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He sat in an attitude of fatigue and lassitude, I thought, with one leg crossed over the other and his arm stretched out along the seat-back. I would have stolen away again unobserved, when he opened his eyes and saw me; he gave me one of his big smiles, and motioned to me to come and sit down beside him. I did so, and he put his arm through mine.
But he wrenched free never felt his wound and hurried to the lieutenant. "Right in the back, Cap." Sure enough. The feathered tip of an arrow was sticking out from under the slat of the seat-back behind the lieutenant. The captain pulled at it, the lieutenant squirmed. "Hurt you much, Hallowell?" "Some. No matter. Pull it out. Hi! Gwan! Yip!"
That's the part of me that may be useful somewhere, that'll last when I'm not beautiful any more." She broke of with characteristic suddenness and sighed, "Oh, sweet cooky!" as her mood changed. Half closing her eyes and tipping back her head till it rested on the seat-back she let the savory breeze fan her eyes and ripple the fluffy curls of her bobbed hair.
Holiday with a pleased chuckle, "and then they won't let you work. That's the law. But you take my advice you fool 'em!" "I never fooled anybody," said the man, and he ripped a holy name from the depths of his downheartedness. Mr. Holiday had extracted his note-book, and under cover of the seat-back was preparing to take notes and make comments.
Thin metal links, almost invisible, encircled his feet; held the elbows taut against the fluted columns of the seat-back. Hilary's space-tanned features hardened; the light gray of his eyes darkened. All the pleasure of his homecoming vanished. The kindly Earth seemed suddenly grown inimical. What had happened in the five long years of his absence?
I'll give each of 'em a quarter and the boy can have the knife." "I've nothing but money either," said the sealskin lady regretfully. Aunt Cyrilla glanced at the little mother. She had fallen asleep with her head against the seat-back. "I've got a basket over there," said Aunt Cyrilla firmly, "and I've some presents in it that I was taking to my nephew's children. I'm going to give 'em to these.
Nan had already made up her mind what they must do. Despite the spread of the fire and the heat of the flames already scorched their faces she saw there was no escape for them by the front door of the building. And the chair-backs shut them off from the side exit. "Get over the seat-back, Walter," Nan commanded. "Haul your sister and Bess over.
"Let 'em have it all, Nan," whispered the impulsive Bess. "Goodness! we can get on somehow." But Nan was more observant than her chum. There were other children in the car besides this little fellow. In fact, in the seat but one behind the French woman and her baby, a girl of six or seven years was clinging to the seat-back and staring with hungry eyes at the broken food in the box.
There's someone up that tree, I believe." We stole near, cautiously. "Look out for a poisoned arrow in your eye," I suggested, but Terry pressed forward, sprang up on the seat-back, and grasped the trunk. "In my heart, more likely," he answered. "Gee! Look, boys!" We rushed close in and looked up.
Trigger stared thoughtfully out through the telescopic ground-view plate before her, while the hopper soared at a thousand feet toward the two-mile square of preserve area which had been assigned to them to hunt over that morning. Dimly reflected in the view plate, she could see the head of the gun-pup who went with that particular area lifted above the seat-back behind her.
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