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Now beholding the speaker's lazy assurance of pose, the contemptuous indifference of his general air, M'Ginnis stood speechless a moment, his clenched fists quivering, while, above the loosely-tied scarf, his powerful neck seemed to swell and show knotted cords that writhed and twisted, and when at last he spoke, his words came in a panting rush.
"Anyway, come and have tea here with me to-night, Spider, unless you think I am er too dangerous to visit just now on account of M'Ginnis " "Dangerous?" repeated the Spider, scowling, "bo, when I get a call t' free food with a guy like you, danger gets lost in th' shuffle an' forgotten I'll be there. Now here's your bean cover catch! S' long!"
"Well, since you ask," said Ravenslee, shaking languid head, "I should scarcely class you as a 'bud' myself. No I should say you were perhaps just a trifle er overblown. But have it your own way!" and Mr. Ravenslee smiled engagingly. "Where's Spike?" demanded M'Ginnis, his tone a little gruffer, "and say you can cut out the comedy, see? Nix on the funny business."
"Easy, Bud, easy!" he remonstrated gently, when M'Ginnis's torrent of frenzied threats and curses had died down somewhat. "If you go on that way, you'll go off in a fit or something an' I shouldn't like t' see ye die that way!" "Up the river, is he?" panted M'Ginnis. "'S right, Bud, up the river in his big house with her. "Is he, by " "A dandy place f' honeymoonin', Bud!"
"Why, bless ye, Bud M'Ginnis can do anything with him!" "How so?" "Because Arthur jest worships M'Ginnis for his strength and toughness!" "I see!" "Yes, Arthur thinks there's nobody in the world could lick Bud M'Ginnis." "Hum! May I smoke, Mrs. Trapes?" "Sure ye may!" she nodded, and began to collect the supper things.
Suddenly, as he stood with head bent above the paper, this door opened suddenly, and M'Ginnis entered; he also held a paper, and now he spoke without troubling to lift his scowling gaze from the printed column he was scanning: "That you, Lefty? Here's a hell of a mix-up that dog-gone fool Heine's got himself pinched and in Jersey City too! I told him t' stay around here till things was quiet!
"So I got ye at last have I?" said he slowly. "And I've got you," said Ravenslee pleasantly; "we seem to have got each other, don't we?" "See here, you," said M'Ginnis, his massive shoulders squared, his big chin viciously outthrust, "you're goin' t' leave Mulligan's, see?" "Am I?" said Ravenslee, lounging upon a corner of the battered desk. "You sure are," nodded M'Ginnis.
An' flowers Gee, she nearly eats 'em!" "On the other hand," said Mr. Ravenslee, watching the smoke from his pipe with a dreamy eye, "on the other hand I gather she does not like Mr. M'Ginnis! I wonder why?" "You can search me!" answered Spike, shaking his head, "but it's a sure thing she ain't got no use for Bud." "And yet you go around with him, Spike." "But don't I tell ye he's been good t' me!
Beholding his pale, set face Hermione, sighing deeply, shrank away; even M'Ginnis blenched as, very slowly, Ravenslee approached him, speaking softly the while. "Get out, Mr. Flowers, get out! Don't say another word no, not one, if only because of 'that dog-gone fool Heine! Now go, or so help me God, this time I'll kill you!" Hermione leaned her trembling body against the table for support.
Geoffrey, I told Bud M'Ginnis just exactly what kind o' a beast Bud M'Ginnis is. I told Bud M'Ginnis where Bud M'Ginnis come from an' where Bud M'Ginnis would go to. I told Bud M'Ginnis the character of his mother an' father, very plain an' p'inted." "And what did he say?" "He say! Mr. Geoffrey, I didn't give him a chance to utter a single word, of course.
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