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But as soon as the quartette had fairly entered the house and I was assured, by certain subdued sounds, that they had fallen into the trap that had been set for them, I turned on my heel again, and presently found the four prisoners in process of being secured.
Weldon, finished player that he was, found it tame work to umpire a team whose sole idea of tactics was to get there in any way that offered itself. Half an hour sufficed; then, appointing an understudy, he walked away in search of Paddy. From the midst of a torrent of instructions to his quartette of black subordinates, Paddy's voice sang out a cheery greeting. "Come along, little feller!
"Oh, there goes Grace Harlowe! Grace! Grace! Wait a minute!" A curly-haired little girl hastily deposited her suit case, golf bag, two magazines and a box of candy on the nearest bench and ran toward a quartette of girls who had just left the train that stood puffing noisily in front of the station at Overton.
And the others were fain to agree in the plausibility of the scheme. It was midnight when the quartette separated to meet at the quiet wedding of the morrow. Alixe Delavigne had finally approved the plan, when Anson Anstruther drew her away to confer upon the risk. "You see," he pleaded, "Murray will never even speak to Miss Johnstone.
It was a large, fine-looking structure, but as no lights were visible, the family had evidently retired. "I should think they'd leave a night light in the hall," grumbled Daisy, as the quartette climbed the veranda steps and stood, dripping, at the front door. "Whew!" exclaimed Jack. "It's good to get where that rain doesn't drive straight into your eyes, anyway! Ring the bell, Farnsworth."
No uneasy conscience would have ever disturbed his rest: no remorse or pity ever stirred in his breast. He was the human counterpart of a bird of prey. Well, he was dead now. Three of the quartette who had been joined by avarice and lawless actions were taken care of Burkhardt a prisoner, Gordon dead by self-administered poison, Vorse by bullets.
We fell into a long, measured stroke, and covered the miles rapidly, scarcely exchanging a single word till, at the end of a long pull through vacancy, Davies said suddenly; 'Now where are we to land? A sandbank was looming over us crowned by a lonely boom. 'Where are we? 'A quarter of a mile from Memmert. 'What time is it? 'Nearly three. 22 The Quartette
"'Twas what I done," the skipper persisted, with an air of guilt and remorse. "I just, felt like doin' it, an' so I done it. 'I'll never give in to it, mum, says I, 'that you're gettin' old." I groaned with the twins and Skipper Tommy made a dismal quartette of it and the wind, rising sharply at that moment, contributed a chorus of heartrending noises.
In his enthusiasm he not only acted the scene, but he imitated the gesture and dialect of the several parties to the escapade so perfectly that the little lady, in her delight over the story, quite forgot her anxiety and even the musicale itself, and only remembered the quartette when Malachi, bowing obsequiously before her, said: "Dey's a-waitin' for you, Miss Lavinia.
And gallantly those others backed us up, for at the sound of my whistle, young Acutt a fine, athletic young giant dashed out of the cabin and, without paying any attention to the writhing and struggling quartette in his way, dodged us and rushed forward to the galley to prevent cookie from interfering, while Fielder, Boyne, Pearson, and Taylor the other four young griffins rushed with equal celerity to the support of the doctor, Briggs, Carter, and myself.
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