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We shall call her Daisey, so as not to have two Megs, and I suppose the mannie will be Jack, unless we find a better name," said Amy, with aunt-like interest. "Name him Demijohn, and call him Demi for short," said Laurie "Daisy and Demi, just the thing! I knew Teddy would do it," cried Jo clapping her hands.
"Accordingly, when we had safely passed over the entire route to within fourteen miles of Montgomery, and were beyond the reach of danger, Joe Pentland determined to test Vivalla's bravery. He had secretly purchased at Mt. Megs, on the way, an old Indian dress with a fringed hunting shirt and moccasins and these he put on, after coloring his face with Spanish brown.
"You are impertinent, sirrah," says Mr. Waverton. "The fellow well deserved his end. I may tell you that I was advised to deal with him thus privately by a noble lord in high place." "Then it's worth more than a hundred megs." "You have your pay, I believe. I am satisfied with you." "Damn your airs," says Ned, but something awed by this parade. "Well, I must quit." "It is better," Mr.
The best kind of a "dabster" is made from a mole's skin. The common marbles used by boys everywhere are called mibs, fivers, commies, migs, megs, alleys, and dubs. A very large marble is a bumbo and a very small one a peawee. Glass marbles are called crystals and those made of agate are called reals. The choicest real is supposed to be green and is called a "mossic" or "moss real."
He advanced upon her, and she stopped gaping, and got herself out with a great clatter of crockery. "Od burn and blast it! I want it," says the wet gentleman, and collapsed into a chair. "I believe you, squire. I want it." "What is the news with you?" Mr. Waverton said. "Od's bones, ha' you got the megs? The megs, I say. Oh, rot you, the ready, the hundred guineas?" "Is it done then?" Mr.
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