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"You have been working hard of late, and I imagine the boys will have something to discuss that will be of great interest to you," added Mrs. Butler with a knowing smile. "W-e-l-l," answered Tad. "If you think I ought to, of course I will. "What are you going to do?" "I am going out to take tea with Mrs. Secor. I will leave your supper in the oven and you can help yourself.
Lawrence, whose own first-born left college prematurely because of fatal propensities in that line. "W-e-l-l," answered Elmendorf, pursing up his lips, "I won't say there may not have been something of that kind, but the main trouble is more serious.
"Did you have horns, Uncle Zack?" "Well, some of dem had little horns dat look like dey was jes sorter sproutin' like." Zack begins to nod and doze a little. "Well, how often did they shear the lambs, Uncle Zack?" "Well, w-e-l-l, w e l l ," and Uncle Zack was fast asleep and snoring, and dreaming no doubt of the beautiful pastures glimmering above the clouds of heaven.
"W-e-l-l, I know they don't git their eyes open for a week," asserted Moody. "You're clear off, first crack," retorted Barney. "It's nine days, instead of a week." Again the men were awed to silence. "Yes, that's right Barney's correct," presently admitted citizen Wooster. "You old ninnies!" said his daughter Sally, and she turned away to go to the house.
Can't you delouse your signal? Whittle the stuff down to our size?" "W-e-l-l-," the scientist looked hurt, but did consent to forego the high math. "The discharge is catastrophic; in energy equivalent something of the order of magnitude of ten thousand discharges of lightning. And, unfortunately, I do not know what it is.
We waited in tense expectancy for the decision of the fates whether final victory or defeat should end the long and arduous campaign. At night the guards in the perches around the Stockade called out every half hour, so as to show the officers that they were awake and attending to their duty. The formula for this ran thus: "Post numbah 1; half-past eight o'clock, and a-l-l 's w-e-l-l!"
Post number six, twelve o'clock, and a-l-l's w-e-l-l!" When, perhaps, some wakeful wag of a Yankee prisoner would answer: "Post number fo, twelve o'clock, and the Confederacy has gone to h l," in the same sing-song way the reb guard had just given it.
No one in the prison, except those engaged in the work, would be let into the secret until the work was completed and the tunnel was to be opened. This secrecy was necessary to prevent a curious crowd from hanging around, which would attract the attention of the rebs, who, in blissful ignorance of any plot, would sing out: "Post number fo, twelve o'clock, and a-l-l's w-e-l-l.
She looked over the rim of her spectacles at him for a moment in silence, and then said, slowly: "Ochane w-e-l-l tell Mister Gwynn t' read what he likes, it'll mane th' same aanyway." Kitty Coyle came in. Henry and she were engaged. They had known each other since childhood. Her eyes were red with weeping. Henry's mother led her by the arm. "Anna, dear," Eliza said, "she needs ye as much as me.
Being informed to the contrary, he slowly settled down again, with the remark, "W-e-l-l, then, drive on." Now, boys and girls, you will find many occasions in life when it will be necessary for you to put forth an extra effort in order to succeed. But when some golden opportunity presents the corn to you, do not stop to inquire, "Is it shelled?" Learn to shell your own corn.
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