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32651And what will you do with all the people on it?
32651And what''s the title of your book?
32651Bill Blake did win a jar of candy, did n''t he?
32651Busy doing what?
32651But you know about hypnotism, do n''t you?
32651Can you get these kids quiet? 32651 Do either of you know anything about hypnotism?"
32651Do you know what it is, Gary?
32651Going to walk?
32651If we finish before the end of the period, can we have free reading?
32651Is anybody else in the tenth grade reading up on hypnotism?
32651Is-- is that mine?
32651It ai n''t going to run away, is it?
32651Mind if I watch? 32651 Rocket?"
32651Seven books in less than two hours?
32651Some of it; is n''t that rather obvious? 32651 The Law of Degravitation?
32651The economy of the world''s being wrecked, is n''t it?
32651The jar you brought in?
32651Transmutation of atomic structure? 32651 We know how it''s done, yes, and its limitations so far as genuine telepathy--""Who created that ridiculous scene in the auditorium?"
32651What did you think of the little test I gave this morning?
32651Why? 32651 Working on your car, boys?"
32651Yes, Charles?
32651Yes, Marilyn?
32651You mean everything in the library is out?
32651You''re cooking up some more surprises for us?
32651You''ve given up Grace Livingston Hill? 32651 You''ve outgrown the comics, Mabel?"
32651Are n''t these rather expensive for a high school classroom?"
32651But, to bring the generalization down to specifics, just who would that be?
32651Could you summarize Toynbee for us, Marilyn?"
32651Elvin?"
32651Elvin?"
32651Elvin?"
32651I''m a teacher, a responsible citizen, proud--""Do you want the machine for transposing matter?"
32651That should straighten everything out, do n''t you think?
32651The State Police?
32651The only thing that would really interest any of us would be a new weapon, would n''t it?
32651Their usual bad manners, Elvin realized, but what else could be expected?
32651What are you reading?"
32651What''s happened?"
32651Where''d you hear them?"
32651Which one, Mr. Elvin?
32651Why ca n''t we just forget it, and go on using dollars the way we used to?"
32651Why do n''t you ask in class tomorrow?"
32651Why, do you know Mabel Travis has been in here three times today?
32651Yes, but they do have so much energy, do n''t they?"
12940And then again, how do we know that five dollars was every cent he had in the world?
12940But after the game''s been won?
12940But all the while we''ll be watching to trip him up, do n''t you see?
12940But next week, with nothing on our hands, Hugh, we can turn our attention to this miserable business again, ca n''t we?
12940But what do girls know about baseball? 12940 Do you mean you feel badly because Matilda was so reduced in finances that she could n''t even meet a small account like her milk bill?"
12940Have the Germans landed on the coast, or is little old New York being bombarded from giant airplanes? 12940 How much does my sister owe you, man?"
12940I suppose now you''ve read my latest effusion, boys?
12940If anything crops up that you think would interest me, about that tramp, of course, I mean, Hugh, please give me the sign, wo n''t you?
12940Know anybody there, Lu, and do you want us to take him your best compliments?
12940Listen, young fellers,remarked the still eating hobo, later on,"did n''t you tell me you lived in the place called Scranton, when you''re to home?"
12940Looks like you folks might be going on a picnic somewhere?
12940Meaning Matilda''s now quiet and respected brother Lu, eh?
12940Now, about the folks in Scranton, I suppose you boys know about everybody in town?
12940Ought we do it, Hugh?
12940So she is the lady you want to see, is she, Lu? 12940 Tell me,"the tramp went on, now eagerly,"is his wife living, do you mean, younker, this Mrs. Hosmer, and is her name Matilda?"
12940Then he''s going to skip out, is he?
12940We told him we''d be around by nine in the morning, did n''t we? 12940 We''ll continue to do business at the old stand, shall we, then?"
12940Well, Matilda, how do you like your new home?
12940Well, as you''ve asked me to go along, Thad, I''ll accommodate you; but have you any little scheme on foot today?
12940Well, what does it all mean, do you know, Hugh?
12940Well, what''s new in the game, Thad?
12940What is it you want?
12940What makes you say that, Thad?
12940What you saw gave you a sort of idea, did n''t it? 12940 What''s happened now?"
12940What''s happened, Hugh? 12940 What''s the harm?"
12940What, me?
12940Where to?
12940Which I suppose now you''ve done for a fact, Hugh?
12940Why, what do you think of that?
12940Why, what''s the matter with Andrew; why ca n''t he do his share?
12940You''re wondering what it was Brother Lu meant to buy with his little fortune, eh?
12940And, then, Hugh, what d''ye reckon his next move will be?"
12940Anything connected with the Scranton High baseball team you want written up for next week?
12940Besides, did n''t he tell us it was going to be Matilda''s birthday, and that he and Andrew had fixed it to surprise her a little?
12940But I guess that ought to fill the bill, and give Brother Lu a little scare, eh, Thad, old scout?"
12940But Jim took to the game like a terrier does to a rat, did n''t he?"
12940But is this going to alter our plans any, Hugh?"
12940CHAPTER XIII HUGH TRIES HIS"FADE- AWAY"BALL"Are you game, Frazer, for a desperate fight?"
12940Coming over you rattled away like a blue streak, and now you have n''t so much as said ten words since we started back home?"
12940Could you come over to our house, say about ten this morning, and fetch that sharp- eyed Thad along with you?
12940Did he start a batting bee all over again?
12940Did n''t you see how he devoured all that food at a sitting?
12940Do you happen to know a chap who goes by the name of Andrew Hosmer?"
12940Get that, boys?"
12940How about it, Hugh?"
12940How about it, Jerry, old top?"
12940How about that, Wandering Lu?"
12940How about that, boys?
12940How long do we have to wait before making a start for the Hosmer cottage?
12940However did it happen, Hugh; and what sort of a hand in it did you have?"
12940Hugh, tell me, what do you think of that for a scheme; and might it do the work, would you say?"
12940Hugh, you do n''t think for a minute, do you, that it might have been a counterfeit bill?"
12940I guess they eat at any old time, just as the notion seizes them, eh, Hugh?"
12940I suppose now you''ve traveled through that country in your time, Lu?"
12940I wonder how far away our friend, Brother Lu, will be this time tomorrow?"
12940I wonder if Matilda''ll care if we keep company with them on their picnic?
12940I wonder if they''re meaning to cut those trees down and clear more land?"
12940Is that the programme?"
12940It''s the greatest thing that ever happened for Matilda, for Andrew; ditto for you and me, because we''ve had a hand in it all, have n''t we, Hugh?"
12940Jim is sure a dandy when it comes to write- ups, is n''t he, though, Hugh?"
12940Just strong enough to strike terror to the heart of that rascal, Brother Lu?"
12940Now, what can I do for you, Thad, old scout?
12940Out for a walk, are you, lads?"
12940Say, that would just suit us to a fraction, would n''t it, Hugh?"
12940Say, will a hungry fish snap at an angleworm when it''s dangled just in front of its nose?
12940That''s all right, but why should he want to hide from me?
12940Was he crooked, and inclined to evil ways; or, on the other hand, could he be taken at face value and set down as a pretty square sort of a fellow?
12940Well, we''ll thank Brother Lu for being so kind, and as we have nothing else to do we''ll accept with celerity, eh, Hugh?
12940What can poor old Mrs. Hosmer, who has seen so much trouble of late years, be to you, I''d like to know?"
12940What did it mean?
12940What did it mean?
12940What do you say about tagging along?
12940What''s his name, Wandering Lu?"
12940Whoever heard of a tramp who did n''t respond to a dinner- bell on a farm?
12940Would he again succeed in connecting with the elusive ball, and sending one or both runners home?
12940Would she?
12940Would you like it, Tilly?"
12940You''ll draw it a bit mild, wo n''t you, Jim?
12940You''re meaning to continue your campaign against our friend, Brother Lu--- how about that for a guess, Thad?"
12940does that interest you at all, Mister Weary Willie?"
12940excuse the mistake, will you?"
12940have you found a way we can get rid of that sticker of a Brother Lu?
12940however are we going to get rid of such a sticker?"
12940is that so?"
12940pursued Thad;"and try our level best to find out some way to force that leech to let go the hold he has secured on his sister?"
12940so you concluded to turn back, did you?"
12940that leech clear out, and free his poor sister from the load he''s gone and fastened on her?
12940that''s the way the land lies, is it, Thad?
12940who can it be?"
13251A cry, Julius, do you say?
13251And, say, was n''t that-- eh, party, whoever he might be, making some sort of telegraphic signals with his old lantern or torch?
13251As to what?
13251But could you make out enough of the message, Hugh, to give you any idea what it stood for?
13251But did n''t any of the rest of you see it?
13251But what in the wide world is he trying to do?
13251But what would a donkey be doing away up here at the old quarry, where there has n''t been a stroke of work done these many years; tell me that?
13251But, Hugh, do you think the-- er-- party making those signals with a light could have noticed our illumination, and that message was meant for us?
13251But-- how did the accident happen,''Just''Smith?
13251Get out?
13251H- h- how in the wide world did you get down there, Hugh?
13251He''s making for the locker room, do n''t you see, Hugh?
13251His own mother ought to know, had n''t she? 13251 Hugh, do you think that could be what they call wild- fire, or some folks give it the name of will- o''-the- wisp, others say jack- o''-lantern?"
13251Hugh, what do you think?
13251Hugh, will you answer it, since the chances are the call is from some one of your numerous boy chums?
13251Hugh, would you try it if someone dared you to?
13251I say, fellows, does n''t this beat everything you ever saw all hollow?
13251I suppose now you''ve got some good reason for making that accusation, Thad?
13251I''d be a fine candidate for a fifteen- mile Marathon race, would n''t I, if seven miles knocked me out? 13251 I''ve tried to run, but shucks; what''s the use when you can hardly limp at the best?
13251It certainly would n''t do any good, and I proved to you that I did enter here just to recover my watch, did n''t I? 13251 Just who it is; what''s the matter, Horatio?
13251Man, or boy, Hugh?
13251Now, what first, Hugh?
13251Rocks, did you say?
13251Say, did you notice how he seemed to know just where that plank was lying, Hugh?
13251See what?
13251So you really and truly left your watch in your locker, did you?
13251Thad, how about you?
13251That means you decline to be shoved off the path, does it, Hugh?
13251That sounds all very well, Hugh,continued Julius,"but what about the terrifying cry that sometimes wells up from that same place?"
13251That you, Hugh?
13251Then we''ll have to leave the car on the road, wo n''t we, Hugh, when we tackle this big job?
13251Then you''re sure coming, are you, Hugh?
13251There, did n''t I tell you?
13251Think you''re a ghost, Julius, and feel like biting, do you? 13251 This is n''t the way to win a Marathon, do n''t you know?
13251Well, what is it you want to tell me, Horatio?
13251Well, what''s the program, Hugh?
13251What if we pass all the way through to the other road, without learning a single thing, Hugh?
13251What''s Nick Lang been up to now, Thad?
13251What''s that you say?
13251What''s that you''re telling me?
13251What''s that, Julius?
13251What''s the use of saying anything about this business?
13251Why, what happened, Hugh?
13251Why, would that work, do you think, Hugh?
13251Yes, settles what, Thad?
13251Yes?
13251You do n''t tell me?
13251You see, it''s K. K."What''s happened to him?
13251At the same time he exclaimed in a severe voice:"Well, what are you doing here, I want to know, trying to break into my locker?"
13251Because a fellow gets a single knock- down in a fight ought he to throw up the sponge right away, and own himself beaten?
13251But Hugh, can you come right over here now?
13251But tell me, why should he go to all that bother, when my going- out and coming- in do n''t interfere with his happiness a whit?"
13251But you will keep mum about it, wo n''t you, Hugh; just to save me from getting up against it rough with my strict dad?"
13251But, Hugh, do n''t you think we must be getting pretty near that place by this time?"
13251But, Thad, what''s worrying you?
13251Can you hold on just ten seconds more?"
13251Can you think of any fool play he''d be apt to conjure up, such as might make Tip say it was the best and slickest scheme he''d ever heard about?"
13251Could this be a sly trick on the part of some enemy, meant to lure him into the brush and rocks, where he could, perhaps, be overpowered?
13251Do n''t you notice he''s got it bundled up with a sort of woollen comforter or something like that?"
13251Do you understand what I''m telling you, Claude?"
13251Feeling the effects of your little jog this afternoon?
13251Had the great meet been called off, for some unknown reason or other?
13251How about going on now, Hugh?"
13251How about the supply of gas, Hugh?"
13251Hugh, do you think it might be Nick Lang?"
13251Hugh, what''s that yonder, a skulking dog, or a fellow half bent over?"
13251Is it a bargain, then?"
13251Is there any objection, fellows, to our testing out that road right now?
13251It was bad enough in broad daylight, with the sun shining; so what must it have seemed like in the moonlight, or when it was pitch dark?"
13251K. K. how do you stand on that proposition, for one?"
13251No harm done, I hope, Hugh?"
13251The question now is, what ought we do about it?"
13251What do you know, Thad?
13251What do you suppose now he could plan to have those chaps do?
13251What matter if that arm of his was almost numb with pain, and he had to press his teeth firmly together in order to continue to hold up Claude?
13251Where, oh, where, oh, where is Hugh Morgan about this time; and''Just''Smith in the bargain?"
13251Which one of the thirty contestants would be the first to appear?
13251Who could say what strange adventures might befall them before this undertaking was finished?
13251Why then had not K. K. shown up?
13251Yes, and a glow- worm also?
13251You know what a firefly or lightning bug is like, do n''t you, Horatio?
13251boys, how about that?"
13251expostulated the other boy;"I did n''t say that I really and truly believed any of those awful stories, did I?
13251gasped Thad;"your watch?
13251he went on to say;"do you mean to give it up, and head for home then and there?"
13251howled another;"well, what do you think of that?
13251is that you, Hugh?"
13251look there, what''s that queer glow mean?"
13251perhaps there may be some sort of wild animal in one of the caves they tell about up there?"
13251that you, Hugh?"
13251the skunk, what can he be up to?"
13251what ails you,''Just''Smith?"
13251what did you do that for?"
13251what did you think you saw then, Owen?"
13251what do you think of that?"
13251what''s happened now, Hugh?"
13251what''s this mean?"
12941A cry, Julius, do you say?
12941And, say, was n''t that--- eh, party, whoever he might be, making some sort of telegraphic signals with his old lantern or torch?
12941As to what?
12941But could you make out enough of the message, Hugh, to give you any idea what it stood for?
12941But what in the wide world is he trying to do?
12941But what would a donkey be doing away up here at the old quarry, where there has n''t been a stroke of work done these many years; tell me that?
12941But, Hugh, do you think the--- er--- party making those signals with a light could have noticed our illumination, and that message was meant for us?
12941But--- how did the accident happen,''Just''Smith?
12941Get out?
12941H- h- how in the wide world did you get down there, Hugh?
12941He''s making for the locker room, do n''t you see, Hugh?
12941His own mother ought to know, had n''t she? 12941 Hugh, do you think that could be what they call wild- fire, or some folks give it the name of will- o''-the- wisp, others say jack- o''-lantern?"
12941Hugh, what do you think?
12941Hugh, will you answer it, since the chances are the call is from some one of your numerous boy chums?
12941Hugh, would you try it if someone dared you to?
12941I say, fellows, does n''t this beat everything you ever saw all hollow?
12941I suppose now you''ve got some good reason for making that accusation, Thad?
12941I''d be a fine candidate for a fifteen- mile Marathon race, would n''t I, if seven miles knocked me out? 12941 I''ve tried to run, but shucks; what''s the use when you can hardly limp at the best?
12941It certainly would n''t do any good, and I proved to you that I enter here just to recover my watch, did n''t I? 12941 Just listen to that awful groaning sound, will you?
12941Just who it is; what''s the matter, Horatio? 12941 Man, or boy, Hugh?"
12941Now, what first, Hugh?
12941Rocks, did you say?
12941Say, did you notice how he seemed to know just where that plank was lying, Hugh?
12941See what?
12941So you really and truly left your watch in your locker, did you?
12941Thad, how about you?
12941That means you decline to be shoved off the path, does it, Hugh?
12941That sounds all very well, Hugh,continued Julius,"but what about the terrifying cry that sometimes wells up from that same place?"
12941That you, Hugh?
12941Then we''ll have to leave the car on the road, wo n''t we, Hugh, when we tackle this big job?
12941Then you''re sure coming, are you, Hugh?
12941There, did n''t I tell you?
12941Think you''re a ghost, Julius, and feel like biting, do you? 12941 This is n''t the way to win a Marathon, do n''t you know?
12941Well, what is it you want to tell me, Horatio?
12941Well, what''s the program, Hugh?
12941What if we pass all the way through to the other road, without learning a single thing, Hugh?
12941What''s Nick Lang been up to now, Thad?
12941What''s happened to him?
12941What''s that you say?
12941What''s that you''re telling me?
12941What''s that, Julius?
12941What''s the use of saying anything about this business?
12941Why, what happened, Hugh?
12941Why, would that work, do you think, Hugh?
12941Yes, settles what, Thad?
12941Yes?
12941You do n''t tell me?
12941At the same time he exclaimed in a severe voice:"Well, what are you doing here, I want to know, trying to break into my locker?"
12941Because a fellow gets a single knock- down in a fight ought he to throw up the sponge right away, and own himself beaten?
12941But Hugh, can you come right over here now?
12941But tell me, why should he go to all that bother, when my going out and coming- in do n''t interfere with his happiness a whit?"
12941But you will keep mum about it, wo n''t you, Hugh; just to save me from getting up against it rough with my strict dad?"
12941But, Hugh, do n''t you think we must be getting pretty near that place by this time?"
12941But, Thad, what''s worrying you?
12941Can you hold on just ten seconds more?"
12941Can you think of any fool play he''d be apt to conjure up, such as might make Tip say it was the best and slickest scheme he''d ever heard about?"
12941Could this be a sly trick on the part of some enemy, meant to lure him into the brush and rocks, where he could, perhaps, be overpowered?
12941Do n''t you notice he''s got it bundled up with a sort of woollen comforter or something like that?"
12941Do you understand what I''m telling you, Claude?"
12941Feeling the effects of your little jog this afternoon?
12941Had the great meet been called off, for some unknown reason or other?
12941How about going on now, Hugh?"
12941How about the supply of gas, Hugh?"
12941Hugh, do you think it might be Nick?"
12941Hugh, what''s that yonder, a skulking dog, or a fellow half bent over?"
12941Is it a bargain, then?"
12941Is there any objection, fellows, to our testing out that road right now?
12941It was bad enough in broad daylight, with the sun shining; so what must it have seemed like in the moonlight, or when it was pitch dark?"
12941No harm done, I hope, Hugh?"
12941The question now is, what ought we do about it?"
12941Well, try somebody else''s arm, if you please""But did n''t any of the rest of you see it?"
12941What do you know, Thad?
12941What do you suppose now he could plan to have those chaps do?
12941What matter if that arm of his was almost numb with pain, and he had to press his teeth firmly together in order to continue to hold up Claude?
12941Where, oh, where, oh, where is Hugh Morgan about this time; and''Just''Smith in the bargain?"
12941Which one of the thirty contestants would be the first to appear?
12941Who could say what strange adventures might befall them before this undertaking was finished?
12941Yes, and a glow- worm also?
12941You know what a firefly or lightning bug is like, do n''t you, Horatio?
12941boys, how about that?"
12941expostulated the other boy;"I did n''t say that I really and truly believed any of those awful stories, did I?
12941gasped Thad;"your watch?
12941he went on to say;"do you mean to give it up, and head for home then and there?"
12941how do you stand on that proposition, for one?"
12941howled another;"well, what do you think of that?
12941is that you, Hugh?"
12941look there, what''s that queer glow mean?"
12941perhaps there may be some sort of wild animal in one of the caves they tell about up there?"
12941shown up?
12941that you, Hugh?"
12941the skunk, what can he be up to?"
12941what ails you,''Just''Smith?"
12941what did you do that for?"
12941what did you think you saw then, Owen?"
12941what do you think of that?"
12941what''s happened now, Hugh?"
12941what''s this mean?"
13250And about Nick Lang?
13250And did I tell you anything more in my ravings?
13250And do they belong to you, Hugh?
13250And how does the old blacksmith get his ideas-- from Nature, you said, I believe, Thad?
13250And she''s actually out of her head, is she, right now?
13250And then you hunted for the cigarette he had thrown away, I suppose?
13250And this is Hugh?
13250Are you sure, Hugh, if is n''t Joel? 13250 But I guess you did n''t carry away the stuff right then, did you, Chief?"
13250But about the other thief, Thad?
13250But could you not hear a few random words she uttered that would give you some idea as to her identity, and where she came from?
13250But if, as you said, she has to move around in one of those self- propelling wheel- chairs, how does she ever get her house- work done, Thad?
13250But where could she have come from, Hugh? 13250 But why should you be so sure of that?"
13250But you''re one of those who want to be shown; I reckon, Thad, your folks must have come from Missouri, did n''t they?
13250But, you did n''t say anything about the deacon and his dear old wife, did you?
