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Crittenden, as he looked aloft at them. "But I wouldn't be surprised t' see 'em come smashin' down ag'in any minute," he added pessimistically. "Anyhow, I got ten dollars out of Ezra Larabee!" he concluded, with a chuckle. Mr. Larabee looked glum when he and the lieutenant got back to the airship shed. "This is costing me a terrible pile of money!" said the crabbed old man. "A terrible pile!
This, of course, annoyed the innocent man beyond measure, but she was gone far down the hall before he could think of the retort suitable. When she finished her upstairs work and came downstairs to peel the potatoes, she mentioned casually to the bartender that whoever he had in number 17 was "smashin' things up pretty lively!"
Away you goes arter de bees and butterflies an' tings like mad ober de hills an' far away troo de woods, across de ribbers sometimes into 'em! crashin' an' smashin' like de bull in de china-shop, wid de proud feelin' bustin' your buzzum dat you're advancin' de noble cause ob science dat's what you call 'im, `noble? yes. I do lub science!
He got kinder lost and excited by his feelin's, Krit did, or he wouldn't have said anything about scalpin' a bureau. Good land! he might talk about smashin' its draws up, but nobody ever hearn of scalpin' a bureau or a table.
"They must be sound sleepers," whispered Emily, after a moment. "They must be dead," declared Thankful. "There's been smashin' and crackin' and hollerin' enough to wake up anybody that wa'n't buried. How that wind does blow! I Hello! here comes that man at last. About time, I should say!" Winnie S. appeared, bearing the lantern. "What you doin'?" he asked. "There ain't no use ringin' that bell.
"He's ownly kickin' presarved mate tins about the flure av his panthry, which he kapes especial fur such toimes as he's in a rage wid anyone as offinds him, whin, instead av standin' up loike a man an' foightin' it out wid the chap that angers him, he goes and locks himsilf in the panthry an' kicks the harmless ould tins about, an' bangs 'em ag'in the bulkhead at the side, till ye'd think he was smashin' the howl ship!"
Birdie's had mostly to do with boys, and it was not long before Nance felt called upon to make a few tentative observations on the same engrossing subject. "The prettiest boy I ever seen " she said, "I mean I have ever saw" then she laughed helplessly. "Well, anyhow, he was that Clarke feller. You know, the one that got pinched fer smashin' the window the first time we was had up?" "Mac Clarke?
"Ambitious and designing persons are making trouble for his railroad." "Well, I never took much stock in that railroad," said Euphrasia, with emphasis. "I never was on it but an engine gave out, and the cars was jammed, and it wasn't less than an hour late. And then they're eternally smashin' folks or runnin' 'em down.
"No, massa," said the negro, with more of sulkiness or less of amiability than he had exhibited since they first met on the western side of the Andes, "breakin' our legs would be wuss smashin' our necks would be wusser still. But de hosses is not lost. Dey's on'y spunkerblued." "How? What d'you mean?"
I can earn my own livin' sellin' papers, or smashin' baggage, and keep away from Tim. I'd have done it before if I'd had a friend like you to care for me." "We will stand by each other, Dodger. Heaven knows I need a friend, and if I can be a friend to you, and help you, I will." "We'll get out here, Miss Florence. I told Mrs.
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