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Jack was the first to recover his wits. He snatched his hands from his eyes and seized the wheel. In a jiffy the Wondership's earthward plunge was checked. Once more she regained an even keel. "Wh-what happened?" stuttered Tom anxiously. "We were hit by lightning," replied Jack. "Goodness! I thought we were goners, for a minute." "I confess that I did, too. But I guess the 'electric cage' worked.
If he didn't up and leave his bread and butter and mug of milk, as he was a-enjoyin' of as 'arty as you like, and, 'Look 'ere, says he, 'giv' me the jug. I'll make some fine drink with lemons. I see Dick do it often up at his place. Giv' me the squeezer. Wait till I washes my 'ands. I won't be a minnit. Then in he rushes into the scullery, washes his hands, runs back again in a jiffy.
'Yes, said Pauer, 'I. His tone was angry, and his friend, after a humorous glance at him, poured out a glass of beer and drank it, but said no more. 'Stay there till I come back, said Pauer a minute or so later. 'I'll be back in a jiffy. Darco made a renewed onslaught on the cold boiled beef, as if he had been famishing. Paul sat still and stared at the fire.
But it was not long until I knew the object of the meeting, for some one in the crowd sang out: "Choose partners for a quadrille!" and in a jiffy there was a double set on the floor, and the floor manager said: "All ready." The musicians took their seats, and the same prompter stood there that prompted for them the time I attended that other party of Mrs. Elliott's.
In two more jumps the bear would have been on top of the Indian, but Jim sprang between them, rifle in hand. Before he could fire, the weapon was wrenched from his hands and broken like a reed. He grabbed his pistol, and that was knocked out of his hand in a jiffy. Then the bear closed on him and both went down, the bear on top.
The bull was on his feet in a jiffy, and before I could recover my rope, Enrique, who had reset his saddle, passed me, followed by the entire squad. Uncle Lance had been a witness to both mishaps, and on overtaking us urged me to tie on to the bull again.
"Something nifty in tweeds?" enquired the business-like proprietor of this haven, following him amiably into the shop, "Or, maybe, yes, a nice serge? Say, mister, I got a sweet thing in blue serge that'll fit you like the paper on the wall!" Archie wanted to talk about clothes, but not yet. "I say, laddie," he said, hurriedly. "Lend me, your ear for half a jiffy!"
In a jiffy, my clothes hung about where they might dry most quickly, and I myself was absorbing, through every pore, the welcome heat of the stifling compartment. They brought us hot soup and coffee, and then those who were not on duty sat around and helped me damn the Kaiser and his brood.
One chance spy and Hugh Worthington would be on his defense, and I would then lose my place in a jiffy and all power to make him disgorge." He was pondering over the best way to reach Clayton, and had just decided to wait after dark at the rooms for his old class-mate, when he remembered the annual election.
"Yes, come right in, Mr. Graves," he urged, cordially. "Set down by the fire and make yourself comf'table. Abbie'll have somethin' for us to eat in a jiffy. Pull up a chair." The lawyer came forward hesitatingly. The doubts which had troubled him ever since he entered the house were still in his mind. "Thank you, Captain," he said.
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