13250Did he go up and arrest Nick?
13250Did n''t he ever come bad again?
13250Did you hear what the committee in charge of the grounds here intends to do next week?
13250Do you mean that you might take a notion to drop a hint to the Chief, Thad?
13250Does n''t look very amiable, does he?
13250From that I imagine nobody had seen the woman and child yesterday afternoon coming along that particular road, eh, Hugh?
13250How about it, do we go along, Hugh?
13250How did he ever go through with it all, and never make a nasty break once?
13250How did you know that was my name, Hugh?
13250I''m pleased to hear you say that, Thad, I certainly am,he remarked,"And did our wonderful Chief conclude to hold Nick after that?"
13250I''ve also heard considerable about the deacon as a weather seer, Thad; how about that? 13250 Is that a fact, Hugh?
13250Is that you, Hugh?
13250It looks as if that episode might be called closed, eh, Hugh? 13250 Just for the exercise, or have you any scheme in your mind, Hugh?"
13250Listen to that, will you, Owen?
13250Meaning that the deacon will stick to his statement, and so clear Nick of complicity in the crime-- is that it, Hugh?
13250Please tell me all about it then, Hugh?
13250She_ is_ young then, Hugh?
13250So you found his secret cache, did you, Chief?
13250So, that''s the way the wind blows, is it?
13250That must have been how long ago, Thad?
13250Then I ought to see the Chief, you mean?
13250Then he was let go free, I take it, from what you say, Thad?
13250Then she''s still wandering in her mind, is she, Hugh?
13250Then you did n''t bother taking that wise tip I gave you, Hugh?
13250There''s Owen now; he was n''t at practice this afternoon, I wonder why?
13250Tip Slavin, you mean, Owen?
13250Well, have you decided to give up trying to learn where the woman with the little child came from?
13250Well, what did he say about this particular winter?
13250Well, what then, Thad?
13250What did Leon say when they found the stolen stuff hidden under his barn?
13250What has happened, wife?
13250What is it, Mother?
13250What is?
13250What might that be?
13250What with-- the Murphies?
13250Where do you think that sly Tip could have hidden the stuff, Hugh?
13250Which will be a fine thing for our hockey try- out with the scratch Seven, eh, Thad?
13250Who is he, and where did he come from? 13250 Who was he, Leon Disney?"
13250Who''s sick?
13250Who''s this you Scranton boys have thrown into the game?
13250Why not take him out with you, Hugh, if, as you say, you''re going for a walk?
13250Why, how''s that, Thad? 13250 Why, it''s good old Deacon Winslow, the blacksmith weather prophet; and, Hugh, is n''t he beckoning to us right now?"
13250Why, that''s a boss idea; who suggested it, Hugh?
13250Would you like to take a nice long walk out in the country with me, Joey?
13250Yes, and what did Nick say to that?
13250Yes? 13250 You mean too much work will cause them to go stale; is that it, Hugh?"
13250You remember that positively then, sir,--the hour, I mean?
13250You say she keeps on speaking to someone she calls grandfather, who seems likely to turn them both out of the house?
13250You want to interview the deacon, too, as well as Chief Wambold?
13250You wanted to see me about something, did you, Nick?
13250And ought they come right upstairs?"
13250And who might this fine little chap be?"
13250But did you sell the skates, as he wanted you to do?"
13250But ought I let the scamp keep my skates?"
13250But see who''s coming along here in a rig, will you?"
13250But to turn to another subject, Thad, have you heard any more reports about those Keyport High fellows we expect to go up against next Saturday?"
13250But what will you do about it, Owen,--let the Chief know of your discovery, or keep mum?"
13250But, Thad, do you feel like taking a walk this fine crisp winter morning?"
13250But, see here, Hugh, are you comparing that sneak Nick Lang to Jean Valjean, the ex- convict?"
13250By the way, how is the lad coming, on these days with his new resolutions?"
13250CHAPTER V THAD BRINGS SOME STARTLING NEWS"Hugh, have you heard the news this Sunday morning?"
13250Did n''t want him to get a line on our methods, I suppose?"
13250Did you accuse him of being a thief?"
13250Do you know what it was I meant to ask of you this morning, Nick?"
13250Does he manage to hit it off occasionally, so as to equal our forecaster at Washington, whose predictions come true every now and then?"
13250Has she spoken yet, and told who she is, and where she came from?"
13250Here''s a dollar and a half; take it, and gimme the runners, wo n''t you?"
13250Hold on a minute, will you?"
13250Honestly now, do you really believe that''s possible?
13250How about that, Hugh?
13250How about that, Hugh?"
13250How about that, Hugh?"
13250Hugh, are you there?
13250I wonder now, Hugh, if you''ve got tabs on all the fellows, so that you could tell who made any footprint in the mud?"
13250If a tear fell on the little fellow''s head, was it to be wondered at?
13250Is Jean La Rue visiting anybody in Scranton; and have you rung him in on us to- day, to send our poor chaps down to defeat?"
13250Is there such a thing as the regeneration of a boy who''s been born bad, and always taken delight in doing every sort of mean thing on the calendar?
13250Joel, are the three letters there?"
13250Look at that sky, will you?
13250Mebbe she''ll be awake when we come back, Hugh?"
13250Might not the child have simply given the baby pronunciation of Joey?"
13250So only one fellow has been taken, and he refuses to tell on his pal, does he?"
13250Surely that was Hugh Morgan in the sleigh, but why should_ he_ be pounding his horse, and half standing erect?
13250The score?
13250Was he threatening you about anything, Hugh?
13250Well, what happened?"
13250Were you expecting him?
13250What did you want with me, Hugh?"
13250What does he mean by that, Hugh?
13250What is it this time?"
13250What makes him act that way, Hugh?
13250What ought I to do about it, I wonder?
13250What''s happened during the night?
13250You agreed, of course, sir, seeing that he was here?"
13250You do n''t suppose it all came in a flash, do you?"
13250You know who he had in mind, of course, Hugh?"
13250You''ll be here right away, Doctor, wo n''t you, please?"
13250You''ve been talking with her, have you, Mother?"
13250demanded the other, being very fond of all the Morgan family;"not your good mother, I hope, Hugh?"
13250he burst out with, at which Thad shot a knowing glance toward his chum, which said as plain as could be:"There, what did I say to you?"
13250he called out, stopping work with the bellows;"and have you come out to take a bite with the old lady and myself?
13250he exclaimed;"shall I run down and let them in, Mother?
13250he went on to say;"does that strike you as if a heavenly little sunbeam like the boy could ever be too much trouble for her?
13250she cried;"how could you guess my secret, if I did not betray it in my delirium?
13250tell me, am I awake, or dreaming, husband?"
13250what is it?"
18587And from what you say, as well as your mentioning the boy''s name before I spoke it, I assume that you know Owen Dugdale?
18587And you dropped over to see if we were making any headway, I suppose?
18587Are you dead certain it was a souvenir spoon you glimpsed? 18587 Are you in for a little walk with me, Thad?"
18587Are you through?
18587But where will we be all the time, Hugh?
18587But,said Thad, in sore perplexity,"the three spoons are gone, there''s no doubt about that; and if Owen did n''t take them who did?"
18587Could it be possible, do you think?
18587Do you know what I got a good mind to do to you, sonny?
18587Do you mean about my actions in that house, Hugh?
18587Do you mean to say you have missed something on two separate occasions, ma''am?
18587Do you notice any improvement in our work? 18587 Do you really think that boy might come down with pneumonia, or something like that on account of being in the water, Hugh?"
18587Do you suppose, Hugh, that Nick Lang knows about that unguarded window''?
18587Had n''t we better be going, Hugh?
18587Had n''t we better be making a start, Hugh?
18587Have they been in touch with Allandale and Belleville?
18587He liked you, too, did n''t he, Thad?
18587Here''s one of the paddles; do you see anything of the other?
18587How many do you think will be on hand?
18587How''s little Brutus, Sarah?
18587Is that all?
18587Notice that shrub bursting into bloom, will you?
18587Now how did you learn that?
18587Of course you told your good mother all about it, Hugh, when you got home?
18587So Hugh Morgan has taken up with that gloomy looking chap Owen, has he?
18587So that is how Sarah comes to be calling her Brutus a hero, is it?
18587Tell all that to your grandmother, Thad, will you?
18587Then you agree, do you, Hugh?
18587Then, after all I''ve told you, Hugh, you still believe in Owen?
18587Watch that throwin'', will you? 18587 Well, have you struck any promising scheme yet, Hugh?"
18587Well, you do n''t believe they''ll come again tonight at any rate, do you, Hugh?
18587What can I believe, Hugh?
18587What do you plan to do, now you have the spoon?
18587What does all that row mean, Hugh?
18587What of that, Eli? 18587 What would a parrot want of such objects, and where would she hide them?"
18587What''s going on here?
18587What''s that?
18587Whatever makes you say that?
18587Why should it put a stop to your fun?
18587Why should this lovely little shelf up there be so strong? 18587 Why, who''s got prize Belgian hares in Scranton but Hugh Morgan?
18587Why, you do n''t mean to tell me you''d stick in your little oar, Hugh, and try to teach me a few tricks, do you? 18587 Will Mr. Leonard coach the team as he promised, Hugh?"
18587You only rattle the boy, do n''t you know? 18587 And, say, was Owen there on the day it went glimmering?
18587Anything particular moving?"
18587Are we going to perch on it, and drop down on top of the night birds after they let themselves in?
18587But I see the old flivver in by the barn, so you did manage to get it home after all, eh, Thad?"
18587But I''m afraid they''ll think our reception committee rather frigid, eh, Thad?"
18587But suppose you stop asking questions, and agree to accompany me when I make my little call on Sarah this evening?"
18587But, joking aside, what really did happen to you, Thad, tell me?"
18587CHAPTER XVIII A STRAIGHT DRIVE FOR THE TRUTH"So, you stole Owen''s spoon, did you?"
18587Could n''t you have been mistaken?"
18587Do n''t ye see we''re just dying to know?"
18587Do n''t you know who he is, just because he''s wearing a pair of big goggles, and has his cap pulled down over his forehead?
18587Do n''t you think I am entitled to your full confidence?"
18587Do they put you wise to anything, Hugh?"
18587Glad to have seen you, O. K. Carry a message back home to Belleville for me, will you?
18587Guess I knows my history, an''did n''t I see it in him when he was a little baby?
18587Have we gone up or down, in your judgment?"
18587Have you had all you want for tonight?"
18587Have you thought up any scheme yet for learning the truth about Owen?"
18587His actions more than anything he might say would have given you a pointer, do n''t you see?"
18587How about that, Hugh?"
18587Hugh, do n''t you say the same?"
18587I do n''t suppose you thought to do anything like that, now?"
18587I hope now you do n''t object to my being here, Hugh?"
18587I hope she is n''t taking a nap just now?"
18587I wonder if those Belleville fellows have been up to any dodge to learn our signals, and how our pitchers are practicing certain pet balls?"
18587I wonder now how Nick Lang will feel about that?"
18587I wonder now, did it happen to hit either of them when it came tumbling down after emptying out all the iced water?
18587If not a human being, what sort of a creature could the clever thief be?
18587If that''s a fact, you''re going to up and explain its workings to your best chum, ai n''t you?"
18587Is Mrs. Pangborn at leisure?
18587Is that the game, Hugh?"
18587Is your news of that sort, Limpy?"
18587It seemed to say:"Dere now, what do yuh good- for- nothin''coons think of my Brutus, after hearin''dese white boys say as how he''s a real hero?
18587K.?"
18587Mebbe now you''re meaning all of you to pick on me?
18587My news can keep; and what would poor Scranton High do for a catcher in the game next Saturday if you fractured your collar- bone?"
18587Nothing seems to faize you, Hugh, Ca n''t you just give me a little clue to feed on till you explain it all?
18587Now, what do you think of that?"
18587Now, you''ve likely never been there yourself, even though you''ve been getting pretty intimate with Owen lately?"
18587Pangborn?"
18587Perhaps now you''ve got a clue of some sort that you would n''t mind telling me about?"
18587Sandy Dowd and I saw a bunch of the boys out on their field after school yesterday, did n''t we, Sandy?"
18587So you, of course, assisted the old gentleman, as he asked, and got him safely to his house?"
18587Thad, how can we reach him?"
18587Thad, that you?"
18587Was that boy on the motorcycle one of the Belleville fellows?
18587Well, is there anything more coming, or does that end your adventure?"
18587What do you say to that, Hugh?"
18587What do you think of that, Hugh?"
18587What makes you say such a queer thing?"
18587What time do you suppose Sarah would be at her house?
18587What wonderful secret did you discover there?
18587What''s all dis row about, anyhow?
18587What''s doing this fine Sunday afternoon?"
18587While not so fine a torch as mine, still it seems to be O. K. You''ll do that, I hope, Hugh?"
18587Why, what''s this?"
18587Would n''t you think yourself well repaid for just repressing your antipathy toward Nick Lang?"
18587Would you mind telling me about it?"
18587You know what your team can do; have we any show against Belleville, or that strong aggregation at Allandale?"
18587You said something about_ ice_, did n''t you, Hugh?"
18587You wo n''t punish him for what happened today, will you?
18587are you figuring on giving Nick and Leon their usual Saturday night bath?"
18587do you suspect that a silly bird could go and carry off not only one spoon but three of them?"
18587exclaimed Hugh;"do you mean to say your appointment was with Owen Dugdale after all?"
18587is that so, Hugh?
18587is that so?"
18587so you''re there, are you, Hugh Morgan?"
18587we''re going to be spied on, it seems, Hugh; for notice that chap coming along on his motorcycle, will you?
18587what does this mean, I''d like to know?"
18587what''s all that loud talking ahead there mean?"
4940''And now,''what?
4940A cooky jar or merely a glass candy jar? 4940 And are all of you boys going, too?"
4940And in whose name?
4940And now, daughter, whose money is this, and what is it all about?
4940And was that your sole object in coming to Oakdale?
4940And what about Marian?
4940Anne, what does all this mean?
4940Are you and Grace coming with us?
4940Are you familiar with this part of the country?
4940Are you going to detect or deduct?
4940Are you going to play on the junior basketball team this year, Mabel?
4940Are you sure, however, that you were not mistaken, Grace? 4940 Away out to''Heartsease,''Grace?
4940But how did you know?
4940But how does it happen that you always seem to be in the thick of the fight, Grace?
4940But may I not hope to see your sister and yourself at Hawks''Nest, in the near future?
4940But what shall we put it in?
4940By the way, Grace, do you recite in any of Marian Barber''s classes?
4940By the way, Grace, which booth made the most money, outside the auction, of course?
4940Ca n''t the girls make her see that she looks like a fright beside them?
4940Ca n''t you tell me about it?
4940Can we do anything to help you, Anne?
4940Can you blame her?
4940Can you imagine me in the garb of an Oakdale policeman?
4940Come on, girls, shall we go down?
4940Did she introduce that man to you?
4940Did she?
4940Did you hear about the quarrel that she and Edna Wright had, after she attacked us?
4940Did you hear what he said, Anne?
4940Did you meet him?
4940Do n''t feel slighted at being left off my dinner list,she said to Grace, then added slyly,"Why do n''t the eight originals hold forth at Nora''s?"
4940Do n''t you remember how delighted she was when she deposited the judge''s check and received her first check book?
4940Do you assure me that the spread you just mentioned is no myth?
4940Do you suppose she''d be angry if we proposed it to her?
4940Does your mother know how you happened to meet him?
4940Edna Wright?
4940Eleanor Savelli?
4940Going? 4940 Have you found out anything else?"
4940Hello, what''s the matter here?
4940Hippy, when will you be good?
4940How about the five hundred dollars the judge sent?
4940How are you, Marian?
4940How can I tell you?
4940How could Marian Barber be so ridiculous, and why did her mother ever allow her to dress herself like that?
4940How did you ever get up anything like that on such short notice? 4940 How shall we arrange it?"
4940How will the thief get at the money, then, father?
4940I ask you, dear friend, can our gymnasium be builded upon ten cents? 4940 I''d like to try for a scholarship, but how on earth would I support myself even if I were fortunate enough to win?"
4940Is Marian in?
4940Is Miss Savelli at home?
4940Is it animal, vegetable or mineral, Hippy?
4940Is n''t Eleanor a wonder in her studies? 4940 Is n''t he horrid?"
4940Is she able to receive visitors?
4940Is the''Mabel''you speak of her sister?
4940Is there anyone here who will make a bid on this interesting package?
4940Margaret,she said, turning to Miss Nevin,"would you care to tell my girls what you were telling me when they came in?
4940Marian,asked Grace,"did you give the money the judge sent us to Henry Hammond?"
4940May I enter?
4940May I wait here for Miss Savelli?
4940May we go this minute?
4940Miss Barber?
4940Now will you be good, Nora?
4940Oh, I think we''re all rooted to the spot for this year,said Jessica,"but what about next?
4940Oh, may we, Judge?
4940Personally, I shall never forgive him, but have I the right to keep Eleanor from her father? 4940 Phast that haunted house?"
4940Shall I say so, now?
4940Shall I smash in the paneling, miss?
4940Shall we wait for her?
4940That was the night of the day you came to Oakdale, was it not?
4940To whom shall I make it payable?
4940Tom, what do you suppose that means?
4940Was n''t I an idiot, though?
4940Well, what did happen?
4940Well, what would you suggest as a cash- catching stunt?
4940What are you talking about, Anne?
4940What did you say, my dear?
4940What do you think of the whole thing?
4940What ever made you have a black evening gown? 4940 What happened Friday?"
4940What has come over you girls?
4940What have we here?
4940What have you been smuggling, Hippy?
4940What is her name?
4940What is life without basketball?
4940What is the child talking about?
4940What on earth is a''Mystery Auction''?
4940What shall I do with you, Grace?
4940What shall I do?
4940What shall we do about it?
4940What''s this to be?
4940When will you come again?
4940Where did you first meet him, Marian?
4940Where do we jollificate, to- night?
4940Where have you been, Anne?
4940Where in the world did you unearth that man you introduced us to, at the bazaar?
4940Where is Marian Barber?
4940Where is she?
4940Where shall we see you after the performance, dear?
4940Where were you, Grace?
4940Where''s Marian?
4940Where''s Marian?
4940Where''s Marian?
4940Where? 4940 Where?"
4940Who introduced him to you?
4940Who is it she resembles?
4940Who is playing?
4940Who is that young girl who bears the name of my baby, and where did she come from?
4940Who is the last person you''d expect to see her with?
4940Who is there?
4940Who is to be custodian of the fund, Grace? 4940 Who is willing to room alone?"
4940Who told you?
4940Who will go with me?
4940Whom does she resemble?
4940Why are you so bitter against that young man, daughter?
4940Why did she?
4940Why did you leave Oakdale?
4940Why do n''t you children have a little dance?
4940Why not ask him to come down for our concert?
4940Why should you run away from the members of your own sorority?
4940Why, Marian Barber, what are you talking about?
4940Why, Marian Barber, what made you do it?
4940Why? 4940 Will you kiss me, Grace?"
4940Yes, Marian,interrupted Jessica,"have you forgotten the solemn initiation rites that were conducted at my house last year?"
4940Yes, does n''t it?
4940You are Miss Harlowe, are n''t you?
4940You ca n''t go back to what you never left, can you?
4940You did n''t have the least bit of trouble about getting away from school, did you?
4940Your friend?
4940Are you making Hammond your victim?"
4940Are you to have charge of it?"
4940Are you willing to stand by me through what may be a rather disagreeable scene?"
4940But even if we do succeed in silencing Eleanor, where are we to get the money to pay back the class fund?
4940CHAPTER IV GRACE TURNS IN THE FIRE ALARM"I wonder what sort of excitement we shall have next?"
4940Ca n''t you offer something cheerful?"
4940Did Mabel have any recollection of the day she was brought there?
4940Did you know that Mrs. Gray has postponed coming home until March?"
4940Do I feed or do I not?"
4940Do I understand you to insinuate that I have in any way influenced Miss Barber as to her manner of dress?"
4940Do you feel strong enough to hear our story and to tell us yours?"
4940Do you solemnly promise to be good and not tease for things to eat, but be a ready and willing little toiler?"
4940Do you, Grace?"
4940Furlow?"
4940Had Mary Stevens, the attendant, ever described the clothing that she had worn when found?
4940Have we already forgotten that dear, departed hall of youthful pleasures, cut down in the flower of its youth so tragically?"
4940Have you any idea what it was about?"
4940How did it all come about?
4940How much does it all come to?"
4940I have n''t interfered with you in the matter of your gowns, have I?"
4940I opened it, and who do you suppose it was from?"
4940I will win the heart of my child through the music she loves, I may add one little solo to your programme?"
4940Is my father there?"
4940Is n''t that what gypsies are supposed usually to smuggle?"
4940Is there any one present who would like to try his gait?
4940Is there no one here who is thinking of our late, lamented gymnasium?
4940It seemed infinitely worse to hear that she had not died then, but was perhaps alive, and in what circumstances?
4940It''s a terrible night, is n''t it?"
