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While the storm was at his height and snow and hail rattled against the windows and piled up a finger's length against the frames, while the wind whistled mournfully about the roof, darkness came in at the windows thick and gloomy, so that the lamp could scarcely prevail against it, the cats crawled shivering to the back of the stove, and the dog scratched at the kitchen door and crawled under the stove with his tail between his legs, Freneli at length said, "Now Uli, get ready and we'll go; now folks certainly won't be watching us." *
"And I want you to note that the men who would not do a finger's tap to help were a holy priest with a big salary and a highly respectable church member in training for the ministry.
He had the procedure of the State Department at his finger's ends. He was the head of a charming domestic fabric his daughters the prettiest girls in Washington. Why not? I climbed down from my stepladder and made tracks for the office of the afternoon newspaper for which I was doing all-round work. I was barely on time, the last forms being locked when I got there.
For some reason I was awed by his wondrous height and his strong square shoulders, which I felt were a finger's length above my head. I was always slight, and my serious illness in the early spring had made me look rather frail and languid. His quick eye measured my height and breadth. Then he looked into my face.
But that's no excuse for my ah! blundering " "Your finger's bleeding," she said, abruptly. He saw his knuckle was barked. "I didn't feel it," he said, feeling manly. "You don't at first. Have you any sticking-plaster? If not " She balanced her machine against herself.
The seed must be sown in late winter or early spring in a special bed of deep forest mold dressed with wood ashes; and the fields must be broken and laid off by shallow furrows into hills three or four feet apart by the time the seedlings were grown to a finger's length. Then came the first crisis.
"Be not angry, master mine," replied Sancho, "I did not mean to say that;" and coming close to him he laid one hand on the pommel of the saddle and the other on the cantle so that he held his master's left thigh in his embrace, not daring to separate a finger's width from him; so much afraid was he of the strokes which still resounded with a regular beat.
Cecil was too well trained, and so was she, for a word of gossip or censure to pass between them; but the influence was not the less strong. A finger's breadth at hand may mar A world of light in heaven afar; A mote eclipse a glorious star, An eyelid hide the sky.
Dave thrust out his arm violently, knocked the instrument to the other side of the room, and kicked wickedly. "The pison's wurrkin'," whispered Maloney quite loud. "Oh, my gracious!" groaned Mother. "The poor crathur," said Mrs. Maloney. There was a pause. "Phwhat finger's bit?" asked Maloney. Joe thought it was the littlest one of the lot. He approached the sofa again, knife in hand.
At last Marshal Bessieres, having been told of this terrible commotion, came to accuse himself. The Emperor was appeased, the usher restored to favor, and everything forgotten; though each one was more careful than ever that nothing should be disturbed, and that the Emperor should find at his finger's end whatever papers he needed.
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