Crown Note Book

Crown Note Book moment.” —“_The Whale and his Captors, or The Whaleman’s Adventures A haughty toss of the head was all the reply vouchsafed to this brotherly jibe.,"Good gracious, Mona, whom do you mean?" asks he, aghast both at her look and tone.,Billy spit out the fox-tail. "Where's this feller Scroggie now?" he asked, in a business-like tone.,“It was four.”,I thought Klein was going to do the same thing or worse when I signed the cheque which would be enough to provide him with a new motor-car, but he didn't. He only said politely, "And I am delighted that the trousseau is perfectly satisfactory to you, madame."，"African witchcraft! Obi! Fetish worship! The adoration of the bad spirit who catches mortals by the hair. Any one of these things explains the meaning of the term."，The first down rush was glorious. Not until he started to climb up the other incline of the cable did Bob give any thought to the speed he was making. There was a slight slackening in the rush through the air, but so quickly was the whole journey over that Bob’s first impression was the one that he slipped off the bucket with when it touched ground at the foot of the west tower.，"There! take it. I can be generous too.""That is a pretty verse," she says, quietly. "But I do not know the poem. I should like to read it."

"What you talkin' 'bout, Bill? What thing? Who's it been clawin'? Hurry up, tell me.",“It is John’s,” said Mother instantly and with the utmost certainty.,With kindly pressure he obliged the old seaman to resume his seat, and then turned with something of fierceness upon old Greyquill.,“Come, come! We can’t be cremated while we wait. Mush!”,"'Tis true," said the ogre, abruptly, "and to prove it to you, you shall see me become a lion." The Cat was so frightened when he saw a lion in front of him, that he quickly scrambled up into the gutter, not without difficulty and danger, on account of his boots, which were worse than useless for walking on the tiles. Shortly afterwards, seeing that the ogre had resumed his natural form, the Cat climbed down again, and admitted that he had been terribly frightened. "I have also been assured," said the Cat, "but I cannot believe it, that you have the power besides of taking the form of the smallest animal; for instance, that of a rat, or a mouse; I confess to you I hold this to be utterly impossible." "Impossible!" exclaimed the ogre, "you shall see!" and he immediately changed himself into a mouse, and began running about the floor. The cat no sooner caught sight of it, than he pounced upon it and ate it.,"Where are you going, Kendall?" asked Mr. Hilton as they pushed back their chairs, and stood waiting for the last button on Judith's glove to come to terms. "If you haven't settled on anything special, I'd like to have you all see the new play with me. It's said to be the finest thing in America, and I'm sure your sisters would enjoy it.",But a disappointment awaited them in the morning. The craft that had brought them this far was quite beyond repair. It would perhaps not have been impossible to patch it up if they had had the necessary tools, but, lacking them, the boat was a total wreck.,"His name ain't Hinter," said Billy. "It's Jacobs.",Asta led the way at once to the candy shop.,"To everything! How could you think of bringing a daughter-in-law of—of—her description to your mother?",“Your people and the Mexicans—they do not get along together?”,"I see that you are a feather-headed kitten," said Elinor, not at all mollified. "Miss Jinny will do very well as she is without your romantic nonsense to mortify her. I I'm ashamed of you, indeed I am, Patricia. I thought you had more delicacy.".