4940Just then Anne exclaimed very softly,"Look, Grace, is n''t that Marian and her cavalier?"
4940May Anne and I come to- morrow and have a good long gossip?
4940May I go?"
4940May we bring her with us?"
4940Miriam, will you tell Miss Putnam?
4940Nevertheless, he could not refrain from smiling a little as he added,"What do you propose to do with this money?"
4940Nora and I will be in a conservatory, Grace will be in college and Anne-- where will you be, Anne?"
4940Oh, is it gone?"
4940Perhaps you know of it?"
4940Really?"
4940Shall I prepare Mabel for it?"
4940Shall you be able to stay?"
4940She lives near here, does n''t she?"
4940Southard?"
4940That night she hurried through her supper, and, barely tasting her dessert, said abruptly:"Mother, may I go to Eleanor Savelli''s this evening?"
4940The Parting of the Ways LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS"Who is that Girl?"
4940The old gentleman bounded up like a rubber ball, saying excitedly,"What do you mean, young woman?"
4940Then she answered,"You say he is there?
4940Was she awake or did she dream?
4940Was this fashionably attired person plain every- day Marian Barber?
4940Was this good- natured, easy going Marian Barber who had spoken?
4940What if after all their conjectures were to prove erroneous, and Mabel Allison was not the long- lost daughter of the woman in the hospital?
4940What shall we do without you?"
4940What time is it now?"
4940What''s the matter?
4940What''s the matter?"
4940When and where is the concert to be held?"
4940Where are they sitting?"
4940Where is the seventh rosebud?"
4940Who is going with you?"
4940Who is he, Anne, and where did he come from?"
4940Who knows?
4940Who told you so?"
4940Why?"
4940Will you come to my house?"
4940Will you go and find him?"
4940Will you have separate rooms, or do you wish to do as you did last summer?"
4940Will you listen to me?
4940Will you remain until I return?"
4940You are going to Henry Hammond''s office, are n''t you?"
4940[ Illustration:"Who is that Girl?"]
4940where?"
42015All ready for the big day?
42015All set?
42015Am I seeing things or is that the old_ Queen_?
42015And when do the supervisors have their annual meeting?
42015Anyone hurt?
42015Anyone hurt?
42015Are n''t you going to stay for the final sophomore debate tryouts?
42015Are n''t you the folks in the speedboat?
42015Are there any charges?
42015Are we what?
42015Are you all right, Helen?
42015Are you all right, dear?
42015Are you going to head all of the front page stories?
42015Are you going to?
42015Are you sure it''s enough?
42015Are you trying to be a county paper?
42015Are you?
42015But I thought you had decided not to go to the play?
42015But is n''t that a little extravagant?
42015But what could I do?
42015But what for, Tom, and can we afford it?
42015But would n''t that cost a lot of money?
42015But you''re not objecting to the paved road, are you?
42015Can I go with you?
42015Can we prove Atwell had a hand in this?
42015Can you run a typewriter?
42015Can you see what boat he has?
42015Did he cancel the passes?
42015Did n''t I ask enough?
42015Did n''t I see you working in the garden this morning when I went down the lake with Jim Preston?
42015Did we get hit?
42015Did you get any today?
42015Did you get that?
42015Did you write a story about the sophomore picnic and what happened to Margaret?
42015Do for what?
42015Do n''t you think you were a little short with him?
42015Do n''t you want someone to go to the farmhouse with you?
42015Do these electric printers run all day?
42015Do you still want me to get a pass?
42015Do you think Rand will give you an interview?
42015Get a story?
42015Get your story in to the A.P.?
42015Getting tired?
42015Going to double the prices of everything?
42015Going up to school for the sophomore- junior debate?
42015Had n''t I better go?
42015Have I been asleep all evening?
42015Have a big celebration?
42015Have lots of business today?
42015Have patience with you, Mother?
42015Have you found Margaret?
42015How about a plane ride if the circus has time to take us?
42015How about cost?
42015How about the farmers back in the hills?
42015How about you, Tom?
42015How about you?
42015How am I going to get out the paper?
42015How are all the storm victims?
42015How deep is the water from here in?
42015How did he look when you talked with him?
42015How did it happen?
42015How did you happen to think of that?
42015How do they decide the official papers?
42015How long will it take us to reach Crescent Beach?
42015How much circulation do you have?
42015How much circulation do you think the_ Advocate_ has now?
42015How much will it be?
42015How will the local merchants feel?
42015How''s Dad?
42015How''s Dad?
42015How?
42015I do n''t suppose you''ll want it broadcast about the accident this morning on the lake and your cracking up in a fence over here?
42015I have?
42015I suppose you know why I''m here?
42015Is Mr. McClintock in the office?
42015Is n''t he handsome?
42015Is n''t there enough steam to make shore?
42015Is the tornado going to hit the town?
42015Is there something I can do?
42015Just what is wrong, Dad?
42015Less than five minutes ago you said''And you want a story about my world flight in return for keeping quiet about the accident?'' 42015 Let''s see, you''re from the_ Rolfe Herald_?"
42015Like it?
42015My gosh,exclaimed Tom,"are n''t you hurt?"
42015New whistle on the old engine?
42015Nice trip?
42015Now what''s up?
42015Papers ready?
42015Rand give you the usual denial?
42015Remember I promised you a story this week?
42015Say, what the dickens are you driving at?
42015Spent that$ 200 yet?
42015Starting in bright and early, are n''t you?
42015Supper about ready?
42015Then what do you want?
42015Then why did n''t Dad try for it?
42015Then you think someone may have been hurt?
42015This is the Rigg Jensen place, is n''t it?
42015Thought you were just going down the street to see how play practice was coming?
42015Want to go to Cranston Friday or Saturday?
42015Want to ride?
42015We''re going back for a while after supper,said Helen,"but I do n''t think it will take us over a couple of hours to finish, do you, Tom?"
42015Well, Mr. Business Manager, what are you going to start on?
42015What about the Flyer?
42015What about your costumes?
42015What are you driving at? 42015 What are you going to do this afternoon?"
42015What did he say?
42015What do you think of it?
42015What do you want first?
42015What happened?
42015What happened?
42015What in heaven''s name happened?
42015What is my first assignment going to be?
42015What kind of a plane do you intend to use?
42015What say?
42015What was the trouble?
42015What will he do if they do n''t license the_ Queen_?
42015What will this do to the_ Herald_?
42015What will we do?
42015What will we need?
42015What will you ask him? 42015 What would you say, Mother, if Tom and I stayed down at the office a while and did some cleaning up?"
42015What''s he saying?
42015What''s that?
42015What''s the idea?
42015What''s the matter Doctor Stevens?
42015What''s the matter, Helen?
42015What''s the matter, young Lady?
42015What''s the matter? 42015 What''s the matter?"
42015What''s the matter?
42015What''s the matter?
42015What''s the matter?
42015When do you think Hugh should start for the southwest?
42015When will he start?
42015When will you take off from New York?
42015Where are you going to sit?
42015Where is it?
42015Where''s Tom?
42015Who could have done such a thing?
42015Who informed you of that?
42015Why Tom,she went on enthusiastically,"think what it would mean to Dad?"
42015Why did n''t we sink out in the lake?
42015Why did n''t you open it and then telephone me?
42015Why so excited about that? 42015 Why, what''s the matter with your father?"
42015Why, what''s the matter, Tom?
42015Will you go back with them now?
42015Will you swing over east, land and pick up the pilot of that plane?
42015Wo n''t she be able to go on Thursday night?
42015Wo n''t that crowd the inside pages?
42015Wo n''t you need a reporter?
42015Wonder how Dad will like our new editorial head and the three column box head I set for your personals?
42015You''re actually planning the world flight?
42015You''re on the class committee, are n''t you?
42015You''re really''Speed''Rand, are n''t you?
42015You''re what?
42015Been over there yet?"
42015Ca n''t we expand the paper some way to get more business?
42015Could she make it appear that the accident was a part of the play, a deliberate bit of comedy?
42015Do you know what''s the matter?"
42015Got some copypaper?"
42015Had the magic of Miss Carver''s story been so strong that she was imagining things?
42015He''s afraid of something and it has worried him until he is positively ill.""And have n''t you any idea what it could be?"
42015How are you Tom?"
42015How does that sound?"
42015How much will they cost?"
42015How will you act?"
42015If I do n''t tell you, will you still spread the story about the accident?"
42015Is it too long?"
42015Is it two or three hours late?"
42015Not bad for a starter, eh?"
42015Think it will keep them from riding with the air circus?"
42015Trying to hi- jack me into paying you to keep quiet?"
42015Want to make time?"
42015Was there anything wrong with her father?
42015What about my family?"
42015What about the_ Herald_?
42015What are you going to do?"
42015What have you been trying to cook, lately?"
42015What secret were they keeping from her?
42015What was the matter with their father?
42015What would be the answer to their months of work?
42015Which story should Helen write first,"Speed"Rand''s world flight, the celebration at Sandy Point or the story of Captain Billy and the_ Queen_?
42015Who could be sending her a telegram?
42015Who did you say the girl was?"
42015Who''s calling?"
42015Would she get the job as Rolfe correspondent?
42015Would they get the county work which meant so much or would Burr Atwell succeed in defeating them?
42015she exclaimed,"''Speed''Rand coming here?"
15344And do you think that Anne Pierson would carry information?
15344And has she accepted your invitation?
15344And what is that, my dear?
15344Anne, will you help serve, please?
15344Are you deaf?
15344Are you happy, Anne, dear?
15344Are you ready?
15344Assistant Master Harlowe, will you arrange the esteemed spectators, so that the ceremony may proceed?
15344But how did you get it?
15344But what has Julia Crosby against me?
15344But why does she use her''coach and four,''When she lives in the palace just next door?
15344By the way, girls,said Grace, addressing the team,"has any one any objection to Anne and Jessica staying to see the practice game?
15344David,cried Anne joyously,"you do n''t mean to say you''ve gone and done it at last?"
15344Did I say that she did?
15344Did Napoleon get out?
15344Did it look like a trick, Grace?
15344Did she really want it so badly as all that?
15344Did you go to Professor Cole for permission to use the gymnasium last Thursday?
15344Did you know that Julia was elected president of her class?
15344Did you know that Tom Gray is in town?
15344Did you know,interposed Anne,"that the upperclass girls are calling Grace and Julia Crosby''David and Jonathan''?"
15344Did you see what David did?
15344Did you think we would leave you to drown? 15344 Do n''t we, girls?"
15344Do n''t you hear me?
15344Do n''t you see the danger flag over there? 15344 Do n''t you think she looks lonely?"
15344Do n''t you think so, girls?
15344Do n''t you, Anne?
15344Do you know which way she went?
15344Do you mean to tell me that Miriam meant Anne when she said she could name the girl?
15344Do you see this key? 15344 Do you solemnly promise to exert yourselves to the utmost to repay the juniors for this afternoon''s work?"
15344Do you think I am going to run any risk of losing you?
15344Does n''t it seem strange,said Grace, who had hitherto offered no comments,"that we must always be at sixes and sevens with the juniors?
15344Er-- Grace,she said, clearing her throat,"er-- the team has----""Well, what is it?"
15344Fond of what?
15344Girls,she said,"I suppose you wonder who called this meeting, and why it was called?
15344Grace,she said quickly,"what is all this nonsense about Anne?"
15344Have you a written permission?
15344Have you ever thought of flying to our beloved France? 15344 How can you be so contemptible?"
15344How can you doubt me?
15344How can you say such things, Miriam?
15344How could she have been so contemptible?
15344How dared you do such a despicable thing?
15344How did it happen, Grace? 15344 How did they get their information?"
15344How did you do it?
15344How did you guess that I had news?
15344How do you do, Julia?
15344How have they dishonored you, Miriam?
15344I wonder what Marian Barber''s motto is?
15344I wonder where old Jean is? 15344 I wonder who''ll get the freshman prize this year?"
15344Is n''t it a fine sight?
15344Is there anything the matter with you to- day?
15344It is a case of the innocent suffering with the guilty, is n''t it? 15344 It looks pretty bad, does n''t it?
15344Jessica, will you pour the chocolate?
15344Julia,she said,"I do n''t care what you did to me; but wo n''t you please say that Anne did n''t give you those signals?"
15344Let''s go down to- night and see if she''s all right?
15344Meaning pond?
15344Miriam will you play one of the forwards?
15344Miriam, are n''t you glad I got out of prison in time?
15344Miriam?
15344Miss Crosby,Tom Gray called,"wo n''t you wait a minute?
15344Miss Crosby,continued Miss Thompson,"are you not the captain of the junior team?"
15344Miss Pierson''s true character?
15344O Tom, is n''t it great?
15344Object?
15344Oh, Grace,cried Marian Barber,"wo n''t you forgive us?
15344Oh, Julia, will you truly? 15344 Oh, Miriam, you do n''t mean that?"
15344Oh, what can they be?
15344Oh, what shall I do?
15344Oh, what shall we do?
15344Really?
15344Shall you tell Nora and Jessica?
15344Suppose there is no one there?
15344Suppose you wait here for me while I go back to town and get my things? 15344 The poor soul thinks he''s a horse, I suppose,"she said to herself,"but what difference does it make, if we can only get the plank to Tom and Julia?"
15344This brings back one''s Grammar School days, does n''t it?
15344Tom''s?
15344Was n''t it perfectly lovely?
15344Was there ever a teacher quite like Miss Thompson?
15344Well what has all this childish prattle to do with me?
15344Well, Grace, what can I do for you?
15344Well, Grace,said Tom,"how has the world been using you?
15344Well, Miriam, what''s the news?
15344Well, girls? 15344 Well, why did she go in the wrong direction?"
15344Well,said Miriam,"I suppose you all noticed how the juniors outwitted us at every point last Saturday?
15344What about the rest of the class?
15344What are you going to do about it?
15344What did I tell you about the way of the transgressor?
15344What did she say?
15344What did you say?
15344What do you mean?
15344What does ail Miriam Nesbit? 15344 What if I am off on a wild- goose chase?"
15344What in the world is the matter now?
15344What is it, Marian?
15344What is it?
15344What is the use of working ourselves to death simply to have our game handed over to the enemy?
15344What makes Grace act so queerly to- day?
15344What must we do? 15344 What on earth are those juniors making such a fuss about?"
15344What was it?
15344What were you saying, Anne?
15344What''s the matter with you, sister?
15344What''s the matter?
15344What''s the use of cramming?
15344When did you hear her say that?
15344When do we go forth on our mission of reform?
15344Where am I?
15344Where are you?
15344Where do we come in?
15344Where, oh, where, is our gallant captain? 15344 Who are those people coming across the orchard?
15344Who could have been mean enough to betray us?
15344Who could have been so unkind as to tell you? 15344 Who else is invited, David?"
15344Who is going to play center?
15344Who is the girl doing the fancy strokes?
15344Who is your helper, David?
15344Who on earth dug that hole, and what is it for?
15344Who told you so?
15344Why ca n''t we all help?
15344Why did you not come to me?
15344Why do n''t you learn to skate?
15344Why do n''t you speak out, instead of stuttering in that fashion? 15344 Why should I help them when they have dishonored me?"
15344Why, do you know something special, too?
15344Why, mother, how did you know anything about it?
15344Why?
15344Will you excuse me, girls? 15344 Wo n''t you stay, Anne, and have supper with my invalid girl?"
15344Would she dare to stay away?
15344Yes? 15344 You already knew that permission had been granted the sophomore team, did you not?"
15344You are coming to see us play to- morrow, are n''t you, David?
15344You are n''t ill to- day, are you?
15344You know how it happened, do n''t you?
15344You''ll attend, wo n''t you, Grace?
15344You''ll come, wo n''t you, mother?
15344***** The Range and Grange Hustlers By FRANK GEE PATCHIN Have you any idea of the excitements, the glories of life on great ranches in the West?
15344And what have you done with your crown?
15344Are you sure that it really is important?"
15344But are you all right, old man?"
15344But he barred her way, saying sadly:"What, do you, too, pretend?
15344But how did Miriam find out about it?"
15344But was that fair?
15344But what could she do?
15344But what did that pert miss mean about Anne''s father being an actor?
15344But why did n''t the janitress take it straight to Miss Thompson?
15344But would she be able to carry out the daring design that had sprung into her mind?
15344By George, I wonder whether she has locked that lunatic up?
15344Did you attend any of our games during the winter, Miss Post?"
15344Did you really lock him in that old house?"
15344Do n''t you consider the juniors''punishment a just one?"
15344Do n''t you know that people never think of petty differences when real trouble arises?"
15344Do n''t you remember the junior that was cut by her class last year?
15344Do n''t you remember when Miriam first had it?
15344Do n''t you think so, girls?"
15344Do you care to read it?"
15344Do you girls realize that we ought to be making some plans for it?
15344Do you think I do not know you?
15344Does n''t Ethel Post look sweet?
15344Does n''t that look like Julia Crosby and some of her crowd?"
15344Grace is a fine captain, and----""What are you saying about me?"
15344Had there been an accident?
15344Harlowe?"
15344Has she smashed her little ribs?"
15344Has the game been called?"
15344Have n''t you found out long ago that she is the right sort?"
15344Have you a rope?"
15344Have you looked upstairs yet?"
15344Have you your court robes with you?
15344Honorable Assistant Master Harlowe, will you name your trusted followers?"
15344How about my pet bird?
15344How ever shall I get away from him?"
15344How had we better begin?"
15344I wonder how it will all end?"
15344Is it good, bad or indifferent?"
15344Is it still at the old Omnibus House?"
15344Is n''t that a good enough reason?"
15344It is true she might break a window, but what good would that do?
15344It was from Julia, and read as follows:"DEAR GRACE:"Will you come and see me this afternoon when school is over?
15344Let''s put it all aside and swear to be friends, tried and true, from now on?
15344Moreover, was not Julia Crosby, the junior captain?
15344She influenced the girls against us, after the first game, and you remember what she said at the basketball meeting, do n''t you, Nora?"
15344She is so sensitive you know?"
15344She laid the pin down and said,''What is it, Anne?''
15344Stand up for Anne?
15344Stifling her desire to retort sharply, Grace said?
15344Suppose it were found, who would know what it meant?"
15344The meeting promised to be one of interest, for had not Grace Harlowe said that she would tell them something about the betrayed signals?
15344The principal looked after her and shook her head, then turning to Grace, she asked,"Well, Grace, are you satisfied?"
15344Then after a moment''s hesitation she said,"Miss Thompson, wo n''t you, please, restore the juniors their gymnasium privilege?"
15344Then she went on hurriedly,"I think our chances for winning the championship are better than ever, do n''t you?"
15344Then, turning to Anne,"What''s your opinion on the subject, Queen Anne?"
15344To be sure the juniors had deserved their punishment, but what kind of basketball could they play after having had no practice for two weeks?
15344Trying to keep the excitement she felt out of her voice, Grace asked in a low tone,"Whom did you return it to, Miss Post?"
15344Was n''t it, girls?"
15344We''ll soon be on Main Street and you do n''t want people to see you cry, do you?
15344What are all these people standing around for?"
15344What did I tell you the other day?
15344What do you think we ought to do about it?"
15344What had happened?
15344What if the junior team were a famous one, and had won victory after victory the year before over all other class teams?
15344What is the life of one like you to me, when I hold the fate of nations in my hands?
15344What school girl does not grow enthusiastic over a class dance?
15344What shall I do?"
15344What was it Miss Thompson had said about rough play?
15344What was to be done about it?
15344What would your poor mother say if she knew what had happened?"
15344What''s the use of wasting the whole afternoon quarrelling over an old basketball game?
15344Where are you?"
15344Where have you been keeping yourself?"
15344Who is she, anyway?
15344Why did n''t you tell me?"
15344Why should girls of good Oakdale families be forced to associate with such people?
15344Will you come?"
15344Will you forgive me, Grace, and try to think of me as your friend?"
15344Will you please tell her so?
15344Wiping her eyes, she asked,"How did you ever happen to be out here just at the time I needed help?"
15344Wo n''t you try to do a little better next half?"
15344Would you not like to look at it?"
15344You are going to stay to- day, are n''t you?"
15344You remember her, do n''t you?"
15344do you promise to attend?"
15344exclaimed Nora,"what became of Miriam?
15344he thought,"or was it only her insatiable desire never to be beaten?"
15344was the cry,"When did he acquire a carriage?"
15344was yours for the afternoon?"
37912''Eh?'' 37912 ''Hebe?''
37912''Is Laura literary, Mammy?'' 37912 ''What you want-- hair cut again this week, Pretty?''
37912''What''s the matter, Purt?'' 37912 ''Why did n''t he swim it_ four_ times,''says Billy, grave as a judge,''and so get back to the bank where he''d left his clothes?''
37912A rope?
37912Ai n''t she the greatest girl you ever heard of, Mis''Case?
37912Ai n''t that just like you, Hessie?
37912All ready?
37912And Billy says:''What''s puzzling me, is why he swam it_ three_ times?''
37912And I suppose you think,said Mr. Billson, scowling,"that she is doing all this for the Doyles to pay Rufus for his monkey- shines, eh?"
