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Funds managed by the government for making loans and supporting charitable enterprises. Tr. The names are fictitious burlesques. Tr. "Boiled Shrimp" Tr. "Uncle Frank." Tr. Messageries Maritimes, a French line of steamers in the Oriental trade. Tr.

Schrimpe scuttled out in a hurry. "Wheel me to the telephone, Janice," said Mr. Day cheerfully. "I hope Payne frightens that little shrimp out of a year's growth. If ever I saw a shyster lawyer, I saw one when that fellow came into the room." "Oh, Mr. Day! but this suit? That summons? What shall I do?" "Do nothing yet! assure you, Mrs.

But he didn't tell me that the dowager was worse. 'High and mighty? asked Jessica. 'Not quite so majestic as usual, I thought. I didn't feel quite so much of a shrimp before him. And decidedly he was in better spirits. Perhaps the dowager's death would be important to him? 'Very likely. Will you come to-morrow? Miss.

Some of the guests did not like the sauce, but took their small fish by the tail, dripping with salt water, and ate it as one might eat celery, bones, and all. With the main course were served dried squid and porpoise, and fresh flying-fish and bonito and shrimp. The feast was complete with mangoes, oranges, and pineapples, also bananas ripened in the expeditious way of the Marquesas.

From European and national news he modestly turned aside. Whether he read the book-notices I do not know; I hope not. But when he had served supper he was a capital camp cook and he and Claude had eaten, and their pipes were lighted, you should have seen him scanning the latest quotations and debating the fluctuations of the moss market, the shrimp market, and the garlic market.

Keola, you are a baby in my father’s hands; he will take you with his thumb and finger and eat you like a shrimp.” Now Keola was truly afraid of Kalamake, but he was vain too; and these words of his wife’s incensed him. “Very well,” said he, “if that is what you think of me, I will show how much you are deceived.” And he went straight to where his father-in-law was sitting in the parlour.

Its glints speedily dim in the air. To be gobbled up by some hungry fish is the ordinary fate of the species. Possibly splendour is bestowed upon the shrimp as a means by which certain fish distinguish a particularly choice dainty, and the fish show the very acme of admiration by "wolfing" it. Thus are the examples of high art in Nature remorselessly lavished.

And I suppose Johnny Jewel has his uses, in the general scheme of dad's business, so even if he is a mean, conceited little shrimp personally, I'll have to go and make sure he isn't killed, because it would be just like dad to call that bad luck, and grouch around and not get me the car."

Beaver did a corkscrew dance, and tried in vain to release the hold on his collar. "Cap'n Pott!" exclaimed the surprised minister who noticed for the first time that the seaman was holding Mr. Beaver. "What on earth are you doing?" "Well, this little shrimp was mighty interested in the boxing, and I thought he might as well come down for a few lessons that he wouldn't forget right off.

The day was bitter, but they say he swept me naked from the wolfskin, and by my foot, between thumb and forefinger, dangled me to the bite of the wind. "A roach!" he ho-ho'd. "A shrimp! A sea-louse!" And he made to squash me between huge forefinger and thumb, either of which, Lingaard avers, was thicker than my leg or thigh. But another whim was upon him. "The youngling is a-thirst.

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