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"I have you at last, you villain!" cried Larry, in a strange rage and panic: "drop down out of that on the grass here, and give yourself up, or I'll shoot you." The threat was backed with an oath, and he drew from his coat pocket the long holster pistol he was wont to carry, and covered his man cleverly. "I give you while I count ten one-two-three-four.
Rosemary raised up in bed, shivering with excitement. She counted the strokes. One-two one-two one-two-three-four. Reaching for her dressing gown at the foot of the bed, she seized it and rushed for the door. Sarah's door opened at the same moment and the two little figures met in the hall. They shouted together, rousing the household. "Plummers Lane!" they shrieked. "The fire's in Plummers Lane!"
The formula which solves one boy will no more solve the next one than the rule-of-three will solve a question in calculus, or, to rise into your sphere, than the receipt for one-two-three-four cake will conduct you to a successful issue through plum-pudding." I excel in metaphysical discussion, and was about giving further elaboration to my favorite idea, when the door burst open.
Just four straight steps as if you were walking down the street. That's it! One-two-three-four! Don't look at me. Look at my feet. And a one-two three-four." Red-faced, they were. Very earnest. Pathetically eager and docile. Weeks of drilling had taught them to obey commands.
A good character, brother William John, goes on compound-interesting, just like good coin. Didn't you feel a sort of heat as I brushed by you eh? That was a matter of one-two-three-four" Anthony watched the farmer as his voice swelled up on the heightening numbers: "five-six-six thousand pounds, brother William John.
"But what is this? A company of my foot-guards in confusion! One-two-three-four of them wounded if, indeed, one is not killed outright! Do you tell me that this old man and this boy have done it all, besides bruising the faces of a dozen more?" "They and a swarm of cursed bees, your Majesty." "This is incredible! . . . Bees?"
F-or-r-d HUNCH! Wake up there, Redhead!" Hinpoha jumped and caught pace with the rest of her squad, who were several steps ahead, and then it dawned on her that "F-o-r-r-r-d Hunch!" must mean "Forward March!" "One-two-three-four! Left! Left! Left! Left! You with the plaid tie, get in step!" Migwan shuffled her feet and fell into rhythm. "One-two-three-four!"
Heads whirled back and arms straightened out at sides as though released by a spring. "R-r-i-g-h-t D-r-e-s-s!" Heads and arms repeated their swift motions. "Hold it! Hold it!" rasped the voice. "Who said 'Front? Here, Redhead!" Hinpoha hastily resumed the position she had abandoned too soon. "Now, FRONT! Again, RIGHT DRESS! FRONT! R-r-r-e-a-d-y! M-a-r-r-k t-i-m-e, M-a-h-k! One-two-three-four!
But I'm afraid it is." Each consulted a watch, and looked guiltily at the other. "It has been very short," said Joyce involuntarily. "And very sweet!" added George below his breath. "Well, come on, little parcels. One-two-three-four have I got them all? Why what is it?" The girl's face had a piteous look as it was turned to his. "I had forgotten it all the Hapgoods, Lozcoski, poor Nate!
She was handing them a key that would unlock the social graces. She was presenting them with a magic something that would later act as an open sesame to a hundred legitimate delights. She was strictly business, was Miss Hall. No nonsense about her. "One-two-three-four! And a one-two three-four. One-two-three-four! And a turn-two, turn-four. Now then, all together.
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