37912And can they be blamed?
37912And did they?
37912And do you know,laughed Eve,"that Hebe was almost the best behaved boy in the school all that term?"
37912And he shuffled right up to this window-- And how do you suppose he opened it, if, as Mr. Jackway says, it was locked on the inside?
37912And they ai n''t give him the bounce?
37912And what do you suppose Moose pointed out?
37912And what is that, Miss?
37912And when you were in there that night this fellow was there?
37912And who hates us?
37912And who''ll sign it?
37912And why not? 37912 And why not_ me_?"
37912And you expect Mr. Grimes to find you a good job, do you? 37912 And you have no suspicion as to who could have taken her?"
37912And you told her she could n''t be herself because she said,''It is me?'' 37912 And you''re one of the''nice''ones, I suppose, Miss?"
37912Are you afraid of this man?
37912Are you ready to play, or shall I take you out of the game right now?
37912Are you sure that your Daddy Doctor saw quite straight when he saw Hester save the kid? 37912 But I guess we could find the person at fault pretty easily, eh?"
37912But I_ did_ drive it alone, did n''t I? 37912 But did you have Miss Carrington at your meeting?"
37912But have you heard what she did last week, girls?
37912But how about Keyport and East High?
37912But how can we get to those other farms?
37912But it''s never the New Century?
37912But what did Laura say?
37912But what''s happened to Miss Carrington?
37912But who''ll ask her? 37912 But why mix Hester Grimes up with it?"
37912Can I use your name at the hospital in Centerport?
37912Can we help you? 37912 Can you beat that for a school trustee?"
37912Could it be that half- foolish boy, do you suppose?
37912Did n''t you hear what Gee Gee said to the English class to- day when the gong rang?
37912Did they put that Jackway out?
37912Did_ I_ see it?
37912Do n''t you see? 37912 Do n''t you_ want_ to play any more?"
37912Do you know there is good stuff in that girl Hester?
37912Do you know where Hester is?
37912Do you mean that, Doctor?
37912Do you s''pose they''ll be in danger?
37912Does the shoe hurt it?
37912Eh?
37912Had n''t you better take that left- hand turn, Miss?
37912Has n''t your father tried to find the thief-- or the colt?
37912Has the sky fallen?
37912He ai n''t said so, has he?
37912Henry Grimes''s gal, eh?
37912How are we going to know? 37912 How could you?"
37912How do you expect to do it?
37912How many miles have I come, I wonder?
37912How was that, Bobby?
37912I guess you''re one of these crazy folk that think she did it?
37912I wonder why it is that we always want to shift our burdens on other folks''shoulders? 37912 I''m pretty smart to take care of Johnny so well-- ain''t I, Uncle Bill?"
37912In Hester Grimes?
37912Is Johnny all right?
37912Is it dangerous?
37912Is n''t that young Pocock, that used to work for your father, Hester?
37912Is she in trouble, do you think?
37912Is that so, Miss?
37912It jest dishes me about gittin''that job at the young ladies''gymnasium, heh?
37912Meaning me?
37912Nobody really knows who did that mean job in the girls''gymnasium, eh?
37912Not deserted you?
37912Now, I should like very much to be instructed what to do about this? 37912 Oh, he''ll be all right-- won''t he, Rufie?"
37912Pocock, eh?
37912Remember the day we found her broken down in that new car of her father''s on the Keyport road?
37912Rufus is n''t just right in his mind-- is he?
37912Same t''ing, ai n''t it? 37912 See how blurred the marks are at the heel?"
37912Shall I run that far and see what it means? 37912 Shall we take him home?"
37912She is_ never_ going to overlook that awful break of mine-- is she?
37912So you''re slandering me, as usual, are you, Miss?
37912Suppose you suggest a course of procedure, Miss Gould?
37912Surely you''re not sore over the way folks are treating Hester Grimes_ now_? 37912 The other day she asked them what two very famous men were boys together, and what do you suppose was the answer she got?"
37912Then what? 37912 Then you know all about him, Carey?"
37912They want slappin'', do n''t they?
37912To you? 37912 Was by chance the man asking about the_ consumption_ of water, Jinny?"
37912Was n''t_ that_ a slap? 37912 Watcher want here, gooney?"
37912We cheered''em, did n''t we? 37912 What did I tell you?"
37912What did you do to it?
37912What do I care about those nasty girls on the Hill?
37912What do I care for''em?
37912What do you mean, then, by saying that the fellow opened the window from the inside?
37912What do you s''pose?
37912What do you say, Mother Wit?
37912What do you say, Mother Wit?
37912What do you think-- that a girl like this would hire a foolish boy to do such dirty work? 37912 What do you think?"
37912What do you want me to do?
37912What for? 37912 What for?"
37912What have you done now, you bad, bad child?
37912What if I did leave Central High? 37912 What in thunder are you doing, riding over the country alone?"
37912What is it he needs, Doctor?
37912What is it, Bobby?
37912What is it, Daddy Doctor?
37912What is the matter here?
37912What now?
37912What under the sun are you supposed to represent, Lil?
37912What was it?
37912What would the doctor say to me?
37912What you doing to that kid?
37912What you so cross about?
37912What''s all this? 37912 What''s burning?"
37912What''s happened to her?
37912What''s on the contrary?
37912What''s that?
37912What''s that?
37912What''s that?
37912What''s that?
37912What''s the answer, then, Miss Captain?
37912What''s the fight about?
37912What''s the matter with that girl and her car?
37912What''s the matter with you?
37912What''s the matter, Nell?
37912What''s the matter? 37912 What''s them gals doin''to your brother Mike, Hebe?"
37912What''s to- morrow?
37912What''s your name, Miss?
37912Where is Hester?
37912Where is she?
37912Where was that?
37912Where would ye have us live-- at the Four Corners still?
37912Where?
37912Who else would I mean, Miss?
37912Who is he?
37912Who says that''s the conductor, Lance?
37912Who''s there?
37912Whoever heard of anybody''s taking Pretty seriously?
37912Why ai n''t I seen your friend Lily so much lately?
37912Why did n''t you go home at once and change your clothing?
37912Why is it?
37912Why not? 37912 Why not?"
37912Why not?
37912Why not?
37912Why should they?
37912Why-- for pity''s sake?
37912Won''t-- won''t they see it?
37912Yes, ma''am?
37912You do n''t blame her?
37912You mean this Hester Grimes, Henry Grimes''s daughter?
37912You understand me?
37912You''d burst, would n''t you?
37912You''re worried about what happened last night, are n''t you?
37912_ How_ did he open it?
37912_ Now_ what will we do?
37912_ Now_ what''s the matter?
37912_ Who_ did it?
37912''Consumption''an''''tuberculosis''jes de same-- heh?"
37912''How many birthdays does that make?''
37912''How''s that, young man?''"
37912''What did your mother say when you told her I was sorry for having made a fool of myself at the party last night?''
37912''Where is the word?''
37912Agnew?"
37912Are you goin''to do what I tell you?"
37912Betting''s store, on the side street?
37912But Laura hopped out before him, came to Hester''s side of the car, and asked:"Did it stop of itself?"
37912But how about the rope?
37912But you said you could show me how to get back on the basketball team, and I guess I_ do_ want to get back-- if it is n''t too late?"
37912Can you beat those infants?"
37912Case?"
37912Case?"
37912Case?"
37912Case?"
37912D''ye see_ that_?"
37912Do n''t you see?
37912Do you suppose either the East or West Highs would find Hester any more bearable if she attended them instead of Central?"
37912Do you understand that?"
37912Does it hurt, Nellie?"
37912Funny?"
37912He found no trace of the firebug-- can discover no way in which he got out----""But how did he get in?"
37912Hebe Pocock-- Laura will remember him?"
37912Hebe said, gruffly:"I reckon I gotter croak, eh?
37912How dare you speak that way to a teacher?
37912How else would the interest be kept up?
37912I hope I make myself clear?
37912I never told you how she jumped into the sewer- basin and saved Johnny''s life?"
37912I tol''him we nebber drink no tap watah, but has it bro''t in bottles, same as nice fo''ks does----""The water man?"
37912If I tell Henry about this what chance do you suppose you''ll ever have at_ that_ job?"
37912If folks have really got anything against Miss Hester, why do n''t they come out square and say so?
37912If it should balk now, what would become of them?
37912Is he, Uncle Bill?"
37912Is it going to kick up rusty now and here?"
37912Is n''t she, girls?"
37912Is n''t that so, Chet?"
37912It''s Mr. Wood, is n''t it?
37912Jackway?"
37912Laura said:"Ca n''t you boys, all together, roll away that stone?"
37912Long?''
37912Madeline Spink, the captain, said quietly:"But the goal counts for us, does it not, Miss Lawrence?"
37912Now, what do you know about_ that_?"
37912Now, you ought to wear a nut- brown suit, had n''t you?"
37912See him?"
37912Sharp?"
37912She asked him the other day:"''Ivan, what is a calf?''
37912She''s smart an''bright-- remember how she found my auto veil that you lost last spring?"
37912Show yourself loyal to the other girls of Central High, and to the betterment of basketball and the other athletics, by----""By what?"
37912Surely you ai n''t goin''to show a yaller streak now?"
37912Sweet?"
37912The mystery is: How did he get in?"
37912They rob the gardens and orchards on the edge of town----""Toward Centerport, you mean?"
37912Tommy is as full of mischief as Billy, is n''t he?"
37912Well,''ruminated the doctor, stopping at the gate as though he contemplated coming in,''what had I better do to a boy that''s got a birthday?''
37912What do you know about_ that_?"
37912What do you say, Chet?"
37912What for?"
37912What kind of a fellow are you, anyway?"
37912What team did_ he_ play on?"
37912What was the matter with her?"
37912What''s he been doing to you, Laura?"
37912What''s the joke?"
37912What''s the matter with your car?"
37912When the laugh against her had subsided, Laura said:"But what good is it to boil, Bobby, if we ca n''t win games?
37912When they were all laughing at Billy''s antics and prophecies, Laura said to Alice:"How do you ever manage to get along with those children, Alice?
37912When will you want me at the hospital?"
37912Where did he come from?"
37912Where''ll we get it?"
37912Where''s the chauffeur?"
37912Who would warn those squatters and small farmers of the danger down here in the cut?
37912You want your eyebrows shaved off, do n''t ye, Pretty?''
37912You wanted to get to be watchman, or the like, in town?
37912You''ve told on me now, have n''t you?"
37912do you know how Laura explained that canoe tipping over with Purt Sweet and Lily Pendleton?"
37912do you think it would help clear her of suspicion if you found out the truth?"
37912drawled Mrs. Grimes,"that child does n''t take young Purt Sweet seriously, does she?"
37912she added, with increased hilarity,"what do you suppose the boys are telling about Pretty now?"
37912suppose it_ should_ be Miss Carrington?"
37912suppose we did n''t have athletics at all?"
37912that was some jump, was n''t it?"
37912the night of the first raid?"
37912was that it?"
37912what for?"
37912what for?"
37912what have I told you about being good losers?"
37912what''s all this?"
37912where''s the referee''s eyes?"
37912who''ll we put in, Laura?"
37912why did Daddy Doctor have to find out that there was some good in Hester, and tell_ me_ about it?"
37912why not?"
37912you ai n''t afraid, are you?"
6898A rope? 6898 About five miles out of Fayette, I think?"
6898Ai n''t this fierce?
6898Ai n''t this the greatest sight ever?
6898And then what?
6898And what did he say?
6898And where did Bill say he got his dose from?
6898And why not?
6898Are they caught?
6898Are they turning around, Bart?
6898Are you sure, Lanky? 6898 But I thought duck shooting was always done in the early morning?"
6898But what can I do but grin and bear it? 6898 But what did you want us over for in particular?"
6898But who''s going to unfasten Kaiser, and hold him?
6898But your father-- surely he could n''t have been lying there all this time?
6898Did he? 6898 Did n''t you hear him howl for help?"
6898Did you get a square look at the fellow?
6898Did you get your usual monthly allowance from Uncle Jim''s office?
6898Did you telegraph along the line about those men?
6898Going to the meeting of the glee club to- night, Helen?
6898Have you met Tony?
6898He was, hey? 6898 Hello, how did you make out?"
6898Here, what''s all this mean?
6898Hold on? 6898 How are you feeling, Bones?
6898How d''ye know it is?
6898How do you feel, sir?
6898How far along are we now?
6898How far is that away from Columbia?
6898How is it, Ralph, did they pummel you hard?
6898How''s that? 6898 How''s that?"
6898I do n''t know, but I can give a pretty good guess,remarked Bones; and then elevating his voice, he shouted:"What d''ye want, Ralph?"
6898I do n''t see how you make that out, Jim?
6898I think so yet, but who''d expect that we''d have such a wreck? 6898 I wonder if Bones and Ralph have gotten home yet?"
6898I wonder will I ever know what is the matter?
6898I wonder, now, could that be possible?
6898I''ll try not to,laughed Frank;"but what''s a fellow to do if they will persist in throwing themselves at your head?"
6898If we''re going to shoot over a place like this, as the ducks come in, why the decoys?
6898Is it anything that Lef Seller has been saying about me?
6898Is it? 6898 Is n''t it dreadful, girls?
6898It ca n''t be possible that a seasoned veteran of two years''experience can pick up points from a come- on?
6898It is, eh?
6898Listen to''em howl, would you?
6898Lucky for them it is,grunted Jim; though he sighed in relief because the peril had passed;"them fellers seemed to know you, son?"
6898Matches-- who''s got any? 6898 None of your joshing, now,"said Ralph, and then, turning to the child, he continued:"I hope nothing is wrong over at your house, Madge?"
6898Off after another lot, are ye?
6898Oh, Kaiser, do n''t you want to buy a dog?
6898Oh, you do n''t, eh? 6898 Once for all, do you mean that?"
6898Remember what we agreed to do about that Bones Shadduck, for getting us knocked down with that measly old Delta Pi business? 6898 Say, can you run it?"
6898Say, you do n''t mean to tell me you''ve gone and got a bodyguard to escort me to my own dear little home, do you, Frank? 6898 So long as that?"
6898Still, he knows you?
6898Supper?
6898Sure; that you, Frank? 6898 That you, Bones?"
6898Then perhaps I did put my mark on him?
6898Then there_ was_ a spy around to pick up our signals?
6898Then we''ll go on with the signals as they have been used?
6898Then what are you kicking about, Sandy?
6898Then you told him all about Kaiser''s work last night?
6898They practice for the last time this afternoon, do n''t they?
6898Waiting for what?
6898Want to make me a high muckamuck, a grand sachem surrounded by his valiant bodyguard? 6898 We strike the railroad at Fayette, do n''t we?"
6898Well, are we off now?
6898Well, sir, how was that?
6898Well, what''s your opinion, Asa?
6898Well, you do n''t blame them, do you?
6898What d''ye want me to do, Jim?
6898What did he say then?
6898What do they mean by that?
6898What do you think, so far, Bones?
6898What for?
6898What for?
6898What happened to you, Bones?
6898What is it, Frank?
6898What is it?
6898What is that for?
6898What makes you say that, Jack?
6898What of old Kaiser, Frank? 6898 What was that?"
6898What''s Bellport''s line- up? 6898 What''s ailing you, Lanky?"
6898What''s all this? 6898 What''s doing, boss?"
6898What''s happened here?
6898What''s happened?
6898What''s that you say, boys?
6898What''s that you say?
6898What''s this mean?
6898What''s wrong here?
6898What''s wrong now?
6898When did you hear from him last?
6898When was this?
6898When you went out to quiet your dog?
6898Who did you invite to the party?
6898Who?
6898Whoever can she mean, and what has that got to do with me?
6898Why me more than any other fellow?
6898Why not? 6898 Why, Frank, however did you guess?"
6898Why, what''s the matter, sister mine? 6898 Why, you know Bones has a dog?"
6898Will he? 6898 Wondering what peppered that wooden decoy so, eh, Frank?
6898Yes, and then?
6898You admit that this is the car stolen from Columbia this very night do you?
6898You do n''t tell me,said Frank, with a smile;"when did it happen?"
6898You do, eh? 6898 You have?
6898You have? 6898 You mean the hockey championship, I suppose?"
6898You''re sure they did n''t get you?
6898A letter from China or Russia or Siberia, which?"
6898And so you went souse into the creek?
6898And then, why should the mention of Doctor Shadduck''s name affect them both in that strange fashion?
6898And was the second chap called Tony?"
6898And what could it be that Jim insisted he should do?
6898Are we going to bring any new horse out of the stable?
6898Are you game, or do you mean to egg me on to the last ditch, and then sidestep, leaving me to shoulder all the blame?"
6898Are you ready, Bart?"
6898Bart, why do n''t you get busy?"
6898Been a preachin''to him, ai n''t you, Jim?
6898Bring out some of your fancy stunts, and do something, ca n''t you?"
6898But how did you come to think of putting him on the scent, fellows?"
6898But please do n''t employ your spare time rounding up any more rascals, will you?"
6898But what else could you expect from that snake in the grass?
6898But you wo n''t try to make up, will you Helen?"
6898By the way, have you noticed any limpers around this morning-- among the spectators, I mean?"
6898CHAPTER II ON THE ROAD TO TOWN"Hello, Ralph, through practice here?
6898CHAPTER VII THE ABDUCTION OF"BONES""What''s that?"
6898CHAPTER XI CLIFFORD''S LAST HOPE"Why does n''t the fool run?"
6898CHAPTER XIV THE DANGERS OF THE MUCK HOLE"Where are you?"
6898CHAPTER XV FRANK TURNS CHAUFFEUR"Do n''t you want your gun?"
6898CHAPTER XVII A DESPERATE REMEDY"All right, Bart?"
6898Ca n''t you come over, Frank?
6898Can he play half- back better than I do?
6898Can you remember?"
6898Could he have been injured after all, and was just beginning to feel the effect of his headlong plunge into the bushes?
6898Did any fellow make serious blunders?
6898Did he do the rescue act?"
6898Did he get tossed out too when you hit the tree?"
6898Did they know the foremost physician of Columbia, a man of considerable property interests, and said to be the wealthiest man in the county?
6898Did you ever see Officer Whalen practice firing at a mark?
6898Did you ever?
6898Did you mark the places?"
6898Did you see him slide right in front of Ross, their husky right guard, and cover it?
6898Do you know what that word is?"
6898Do you suppose, if we told the boys, it would put a stop to the nasty game?"
6898Frank, are you hurt?"
6898Getting in trim, do you think?"
6898Going to make a fire, are you?"
6898Got a match with you, Frank?"
6898Guess we''re going some now, eh?"
6898Had they been guilty of doing something unlawful that made the place dangerous to them?
6898Has anyone been abusing you?
6898Have we arrived?"
6898Have you got a boat up here, Bones?"
6898Have you heard the latest, Mr. Allen, and you Frank?"
6898He do n''t seem to be in the car, does he?"
6898Hear him rant, fellows, will you?
6898How about that; were they to see the doctor?"
6898How can they fill their parts in the machine?
6898How could he attract the attention of the bull to himself while Minnie clambered over?
6898How did the practice go to- day?
6898How does he come in this game?"
6898How under the sun can that help?"
6898How''s that?
6898I do n''t suppose anything serious will come out of those bites now?"
6898I hope you do n''t mean to stay away for any reason, Frank?"
6898I reckon you know what this is, do n''t you?"
6898I saw a lot of houses in the water, made of sticks and trash?"
6898I wonder what''s happened now?"
6898Is Ralph West the wonder they make out?
6898Is anyone hurt?"
6898Is he going to make it, and knock me off the earth?"
6898Is it about Minnie?"
6898Is n''t that so, girls?"
6898It''s just as well that he knowed how things lie,''cause we ca n''t afford to have any foolin''?"
6898Just hold your row, and let us run this funeral, will you?"
6898Listen to him growl, will you?
6898Look at him jumping up to lick the boy''s face, will you?
6898Look at old Sorreltop run, will you?"
6898Now, are we headin''straight for Fayette?"
6898Now, what d''ye think of that for thrilling a fellow''s nerve?
6898Now, who pays for that ball, anyhow?"
6898Over the line-- over-- ah, was it over?
6898Say you''ll go, Frank?"
6898Say, what did he do to those sharks?"
6898See Shadduck run, will you?
6898So just shut up, Bart, and do what I says, hear?"
6898Sort of making you work your passage, see?"
6898Sure we did n''t lose it in the accident, are you, Bart?"
6898That''s the programme, Asa?"
6898Then it''s settled that we''re going to lay for both Ralph and Bones at the very first chance, with some fellows we can depend on, and do them up?
6898Then walk home with me, and take supper at the house, wo n''t you?
6898They are, eh?
6898Was it over?
6898Was n''t that tackle a screamer, though?
6898Was that your fault, Ralph?"
6898Were they thieves?
6898What about him, Frank?"
6898What could be more terrifying than the coming of a mad dog in the midst of such an assemblage of merrymakers, out for a grand holiday?
6898What could he do?
6898What could he do?
6898What could he want leggings for?
6898What d''ye think of that dub''s playing?
