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I don't question your good intentions." "It's my judgment, hey? Now, look here, I won't tell you what I know and how I know it, but you can take my word that I know I do know. You plunge in copper right off, without saying a word to anybody or makin' any splurge, and here " From the little table at his elbow he picked up the card that had announced him and drew out his pencil.
But it's been so every year and no other class ever turned its play and its commencement upside down. And yet you make it seem the only reasonable thing to do." "Lucky our class-meeting happened to be postponed," said Bob in matter-of-fact tones, "Makes it easier arranging things." "A coöperative commencement will send us out with a splurge all right," remarked Babe.
"I wouldn't or, if I did, I'd see to it that it was a safety, instead of a fusee that burns fiercely for a minute and then goes out altogether. Stick to vestas." "I don't know what you mean by vestas, but I'm through just the same," retorted Mrs. Upton; and she really was for five years. "Vestas are nice quiet matches that don't splurge and splutter. They give satisfaction to everybody.
And every once in a while a fish would leap and leave a splurge of bubble and foam behind that you would have sworn was an inserted lace medallion." Mr. Kennaston, as you are doubtless aware, is the author of "The King's Quest" and other volumes of verse. He is a full-bodied young man, with hair of no particular shade; and if his green eyes are a little aged, his manner is very youthful.
On that slight foundation Adelaide had built a happy guess, though Simon knew it not, and though he accepted her suggestion, it amazed him. Let us lift the curtain now, on the last, an extraordinary, tableau. In the Wimple nest a strange company are met at the bidding of Madeline Splurge, who couches a flashing lance for the life and the honor of her benefactress.
Indeed, it was manifest to every one, because Steve almost took a "crab" by falling backwards. His sudden splurge had been too much for the strength of the oar he was handling; and it had broken in two!
She stooped and picked it up; it was a small morocco pocket-book lined with pink silk. Good Heaven! She remembered, the one she had sold to Miss Madeline Splurge that afternoon, the very same!
There was one reason not accidental; Hanging Rock was no place for a girl so superior as was Mildred Gower to find a fitting husband. As has been hinted, Hanging Rock was one of those upper-middle-class colonies where splurge and social ambition dominate the community life.
In speaking of it he used the vulgar term "splurge," a word especially offensive to the refined society in which the Mavicks had gained a foothold. And yet the word was on the lips of a great many men on the Street. The shifting application of sympathy is a very queer thing in this world. Mr. Ault was not a snob. Whatever else he was, he made few pretensions.
But I do the heavy thinking for the Moran family. I nearly starved him until I'd saved out a tenspot. Then I went to the best tango professor I could find and took an hour lesson. Next I taught Tim. We cleared out our little dining room and had our meals off the gas range. My next splurge was a music machine and some dance records.
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