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Mrs. Wopp lurched heavily in her endeavor to calm the tumult of excited voices. Quiet was at length restored after several pupils had given thrilling accounts of catastrophes caused by windstorms.,“None of your nonsense,” replied the long-limbed pedestrian, his thankyou’s cut short by Moses’ cheerfulness.,From where he stood Billy could see the distress in her face. He must think of a way to get her, and he must, must hurry!,“Moses,” she directed, “git an empty apple-box fer the burnt orfferin’s.”,Presently Clarence caught up to him and bore him down a side street lest further attempts at apology should cause him to again accost the irate stranger.,Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?”,“She’s a reglar show-lady,” defended Moses. This was hardly a strategic move from Moses, as he had just asserted they had been doing nothing.,“You needn’t fight any more,” Vilette said, loftily; “we shall marry her ourselves.”,“It’s plain lazy. He won’t even wash himself.”,The heat was awful; yet it was growing less, for the fire was nearly spent, but Billy was so exhausted he did not perceive it. He began to stumble, to see double. Everything seemed to be on fire,—trees, rocks, even the water gleaming from overhead flames. His blood felt hot in his veins; and long afterward he saw red in his sleep. At length his foot caught in a root, and he fell heavily.,“I’ll make a note of that, Lize.”,“Please, Mith Wopp, the latht windthorm upthet our hen-houth.”.