6898What d''ye think of that sledgehammer way of carrying things, eh?
6898What did I tell you?
6898What did they say, Madge?
6898What do you think of that?"
6898What do you think, that they''re already getting down to their fine little work, and mean to kidnap me?"
6898What is it?"
6898What terrible thing have I done to make you treat both Helen and myself so?
6898What was fifteen miles when in such a splendid traveler as this new auto of the good doctor''s?
6898What"chance"did the man called Bart refer to?
6898What''s going to prevent it?"
6898What''s that for?"
6898Where did you happen to find this piece, Minnie?"
6898Where is the ball now, fellows?"
6898Where''d you get the coat, and how''d the sheriff happen on you?
6898Which would it be?
6898Who had won?
6898Why should any Columbia boy want to kidnap Ralph?
6898Why should these men so seriously object to returning to the town of Columbia?
6898Why under the sun did n''t he hold on with a death grip?"
6898Will we have time?"
6898Will you go with me around to the school now?
6898Will you stick with me if I try to knock West out, so he wo n''t be able to play football again for weeks?
6898Willoughby?"
6898Wonder if its struck him that he saw his father''s new car, and me in it driving those two precious rascals off so cheerfully?"
6898Would it happen so in this case?
6898You did n''t suppose I meant that we''d go hungry when I invited you to come up here for a little relaxation, after our big strain this morning?
6898You get my meaning, do n''t you, Frank?"
6898You understand, do n''t you, Tony?"
6898ai n''t they getting nipped hard, though?"
6898demanded Lanky, eagerly;"do you see Bones, or did you hear him shout for help?"
6898echoed Lanky, indignantly;"well, would n''t that jar you some now?
6898exclaimed Ralph, with a snort,"do I look like I could put on a heap, with these mussed- up trousers?
6898growled a disgusted Cliffordite,"What''s the matter with our fellows, anyhow, to be fooled like that?"
6898how''s this Bones?
6898not a word, do you hear?"
6898what ails our fellows to- day?
6898what''s the matter?"
6898what''s this?"
6898who''s this?"
6898you do n''t say?"
12692A great lot of orders you needed, did n''t you?
12692A weapon?
12692And so you missed the dance just because you could sympathize with some one else''s worry?
12692And then-----?
12692And you''ll go to the class ball if I come around quickly?
12692And you? 12692 Anything happened that you want to postpone the game?"
12692Are we going to throw the game?
12692Are you girls going to the game?
12692Are you going to be well prepared for the examinations?
12692Be seated, wo n''t you?
12692Been sending their second coach over to watch our play, have they?
12692Bores you?
12692But do n''t you think you need it, alsolaughed the clerk?
12692But he got out of the team, did n''t he?
12692But how do you propose to get them interested in the use of their property, even if the Board of Education will permit it?
12692But is n''t Gridley the whole show?
12692But see here, how are two boys--- or, let us say, two boys and a submaster--- going to bring about any such result as this?
12692But the question is, how am I going to go about it to catch the fellow? 12692 But what earthly good would it do our school to win a game that we got by clasping hands with a sneak and a traitor?
12692But what of the small army of clerks and factory employees of Gridley? 12692 But why?
12692But would n''t it be grand if only Tom Reade and Harry Hazelton had gotten in line, too, and gone along into the service with us? 12692 But, if Drayne has money, and is going to bet, he wo n''t be entitled to any sympathy when he loses, will he?"
12692Ca n''t you Gridley fellows play with anything but your mouths?
12692Can you be back in time to go to the ball?
12692Can you do it?
12692Chief, you''re not afraid to step aside with me and listen to about ten words?
12692Dave, old fellow, you know what the Gridley spirit demands? 12692 Dick, you''ll give me any orders you have before we go on, and between the halves, wo n''t you?"
12692Did he go up the flagstaff, too?
12692Did n''t I tell you, old fellow?
12692Did you think I could be happy all the evening, wondering how you were coming on with your great wish?
12692Do n''t you get into a squad to- night? 12692 Do you admit,"asked the presiding officer,"that these copies of the code were written on your father''s office machine?"
12692Do you mean that we''re not?
12692Do you mean that you''re better fitted for that post than anyone else on the team?
12692Do you really mean to make the attempt?
12692Do you think they found Prescott--- that they believed in the appearances against him?
12692Do you think we do n''t know our way?
12692Does it hurt more when I press?
12692Enjoy ourselves--- with all the load of suspense hanging over our heads?
12692Even his country?
12692Explain this all over again, to us, wo n''t you?
12692Going to the exams.?
12692Great Scott, did n''t I, as soon as I could postpone your mania for having me loaded down with police chains?
12692Great guns, did you look inside?
12692Guard? 12692 Had n''t we better go on training hard every day, sir?"
12692Harvard, or Yale?
12692Have I any right to go on, with a knee in this shape?
12692Have n''t you heard what the girls are doing, Dick?
12692Have we got to stand this sort of thing?
12692Have you any doubts, sir?
12692Have you any fool idea in your head, Tom, that you can take an exam and stand a chance of getting Congressman Spokes''s job away from him?
12692Have you any particular friends over in Fordham?
12692Have you any suspicions?
12692Have you received any assurance that Mr. Pollock, of''The Blade,''will be for this big scheme of yours?
12692He has, eh?
12692Here, what''s this?
12692How are you coming on, Dick?
12692How so?
12692How--- how many jewels are left on it?
12692How?
12692Hullo, Prescott, what are you doing around here to- night?
12692Hush your croaking, will you?
12692I wonder what''s keeping Dick?
12692I yonder if you could reach dot door ofer dere so soon alretty as I gan?
12692I''m manager for you two half- witted fellows, ai n''t I?
12692I?
12692If I''m lying, you can find it out very quickly, ca n''t you?
12692In a hurry, Dick?
12692Is Dr. Thornton coming to the game this afternoon, sir?
12692Is that the Gridley way? 12692 Is that the best opinion you have of us, after the way you''ve been praising us athletes for two years?"
12692It is beautiful; weather to be out, is n''t it?
12692It ought to put us on our guard?
12692Just because I would n''t do just what you fellows wished me to do? 12692 May I ask how this came into your possession?"
12692Me?
12692Meaning what?
12692Mind my running up there with you?
12692Mr. Morton,challenged Dick,"who paid for it?"
12692Now is n''t that just like old Tom?
12692Now, Captain, what is your news?
12692Now, Mr. Morton,went on Prescott,"how many of the citizens get any direct benefit out of that gym.?
12692Now, what do you take us for?
12692Now, why ca n''t you get Darrin to go into it with you? 12692 Now, young Mr. Drayne, what have you to say?"
12692Oh, it does, does it?
12692Oh, that?
12692On the strongest pledge that I can give you, Mr. Morton, will you allow me to play regular quarter- back this season?
12692One of these fit your door?
12692Or that it''s the position that best fits your talents?
12692Prescott, have you any idea of the strength of the wind up there?
12692Regular quarter?
12692Say, which team is it we''re fighting to- day?
12692So we still belong to old Gridley High School?
12692So you two have been working this thing as side partners, have you?
12692So you wo n''t have any Annapolis hops until next fall, will you?
12692Suffering Ebenezer, man, but what has happened?
12692Talking strategy, signals or anything we should n''t hear?
12692That does n''t prove that we ca n''t win, does it?
12692The general understanding?
12692Then has Phin his certificates of good character with him?
12692Then some one has been giving me the roasting that I plainly deserve?
12692Then what on earth are you after?
12692Then who is the man who has worked to put me on the shelf in football?
12692Then you think you can beat''em?
12692Then,demanded Mr. Morton, in a very low voice, his face white,"why did you deny having sent out these envelopes containing the copies of the code?"
12692There, what do you see now? 12692 Think I''ll take any orders from you?"
12692To_ find_?
12692Trip?
12692Vy do n''t you go on running, ai n''t it?
12692We''re really not intruding?
12692Well, Drayne?
12692Well, did you think the folks of Gridley would continue to believe such a charge against young Prescott?
12692Well, there is nothing like having some one that you can confess everything to, is there?
12692Well, what is a steeplejack?
12692Well, who''d ever have thought of a thing like that but Tom Reade?
12692Well, young man, what is it?
12692Well?
12692What about that, Dick?
12692What ailed old Drayne this afternoon, Dick?
12692What are they doing? 12692 What are you doing?"
12692What are you going to do about this business, Captain?
12692What are you going to do, old fellow?
12692What are you talking about?
12692What can they do to me, anyway?
12692What could I do? 12692 What have we missed?"
12692What have you been up to?
12692What have you to say, Captain Barnes?
12692What if he has?
12692What is it?
12692What is it?
12692What on earth do you mean?
12692What part of the establishment can they be in? 12692 What time does our train go?"
12692What time does the next train leave for Gridley?
12692What was that?
12692What was that?
12692What was the foul?
12692What would be the use then?
12692What''s that for?
12692What''s this?
12692What''s up?
12692What? 12692 What?"
12692What?
12692When do you go to West Point, Dick?
12692Where are you bound?
12692Where did the city government get the money?
12692Who is to be quarter, anyway?
12692Who knows but I may be able to be of some use?
12692Who''ll know anything about that record if you do n''t blab?
12692Who''s doing this announcing?
12692Why did n''t you come to the point before, Darrin?
12692Why do n''t you go in and try for it, then?
12692Why do n''t you talk to Prescott, too?
12692Why do n''t you try? 12692 Why not, sir?"
12692Why not?
12692Why not?
12692Why not?
12692Why should I say anything, sir?
12692Why should n''t an American High School student be a gentleman? 12692 Why, did n''t you know a thing about Senator Frayne and his appointments?"
12692Why, this is one of the Tottenville team, is n''t it?
12692Why, what do you mean? 12692 Why--- what----anything happened?"
12692Why?
12692Wilburville?
12692Will you run me a race?
12692Wo n''t he enjoy himself, though?
12692Wo n''t you be captain of the basket ball team this winter?
12692Wo n''t you be glad, anyway, when the Thanksgiving game is over?
12692Worth whose while?
12692Yes; but why do you want the life of the uniform? 12692 Yet how do I know you''re telling me anything like the truth?"
12692You do n''t know dem boys----vot? 12692 You do n''t think a Gridley boy would back out at this late moment?"
12692You never saw a school team, did you, sir, that understood its signal work any too well?
12692You saw it all from the side lines, Dick?
12692You thought of Dick Prescott when you put up the job to have him arrested as a burglar, did n''t you?
12692You vant me to bractise running, so dot I gan catch you, eh?
12692You vant me to eat breakfast sawdust for a dyspepsia vot I ai n''t got, huh? 12692 You''re not afraid of failing?"
12692You''re sure I''ll be in no shape to go on, Coach?
12692You''ve confederates here, have you?
12692You''ve heard some of the talk about Fordham''s confidence in winning, have n''t you?
12692You----don''t--- need to?
12692You?
12692You?
12692Young man, you think you gan run?
12692Your advice, then?
12692Your captain and two other good men out?
12692_ What_?
12692A gentleman?
12692Against whom?"
12692Are n''t they citizens, even if they have n''t the time to attend High School?
12692Are n''t we the lucky simpletons?
12692Are you content to have your son try for a cadetship, with that record hanging over his head and enveloping his chances?"
12692But how had it happened?
12692But who cared for that?
12692But, if it be true, is that any proof that I made those copies of the signal code?
12692CHAPTER IX Could Dave Make Good?
12692Ca n''t he be beaten?
12692Can any school care to win games in that fashion?
12692Can you fellows guess why I''ve taken the day off from school and why I''m going to Wilburville?"
12692Could Dave Make Good?
12692Could n''t you get dressed in a little while?
12692Do n''t I know dot?
12692Do n''t I make mineself young vonce more by following dese young athletes about?"
12692Do n''t you see a few corners of the brain still sloping over outside?"
12692Do we ever admit defeat?
12692Do you think I''m lying?"
12692Drayne?"
12692Drayne?"
12692Drayne?"
12692Drayne?"
12692Fred Ripley?
12692Go before the Board of Education?
12692Had n''t I better slip out and get the police?
12692Has your son come here to compete for either the West Point or Annapolis cadetship?"
12692Have n''t I promised you both that you shall find your little toy appointments in your Christmas stockings?
12692Have n''t I taken all the responsibility for this thing upon myself?
12692Have n''t our smaller business fry a right to the health and good spirits that come out of gymnastic and athletic work?
12692Have n''t our typewriters, our salesgirls and factory girls a right to some of the good things from the gym.?
12692Have you anything to offer?"
12692How about the other Gridley folks whose acquaintance has been so enjoyable?
12692How did you come out?"
12692I wonder if he has told it all around?"
12692If I had n''t, what would you fellows have said about me?"
12692If you have n''t any nerve, then getting square is too strenuous a game for you?
12692Is it, though?"
12692Macey?"
12692Macey?"
12692Morton?"
12692Morton?"
12692Mr. Jarvis, do you mind leaving here promptly, and going to''The Morning Blade''office?
12692Now, what can that gang prove?
12692Oh, why do all the biggest slow pokes in creation get appointed to the police force?"
12692Prescott?"
12692Tell me,"commanded Simmons dryly,"is Editor Pollock in this store- robbing gang, too?"
12692That''s what I fail to understand?
12692Then a door opened, the clerk looking in and calling:"Mr. Drayne, will you come before the Board now?"
12692Three or four days later Dick asked Darrin:"Did you hear the outcome of the Fordham affair?"
12692Trying to sentence, me to solitary confinement?"
12692Was the address on the envelope in which this came also typewritten?"
12692Well, hang it all, what are charges going to amount to, anyway?"
12692What are you worrying about, anyway?
12692What do you mean?"
12692What if we are about to catch the thief red- handed?"
12692What is it?"
12692What show have I for finding the rascal?"
12692What sort of fair play is this?"
12692When you put new life and brighter blood into the toilers, it increases the wealth of the whole city, does n''t it?"
12692Why ca n''t either of us go up there, just as well, and climb from the steeple roof?"
12692Why do n''t you go into something connected with the pulsing everyday life of the country?
12692Why does n''t something good come my way?"
12692Will you do it?
12692Will you put in a week trying to run down this burglar and give''The Blade''the first chance at the story?
12692Will you stand by us in it?"
12692Would n''t you have done the same for me, if the thing had been turned around?"
12692You hear dot, alretty?"
12692You know how we and the rest of the fellows managed to win eternally in athletics?
12692You remember last Thanksgiving Day?"
12692You say you think there are others here, Prescott?"
12692You vant me to dake breathing eggsercises ven I can dake more air into my lungs, alretty, dan your whole body gan disblace?
12692You vant me to do monkey- tricks mit a dumb- pell, yen I gan do things like dis?"
12692protested Tom indignantly"Do n''t we understand well enough that you''re both trying to keep it close secret?"
27985''Twinkle, twinkle, little star, Shall we see you from afar? 27985 And where was nurse?"
27985Are n''t you an innocent child?
27985Are n''t you going to tell Connie that Charlie was a naughty boy?
27985Are you coming to see us play, or are you going away for Thanksgiving?
27985Are you going to recite geometry in this first section?
27985Are you sure you feel quite well, dear?
27985But suppose this girl merely takes advantage of your kindness and involves you all in another tangle?
27985But what about Connie? 27985 But why all this haste?
27985But you wo n''t mind my sitting on one of your everyday cushions, just as close to you as I can get, will you?
27985By the way, Marjorie, where is Mary? 27985 Can Irma and Connie and I come, too?"
27985Can you beat that?
27985Captain,begged Marjorie, as the three girls appeared in her room, after going upstairs,"please let us stay up as late as we wish to- night?
27985Charlie boy, try to tell Mary, where was he when the cross girl got him?
27985Did we see it? 27985 Did you dance too much?"
27985Did you enjoy the dance? 27985 Did you have a nice time?"
27985Do n''t you feel well?
27985Do n''t you remember I told you long ago that that was why I felt so drawn toward Connie in the first place?
27985Do n''t you remember the time she sang at Muriel''s party, two years ago? 27985 Do you miss anyone?
27985Do you need any help?
27985Do you really mean that you wish to come to live with me and enter Sanford High? 27985 Does Mary know of the contemplated reform?"
27985Does your letter from Connie contain bad news? 27985 Girls, did you see Mignon''s face when Connie was singing?"
27985Has Mary come in, Delia?
27985Has n''t Miss Dean ever spoken to you of me?
27985Have you ever said anything to Mary about you-- and me-- and things last year?
27985Have you lived long in Sanford?
27985Have you won the fight, Lieutenant?
27985Here, here, where do I come in?
27985How are we going to begin our reform movement?
27985How can you accuse me of not telling the truth?
27985How can you be so harsh with this cunning boy?
27985How do you do?
27985How do you like Miss Archer? 27985 How?"
27985Irma, do you suppose your mother would n''t like you to-- to-- be friendly with Mignon?
27985Is Laurie going to help you with your songs?
27985Is Miss Archer busy, Marcia?
27985Is it chok''lit ice cream?
27985Is n''t he a perfect darling?
27985Is n''t he dear?
27985Is n''t it splendid that we can have a minute to ourselves?
27985Is she here yet?
27985Is that you, Mary?
27985It has n''t been very pleasant for you this year, has it?
27985Marjorie, will you ever forget how happy Charlie was last year?
27985Oh, Captain,Marjorie touched a hand to her bathing cap,"how many of them are for me?"
27985Oh, Mary, where were you?
27985Oh, why not, Connie?
27985Or is n''t it any of our business? 27985 Shall I stop the car in the middle of the street and assure you of my willingness to increase my regiment?"
27985Shall we do, Captain? 27985 She''s a cross girl,"he observed calmly, as he marched along beside Mary,"but we do n''t care, do we?"
27985So_ that''s_ the reason, is it?
27985That is rather a doubtful compliment, is n''t it?
27985That we are n''t chums any more?
27985Then, why do n''t you?
27985To change the subject, would you like to go shopping with me this afternoon?
27985Well, Mary,Mrs. Dean spoke at last,"what have you to say for yourself?"
27985Well, Miss Dean, what is it?
27985Well,jeered Mary,"who was it, then?"
27985Well,_ what_ do you think of that?
27985Well,_ what_ do you think of that?
27985Went to Mignon''s?
27985What are you doing away over here after dark?
27985What are you going to do first in the way of reform, Lieutenant?
27985What are you going to say to them, Marjorie?
27985What did Miss Archer mean when she spoke of you and Miss Stevens-- and last year''s storms?
27985What did you say to Marjorie this morning?
27985What do they do in Spain?
27985What do you mean by stealing into our room and listening to our private conversation?
27985What do you mean?
27985What do you think of that, Captain? 27985 What do you want?"
27985What has happened to my brigade?
27985What has happened, Marjorie?
27985What is it, Connie?
27985What is it, Harriet?
27985What is the matter, dear?
27985What is the trouble, girls?
27985What is the use in buying stamps if you do n''t intend to correspond?
27985What makes you look so solemn, dear?
27985What would General say, if he were here?
27985What''s the matter with your friend, Mary Raymond, Marjorie?
27985What''s the matter?
27985What_ can_ I say to her?
27985What_ is_ the matter? 27985 Whatever made you lock your door?
27985Where are_ you_ going?
27985Where did you receive it?
27985Where have I seen you before?
27985Where is Mary?
27985Where were Connie and Auntie when you ran away?
27985Who are you?
27985Who is Professor Harmon?
27985Who is going to sing the Princess?
27985Who says I''m not a poet?
27985Who sits in front of me?
27985Who told you, Jerry?
27985Who''s he?
27985Who''s sleepy? 27985 Why do n''t you ask Laurie to interfere?"
27985Why do n''t you say''jealous''? 27985 Why do you ask?"
27985Why not?
27985Why should we?
27985Why, Lieutenant, what''s the matter? 27985 Why, Marjorie, your friend looks like Connie, does n''t she?"
27985Why, what ails Constance, Marjorie?
27985Will you come upstairs with me, please?
27985You are just as anxious as I for Mary to come and live with us, are n''t you?
27985You are not going away with him?
27985You have oceans of room here, have n''t you?
27985You know we''d love to have you, would n''t we, Mary?
27985You remember last year-- and Mignon La Salle?
27985You thought it was Connie, did n''t you?
27985And did you see her march in here with Mary Raymond?
27985And suppose when she offered it Mary were to refuse it?
27985And was it her imagination, or had Mary glanced up as she entered and then turned away her eyes?
27985And what do you think he wishes me to do?"
27985And why should this Jerry Macy place her and Constance on the same plane in Marjorie''s affection?
27985Are my eyes very red?
27985Are we absolutely spick and span?"
27985Besides, was it not Lawrence Armitage''s opera?
27985But dared she trust it to the mail service?
27985But how had they better begin?
27985But how was she to do it?
27985But now the question again confronted her,"To whom shall I send it?"
27985But what had the French girl said about Constance?
27985But what happened to them?
27985But what of Constance?"
27985But why wo n''t she be in high school this year?
27985But----""Did she really say that?"
27985CHAPTER XII THE COMPACT"DEAR IRMA,"wrote Marjorie, the moment she reached her desk,"will you meet me across the street from school this afternoon?
