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The damned puppy of a fellow took for granted that Christian was in love with him; but here she was, going about as usual, as jolly as a sandboy; "in fact," Dick would say, plastering up with bromidic mortar the windows of the narrow dwelling wherein dwelt Lady Isabel's soul, "all's well that ends well!"
A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it. The baker's wife drew back, shut the door and resumed her knitting. The sun was hot for an hour or two in the middle of the day, but even then in the shadow dwelt a cold breath of the winter, or of death of something that humanity felt unfriendly.
He was "as jolly as a sandboy," "right as a trivet;" had had "one or two very good things," and thought that upon the whole he liked Ennis better than Limerick. "Johnstone is such a deuced good fellow!" Johnstone was the captain of the 20th Hussars who happened to be stationed with him at Limerick.
Bluewater Bill had entered the shed while the boys were discussing the situation and Le Blanc was tearing his hair. He was soon made acquainted with what had happened. "Say," he said finally after due consideration, "that was a pretty heavy lever, wasn't it, boys?" "Yes," was the reply. "Then he didn't carry it very fur. This fellow Sandboy, I mean." "I don't suppose so," rejoined Frank.
So King broke a somewhat awkward silence by saying, heartily, "Yep, we know!" and all the others said "Yep" in chorus. "I think, O Royal Court," the Queen began, "that our first paper is fine. How often shall we issue The Jolly Sandboy?" "'Bout once a week, I think," said Tom. "All right," agreed King; "and you fellows get your stuff in a little earlier next week so's I can typewrite it in time."
You know you were always saying you wanted to get up and come downstairs to be with us, weren't you?" "I certainly should have liked better to be with you," Lucilla admitted. "Well, and Vera said, 'Here's Luce lying tucked up as jolly as a sandboy, why shouldn't we be jolly too?" "Exactly; and she wasn't fretful, or complaining, or hysterical once, all the time, was she?"
You'll get into it by-and-by, you see if you don't, and be as jolly as a sandboy. We shall get along all right together, too. I shan't be hard on you. It isn't my fault that you happen to be at this particular school you chose it! And after this term you can go to any other school you like Eton or Rugby, or anywhere. I don't mind the expense. Of, if you'd rather, you can have a private tutor.
The Sand Club was not very strict in its methods or systems. Some days it met, and some days it didn't. Sometimes all the court was present, and sometimes only three or four of them. But everything went on harmoniously, and there were no exhibitions of ill temper from the Sand Witch. In fact, Hester was absorbed in doing her part toward the first number of The Jolly Sandboy.
He was silent for a long time and went early to bed, where I can vouch for it he did not sleep. But he must have thought a lot in the night time, for in the morning he had got himself in hand and was as cheerful as a sandboy. I watched his philosophy with amazement. It was far beyond anything I could have compassed myself.
He had a small typewriter of his own, and he laboriously copied the contributions on fair, white pages, and, with Hester's pictures interspersed, bound them all into a neat cover of red paper. This Hester ornamented with a yellow sand-pail, emblem of their club, and tied it at the top with a yellow ribbon. Altogether, the first number of The Jolly Sandboy was a strikingly beautiful affair.
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