? and shouldered his way on through the crowd. It served him right for mixing with such people here.
"Fourteen pounds nineteen shillings and ten-pence then, is what I want," said Jackanapes. "Bless my soul, what for?" "To buy Lollo with. Lollo means red, sir. The Gipsy's red-haired pony, sir. Oh, he is beautiful! You should see his coat in the sunshine! You should see his mane! You should see his tail! Such little feet, sir, and they go like lightning!
"I've got to stamp this spirit out in the school," decided the principal, again at a white heat. "If I don't I'll soon have some real trouble on hand with these young jackanapes! The idea of their making me -the principal -ridiculous in the town! No school principal can submit to hoaxes like that one without suffering in public esteem.
Ultimately, when he and his uncle had gone down to Lorne, he had been compelled to make a clean breast of things and ask for money with which to settle his debts. "Debts of honour," he had termed them, and the description acted like a red rag to a bull. Sir Philip had lost his temper completely. "'Debts of honour' you call 'em, you young jackanapes!" he had raged.
'The jackanapes must learn to put up with ordinary work, said Alaric, 'or he'll soon find himself reduced to his former insignificance. 'And the men with the broken hearts; they, I suppose, must put up with their wretchedness too, said Mrs.
He had practised since he was able to talk, never losing a chance to bestride a steed; and now he was in his glory. Round and round went the colt, amid the laughter of the onlookers. They apprehended no danger, for they knew that the youngster could ride like a jackanapes; in any case the yard was soft with litter, and no harm could happen to the boy.
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