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"What chumps we were!" said the young man presently. "We never bothered to look after her, and now probably that old parent of hers has actually gone and kidnapped the poor child." They searched through the crowds everywhere, but Anne was nowhere about. At last David and Jessica confessed their suspicions to Grace. "Oh, oh!" cried Grace, "I feel as if we were personally responsible for her!
"So Tim sent them fellers after me?" soliloqized Dodger. "I guess I'll have to change my office, or maybe Tim himself will be droppin' down on me some mornin'. It'll be harder to get rid of him than of them chumps."
Hear 'em shoutin'? Gee, it's a runaway an' here it comes no no it's going to turn down High Street toward the railroad an' cracky! fellows, there's a freight pulling out of the siding! See the smoke! And there's a woman and a girl in the cutter! Wow! Look at those chumps up the street shoutin' and wavin' their arms. That's no way to stop a horse! Those women will be killed. Hi, Bud, hop in here.
'They'll make a good fight of it when the swaddies do come, he said cheerfully, as they settled down in their blankets. 'My oath! replied Mike. 'But we were chumps to give up our revolvers. What good can a man do pokin' round in the dark with a blanky spike? The men lay with their primitive weapons in their hands.
As Sam looked at her the thought crossed his mind that here was a wonderful chance of making the most tremendous impression on this girl. What would she not think of a man who, reckless of his own safety, dived in and went boldly to the rescue? And there were men, no doubt, who would be chumps enough to do it, he thought, as he prepared to shift back to a position of greater safety.
It seems to make girls such darned chumps. Well, I wonder how much longer Mr. Arbuckle is going to be retrieving my mail. What ho, within there, Fatty!" Mac came out, apologetic, carrying letters. "Sorry, miss. By an oversight I put you among the G's." "All's well that ends well. 'Put me among the G's. There's a good title for a song for you, George.
So, if you were thinking of making a bluff in that direction forget it! The exposure had the effect I had anticipated. 'Of all the chumps! exclaimed the Nugget caustically. 'You ought to be in a home. Well, I guess you'll agree to end this foolishness now? Let's go down and get it over and have some peace. I'm getting pneumonia. 'You're quite right, Mr Fisher, I said.
Once the officer had passed on, and was at a respectful distance, Seth's friends returned, and it could be understood from their manner that some definite plan of action had been decided upon during the enforced absence. "See here, Seth, we ain't such chumps as to jump on a feller when he's down. If you don't want to tell us what you've been doin' "
"But ther railroads is erbout ther biggest chumps ter stand fer all this monkeydoodle business o' train robbin' ez long ez they hev. Why don't they get inter ther exterminatin' business, an' clean up ther last o' them?" "Too busy making money, I guess. But this time it is not the railroads who are going after them." "Who is it, me an' you?" "Almost. By orders of the government."
"What on earth do you mean? Harold wouldn't dream of hurting a fly. He's one of those dreamy, sentimental chumps who " "It is precisely his sentimentality which is at the bottom of the whole trouble. You know, of course, that Hilda is not his first wife?" "That's right. His first wife died about five years ago." "He still cherishes her memory." "Very sporting of him." "Is it!
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