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"What we ought to do is to shoot every German we can catch. Shooting's too good for them. Hang them. That would teach them. Any Government but ours would have thought of it long ago. Iron Crosses, indeed, Pish!" Cousin Gustus finds the Iron Cross very useful for the filling up of crannies in his edifice of wrath.
Here, I'll give you some collecting boxes, and lend you a vasculum and a net. Go and get me some butterflies." "Well, sir, if it's all the same to you," said Tom, taking advantage of the wind blowing in the right direction, "shooting's more in my way. Suppose I shot you some birds?" "Better still," said the doctor, enthusiastically. "Nothing I should like better.
All the truth had departed out of the world as if drawn in, absorbed in this monstrous villainy this man was or was not guilty of. "'Shooting's too good for people that conceive neutrality in this pretty way, remarked the commanding officer, after a silence. "'Yes, yes, yes, the Northman assented, hurriedly then added an unexpected and dreamy-voiced 'Perhaps.
"Hold on a minute; I hain't had my say yit. You listen to me. Shooting's good, but there's quieter ways if the thing's GOT to be done. But what I say is this: it ain't good sense to go court'n around after a halter if you can git at what you're up to in some way that's jist as good and at the same time don't bring you into no resks. Ain't that so?" "You bet it is.
"Hold on a minute; I hain't had my say yit. You listen to me. Shooting's good, but there's quieter ways if the thing's GOT to be done. But what I say is this: it ain't good sense to go court'n around after a halter if you can git at what you're up to in some way that's jist as good and at the same time don't bring you into no resks. Ain't that so?" "You bet it is.
Me and you will match draws to see who " "I can draw twice to your once, but I suppose I'll have to prove it to you. I'll take Jones; you will gun the professor; Moose will grab the dames, one under each arm, and keep 'em out of the way until the shooting's over. The only thing is, when? The sooner the better. Tomorrow?" "Not quite, Vince.
Finally, however, he quieted down, and the boat swung him around, bringing the tail past our bow, and the ship cut contragravity to specific-gravity level and settled to float on top of the water. The boat dived again, and payed out a line that it brought up and around and up again, lashing the monster fast alongside. "All right," Kivelson was saying, out of the intercom. "Shooting's over.
At the conclusion of his story she put an abrupt question. "And you gave no sign? He doesn't suspect that you know?" "He suspects nothing." "Good. You are real smart, Bill. Yes, shooting's no good. This is no case for shooting. What do you propose? I see you mean business." The man was still smiling but his smile had suddenly changed to one of kindly humor.
"Now isn't that a bother?" said she, when I answered that it did not start till morning. She glanced with rueful gayety at the hotel. "Never mind," she continued, briskly; "I'm used to things. I'll just sit up somewhere. Maybe the agent will let me stay in the office. You're sure all that shooting's only jollification?" "Certain," I said. "But I'll go and see."
As they went over the plain in the burning sun Wargrave looked back to where the striped body was borne along with stiff, dangling legs. "By Jove, it's been great, Miss Benson," he exclaimed. "Some people say tiger shooting's not exciting. They ought to have been with us to-day. I am lucky to have got a bison already and now to have seen this. With luck I'll be having a shot at an elephant next."
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