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He had caught a glimpse of a feeble swimmer whose square, solid features and bushy brows were familiar. It was Peter Tobey, the carpenter's mate, who had befriended him on the cay and who had set adrift that miraculous cask of food and water. A few strokes and Joe was at his side, clutching him by the neck-band and towing him toward the King George like a faithful retriever.
This coat was cut away smartly, like a uniform, towards the tails, and was brought in at the waist with an infinite art. "Whither now, my conquistador?" I said. "To Mass," said he. "To Mass!" I exclaimed; "but you have slept through the greater part of it." "The best part is to come," said Nick, giving a final touch to his neck-band.
'You'll excuse my not shaving, sir, to come down to your summons without an extra touch to the neck-band. Beauchamp beheld a middle-sized round man, with loose lips and pendant indigo jowl, whose eyes twinkled watery, like pebbles under the shore- wash, and whose neck-band needed an extra touch from fingers other than his own. 'I am sorry to have disturbed you so early, he replied.
I noticed you were careful to tell me it was imported, because I couldn't see the neck-band and find out that detail for myself. That blouse is a dream it's a dream. If it's good enough aspiration for you or me, why not for this girl?" "Oh, but Mrs.
She looked him over very carefully; and when she saw how pretty he was, with his dark-green, shining head, his white neck-band, his brownish-red back, and his blue wing-mirror, she must have thought that it was a pity for him to die. She promptly put a basket in order, and tucked the bird into it.
Often, when she stopped in front of a jeweler's shop, she heard him stammering something behind her. And what he said was true; she would have liked to have had a cross with a velvet neck-band, or a pair of coral earrings, so small you would have thought they were drops of blood.
It has an insinuating transparency that neither reveals nor conceals too much. The neck-band of velvet or satin, full and soft, apparently enlarges the throat. The sleeves may be in whatever style in cut prevails. This costume carries perfectly into effect the requirements of evening dress, and may be worn with equal fitness to formal functions or to informal affairs.
This coat was cut away smartly, like a uniform, towards the tails, and was brought in at the waist with an infinite art. "Whither now, my conquistador?" I said. "To Mass," said he. "To Mass!" I exclaimed; "but you have slept through the greater part of it." "The best part is to come," said Nick, giving a final touch to his neck-band.
Jim Wilson slowly rose to his feet. If any one had observed him it would have been to note that he now seemed singularly fascinated by this scene, yet all the while absorbed in himself. Once he loosened the neck-band of his blouse. Riggs swung his arm more violently at the girl. But she dodged. "You dog!" she hissed. "Oh, if I only had a gun!"
The original troupe stuffs a napkin, half-way in size between a bath-towel and a tablecloth, inside its neck-band so as to protect its clothes against the little taches concerning which, as a rule, it is more anxious in relation to its costume than its character in the play; but our better-bred players ignore this, and merely spread their "serviettes" upon their unimperilled knees.
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