27985Could it be possible that Mary had written the note?
27985Could she believe her ears?
27985Could she believe her ears?
27985Did Charlie run away?"
27985Did Jerry tell you that Laurie Armitage has finished his operetta?
27985Did n''t you, Jerry?"
27985Did she say anything to you?"
27985Do I miss anyone?
27985Do n''t you agree with me?"
27985Do n''t you remember, I wrote you all about it?
27985Do n''t you think I am right about it?
27985Do you hear me?
27985Do you hear that train whistling?
27985Do you mean a girl in our class, Irma?"
27985Do you suppose I''d have spoiled our reform, after all the trouble we''ve had making it go, if I''d known they were there?"
27985Do you understand me?
27985Do you?"
27985Even if Connie says I may tell Mary everything, will it be quite fair to Mignon?
27985Had her hitherto- beloved Marjorie been guilty of trouble- making?
27985Had not Marjorie declared over and over again that she would never part with it?
27985Had not Mary threatened, in the heat of her anger, that if Marjorie told her mother of their disagreement she would never speak to her again?
27985Has she moved away from Sanford?
27985Have you met Constance, Mary?
27985How could she help it?"
27985How could she inform Captain of the compact she and her friends had made without involving Mary in it?
27985How dared she treat you so?"
27985How do we look?"
27985How long have you been in Sanford?"
27985How many minutes, Jerry?"
27985How was I to know what she meant?"
27985How was she to return little Charlie to Gray Gables without meeting Constance Stevens or another member of her family?
27985I guess you know who is to blame for it, do n''t you?"
27985I guessed it, did n''t I?"
27985I heard her say,''How can I get my wraps?''
27985I wonder what''s upset her sweet, retiring disposition?"
27985I wonder where she is?"
27985Is Marjorie here?"
27985Is n''t it a shame she''s back again?
27985Is n''t it funny that your two dearest friends should look alike?
27985Is n''t it splendid, Mr. Stevens, to see him so well and lively?"
27985Is n''t she splendid?"
27985It is all past, and, as long as so few persons know about it, do n''t you think it would be better to let it rest?"
27985It is really a compact?"
27985It''s too bad, is n''t it, Miss Mary, that the reform could n''t go on?"
27985Jerry, do you suppose Hal would be willing to see Lawrie and the Crane and some of our boys?
27985Just what did Mignon mean by intimating that several persons were"going to be surprised"when to- morrow''s practice game was over?
27985Life would be a desert waste without high school, would n''t it?"
27985Mary, dear, ca n''t we start over again?
27985Mary,"her vibrant tones throbbed with tender sympathy,"wo n''t you take back what you''ve said and believe in me?"
27985Now does the light begin to break?"
27985Now, which are you, sick or sleepy?"
27985Now, would you?"
27985Oh, Mary, wo n''t it be perfectly splendid?"
27985Oh, well, she reflected, what difference did it make?
27985Or must we go to Miss Archer to straighten things?"
27985Otherwise, how had it happened to be made up of Mignon''s admiring satellites?
27985Poor Mignon, I wonder if she will ever wake up?"
27985Say, Marjorie, do you think it''s really worth while to go out of our way to reform Mignon?
27985Shall we go upstairs now?
27985She did n''t give you one yesterday, did she?"
27985She ran toward Connie, calling out,"What is the matter?"
27985Should she choose a fifth subject?
27985Should she speak her mind once and for all to Marjorie, or should she go on enduring in silence?
27985Should she tell Captain about it?
27985Suppose it were not delivered until afternoon?
27985Suppose she should n''t be in favor of the S. F. R. M.?
27985Taking in the circle of girls with a quick, bright glance, she asked:"Then you are agreed to my plan?
27985Tell me, are you or are you not a sophomore?
27985That we''ll be sophomores together?"
27985The following changes have been made: who were maknig_ changed to_ who were making Do you miss anyone?
27985Then she said to Charlie,"If Mary takes you home will you promise her something?"
27985Then, before Irma had time to reply, she continued:"_ What_ do you think of Mignon?
27985Then, lowering her voice, she asked:"Is Mary going to the game?"
27985Unusually sensitive to impressions, she had perhaps felt their presence, for she asked abruptly,"Girls, have you seen Mary?
27985Was Marjorie a naughty girl to tease her when her was so sick?"
27985Was it big brother Hal?"
27985Was it her imagination, or did Mary''s cordiality seem a trifle forced?
27985Was it possible that Marjorie Dean had never mentioned her to her friend?
27985Was it really Mary, her soldier chum, with whom she had stood shoulder to shoulder for so many years, who had thus arraigned her?
27985Was n''t that a wonderful throw to basket that Muriel made?"
27985Was n''t that horrid?
27985Was not her father the richest man in the town?
27985What could she do?
27985What could she do?
27985What could she do?
27985What did I tell you?"
27985What did it all mean?
27985What do you make of it?"
27985What do you suppose this mysterious mission can be?"
27985What girl does not love a mystery?
27985What has happened to estrange you two, who have been chums for so many years?
27985What is it?"
27985What is mere ice cream when compared to a dance?
27985What on earth ailed Mary?
27985What should she do?
27985What should she say?
27985What was it her General had said about the worst person having some good in his nature that sooner or later was sure to manifest itself?
27985What would Marjorie and her mother think when they saw her?
27985Where is Mary?
27985Where was Marjorie all that time, I wonder?
27985Who is willing to be the first martyr to the cause?
27985Who knows what manner of girl is in store for us?
27985Who of you is at fault in the matter?"
27985Who was that tall, dark man with Laurie and Professor Harmon?"
27985Why do n''t you enlighten her on the subject of Mignon and her doings?"
27985Why does n''t she come home with you in the afternoon?
27985Why had n''t Connie come to school?
27985Why is she so bitter against you, Marjorie?"
27985Why must she be compelled to hear continually of Constance Stevens?
27985Why must she be constantly reminded of her resemblance to one she disliked so intensely?
27985Why not purposely leave Marjorie out of her calculations?
27985Why not unburden herself to her chum now and find relief from her torture of doubt?
27985Why, where is she?
27985Will Miss Stevens please come forward?"
27985Will you kindly cease talking and take seats?"
27985Will you kiss me?"
27985Will you trust me?"
27985Wo n''t it be fun to rehearse?
27985Wo n''t that be glorious?
27985Wo n''t we, girls?"
27985Would n''t that be glorious?"
27985Would n''t that be great?"
27985Would you like to go with me?"
27985You are n''t sick, are you?
27985You understand the way I feel, do n''t you?"
27985_ changed to_"Do you miss anyone?
30840''The lone pirate''?
30840All ready?
30840And do n''t you believe Billy is over there on the island?
30840And how do you suppose he''d done it?
30840And how under the sun did you chance to have that Hallow E''en disguise with you, Billy boy?
30840And how would you get back?
30840And it has n''t?
30840And suppose the''lone pirate''should be hiding in there?
30840And that man is gone, so who is to know the truth?
30840And the caves?
30840And they were not the fellows I saw afterward----"After what, Billy?
30840And what could be their object?
30840And what is that?
30840And what''s a canoe?
30840And who''s so spiteful toward the Central High eight?
30840And who''s to teach_ me_ how to talk?
30840And you do n''t want to say what is n''t so, either, eh?
30840And you mean to say you picked it up in the cavern?
30840And-- and you-- you''ve nev-- never smoked even_ one_?
30840Another monkey?
30840Are you afraid of meeting the pirate, girls?
30840Are you sure of that?
30840As long as papa does n''t wish us to go----?
30840At Stresch& Potter''s department store?
30840But Mrs. Betsey does her very best----"And what does_ she_ know?
30840But do you suppose I can pass?
30840But what did Tommy do?
30840But where can Billy be?
30840But who would have done such a thing?
30840But why did n''t I guess it before and save myself all that trouble I had?
30840But, do you suppose he sank the boat here to hide it-- sank it purposely?
30840But,as Laura quoted,"can the leopard change his spots?"
30840Ca n''t one of you make the biscuit, without the other?
30840Ca n''t you keep your eyes off Purt, Bobby?
30840Did Purt buy a_ thousand_?
30840Did n''t you think he was hiding somewhere on Cavern Island?
30840Did you ever see anything so funny?
30840Did you ever? 30840 Did you see it?
30840Did you see that?
30840Did you think that nobody but_ you_ appreciates a good sister? 30840 Do n''t I know that?
30840Do n''t we see that?
30840Do n''t you fret, Miss-- which is it, Dora, or Dorothy?
30840Do n''t you think so, Chet?
30840Do you hear that, Lance?
30840Do you hear?
30840Do you mean to tell me that you scorn my offer?
30840Do you suppose it will kill him? 30840 Do you suppose the police would accept Tommy''s testimony?"
30840Does she ever read papers upon the proper management of girls? 30840 Does that mean you are satisfied to remain here, Dora?"
30840Eh?
30840Gone where?
30840Got enough, have n''t you, Pretty?
30840Has he been_ very_ bad?
30840Have n''t you heard of the robbery?
30840Have you any more of those nasty cigarettes with you?
30840He had escaped?
30840Here is what?
30840How did he get off?
30840How do I know whether there is money in it or not?
30840How do you know?
30840How do you suppose he ever got there?
30840How is Billy to disprove the accusation if he runs away and makes it appear that he is guilty?
30840How much ground do you want-- the whole earth?
30840How we going to cut it open?
30840How would he live over there?
30840How you going to send the money, Laura?
30840How''s that?
30840I do n''t know whether the lone pirate is one of them or not,laughed Dora;"but_ somebody_ must have committed the robbery-- and why not he?"
30840I suppose you know them apart?
30840I thought you were going to see the game between Lumberport and the East High team?
30840I weally will have to remove my waistcoat-- if you will allow me?
30840If Gee Gee heard you say that, Miss----Ahem!--was it Dora or Dorothy?
30840In what?
30840Is it_ their_ place to have their way in such affairs? 30840 Is n''t he a scamp?"
30840Is n''t he a vision of loveliness?
30840Is n''t that mean?
30840Is n''t this the Jim- dandiest lay- out you ever saw, Chet?
30840Is that the best they can do without you girls to help them?
30840Is that where the treasure is buried?
30840Is there some deep sea monster down there?
30840Is_ that_ a proper thing for young girls to ride in? 30840 It''s time to have the luncheon-- don''t you think?
30840Keyport?
30840Missing: The Short and Long of It, eh?
30840Nor Dorothy either?
30840Now, Purt, how many cigarettes have you left at home?
30840Now, who''s for seeing the caves?
30840Oh, who would be so mean?
30840Otherwise, what has happened to him?
30840Put him through the third degree, did he?
30840Say, old man,Lance asked his chum,"what were you searching that chamber in the cavern for?
30840See where?
30840So Dorothy usually sifts the flour, does she?
30840So if you called one of them to the desk you could not be sure that the one you called really came?
30840So you only smoked one of them to- day?
30840So you two boys had no idea what was in that lard can you brought in here the other day?
30840Sounds just like Poe, does n''t it?
30840Suppose he_ has_ got the matches?
30840Sure you can make it all right? 30840 Surely, the poor fellow is n''t drowned?"
30840Take Dora?
30840That wig and whiskers I had last Hallow E''en; do n''t you remember? 30840 That''s the monkey that put the''tang''in''tango''--eh, what?"
30840The lard can with the money?
30840The lone_ what_?
30840The question is: How shall we get him up?
30840Then what does she know about it?
30840Then you know them apart?
30840Then-- what time does your rural delivery man go by the end of the road?
30840They have n''t caught him?
30840Think it?
30840Was it Dora-- or Dorothy?
30840We''re going right to Boulder Head, are n''t we?
30840Well, is n''t that as it should be? 30840 Well, who were they?"
30840Wha-- wha-- what''s the matter with me?
30840What about him?
30840What about their souls, Lemuel Lockwood? 30840 What are clothes, anyway?
30840What are you talking about?
30840What did you see, Clara?
30840What do you expect to find here, old man?
30840What do you expect will come of_ that_?
30840What do you mean by that?
30840What do you mean?
30840What do you suppose is the matter with all these people?
30840What fellow would n''t be? 30840 What has he done now?"
30840What have you found, girls?
30840What have you got in here-- a lion?
30840What if Stresch& Potter were robbed of ten thousand dollars? 30840 What is it?"
30840What is the matter with that girl of Tom Hargrew''s?
30840What man?
30840What now, Clara?
30840What now, Clara?
30840What now?
30840What really is the cause of the crow''s caws?
30840What shall we do about the shell? 30840 What shell?"
30840What sort of a looking man, Miss Lockwood?
30840What were you two boys doing out in the_ Duchess_ this afternoon, anyway?
30840What would_ you_ have done?
30840What you found?
30840What''s bit you now?
30840What''s he done?
30840What''s the matter with him?
30840What''s the matter with you, Billy?
30840What''s the matter with you, Purt?
30840What''s the matter with you, then?
30840What''s the matter with you-- er-- Sister?
30840What''s the matter with you?
30840What- what will his mo- mo- mother say when he gets home?
30840What?
30840What_ do_ they need, Dora?
30840Whatever should we do without her?
30840When did this happen?
30840Where is she?
30840Which is which, Dora?
30840Which of you is hurt?
30840Which of''em went for it?
30840Which one was it? 30840 Who would n''t be?"
30840Who''d have thought of_ that_ way to send coin in the mail?
30840Who''s afraid?
30840Who''s burned?
30840Who''s launch is that, Dory?
30840Who''s that?
30840Why could n''t you? 30840 Why did you say you did?"
30840Why do n''t you get to it?
30840Why not?
30840Why,said Chet, hesitating, looking at Lance,"if we tell you, you''ll keep still about it-- all you girls?"
30840Why-- why----Isn''t that Pretty Sweet''s_ Duchess_?
30840Wo n''t we get lost?
30840Would n''t it?
30840Yes, sir?
30840You do n''t believe any of the other girls have stolen the shell?
30840You do n''t mean it?
30840You do n''t mean to say that the new shell has been taken out of the boathouse-- and a watchman there?
30840You do n''t want to lose Dora, do you, dear?
30840You know something about birds, do n''t you?
30840You know what Hester is doing now?
30840You know what that new hired girl of ours said when mother showed her how to cook macaroni? 30840 You know, do you?"
30840You one o''dem fresh boys, eh? 30840 You said you thought those men surveying back of Stresch& Potter''s the day before the burglary, were working for the railroad?"
30840You think I''m rather harsh with the little plague? 30840 You''re not baking the half dollar?"
30840You''ve got it all fixed, have n''t you? 30840 You''ve got the fifty cents, have n''t you?"
30840Your canoe ran the other one down, did n''t it?
30840Ai n''t they?"
30840All right?"
30840Am I not right?"
30840And do n''t I know who is suspected, too?"
30840And in the night, too?"
30840And what do you think?"
30840Are they prepared to take the helm of affairs and show Man how Woman can guide affairs of moment?"
30840Are you preparing them for their work in life?
30840Are you ready?"
30840At once she said to her sister:"Are you afraid of the wolf at the door?"
30840But now he stood and stared in perfect amazement at his sister, demanding:"Do you mean to tell me you have noticed such characteristics in Dora?"
30840But the twins sometimes changed seats-- and who was to know the difference?
30840But what about after- hour athletics?
30840CHAPTER VI WHICH IS WHICH?
30840CONTENTS I THE LONE MAN ON THE ISLAND II MISSING: THE SHORT AND LONG OF IT III TONY ALLEGRETTO IV A SOLEMN MOMENT V AUNT DORA VI WHICH IS WHICH?
30840Can we get a new one----""Who''ll buy it for us?"
30840Chetwood?"
30840Could n''t she really tell the twins apart?
30840Do you suppose he is our lone pirate?"
30840Do you understand this fully?"
30840Does n''t it?"
30840Does n''t that prove that Billy was not out of the house on the night of the burglary?
30840For, you see, when a girl is disloyal to her school and classmates, how can they help suspecting her if evil should arise?
30840Had n''t one child a scar that the other did not have?
30840Have you done aught to make them stern and uncompromising when they meet the world on an equal footing-- as all women shall in the time to come?
30840He do n''t lik- a da silly treek-- eh?
30840How can a mere man bring up twin girls and give them a proper start in life?"
30840How do you suppose papa came to have such a sister?"
30840How many of the horrid things have you left at home?"
30840I think they have been punished enough, do n''t you?
30840I''ll never believe it----""Not even if Billy said so himself, dear boy?"
30840I''m getting howwibly hungry, dontcher know?"
30840If they race us, what''s the odds?"
30840In_ this_ state?"
30840Is n''t it cold, after coming out of the warm sun?"
30840Is n''t that a mean trick, now?"
30840Is n''t that fine?"
30840Is n''t that the way you feel?"
30840Is she making Mary clean the room all over again?"
30840Is the oven hot?"
30840It''s some muddy down there, I guess; but I can stay under water nearly two minutes-- can''t I, Chet?"
30840Norman?"
30840Now what next?"
30840Now, what do you think of that?"
30840Or books upon the growth and development of the girlish mind?"
30840Or magazine articles upon what a young girl should be taught by her parents?
30840Sha''n''t we cut Purt right off of our calling lists if he does n''t give up monogrammed cigarettes?"
30840She says:"''Sure, Mrs. Hargrew, do youse be atein''them things?''
30840Suppose they found Short and Long?"
30840Sweet?"
30840Sworn to secrecy, young man?"
30840The girls heard the automobile owner ask the driver:"How do you feel now, Bennie?
30840They are not so, but they are n''t pleasant to dream, are they?"
30840This was all Billy''s story; but when the twins got out of the house, Dorothy demanded of her sister:"What did you pinch me for?
30840To hide?"
30840Was n''t there something in their voices dissimilar?
30840Was there not some mark on their bodies by which Dora could be distinguished from Dorothy?
30840We are all agreed on that?"
30840What about the development of their minds?
30840What can it be?"
30840What did you expect to find?"
30840What did you mean?"
30840What do you say, girls?
30840What do you say, girls?"
30840What ever shall we do to get home?"
30840What for?
30840What was his name?"
30840What was your question about the anemone, Nellie?"
30840What''s that got to do with Short and Long?"
30840What''s the matter?"
30840Where are they this minute, Lemuel Lockwood?"
30840Which-- which of you is t''other?"
30840Who''s taken it?"
30840Why do n''t they search the island for him?"
30840Why, whatever will we do?"
30840You understand that?"
30840_ Do_ you suppose he had anything to do with the robbery at Stresch& Potter''s department store?
30840cried Billy, eagerly,"who got through that little window and opened the door for the Italians?"
30840did you hear about Tony and his monkey?"
30840do n''t you smell sumfin burnin''?"
30840do you really think they''ll give me part of the reward?"
30840everybody had the laugh on me-- eh?"
30840exclaimed Mr. Lockwood, with a quaver in his voice,"do you really think I am not doing my duty by Dora and Dorothy?"
30840exclaimed Tony, suddenly,"you think- a da monk ca n''t do anything?
30840get me my little knit shawl, will you, child?"
30840how could they do it?
30840was that you?"
30840what is the matter with you, Billy?"
30840where did you get it?"
30840which was_ that_?"
30840you know about Billy, do n''t you?"
23644''Supposedly lost?''
23644About what?
23644And is that the reason you stopped playing?
23644And what did he bring?
23644Are n''t you and father perfect dears to let me have it, though?
23644Are we about to be attacked by the enemy? 23644 Are you a stranger in Sanford, my dear?
23644Are you and Constance going to take Charlie to the matinee to- morrow, dear?
23644Are you coming back to school to finish the year, Constance?
23644Are you going home to luncheon now?
23644Are you going to practice this afternoon?
23644Are you sure you feel well, Marjorie?
23644But how did you happen to know so much about it?
23644But how will everyone know who is who after the unmasking? 23644 But what if Miss Merton sees one?"
23644But what is it and where is it held?
23644But where is Connie, dear?
23644But who told you the sophomores would be forbidden to play?
23644But why should she wish to keep us from going?
23644But, tell me, Jerry, what did you hear about Constance?
23644By the way, do you play basketball?
23644Ca n''t he be cured?
23644Ca n''t you come with me to dinner?
23644Can he play?
23644Can we begin now?
23644Can you ever forgive me?
23644Can you swim?
23644Charlie?
23644Confess you were hiding things from me, were n''t you?
23644Constance,she breathed,"wo n''t you please, please tell me all about it?"
23644Did Constance Stevens find it?
23644Did I hear someone laugh?
23644Did I not see you at practice with the freshmen shortly before the game?
23644Did Laurie ask you to dance to- night?
23644Did Nora bake chocolate cake to- day?
23644Did n''t Constance tell you she was going away? 23644 Did you see that pretty girl standing across from the school as we came out?"
23644Do n''t I look nice in this suit?
23644Do n''t you remember,''Four Fat Friars Fanning a Fainting Fly''? 23644 Do you mean to say that you believe those miserable girls?"
23644Do you play basketball?
23644Do you suppose anyone will mistake us for faculty?
23644Do you want to get rid of me, Mary? 23644 Do you-- would you-- could I be a soldier, too, Marjorie?
