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Surely, surely, Peter, that shows I am a good woman th-the real I. Dear, dear Peter, there is a difference between a woman and her acts. Peter, you're the first man in all my life, in a-all my life who ever came to me k- kindly and gently; so I had to l-love you and t-tell you, Peter." The girl's wavering voice broke down completely; her face twisted with grief.
'Does Billy know of the diamonds, I wonder? he thought. As if to answer the question in the negative, Billy came quickly forward, and offering his hand, bade Harold good-morning, and then motioning him to a seat, took one beside him, and began: 'I'm awful sorry, Hal, th-that you are mix-mixed up in th-this but I sup suppose you m-must t-tell the truth. 'Yes, I must tell the truth, Harold said.
"I'm a s-showin' y-you the best f-free-millin' proposition outside of C-California," Judge George Petty stammered in his eagerness. "That there mine'll m-make ten m-men rich. They's stringers in that there ledge that'll run $5,000 $10,000 to the ton. I t-tell you, sir, the 'B-Bouncin' B-Bess' ain't no m-mine she's a b-bonanza!
Why didn't you wear that dress when you were graduated? It's the prettiest costume I ever saw. 'Th-that's what I think, only I d-didn't d-dare t-tell her so! Billy cried, springing to his feet and hopping about like a little robin. 'How is Nina? Jerrie asked, ignoring the compliment.
She told him where her chair was on deck, and next minute, without another word, he was half-way along the alley-way, leaving the tea-things where they were. Then he turned back and spoke from several yards away. "I suppose you're wondering what the devil I'm doing in the steerage, aren't you? A chap like me a medical student! And I'll t-tell you w-why it is!
This he was wont to do, and, after emitting them through his silky beard, he would draw in his breath through parted teeth, as a child does when it has the taste of peppermint in its mouth. "I-I-I t-tell you, a boy in a kindergarten could get it right a g-g-guttersnipe could. This was so much like what they yell from a fire-engine that, though I struggled hard, I could not contain a giggle.
But, if you should need any more at any other time, why, you can take it from me, I keep my hand in on Sammy, an' practice makes perfect." She released the two small, trembling hands, rose to her feet, and made as if to leave the room. Then for the first time Radcliffe spoke. "S-say," he breathed with difficulty, "s-say are you are you goin' to t-tell?"
He caught her gesticulating hands, prisoning them strongly within both his own, but she shook forward her loosened hair until it fell partially across her face, hiding it thus from his eager eyes bent in passion upon her. "B-but tell me y-you love me! T-tell me th-th-that, an' I 'll let the o-other go!" "You vould make me to say de untrue, señor?" "Of course not. I w-want ter kn-kn-know.
"T-tell your fa-ther from me," said the broken voice, "that Treff Graham is the same old Treff; that he m-may be a pirate, but he isn't a pig not re-al-ly!
"They're handsome tools, Ronald, and with your monogram, I see!" "Yes. Is your f-flask empty, Chichester?" "No, I think not," answered Mr. Chichester, still stooping above the pistol in his hand. "Then give it me, will you m-my throat's on fire." "Surely you 've had enough, Ronald? Did you know this flint was loose?" "I'm n-not drunk, I t-tell you.
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