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He grabs the bill of fare and begins to hunt through the cheese list panicky. "Never mind," says I, "you won't find it there. But here's another: What do you do when you meld a hundred aces, say?" A look of almost human intelligence flickers into Heiney's face. "Ach!" says he. "By the table you pud 'em so!" "Thanks, Heiney," says I. "That helps a little."
Gaining the outer deck, he stood clear of the doorway and hugged the forward bulkhead of the cabin trunk, taking care not to mask the forward port-hole of the galley with his back. If Doc Bird had heard him crawling out, he might be of an inquiring turn of mind, in his present panicky condition, and explore with a knife through the open port.
Coming down she had followed the wagon road, partly because the longer trail postponed a dreaded meeting, and partly because Jamie, being uncertain in his temper and inclined to panicky spells when things did not go just right with him, could not safely be trusted on the Slide trail, which was strange to him.
She had an instant of hesitation, of an almost panicky desire to go back and repair her folly, ere it was too late. Why had she taken her money with her that evening, if not with some deliberate though undefined purpose?
By night they could be in the fight. It did not take long to send reinforcements when the line was closed to all except military traffic and one train followed close on the heels of another. They did not know where they were going; one never knew. Probably they would get orders at Dunkirk. Father Joffre, when there was a call for reinforcements, never was in a panicky hurry.
Honest, he's gone putty faced and panicky. He begins pawin' around for his overcoat. "Ain't goin' so soon, are you," says I, "without breakin' a few more hearts?" "I I'm goin' to get out of here!" says he, his teeth chattery. He'd grabbed his silk lid and was makin' a dash for the front door when I stopped him. "Not that way, for the love of soup!" says I. "They'll be layin' for you there.
After a few fruitless attempts Perry gave up trying to find a new manager and sought bouts for himself. He found them, but on such terms that they were always impossible. He challenged Jimmy Montague, which was a bad tactical error, but he had been just a little panicky at first.
Steady, men!" bawled Madden, laying Caradoc down on the deck and hurrying across to his panicky crew. "What's moving us?" "We don't know, sir! Th' sea sorpint! Grabbed our cable and made off!" "Can you see it?" "Just make it out, sir, ahead!" "Cut th' cable!" cried another voice; "that'll get us loose!" "Yes, get an axe Quick!" A dim figure came running aft past Madden for the axe.
Perhaps he thought that I would have him arrested, though he might have known that there were reasons why I couldn't. He gave me a panicky look and rushed out of the corridor. Afterward I learned that he told the guard I had sent him on an errand. "Well" she sighed "of course, I followed, after a last glance at Walsh, who was peering through the grating with a look of evil amusement.
He was a scout and he was brave, and not panicky in peril or emergency, but the striped clothing and cropped head and stupid leer of the man before him made him seem something less than human. His terror was more that of an animal than of a man and his apparent inability to express himself save by the repetition of that one sentence frightened the boy.
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