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Updated: June 14, 2025
"I should say it was," muttered the young lady, as the remains of what had been a carryall were pulled up beside the platform by the skinny skeleton of what might once have been a horse. "It's a rattletrap." There was no choice, however; for that was the only public conveyance at the station, and the trunk was already whisked in behind the dashboard, and the driver was waiting for her.
A hundred and twenty miles in one night should settle the matter so far as this old rattletrap is concerned." "Of course we'll pay you, doctor," said Winter. "That's more than Hilton Fenley will ever do, I'm afraid." Tom tickled his scalp under his cap. "Mr. Hilton gemme a fiver," he said rather sheepishly.
Many vehicles came dashing down Tinplate Street: carriages, public and private, of every variety, from the rattletrap cab hired off the stand, or the decent coach from the livery stable, to the smart spick-and-span brougham, with its well-appointed horses and servants in neat livery.
This was the first time any of the Sherwoods had seen him since the day of the big storm and the fire in the sawdust. Nan ran out immediately to speak to the old lumberman; but Toby was calling for Uncle Henry: "Hey, Hen! Hen Sherwood! Come out yere," he cried. Uncle Henry halloaed from the stables, and came striding at the call. Nan reached the old rattletrap wagon first. "Oh, Mr.
Despite the young man's protests, Dr. Ambrose was called and he rattled over in what the jolly medical man termed his "one-horse shay." That rattletrap of a second-hand car was known in every town and hamlet for miles around. Sometimes he got stalled, for the engine of the car was one of the crankiest ever built, and the good physician had to get out and proceed on foot.
Frank released the hand brake, pressed the clutch into low with his foot, and shot ahead. Shifting the clutch into high, Frank opened the throttle wide and the old rattletrap seemed fairly to leap ahead, its wheels spurning the ground. The lights of the other car which had theretofore seemed dimmed were switched to full brightness.
When I called it a rattletrap, I merely meant that it was so for a man of my age. You know you always forget that I an't a young man." "I am quite sure you are not an old man, Wilfred," said she, accepting the apology in her heart and smiling at him with the tear still on her cheek.
When I called it a rattletrap, I merely meant that it was so for a man of my age. You know you always forget that I an't a young man. 'I am quite sure you are not an old man, Wilfred, said she, accepting the apology in her heart, and smiling at him with the tear still on her cheek.
The auto that would really come to grief was an old rattletrap of a machine, but it would serve the purpose well enough for the film, since only a momentary glimpse of it, and that showing it going at full speed, would be given. The dummy figures, made up to look like Ruth and Alice, were in readiness. "Now, girls, take your places, if you please," said Mr.
And, if we hadn't, what was we goin' to do about it? Bailey, between you and me and the mizzenmast, Heman Atkins wants to get ahold of that place the worst way." "He does? He DOES? For the land sakes, ain't he got property enough already? Ain't a a palace like that enough for one man, without wantin' to buy a rattletrap like THAT?"
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