23644Has anything happened?
23644Has n''t he gone to sleep yet?
23644Has the novelty of Sanford High worn off so soon?
23644Have n''t you seen father since I left? 23644 Have n''t you your invitation?"
23644Have n''t you, Irma?
23644Have you found it? 23644 Have you heard anything new?"
23644Have you met any other girls?
23644Have you thought of a way? 23644 Have you your grammar school certificate with you?"
23644How about 9.15 English Comp?
23644How are you, dear?
23644How could she?
23644How dare you? 23644 How did you like that?"
23644How did you like the game, Captain?
23644How do you feel, Marcia?
23644How goes it, Lieutenant?
23644How is Charlie to- day?
23644I made good time, did n''t I?
23644I wonder if I really did leave it at home?
23644I-- I ca n''t talk about it now, but may I come to see you to- morrow afternoon? 23644 Is Sanford High going to give a party?"
23644Is n''t it a beautiful play?
23644Is n''t it, though? 23644 Is n''t that a shame?"
23644Is there a band at the theatre?
23644It looks the same, but is it?
23644It means a whole lot to you to be secretary, does n''t it, Marcia?
23644It was too funny for anything, was n''t it, Muriel?
23644It''s a splendid game, is n''t it?
23644It''s dreadful, is n''t it?
23644It''s quite perfect, is n''t it?
23644Know what?
23644Marcia, how did you obtain my butterfly from Mignon?
23644Marjorie,the Mary girl''s tones were strained and wistful,"do you really think it is wonderful?"
23644May I buy the water- color paper for the apples to- morrow, Captain?
23644May I wear my best suit and hat, Mother?
23644Miss Dean, are you perfectly sure of what you say?
23644Not even Laurie?
23644Oh, Constance, can you ever forgive me?
23644Oh, Mr. Stevens,cried Marjorie,"where is Constance?
23644Oh, did n''t I? 23644 Oh, do you believe that?"
23644Santa Claus did come to see Charlie, did n''t he?
23644Say, Marjorie, did n''t you say that you''d lost your butterfly pin?
23644Shall I tell mother you are coming?
23644Shall I throw the old thing into the fire, Connie?
23644Shall I-- had I-- do you wish me to go with you to Miss Archer?
23644Then nobody actually said a word about it?
23644Then who did?
23644Then why,Miss Archer had asked sharply,"did you ask her to resign?"
23644Was n''t it nice of Miss Archer to ask us to sit here?
23644We are going to be friends forever and always, are n''t we, Marcia?
23644Well, did she snap your head off?
23644What Hallowe''en party?
23644What are those girls over there in the red paper hats and big red bows going to do?
23644What are you going as?
23644What are you going to do this afternoon, dear?
23644What are you going to say to her?
23644What are you going to wear, Constance?
23644What did I tell you?
23644What did Irma say?
23644What did you do?
23644What did you pick out for me?
23644What do you care what she thinks as long as she hunts up your invitations?
23644What do you mean, Constance?
23644What do you mean?
23644What do you think of that Stevens girl to- night, Mignon?
23644What do you think? 23644 What for?"
23644What girls comprise the freshman team?
23644What has happened to you?
23644What is all this commotion about, Lieutenant?
23644What is she talking about?
23644What is that?
23644What is the matter, Constance?
23644What studies are you going to take? 23644 What would I do without you?
23644What would he say, I wonder, if he knew? 23644 What''s happened?"
23644What''s the trouble between you and Constance? 23644 When is it to be?"
23644When will she return?
23644When you find him, you''ll be sure to tell him all about me, wo n''t you, Marjorie?
23644Where are you going?
23644Where did the other come from? 23644 Where did you hear that bit of news?"
23644Where were you on Thursday?
23644Where-- where did you come from? 23644 Where-- where-- did you get that pin?"
23644Who asked you to resign?
23644Who has charge of the invitations?
23644Why do you ask me that?
23644Why do you say that?
23644Why, General, who told you?
23644Why?
23644Will you eat your salad or must I exercise my stern authority?
23644Will you forgive me, Marjorie?
23644Will you go to Miss Archer with us on Monday?
23644Will you walk down to the drugstore with me, Marjorie?
23644Wo n''t she be surprised? 23644 Would you care if I-- if we did n''t talk about Constance?"
23644Would you go with me to her home?
23644You are sure I wo n''t make your head ache with my chatter?
23644You have played on a team?
23644You have the''Jungle Books,''have n''t you? 23644 You just made up all that stuff?"
23644You met another girl, at noon, did you not, Miss Dean?
23644You remember the practice game we played against the sophomores last week? 23644 You sent them the list of names, did n''t you?
23644You''ll come over to- morrow and see how happy you''ve made Charlie and all of us, wo n''t you?
23644You''ll give me the next dance, wo n''t you, Marjorie?
23644You''ll surely write to me, Marjorie?
23644Young woman, do you mean to contradict me?
23644A dignified little voice said, stiffly,"Will you please allow me to get my hat?"
23644A tense little figure clad in apricot satin confronted her, crying out in tones too plainly audible to those standing near,"Where is my bracelet?
23644A thief, do you hear?
23644Aloud she said:"Did you know before Constance went to New York that she intended going?"
23644Are we going to share our locker and our troubles and our pleasures?"
23644But do you suppose her mother will allow her to accept such an expensive gift?
23644But what do you care?
23644But"--Marjorie stopped short in the middle of the veranda--"what do you suppose became of Mignon?"
23644CHAPTER IV SANFORD''S LATEST FRESHMAN"Will you tell me the way to the principal''s office, please?"
23644Confess, you did see her; now, did n''t you?"
23644Could it be true that Constance, the girl she had fought for, the girl for whose sake she had braved class ostracism, had deliberately stolen her pin?
23644Could she believe her eyes?
23644Dean?"
23644Dean?"
23644Did Miss La Salle accuse you of taking her bracelet that night?"
23644Did it seem strange to her after a big city high school?
23644Did it seem to you as though Mignon deliberately pushed against Ellen Seymour?"
23644Did n''t he tell you?"
23644Did you know that Mignon never lost it, Marcia?
23644Do n''t you love them?"
23644Do n''t you remember?"
23644Do n''t you think I ought to make someone else happy when I have the chance?
23644Do n''t you think that a nice plan?"
23644Do you play?"
23644Do you remember a black- haired, black- eyed girl in the French class this morning?
23644Do you understand?"
23644Ees eet that you like the French, Mademoiselle Dean?"
23644Had she met any other girls besides themselves?
23644Had she, Marjorie, been wise to avow unswerving loyalty to a stranger, and all because she looked like Mary Raymond?
23644Have you met her?
23644Her butterfly, her pretty talisman, where was it?
23644How about it, Captain?"
23644How can she be so cruel?
23644How can some girls be so silly?
23644How could she bear to play on a team when three of the members had decided to drop her acquaintance?
23644How could you be so cruel and dishonorable?"
23644How dare you insult me?"
23644How did she like Sanford?
23644I do n''t like to mention things, but for your own sake wo n''t you try to do what is right about the pin?
23644I like the outside of the school, but will I like the inside?
23644I wonder what I could go as?"
23644If I guess correctly will you tell me?"
23644If the record of their class read badly at the end of their freshman year, whose fault would it be?
23644If, then, you like it, you weel study your lessons, n''est pas?"
23644In a voice shaking with indignation she turned to those surrounding her and said,"Will you please go on dancing?
23644Is Miss Archer in her private office?"
23644Is it a requisition for new uniforms?
23644Is n''t that enough to make me happy for one day at least?"
23644It is right to share one''s spoils with a comrade, is n''t it?"
23644It''s a gorgeous party, is n''t it, Hal?"
23644May I give her this darling blue one?"
23644Oh, yes, did Miss Archer tell you that we report in the study hall at half- past eight o''clock on Monday and Friday mornings?
23644Or is the post about to move and is that a packing case?"
23644Purposely, to make sure she was right, she said boldly:"Miss Dean, will you go to the basketball tryout with us on Friday afternoon?"
23644Say,"she looked blankly at Marjorie,"do you suppose it''s our duty to go to Miss Archer and tell her what we saw?"
23644She did not like to criticize them, but were they truly honorable?
23644She is a delightful girl, is n''t she?"
23644She turned a pair of grave, deep- set eyes upon the tall girl and said, pleasantly:"Well, Ellen, what can I do for you this morning?"
23644She was unusually quiet at dinner, however, and her mother inquired anxiously if she were ill."Did you wear your new coat this afternoon?"
23644Should she explain?
23644Should she hand the secretary her resignation instead of mailing it?
23644Should she tell her mother of the disagreeable ending of her first day?
23644Still, they had not chosen her to play on the team; why, then, should she resign?
23644Still, was it right to allow personal grudges to warp one''s loyalty to one''s class?
23644Suppose we wait until Monday and see?
23644The freshman class is planning a lot of good times for this winter, and, of course, you want to be in them, too, do n''t you?"
23644Then as though determined to evade further questioning, she asked:"May I go shopping with you?"
23644To return to why I sent for you, you understand the game of basketball, do you not?"
23644Was Constance hurt because she had not received her invitation?
23644Was n''t it nice in him?"
23644Were you a student of Franklin High School?
23644What character do you intend to represent?"
23644What have you done with it?"
23644What if she liked them but they did not like her?
23644What if she were one of those persons one reads of in books whom continued poverty had made dishonest, or perhaps she was a kleptomaniac?
23644What if the new girls proved to be neither likable nor companionable?
23644What is Constance going to wear?
23644What made you come here?"
23644What made you keep it a secret?"
23644What mother is not interested in her daughter''s school fun and parties?
23644What studies had you begun at B----?"
23644What subjects had she selected?
23644What''s the use of so much formality among team- mates?"
23644When Geraldine had nodded good- bye at her street, and the two were alone, she asked:"What did you mean by comparing yourself to a soldier, Marjorie?"
23644When will we receive our invitations?"
23644Where in the world did you find it, Marcia?"
23644Why ca n''t I have it the night before Thanksgiving?
23644Why did n''t her class come out?
23644Why do n''t you resign?"
23644Why not ask her to dinner some night this week, Marjorie?"
23644Will you do it?"
23644Will you go first and announce supper?"
23644Wo n''t Constance be glad?
23644Wo n''t that be nice?"
23644Wo n''t you please tell me yours?"
23644Wo n''t you try me until the end of the first term?"
23644You know that, do n''t you, Mary?"
23644You were across the street from school on three different days, were n''t you?"
23644asked Marjorie, with an earnestness that made her father say teasingly,"Are you going to enlist in his cause as his business manager?"
23644exclaimed Marjorie, her eyes sparkling,"do you mean Miss Fielding?"
23644exclaimed the tall girl, eagerly, with an impulsive step forward,"you have n''t forbidden basketball this year, have you?
17811''And may I go with you, my pretty maid?''
17811''Heartsease''?
17811''Where are you going, my pretty maid?''
17811Am I really in such serious danger?
17811Am I speaking to Miss Brant?
17811And did they live happy ever after?
17811And did you sign it?
17811And why is she called Savell, if her name is Savelli?
17811And you, Eleanor?
17811Anne do you think that Eleanor could have written it?
17811Are you going to stand up for Eleanor now, in the face of what she said about all of us before those girls, Grace?
17811Are you going to tell Miss Thompson?
17811Are you talking of the would- be murderess, who froze us all out Thanksgiving Day?
17811As long as we know she is n''t coming, do n''t you think we should begin the initiation?
17811As long as you retain your Irish independence what do you care about what other girls do?
17811But I never have played with her,protested Ruth Deane,"and how do I know whether she can play?"
17811But are you willing to burden yourselves with some extra girls? 17811 But how did you happen to meet Eleanor?
17811But it''s such a quare name on the outside, I be wondering if it''s fur yerself and no other?
17811But tell us this much-- is it about any of us?
17811But what do you girls intend to do with her, once you get her? 17811 But why did you ask her to join, Grace?"
17811But why should n''t she go to her father if he is a great musician?
17811But, to give the play a rest and come down to everyday affairs, where shall we meet to go to the football game?
17811By the way, girls, do you think it would be of any use to invite Eleanor?
17811By the way, who is she? 17811 Can you manage the machine?"
17811Care to go? 17811 Confidentially, Anne, do you ever hear from your father?"
17811Daisy, how can you say so?
17811Did n''t you care to wait for me?
17811Did you see Eleanor''s runabout standing there?
17811Did you think the examinations hard?
17811Do let me drive going back?
17811Do n''t you know Reddy Brooks when you see him? 17811 Do n''t you remember we promised Mrs. Gray that we would try to help her?"
17811Do n''t you remember, I labeled them and you laughed at me for doing so?
17811Do n''t you wish you knew?
17811Do you intend to obey me, Miss Savell?
17811Do you know Raff''s''Cavatina''?
17811Do you know that man?
17811Do you know the''Peer Gynt''suite?
17811Do you live at''Heartsease''?
17811Do you see the time?
17811Do you think any one could see my Irish countenance and fail to be impressed?
17811Do you think you will go to school to- morrow, Eleanor? 17811 Do you?"
17811Does Jessica know it?
17811Eleanor?
17811Every one ready?
17811Girls,said Grace earnestly,"do n''t you think our society has been a success so far?"
17811Grace Harlowe, are you ever going to stop mourning over Eleanor?
17811Grace,she said, as the young girl entered the office,"were you in my office yesterday afternoon between half past one and a quarter of two?"
17811Has Nora gone? 17811 Has the kitty stolen your tongue?"
17811Have n''t you any relatives at all, Miss Allison, or any one else with whom you could stay?
17811Have you legally adopted her?
17811Have you made a thorough search for them in the other room?
17811How are the Phi Sigma Taus to- day?
17811How beautiful she looked to- night, did n''t she?
17811How can I ever thank you all?
17811How can we reform a person who wo n''t have anything to do with us?
17811How could I help it?
17811How dare she touch you? 17811 How dare you speak to us in that manner and treat us as though we were children?"
17811How dare you take possession of the very spot we had our eye on?
17811How did Judge Putnam know about the Phi Sigma Tau; even to its name?
17811How did you find out?
17811How do you know?
17811How do you know?
17811I suppose you are going to enter our school, are you not? 17811 I wonder what play is to be chosen, and if it is to be given for the school only?"
17811I wonder what school will bring us this year?
17811Is Eleanor Savell the girl who comes into the study hall every morning after opening exercises have begun?
17811Is Miss Savell in?
17811Is it a fairy story, dear Mrs. Gray, and does it begin with''Once upon a time''?
17811Is it possible that he is the great Savelli who toured America two years ago?
17811Is it school that makes you so? 17811 Is n''t she a dainty, little, old creature?
17811Is there any way in which you can find out?
17811Is there anything peculiar about it?
17811Is your aunt Miss Margaret Nevin?
17811It will seem good to have a frolic with the boys again, wo n''t it?
17811It''s a case of Ireland forever, is n''t it Nora?
17811May I go with you, Anne?
17811May I speak with Miss Brant?
17811May she come here first? 17811 Now, what do you think of Miss Eleanor?"
17811Now, what does your Majesty crave of her loyal subjects?
17811O Grace, how could you do it?
17811Of what use is it to hold a meeting, if I tell you all the business beforehand?
17811Oh, do you know her?
17811Oh, let a fellow up, will you?
17811Oh, she does, does she?
17811Or are n''t you all in the same class?
17811Shall I tell them that they ca n''t come in?
17811She looks like the''Vendetta''or the''Camorra''or some other Italian vengeance agency, does n''t she?
17811She said that to you? 17811 So that''s the famous Eleanor?"
17811The finish?
17811To change the subject,said Nora,"has any one seen Eleanor to- day?
17811Two of your crowd got out in a hurry, too, did n''t they?
17811Walked from Forest Park?
17811Was n''t it nice of Miss Thompson to exonerate us publicly?
17811Well, are we all ready?
17811Well, little folks,said Julia in mock surprise,"what sort of a party is this?
17811Well, what can I do for you, Miss Savell?
17811Well, what do you want?
17811Well?
17811What about you, Jessica?
17811What ails her to- day?
17811What are you going to do about to- night-- and everything?
17811What are you going to say to that terrible woman, papa?
17811What are you two mooning over?
17811What business is it of yours why we are here? 17811 What class are you girls in?"
17811What did Ruth say to them?
17811What difference does the season make, so long as we have a good time?
17811What do you girls think of it?
17811What do you mean by dressing up like this? 17811 What do you mean?"
17811What do you suppose she''s up to now?
17811What do you think of her, Anne? 17811 What does ail some of our class?"
17811What grounds have you for such an accusation?
17811What have you heard that''s new?
17811What is her latest crime?
17811What is her name? 17811 What is it you want us to do?"
17811What is it, Grace?
17811What is the matter? 17811 What is this I hear about losing your costumes, Anne?"
17811What on earth does he mean?
17811What shall I do?
17811What shall I do?
17811What shall we do with you, Mrs. Gray, if you keep on insisting that you are old?
17811What was the matter with her to- day?
17811What was written on it, Mabel?
17811What''s all this? 17811 What''s the matter, Anne?"
17811What''s the matter, Eleanor?
17811Where are Anne and Jessica to- day?
17811Where are they?
17811Where are they?
17811Where are you?
17811Where is Eleanor Savell?
17811Where is her father now?
17811Where shall we lay them?
17811Where''s Anne?
17811Where''s Anne?
17811Where?
17811Who are the girls, Julia? 17811 Who could have been so mean?
17811Who on earth is that girl?
17811Who on earth told her about the meeting?
17811Who''s going to rob the judge? 17811 Why are we to hold a meeting?"
17811Why do n''t you answer me, little girls?
17811Why do n''t you hurry on home?
17811Why do you say that, Grace?
17811Why should I have sacrificed the star to my own personal vanity? 17811 Why, David Nesbit, how can you make such statements?"
17811Why, Miss Thompson,she cried,"you surely do n''t think I tore up your essay?"
17811Why, how did you know her name?
17811Why, who in the world can this be from? 17811 Will it be possible for us to get Mabel away from Miss Brant, or can Miss Brant hold her against her will?"
17811Will there be plenty to eat?
17811Will you do as I wish?
17811Will you please tell me if any one is hurt?
17811Wo n''t it be fun?
17811You have a young girl with you by the name of Mabel Allison, have you not?
17811You have n''t heard anything of those boys yet, have you?
17811You heard it, too, did n''t you Jessica?
17811You promised to go for her, did n''t you, Anne?
17811You''ve heard about the last straw that broke the camel''s back, have n''t you?
17811Am I invited to be present at a suffragette''s meeting or is Jessica simply anxious to show me what nice friends she has?"
17811Am I right, and will you take me along?"
17811Are any of you going to be over ambitious and take five?"
17811Are you hurt, Mabel, dear?"
17811Are you making mud pies or are you pretending you are at the seashore?"
17811Are you sure they''re juniors?"
17811Besides, where would she go if we did get her away?"
17811But who is the reckless young person playing chauffeur?
17811By the way, Nora, what was that news of yours that you were so mysterious about this afternoon?"
17811By the way, where does the affair take place?"
17811CHAPTER X JULIA PERFORMS A SACRED DUTY"What have we ever done that we should be so neglected?"
17811CHAPTER XIX THE TRY OUT"Will the young lady on the extreme right please come forward?"
17811Ca n''t you tell me about it?"
17811Can I do anything to help you?"
17811Can she get me again?"
17811Could n''t Anne use that?"
17811Did Miss Thompson say that you would have to take examinations?"
17811Did you appear to any one else?"
17811Did you not hear what he said?"
17811Did you really decide to come?"
17811Do n''t you agree with me, girls?"
17811Do n''t you girls play?"
17811Do n''t you know you might frighten some timid person terribly?"
17811Do n''t you think so?"
17811Do you own this property?"
17811Do you recognize either the paper or the writing?"
17811Do you think me unpardonably rude?"
17811Do you think they will care to go?"
17811Does n''t she look great as Jaques?
17811Drawing a note from it, she silently handed it to Grace, who read:"MY DEAR ANNE:"Will you come up to my house before going to the hall?
17811Eleanor,"she exclaimed, turning to the weeping girl,"is your runabout outside?"
17811Gray?"
17811Gray?"
17811Has anyone seen that Allison child?
17811Has she been gettin''into mischief?
17811Has she lived with you long?"
17811Have you a latch key?
17811Have you ever belonged to a secret society?"
17811I suppose you do n''t know where I live or anything about me, do you?"
17811I wonder how he and Hippy will enjoy chaperoning thirteen girls?"
17811I wonder if she knows how late it is?"
17811I wonder what I can do for her to show her that I appreciate her bravery?"
17811If it can be found before the second act, all will be well, but suppose you go on in the first act, and it ca n''t be found, what then?
17811If it does n''t concern us we do n''t care, do we, girls?"
17811Is n''t there a telephone in the judge''s house?
17811Is that too expensive?"
17811Is there any one who will encourage me in this laudable resolution, and beguile me while I go''galumphing''over the ground?"
17811Jessica, will you ask your father if he will be at liberty for a few minutes this evening?"
