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I at once put the question. The Jew grinned, and shook his grisly head. "Her father'sh in difficultiesh, and mum's the word, my dear." To that answer he adhered, in spite of all that I could say to him. With equal obstinacy I determined, sooner or later, to get my information. I took service under Mr.
Thrice I waved my hand to her, and thrice she answered, and then together, the lad and I, we entered the dark wood and saw her no more. "Your best leg forward, lad," said I to him, "and mum's the word. There's work to do on the ship, and work ashore for a woman's sake. Are you game for that, Dolly are you game, my boy?" Well, he didn't answer me.
With this were three letters addressed to the theatre. One of them was from a press-cutting agency asking to be allowed to supply all newspaper articles relating to herself, and inclosing a paragraph as a specimen: "A little bird whispers that 'Gloria, as 'Gloria, is to be a startling surprise. Those who have seen her rehearse But mum's the word an' we could an' we would," etc.
Then she must be..." but he stopped at that, rushed at a wall, scrambled up, and promptly scrambled down again. The discovery that his mother was beautiful was one which he felt must absolutely be kept to himself. His father's cigar, however, took so long to smoke, that at last he was compelled to say: "I want to see what Mum's brought home. Do you mind, Daddy?"
"Mum's the word; and we've only got to say she's goin' to visit one of your old friends in Anjer which'll be quite true, you know, for the landlady o' the chief hotel there is a great friend o' yours, and we'll take Kathy to her straight. Besides, the trip will do her health a power o' good, though I'm free to confess it don't need no good to be done to it, bein' A.1 at the present time.
"Now I wonder if there is such a thing as a trained monkey in my marvelous and magnificent gathering of the splendors of the Orient out there. By Jove, I'm going through that camp with a fine-tooth comb, and if I find a monk, I'll habeas-corpus him, and we'll hang him to the rafters." "Well, mum's the word about the money," warned Ted. "We don't want this thing to leak out.
Young Gourlay, therefore, when once set agoing by the Deacon's deft management, blurted everything without a hanker. Even so, however, he felt that he had gone too far. He glanced anxiously at his companion. "Mum's the word about this, of course," he said with a wink. "It would never do for this to be known about the 'Green Shutters."
I could have kept that a secret had it not have been you are to go to-morrow morning" "Oh, rest easy," said the cheerful soldier, "mum's the word. But, Miss Flora, tell me this: How on earth did she lose it?" "Captain Kincaid, by the goodness of the heart!" "But how did it go; was it ?" "Blown up! Blown up with that poor old man in the powder-mill!
And it's filling up, every day people coming from everywhere. I've got the biggest scheme on earth and I'll take you in; I'll take in every friend I've got that's ever stood by me, for there's enough for all, and to spare. Mum's the word don't whisper keep yourself to yourself. You'll see! Come! rush! hurry! don't wait for anything! "It's the same old boy, Nancy, jest the same old boy ain't he?"
"It was kind of a joy ride," Lutchester explained confidentially, "a cousin of mine who was in command came in to see me and say good-by, just after I'd received my orders from the head of my department to come out here on the next steamer, and he smuggled me on board that night. Mum's the word, though, if you please. We asked nobody's leave.
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