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I turned sharply round, holding tightly with one hand; but Shock's back was turned to me, and he was picking apples most diligently. I looked about, and there was no one else near, the trees being too small for anyone to hide behind their trunks. Shock did not look in my direction, but worked away, and I at last, as the sting grew less, went on with mine.
If some one would dig him up, explore him blast him, in short! Confound him!" But when the Superintendent learned of all that Shock's decision involved, he made a point to insert among his multitudinous engagements a visit to the Macgregor cottage. "It was a great scene, I assure you," said Brown, who was describing it afterwards to the young ladies.
Last of all, it was getting dark, when we heard a whine, and saw Juno come out of the fir-wood on the top with a rabbit in her mouth. "But that taught us nothing, and we coaxed her down to the public again, and drove home. "`I've got it, I says, as we stood in the stable-yard: `that boy Shock's got him on to it, and they've gone off to Portsmouth to be sailors.
Don't go far. You ought with that dog to find us a rabbit for dinner." Shock's eyes flashed, and he looked quite pleased, forgetting to turn his back, and seeming disposed for once to be friendly, as, with Juno at our heels, we started up the sandy bottom on an expedition that proved one of the most adventurous of our lives. Purple heath, golden gorse, and tufts of broom.
"I hadn't finished my rabbud, and my eyes is half full of sand still." "Never mind the rabbit," I said angrily, "let's try and dig our way out." "Let Ikey do it," he said, "he's got the shovels." "But will he find out where we are," I cried, for I must own to being terribly unnerved, and ready to marvel at Shock's coolness. "Why, of course he will," said Shock. "I say, don't you be frightened.
Immediately another, jumping on Shock's prostrate form, began kicking him savagely with his heavy calked boots. "Give it to him!" yelled Nancy, dancing about like a fiend. "Stop! Stop! You have killed him!" shrieked the young girl, Nellie by name, throwing herself upon Shock and covering him with her body. "Get up, you blank fool!" yelled Nancy, seizing her by the hair.
"My speech?" said Shock, rising wearily. "No speech for me." "I tell you what, Shock," said Brown, with a touch of impatience, "you think too much of yourself." "Do I, Brown? Well, perhaps so," said Shock, humbly. "Oh, confound your old carcass!" cried Brown, throwing his arm round Shock's neck. "You'll be my death yet. At the same time, you ought to speak, and I believe you will.
Without a word of questioning Ike nodded, saying "In half an hour, I guess." But in less time he appeared and, slipping the roll of bills under Shock's pillow, said: "It's all there." "Good old boy," said Shock, trying to offer his hand. Ike took his hand carefully. "Is there anything else?" he said, his voice grave and hoarse. "No, old boy," said Shock. "Thank you."
"And then he gripped her hand with that downward pull of his, he gave it to me once when he heard I was Shock's friend, and nearly jerked me off my feet, and without more words he was gone, while I stood behind them like a blubbering idiot." "Oh, isn't she a dear!" exclaimed Betty, "poor thing." "Poor thing!" echoed Helen warmly, "indeed she doesn't think so.
But when I sat at our window watching Shock's wonderful activity, and recalled how splendidly he must be able to swim, I used to feel as if I were a very inferior being, and that he was a long way ahead of me.
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