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Young Houston had gotten a mallet from the timekeeper. On the way home, I could hear them talking, and heard Houston asking Langdon why he wanted to see the old man. By that I knew that it hadn't been told yet and I felt safer. Then they got in a quarrel, and my chance came. It was over the mallet Langdon took it away from his cousin and started to fight him. Houston ran.
Before Ripley could get back out of such grueling quarters Dick had landed a second blow over the other eye. Ripley staggered. A body blow sent him to his knees. Dick backed off but a few inches. "One, two, three, four, five, six " droned off the timekeeper.
They were to leave three minutes apart; the time of each team being computed from the moment of its departure till its return, as is always done in the Great Races. The Timekeeper stood with his watch in his hand, and the Starter beside him. Bob, eager for the word, spoke soothingly to the dogs to keep them quiet.
A tall English officer a fine, manly mixture of big muscles and fresh color and khaki looked up, saw the girl, and swung toward her. "Good morning, Miss Newbold. Come and join the fun. Devil of a fellow, that North, they say he's a parson." "What is it? What are they laughing at?" Katherine demanded. "They're doing a Limerick tournament, which is what North calls the game. Mr. Gale is timekeeper.
And half pushed, half carried, he was swept up to the ring. There were two chairs by the side of it, one for him and one for the timekeeper. He sat down, his hands on his knees, his hat at a more wonderful angle than ever, impassive but solemn, with the aspect of one who appreciates his responsibilities. Mr.
Montgomery's knees weakened under him, and he fell with a groan on the floor. This time he knew that he was done. With bitter agony he realised, as he groped blindly with his hands, that he could not possibly raise himself. Far away and muffled he heard, amid the murmurs of the multitude, the fateful voice of the timekeeper counting off the seconds. "One two three four five six "
Fred Ripley tried to leap up, but, as he did so, Dick's waiting left caught him a staggering one on the nose that toppled him over backwards to the ground. "One, two, three " began the timekeeper, but suddenly broke off, to call time. "Prescott, you're a bird!" declared Ben Badger, exultantly, as he led his man away. "I wouldn't have gone for him so hard," muttered Dick.
On the 29th, being ready for sea, I took the timekeeper and instruments on board. The error of the timekeeper was 3 33 seconds, 2 too slow for the mean time at Greenwich, and its rate of going 3 seconds per day, losing. The thermometer during our stay here was from 51 to 66 degrees. July. Tuesday 1.
Harmon called a timekeeper and said, "Take this man to Pat Murphy and tell him to find room for him somehow." And so Jurgis marched into the hog-killing room, a place where, in the days gone by, he had come begging for a job. Now he walked jauntily, and smiled to himself, seeing the frown that came to the boss's face as the timekeeper said, "Mr. Harmon says to put this man on."
"More power to your elbow, old man. But nothing can beat Fleckenstein now, I'm afraid." "I'm going to mighty well try it," said Jim as he hurried out the door. His next visit was along the irrigation canal to a point where his irrigation engineer was watching the work on a small power station. "Hello, Marlow, how is Murphy doing?" Marlow laughed. "I made him timekeeper.
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