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He pulled his napkin from his chin with Garrity emphasis and dropped it in the gravy. He thumped about the table, then stopped. One big freckled paw reached uncertainly outward and plunked with intended gentleness upon the woman's shoulder, to rest, trembling there, a second. Then silently Martin went on upstairs. For that touch had told her that it was his heart!
"And just to think he's the very five-pronged old boy I've been talking about this long while." "My, but he acted as though he was mad at you!" Max went on, anxious to hear some of the particulars of what had happened. "That's straight goods, Max, and he had reason to be mad at me. I plunked him with that first shot and he went down.
We are getting our own back, but in the early days it was different. Then you had to take everything without a reply. In fact, we would get twenty shells in return for every one we sent over. Fritz seemed to enjoy it, but we British didn't, we were the sufferers. Just one casualty after another. Sometimes whole platoons would disappear, especially when a 'Jack Johnson' plunked into their middle.
"Well, deh blokie he says: 'T'hell wid it! 'Deh hell, I says. Like dat! 'Deh hell, I says. See? 'Don' make no trouble, I says. Like dat. 'Don' make no trouble. See? Dat's what he said. See?" "Sure," repeated Jimmie. Pete continued. "Say, I jes' jumped deh bar an' deh way I plunked dat blokie was great. See? Dat's right! In deh jaw! See? Hully gee, he t'rowed a spittoon true deh front windee.
Amen. Then he pulled a twenty-dollar gold piece out of his pocket and plunked her down before the minister, 'Shoot, says he. 'You're faded. "Well. there old Scraggs I say 'old, but the man weren't more than forty celebrated his eighty-first marriage in that old bull-pen, and they lived as happy ever after as any story book. Which knocks general principles.
Having devoted many Days to the Annual Report of the Purity Brigade, he was due to turn in at 9 o'clock each evening, while recuperating in the Country. The sanctified Product of the new and regenerative Influences at work in every City was plunked down in the Hot-bed of Gaiety at about 4 P. M.. The Comrades of his Boyhood were massed on the Platform. As he alighted, they sang, "Hail!
Thinks I, you poor cuss, you must 'a' tried to stop that feller on hossback an' he plunked you. That accounted fer the second shot. But while I wuz tryin' to lift him up an' git somethin' out'n him about the matter, I sees his boss standin' in the road a couple o' rods away.
"I don't think he suspects anything," said the major. "It's only ordinary counter-preparation." In any case it didn't affect our attack, which started with splendid zest. The Boche plunked a few gas shells near us; but by 9.15 the brigade-major told me that the Americans and our own infantry had advanced a thousand yards and were on their first objective.
Tweet's shiny new car plunked down into the road, and that gentleman continued on toward the trucks and the machine of Ragtown's first merchant, Mr. Huber. Hiram Hooker was riding with Jerkline Jo, and the two had been deep in their studies when the appearance of the various automobiles had distracted their attention.
Ain't had nothing but bacon and flapjacks since I left." Elsie fluttered across to light her charcoal brazier. But Carmena lingered beside Lennon. "Huh," muttered Slade. "Where'd sonny boy git hit? Ain't plunked bad, is he?" "Oh, no. "No, not fatal," Carmena broke in on Lennon's disclaimer of serious injury. She gave Slade a significant side glance.
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