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Thin as a wisp o' cotton she was, when it was all over; face no wider'n this " he measured with a burly thumb and forefinger "and eyes clean gone into the back of her head, but she only grinned and said it had been fun while it lasted, to fight the thing.
"Federated Tractions! Are you certain?" "Unless our registry clerk has had a funny dream," says I. "The notice was listed yesterday. And you know how grouchy the old girl was on us." "H-m-m-m!" says he, drummin' his fingers nervous. "Thanks, Torchy. I must look into this." Seemed to worry Mr. Robert a bit; so maybe that's why I had my ears stretched wider'n usual.
"I don't see much chance of that." "Why not?" "Because, if he had drifted into the Straits of Minas, he'd manage to get ashore." "I don't see that." "Why, it's so narrow." "Narrer? O, it's wider'n you think for; besides, ef he got stuck into the middle of that thar curn't, how's he to get to the shore? an him without any oars? Answer me that.
I hadn't no authority to boss, an' I was too blame young to beg, so she just about had me roped an' tied. "How far are you goin' to race?" sez I. "A hundred miles," sez she. "Pshaw," sez I, "the country's wider'n that. Why don't you give'em a decent work out." "That'll be enough for this time," sez she, "an' if you hustle you can have'em ready by five o'clock." "Does the boss know?" sez I.
"I couldn't eat another mouthful of anything; indeed, I couldn't," insisted Anne. "I wish you would," sighed Mrs. Collins. "It gives me a feelin' to see yo' po' thin little face no wider'n a knitting needle." Anne laughed. "I ate ever so many cakes. They were so good as good as Aunt Charity's. Please where is Aunt Charity?" "Aunt Charity who?" asked Mrs. Collins.
Bridges nodded without shame. "Wider'n, a swamp, and yeller'n butter." "Wal, I see w'at I can do." The pilot walked up the bank in search of a crew. In the course of a half-hour he was back again and with him came the Countess Courteau. Calling Pierce aside, the woman said, swiftly: "We can't get a soul to help us; everybody's in a rush. We'll have to use our own men."
A lonesome note crept into the querulous voice. "Maybe I'd hev kept my eyes open a little mite wider'n I did if I'd ever a-dreamed anybody could care like that.... Don't happen very often though, I reckon. Just about once in a lifetime, maybe. Maybe, if he ain't too blind to see it when it does come ... maybe once to every man!"
"Your mouth'll be open wider'n anybody else's in the house for the 'taters when they're grown," said Uncle Jason, calmly. "You got to do your share toward raisin' 'em." "Oh, Dad!" ejaculated the boy again. "Now, Marty, you stop talkin'!" cried his mother. "Huh! you wanter make a feller dumb around here, too. S'pose Janice breaks down on the road?" he added, with reviving hope.
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