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Neil's Mission Field was only a half-day's journey away by rail, and she and Allister were going to see him and hear him preach. Sandy lauded Christina as he read Ellen's letters, telling her again and again that there was no one like her and that she was just a corker, and that was all about it.
The editor who received it took it into the office of the Sunday editor. "Say," he said, "here are more particulars about that young chap Speranza, the one we printed the special about last Sunday. He must have been a corker. When his lieutenant was put out of business by a shrapnel this Speranza chap rallied the men and jammed 'em through the Huns like a hot knife through butter.
"What d' you think of that?" he added, after a moment, triumphantly pointing a yellow crayon at the green-headed red-bird. "Some parrot!" enthused Julien. "'T ain't a parrot. It's a nightingale," retorted the artist indignantly. "You black-and-white fellows never do understand color." "It's a corker, anyway," said Julien. "Dad here's a an art patron who wants to contribute to the cause."
But I supposed the parson let it out." "The parson!" and Farrington's eyes opened wide with amazement. "What in the devil has he to do with it? He was brought home night afore last with his shoulder out of jint" "Whew! You don't say so! Well, I declare!" "Tell me what ye mean, man," exclaimed Farrington, moving impatiently on his seat. "Let's have the yarn." "Ha-ha! It was a corker!
"That last old corker was enough for me." "Where shall we go?" questioned Dick, with a queer little smile creeping around the corners of his mouth. "Oh, my, just to hear Dick!" cried Tom, with a grin. "As if he would go anywhere but to Hope Seminary, to call on Dora!" "And as if you would go anywhere but to call on Nellie, at the same place!" retorted the oldest Rover boy.
The arrival of the mail with its exchanges interrupted thoughts flowing in a dangerous channel. The soaring price of wool, featured in the headlines, caught his attention instantly, since, naturally, anything that pertained to the sheep industry was of interest to the community. Mr. Butefish used his scissors freely and opined that the next issue of the Grit would be a corker.
I owe the winning of the Exhibition entirely to him, for he has read the whole of the classics with me and helped me in every way in his power. I cannot thank him enough for all he has done, but at least I owe him this open acknowledgment." Corker looked no end pleased, and turned round and beamed on Biffen, whose good-natured easy face shone with pleasure and delight.
It was only a morning dress, and inexpensive, but he confessed to himself, in the English common to Cherokee Strip, that it was a "corker."
I confess, however, I was somewhat surprised at the ease with which Hi escaped his wrath, and my surprise was in no way lessened when I saw, later in the evening, the two partners with the stranger taking a quiet drink out of the same bottle with evident mutual admiration and delight. "You're an A1 corker, you are!
Old Jerry had "spooned" up close to old Tom and his bodily heat was grateful. Linton eyed the fire with tender yearning. "That's a good stove you got." "She's a corker, ain't she?" "I been thinking about trading you a half interest in my tent for a half interest in her." "The trade's made." There was a moment of silence. "What d'you say we hook up together sort of go pardners for a while?
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