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And he always ends up by rollin' his eyes, suckin' in his breath and declarin' passionate: "Some queen, yes-s-s!" But the one who had the floor when I strolls into the bond room just before the end of the noon hour is Skip Martin, who helped win the war by servin' the last two months checkin' supplies for the front at St. Nazaire.

She opened her mouth and in those loud and startling accents, for which she was ever distinguished, gave utterance to these memorable words: "A round! like a ball!" Mr. Baxter glared fiercely at her for a moment, and then permitted his scorn to escape in a long, sarcastic hiss. "Yes-s-s," said he; "yes-s-s! around like a ball! Do you find it much in your way, eh?

"Can't I come, Uncle Nate? Won't you be friends with me?" And Nathan Hornby, who wanted her friendship, answered reluctantly: "Yes-s-s come along if you want t'. You won't find it a very cheerful place t' come to, but she'd be glad t' know you're here, I guess." Jack, sitting in his shawls and wraps on the floor, began to cry. He had been neglected long enough. His mother got suddenly to her feet.

You'll have this team on your hands, for none of the men but Jake would try to use them, and he told me last night he'd used them for the last time." "Aren't you well, Hugh?" John Hunter asked with such concern that Hugh was covered with humiliation and shame. "Oh, yes-s-s.

Did you borrow this money in the firm's name?" "Yes-s-s. I didn't think you'd care about a little sum like that," John said slowly. He was very uncomfortable. "I turned my personal note in on the account book for the doctor's bill. You can see it on the book." "I don't doubt at all but that you did, John.

But if they do think we're animals, like rabbits, they'd kill people instead of stinging them up a bit, or paralyzing them for a while and then letting them go. That's not like any monster I can imagine!" "Then " "You'd better go to sleep," said Lockley. "We've got a long day's hike before us tomorrow." "Yes-s-s," agreed Jill reluctantly. "Good-night." "'Night," said Lockley curtly.