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Jennie clambered up the gate as children do, and peering over, suddenly espied what she took to be me, striding towards the house, at a swinging pace, and followed by two poodles. "Poppa," she cried, "how cute of you! Only to think of you bringing home two doggies!
At that moment Ken saw a Turkish officer, his face covered with blood, spring out of the crowd aft and rush forward. 'Look out there! he shouted, and wrenching himself loose from the press, raced after the man. The officer, however, had a long start, and before Ken could catch him, had reached the gun and was swinging it round. 'Look out! yelled Ken again, as he realised what the man was after.
He turned away, and walked slowly through the room, pausing a moment to whistle to a tiny bird swinging in a gilded cage, that perked up its pretty head at his call and twittered with pleasure. "So you respond to kindness, little one!" he said softly, "You are more Christ-like in that one grace than many a Christian!"
Swinging low the broad hat, I looked up and saw a faint tinge of crimson mantle in the face of the girl, while again a thrill went through me when she said simply, "Ralph!" for that name had never passed her lips before in my hearing.
It was most exciting to return to the scene of their memorable experience in this unexpected fashion. The boys hauled willingly on the rope and soon it was taut, the odd conveyance swinging by the deck railing. "You go first, Mark.
A shutter swinging in the wind, and the escaping figure of a man hurrying round the corner of the street, were all that rewarded my scrutiny; though, from the stream of light issuing from the casement beneath, I perceived that her window, like my own, was wide open. As I continued to watch this light, I saw her thrust out her head with an eagerness indicative of great excitement.
Dragging with his claws, he found it unfastened, pulled it open, and like a huge shell from a mortar, shot himself at Gunn. Down he went. For one moment the puma stood over him, swinging his tail in great sweeps, and looking at him, doubtless with indignation.
One of these boys had a censer in his hands, and another had a little bell; and as they came along you could see the censer swinging in the air, and the volumes of fragrant smoke rising from it, and you could hear the tinkling of the little bell.
In one minute Thor had lifted the kettle off his head and put it on the ground, in another he was swinging the hammer among the giants, and in another, when the lightnings had gone out and the thunder had died in awful echoes among the hills, Tyr and Thor were alone on the field.
At once each of the ninety-seven men and boys was aware of that presence and unconsciously showed it by putting on extra "steam." With swinging step the big figure crossed the packing room. The gray-white face held straight ahead, but the keen blue eyes paused upon each worker and each task.
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