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"I have had so much to think of, with these wicked villains so close upon us, that it had quite gone out of my head." "Words, words!" shouted the other furiously. "Am I to be put off with words? I say to you again, how of the clams and scallops?" "My fair sir, you flatter me," cried the mayor. "I am a peaceful trader, and I am not wont to be so shouted at upon so small a matter."
We had seen princely dons of many leagues ride by in state; dashing caballeros resplendent in costumes of satin and velvet, on their way to sing beneath the windows of dark-eyed señoritas; and had stood close enough to the wearers of embroidered and lace-bedecked small clothes, to count the scallops which closed the seams of their outer garments, and to hear the faint tinkle of the tiny silver bells which dangled from them.
Soon, or mebby a little after, for we didn't walk fast on account of my deep tucker, we stood in front of what seemed to be one hull side of a long street, all full of orniments and open work, and pillows, and flowers, and carvin's, and scallops, and down between every scollop hung a big basket full of posys, of every beautiful color under the heavens.
They had a large circle of admirers and friends, who feel greatly overcome that these beautiful young twins are called away. Also, Wallops, older brother of the above, departed this life on June 10th. He was found dead on the seashore. Poor little Wallops, Died of eating scallops. Miss Cricket Ward has decided to sell out her peanut stand at cost. Mr.
Marvelously extensive, without the slightest appearance of waste or excess, they cover roofs and dome-tops and the base of every cliff, belt each spire and pyramid and massy, towering temple, and in beautiful continuous lines go sweeping along the great walls in and out around all the intricate system of side-cañons, amphitheaters, cirques, and scallops into which they are sculptured.
These points receive ink the same as other parts of the surface of the plate and the effect thus produced is called rouletting in colored lines. There are a number of systems which produce the effect of rouletting in a variety of fancy forms. One is called percé en arc. This produces a series of arches on one stamp and a series of scallops on the adjacent one.
Waiters moved through the dim, pink-lit gloom, dressing their tables temptingly cool and white, dipping ice out from silver buckets into thin tumblers. They seated themselves beneath a ceiling fan, Miss Becker's taffy-colored scallops stirring in the scurry of air. "Lordy!" she said, closing her eyes and pressing her finger-tips against them, "I wish I could lease this spot for the summer!"
A sprig of white and one of purple lilac nodded over her, a dress of yellow calico, richly trimmed with red-flannel scallops, shrouded her slender form, a garland of small flowers crowned her glossy curls, and a pair of blue boots touched toes in the friendliest, if not the most graceful, manner.
And even that was to a certain degree a matter of indifference. She finally decided that scallops
Again Noodle let down the bucket; and this time as he drew it up he looked over into the well's heart, and saw all the way up the side a hundred blue arms reaching out crystal scallops and drawing water out of the bucket as hard as they could go. He saw thick lips like sea-anemones thrust out between the crevices of the wall, sucking the crystals dry as fast as they were filled.
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