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At the same time he pointed out to them that it would be a risky undertaking; he had no chart of that part of the Western Pacific, and, if they lost the ship, they would stand but little chance of escaping from the cannibal natives.
Always thought those Patagonians were risky, but you wouldn't hear of it. Hope we shall see you before very long; you and Mrs. Vaughan must come to tea some day after Christmas." "Of course we are all very sorry for them," said Henrietta Dixon. "No, we haven't called on Mrs. Vaughan yet. They have no regular servant, you know; only a woman in the morning.
"Yes," added Valentine. "It would be precious risky work firing bullets about in this garden with a muzzle-loader." "Pooh! you're a nice chap to think of being a soldier, if you're afraid of letting off a gun!" "Val knows a lot more about guns than you do," broke in Jack. "I suppose you think a thorn hedge and a bit of board would stop a bullet, you duffer!"
The meal, however, was a trial to him, for he had during eight long years lived for the most part apart from all his kind, a lonely toiler, and now was constrained to personate a man known to be almost dangerously skillful with his tongue. At first sight the task appeared almost insuperably difficult, but Winston was a clever man, and felt all the thrill of one playing a risky game just then.
Once a quarter she regularly took her savings to the bank in the little town of F t, and on one of these occasions she was tempted to invest one hundred pounds of her savings in a very risky speculation. Just about the time that the children were given into her charge this speculation was pronounced in danger, and Lydia, when she brought Cecile and Maurice home, was very anxious about her money.
I have completed my political education on salt water, and I tackle you on the Land question. I am the heir of your votes, gentlemen! I forgot, and I apologize; he calls them fellow-men. Fraternal, and not so risky. Here at Lespel's we read the thing with shouts. It hangs in the smoking- room.
This, added to the fact that a chemical solution protects the tongue and lips, makes the act comparatively safe. But one word of caution. Do not try to fire-proof the mouth with tungstate of soda. This warning cannot be made too strong! In fact, it is well not to try any fire-eating at all. It is too risky unless one is a professional.
There are no risky wire-ropes to snap and let down the whole affair." "I know, but there are no wire-ropes to hold her up, either, and " Hawkins snorted angrily. Then he grabbed me bodily and forced me along toward the door of his Hydro-Vapor Lift. "Actually, you do make me tired," he said. "You seem to think that everybody is conspiring to take your wretched little life!"
You believe me capable of having remarried after my execution; that is rather risky. The devil! sir, one must be very sure of his facts, at least, to attribute to men such original proceedings." "Hold, my lord, you doubtless do not believe in my authority, and you jest; but your gayety does not surprise me; your grace has kept his freedom of spirit in circumstances more serious than this."
"If your neighbor is more ignorant than what you are, partic'larly if he's as ignorant as Cooper's cow, you'd ought, as a Kennebec man an' a Christian, to set him on the right track, though it's always a turrible risky thing to do."
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