17811Knowing that, do you suppose you can make her believe that you did not hide Anne''s costumes?"
17811Let me see what would be a good tune?"
17811Mabel, dear, did you see that paper that has been going the rounds this morning?"
17811Now what''s on your mind, Grace?"
17811She must be awfully clever, too, to know so many languages, but----""But what?"
17811She----""Not that horrible, miserly Miss Brant who lives in that ugly yellow house on Elm Street?"
17811So she threatened revenge, did she?"
17811Southard?"
17811Suppose you and Jessica and I go down there together, Grace, and see what we can do?"
17811Taking a leaf from a little note- book that she always carried, Grace wrote:"Do you see the freshman- prize girl over among the sophomores?
17811The Range and Grange Hustlers= By FRANK GEE PATCHIN= Have you any idea of the excitements, the glories of life on great ranches in the West?
17811The clouds looked black for a while, did n''t they?"
17811Tom Harlowe''s little girl?
17811Want to come?"
17811Well, Eleanor and her crowd saw them, and what do you suppose they did?"
17811What are you girls doing out this way?"
17811What are you talking about, my child?"
17811What did she give you?"
17811What do I care about Miss Pierson''s costumes?"
17811What do you play?"
17811What do you suppose he is doing in Oakdale, and at the High School-- of all places?"
17811What do you suppose the latest is?"
17811What has she done that you should speak of her as you do?"
17811What is her name?
17811What on earth did you ever do to her, Grace?"
17811What shall I play?"
17811What time is it?
17811What''s the matter with her?
17811Where did you find them?"
17811Where did you put your costumes?
17811Which one of them was guilty?
17811Who did you say brought the news?
17811Who knows?"
17811Who on earth were they, and where did they go?"
17811Who shall I say is here?"
17811Why did n''t you let me go along?
17811Why did n''t your prize orphan get out of the way with the rest of you?
17811Why had n''t the girls waited?
17811Will you help me with my costume and make- up?
17811Will you promise to help before I tell you?"
17811Will you tell me yours?"
17811Wo n''t you come back to the Phi Sigma Tau?
17811Wo n''t you join me?
17811Would you care to understudy the part?"
17811You are n''t going to back out, are you, and leave me without proper support?"
17811You know what a temper Ruth Deane has and how ferocious she can look?
17811You might get through the first act in a borrowed gown, Anne, but what can you do in the second?
17811You remember the hatchet that we buried last year with such pomp and ceremony?"
17811You will let me try, wo n''t you?"
17811[ Illustration:"Where Are Anne''s Costumes?"
17811cried Grace, clasping her hands delightedly,"will you, truly?
17811queried Nora eagerly,"and is little Eleanor living?"
21048A penny?--what for?
21048A what?
21048All of them?
21048And are n''t you glad you''re not doing them?
21048And have n''t you?
21048And may we tell Priscilla?
21048And now that you''ve found me, what do you want?
21048And now,he inquired,"which will you visit first-- the picture gallery or the orchids?"
21048And now,he suggested,"should you like me to show you the Italian garden?"
21048And probably they''re really quite nice?
21048And the violets?
21048And then what did he say?
21048And then what happened?
21048And they''re going to let her stay?
21048And what are you going to name her?
21048And what are your principles?
21048And what did you say?
21048And what did you wear at the wedding?
21048And what do you think?
21048And what do you think?
21048And what is the object of this famous society? 21048 And what will you do?"
21048And what''s the Dowager going to do to us?
21048And who is she?
21048And will you apologize to Rosalie?
21048Are n''t they dears to go to such a lot of trouble? 21048 Are those his real eyebrows or were they blacked?"
21048Are you a Mason?
21048Are you afraid of it?
21048Are you dead?
21048Are you sure you knew your own mind?
21048Avenge ourselves-- what for?
21048But how?
21048But just what have they done?
21048But the dinner and the wedding? 21048 But what are you going to do with the thirty- seven dollars and eight- four cents?"
21048But what have they done?
21048But what if she does n''t give in?
21048But what if she does scream?
21048But why a snake?
21048But will the girls want to give their allowances?
21048Ca n''t I help you plant your onions?
21048Did Miss Wadsworth say that?
21048Did anyone bring a button- hook?
21048Did he kiss you?
21048Did n''t you do anything more?
21048Did she know what to do with the chaffing- dish?
21048Did they like the cat, or would they rather have had a parrot?
21048Did you ever see such a fright? 21048 Did you happen to see any''No Trespassing''signs as you came through?"
21048Did you have any adventures?
21048Did you tell the Dowager?
21048Do n''t you know the silver''s plated?
21048Do n''t you think you''ve been a great deal more silly?
21048Do n''t you want a coat?
21048Do they know you''re out?
21048Do what?
21048Do you happen to know the young lady who ordered them vi''lets?
21048Do you hear me?
21048Do you know him?
21048Do you mind telling me how you came to be a burglar? 21048 Do you remember the time he chewed up his rope and came to church?"
21048Do you still think she was a silly goose?
21048Do you think the medium told the truth?
21048Do you think we can do it for thirty- seven dollars and eighty- four cents?
21048Do you think we can?
21048Do you think we can?
21048Do you think you could untie that knot?
21048Do-- you think it''s quite ladylike to be a siren?
21048Does he always wear those clothes?
21048Does he curl his mustache, or it is natural?
21048Does my petticoat show?
21048Does n''t it smell tobaccoey and bay rummish?
21048Has there been a fire?
21048Have you finished your Latin, Patty?
21048Have you got him now? 21048 How are we going to get home?"
21048How could I hand you over, without handing myself over at the same time?
21048How do you do, Uncle Wobert?
21048How do you know?
21048How many partners have you?
21048How old is he?
21048How old is she?
21048How would Patty Junior do?
21048How would you like to go to the circus with me some day next week, and see all the animals?
21048How''d it come out?
21048How''s that?
21048How''s your husband this winter?
21048I have n''t a cent-- have you?
21048I hope he appreciates you?
21048I hope it looked all right?
21048I suppose you ought to be working?
21048I suppose,she suggested,"you are the burglar they are screaming about?"
21048I thought, young ladies, that afternoon recreation was to be spent out of doors?
21048I wonder what sunflowers mean?
21048I wonder what the end will be?
21048If I get you a nice job in charge of onions and orchids and things, will you promise never again to drink any beer?
21048If you''re head gardener, what makes you plant onions?
21048In our hands?
21048In spirits?
21048Is he as bad as the papers make out?
21048Is he as good- looking near to, as he was on the stage?
21048Is it a bloomin''insane asylum?
21048Is it a very grave crime to forget about luncheon?
21048Is it entirely fair for the rest to help?
21048Is it likely?
21048Is it locked?
21048Is it necessary for you to block up the entire hall?
21048Is it still broken?
21048Is my hair a perfect sight?
21048Is n''t Jelly awful?
21048Is n''t he?
21048Is n''t it a lark to be getting flowers from a_ man_? 21048 Is n''t it dreadful to be old, and just sit around waiting to die?"
21048Is n''t it dreadful? 21048 Is n''t it dreadful?"
21048Is n''t it perfectly sweet?
21048Is n''t my father a lamb?
21048Is n''t my idea fine about the lemonade and soup?
21048Is there any way in which I could help?
21048It''s a very touching story,Patty commented,"but where does Kid McCoy come in?"
21048Jermyn Hilliard, Junior?
21048Kid''s story? 21048 Me dear Mrs. Wilder,"she inquired in a brogue that would have put the Murphys to shame,"have ye heard the news that''s goin''round?
21048No Christmas tree?
21048Nonsense, Miss Sallie?
21048Not even Pris and Conny when they get back?
21048Not really?
21048Not really?
21048Now, what do ye think of his nerve?
21048Of what?
21048Oh!--not really?
21048Oh, could you?
21048Oh,_ why_ did n''t you wake me?
21048Our influence?
21048Perhaps you can think of something better?
21048Priscilla and Constance, why are n''t you out of doors with the other girls, enjoying this beautiful autumn weather?
21048Really?
21048See here, Patty, what is the meaning of all this nonsense?
21048Shall we run?
21048Should you like to have me drive you home on that?
21048That''s a likely combination, ai n''t it now?
21048That_ what_?
21048The hearse?
21048Then S. A. S. stands for''Sunshine and Smiles?''
21048Then what happened?
21048Then you really believe in ghosts?
21048Then you understand the nature of an oath of secrecy? 21048 Very well-- what shall we do?"
21048W- what''s that?
21048Was Gramma pleased with the parlor clock?
21048Was she furious?
21048We must tell her because we three--"Hunt together?
21048Well, Uncle Bobby, what do you think about it?
21048Well, what of it?
21048Well, what shall we do?
21048Well?
21048Well?
21048Well?
21048Well?
21048Were they disappointed at not having a feather bed?
21048What are we going to do?
21048What are ye doin''?
21048What are you doing there?
21048What did Mam''selle think of that?
21048What did Miss Sallie do?
21048What did he say?
21048What did he say?
21048What did she look like?
21048What did she say?
21048What did she say?
21048What did they say when they heard?
21048What did they say?
21048What did you talk about?
21048What do you mean?
21048What do you mean?
21048What do you mean?
21048What do you s''pose it is?
21048What do you s''pose it is?
21048What do you s''pose it will be?
21048What do you think?
21048What do you want?
21048What do you want?
21048What happened?
21048What happened?
21048What has happened?
21048What has he done with the key?
21048What have you done to your faces?
21048What if she screams?
21048What in hell uv I got into?
21048What kind of a book?
21048What on earth becomes of Harriet Gladden during vacation?
21048What on earth can it be?
21048What sort of things do you learn in that school?
21048What time is he coming?
21048What was it?
21048What will Miss Lord say?
21048What will you do if he kisses you?
21048What would you do if her spirit should appear to you? 21048 What''s happened to her?"
21048What''s happened?
21048What''s in it?
21048What''s that?
21048What''s the adventure?
21048What''s the matter?
21048What''s the matter?
21048What''s the matter?
21048What?
21048What?
21048What?
21048What?
21048What?
21048What_ shall_ we do?
21048When?
21048Where did you get my name?
21048Where is everybody?
21048Where on earth did you get it, Patty?
21048Where''d you come from?
21048Where''d you get it?
21048Where''d you put the burnt cork?
21048Where''d you spring from?
21048Where''s some black silk, Patty?
21048Who''s Mr. Robert Pendleton?
21048Who?
21048Who?
21048Why did n''t you tell us he had a dimple in his chin?
21048Why did you not finish the lesson that I gave out?
21048Why do n''t you begin at the end and read backwards?
21048Why not?
21048Why not?
21048Why not?
21048Why on earth are you bothering with Latin on a Friday night?
21048Why, do n''t you see?
21048Why?
21048Will there be ele- phunts?
21048Will you apologize to Rosalie?
21048Will you kindly be quiet for just two seconds? 21048 Will you kindly give me your cards?"
21048Would n''t you like a little drive to the farm? 21048 Would n''t you rather talk to me?"
21048Y''are n''t goin''to hand me over?
21048Ye''re sure it''s on the straight, Miss? 21048 Ye''re sure,"he asked suspiciously,"that Silas Weatherby ai n''t a cop?"
21048Yes, but how?
21048Yes-- and explain for the benefit of all the passengers that we belong at St. Ursula''s School? 21048 You belong to that school-- Saint Something or Other?"
21048You cross- a my hand with silver? 21048 You do n''t expect me to walk three miles in that shoe?"
21048You know now,Patty laughed,"that I did n''t pitch you no curves?"
21048You mean,Miss Lord stared--"that you are going to_ reward_ their disgraceful conduct?
21048You mean-- they''ve found out the name-- and everything?
21048You surely did n''t speak to him?
21048You''ll promise not to tell?
21048_ Gypsies?_Mr. Gilroy repeated the word, and his benumbed faculties began to work.
21048_ My Dear Patty,--_Have you forgotten''Uncle Bobby''who used to stand between you and many well- deserved spankings?
21048''But is that your suit- case?''
21048And if I ever have any convict friends in need of employment, I may send them to you?"
21048And now he never comes at all?
21048And where in thunder did you get my name?"
21048And will that monk on the end stop giggling?
21048Did he?"
21048Did n''t she tell us to listen to the lecture and apply its teaching?"
21048Did you bring us some wedding cake?"
21048Did you ever hear of a washerwoman who was a siren?"
21048Did you ever hear of such a coincidence?"
21048Did you ever see such a perfectly corking saddle?"
21048Do n''t you love to get things you do n''t need?"
21048Do n''t you remember how he used to be hanging about all the time?
21048Do you mean to tell me that you''ve grown up?"
21048Do you promise that?"
21048Do you s''pose he opened it?"
21048Do you understand?"
21048Does anybody know the language of flowers?"
21048Finally, when conversation flagged for a moment, Miss Sallie dropped the casual inquiry:"By the way, girls, what_ has_ got into Mae Van Arsdale?
21048Gilroy?"
21048Have n''t you any sense?"
21048He leaned back in his chair and studied the ladies from head to foot, then emitted a curt:"Well?"
21048How could you?"
21048How do you do?"
21048How many times must I tell you to stand straight?
21048I had a goat named Billy- Boy--""Is he married?"
21048If my lessons show any falling off--""_ Who_ owns it?"
21048If there is not enough room, you might paste on an er--""Annex?"
21048If you''d just laugh the way the rest of us do--""How can I laugh when I do n''t think things are funny?
21048Is n''t she pretty?"
21048Is this little Patty?"
21048It''s funny, is n''t it, what a little thing makes some people happy?"
21048Margarite McCoy, you do not listen to me?
21048Martin jocularly inquiring:"Did ye look in the furnace, Mike?
21048May I ask, Patty--?"
21048One moment, please-- Won''t you be seated?"
21048Or is that too a secret?"
21048S.?"
21048S.?"
21048She can teach you, Priscilla, to be more studious, and you can teach her to be more, shall I say, flexible?"
21048She sat upright with a very audible gasp, and demanded in unguardedly loud tones,"Who''s that?"
21048She''s been having a birthday party in my room--""A birthday party?"
21048Should he swallow a great deal of pride, and make another plea for justice?
21048Since the family were not at home, why not drop in and inspect the Italian garden?
21048Suppose I act as intermediary and lay the matter before her?
21048Understand?"
21048Ursula''s?"
21048Was the circus nice?"
21048We''ll call it the S. A. S.""What''s it for?"
21048We''ll go down now while our courage is up.--Are your hands clean?"
21048Weatherby?"
21048Weatherby?"
21048What are your cheapest flowers?"
21048What did she say?"
21048What did you do without your clothes?"
21048What have you been eating?"
21048What is the matter with your face?"
21048What on earth do you s''pose it is?
21048What on earth has got into her?"
21048What sort of a bunco game is this?
21048What''s it for?"
21048What''s the matter with it?''
21048What_ are_ you talking about?"
21048Where''d you get it?"
21048Would you be scared?"
21048Y''ai n''t pitchin''me no curve?"
21048You know how to read, of course?"
21048You make- a her mind?
21048_ Will_ you keep your shoulders back and your stomach in?
34728''The same as ever?'' 34728 ''What do you mean, Carolyn?''
34728A quarter-- what for?
34728Am I still on your list of friends?
34728Am I?
34728Am I?
34728And do you remember that week when Cousin Lil was here and you did dress up as a gypsy in your attic?
34728And oh, how do you speak to a countess? 34728 And the muted question can be put off for decision until some other time?"
34728And we pretend that we like it?
34728Anything I can do for you?
34728Are they really going to send her to a_ public_ school?
34728Are you all over your being bitten by the snake, Lucia?
34728Are you going in for athletics?
34728Are you scared because she is a countess?
34728Betty, do you know what you''re going in for this year-- swimming, I suppose?
34728But just the same, if I have to, I have to; and will you help me when I come out to the school the first time?
34728But why not have a snow fight? 34728 By the way, have you seen our boys?
34728By the way, is it clothes you''re going to see about this afternoon, Kathryn?
34728Can we leave as soon as the ship comes?
34728Can you make it, do you think?
34728Carolyn told me afterwards that she had it in mind when she asked us for lunch; and did n''t Peggy call me''Gypsy''as she passed me the sandwiches?
34728Could n''t I have both?
34728Did I meet him? 34728 Did Louise belong to a high school sorority, Carolyn?"
34728Did n''t your light go out?
34728Did she? 34728 Did you meet them, too?"
34728Did you notice it, too? 34728 Did your father meet the countess, Betty?"
34728Didja hear Betty talking to the countess?
34728Do countesses have tiaras?
34728Do n''t you like''em?
34728Do n''t you really like it?
34728Do you have to do anything for ten minutes or so?
34728Do you know how to play this?
34728Do you know who are going in with the Kappa Upsilons?
34728Do you mean that you are asking me to join?
34728Do you really care about the girls, Lucia?
34728Do you suppose the boys know''em?
34728Do you suppose the countess will wear her''tie- airy?''
34728Do you suppose the girls will come in those thin things they wear?
34728Do you think that Peggy Pollard would be likely to say anything unkind about Kathryn?
34728Does Louise belong to a sorority over there?
34728Does it get them anywhere?
34728Does n''t your brother live at home?
34728Going to take the life- saving tests, Betty?
34728Going to wait for Lucia Coletti?
34728Have a good time?
34728Have n''t you had enough of a move already?
34728Have you been approached on the subject?
34728Have you, what is it?
34728Honestly, Kit, do n''t you like it?
34728How about it, Betty?
34728How do you like this incidental sight- seeing?
34728How long does it take to get there?
34728How many art museums did you eat, Betty?
34728How soon can you girls come out? 34728 How was the countess?"
34728How would it do just to say that you are allowed very few engagements, especially at night?
34728I ca n''t get used to our being sophomores, Selma, but is n''t it nice not to be freshmen any longer?
34728I can swim now a little, up at Grandma''s, ca n''t I Mamma?
34728I could n''t let them do all the cooking, could I? 34728 I did mention the museums and art galleries along with things to eat, did n''t I?
34728I did n''t think I''d be missed,said Betty,"for you all would be so busy on opening day; but we ca n''t talk now, can we?"
34728I hated to leave camp,said Selma,"but is n''t it good to be back?
34728I wonder what sort of a party it will be? 34728 Indeed?"
34728Is n''t it a pity,sighed Doris,"that life ca n''t be parties all the time?
34728Is n''t she graceful? 34728 Is she a friend of yours, Betty Lee?"
34728Is she driving, this late?
34728Is that so? 34728 Is that why you said''good,''when I said I''d be jealous?"
34728Is the back door locked?
34728Is the last egg scrambled, Betty?
34728Is this the Countess Coletti?
34728Is you- all ready foh goin''to school with Miss Lucy an''Loosha?
34728It would n''t be, would it?
34728It''s a good thing we''ve been having the funny old dances in''gym,''is n''t it?
34728It''s none of it as serious as all that, Kathryn, but I do n''t mind being liked and being invited, do you?
34728It''s very convenient when you want to use slang to quote from your brother, is n''t it?
34728Lessons getting on your nerves?
34728Like Fifth Avenue and Broadway, for instance? 34728 Mother, ca n''t Betty stay to lunch with me?"
34728Not all of it?
34728Oh, dear, why are n''t I Lucia''s friend and a little older?
34728Oh, did you? 34728 Oh, how did violin practice go, Betty?
34728Oh, it''s you, Gypsy, is n''t it?
34728Oh, what if we ca n''t get there before Mother?
34728Only five miles?
34728Really-- who?
34728Shall we?
34728Shall you go out to the car and meet them, Mother?
34728She knows I''m going to drive, do n''t she?
34728So your boys have to be dragged to meet me?
34728Sort of a compromise?
34728That is final, then?
34728The whole association, Amy Lou?
34728There ought to be some flowers along the little stream, ought there not?
34728They turn sideways and swallow the air, do n''t they?
34728Think you will get into the orchestra?
34728Tomorrow we play against the freshmen, do n''t we?
34728Was Louise in a high school sorority?
34728Well, Betty-- have you decided?
34728Well, Carolyn, why not, if you want to?
34728Well,said Betty,"why sit around in a wet bathing suit?
34728Well,said Selma,"how about the''countess,''Betty?"
34728What about them?
34728What do you have to do now, Betty, act as nursemaid to the countess''daughter?
34728What girl does? 34728 What is a mere hockey team to the Queen of Sheba?"
34728What is his speciality?
34728What is the girl called, Betty?
34728What is the great choice?
34728What is this?
34728What sort of a party is it?
34728What sort of snakes do you have here, Betty?
34728What was that medicine, Lucia?
34728What''ll I hitch up with? 34728 Whether Mathilde intended that or not does n''t matter, I''ll watch after this and somebody has to be on the second team, so why should n''t it be I?
34728Which girl was it?
34728Who said something about a countess?
34728Why do n''t you try out for the hockey team in the fall and the basketball in the winter?
34728Why not?
34728Why not?
34728Why should I mind, Dotty?
34728Why should n''t it? 34728 Why turn my car into a grocery delivery wagon?"
34728Will Betty try to win on speed?
34728Will Mr. Murchison''s sister come in on a boat like that?
34728Will there be no one to come back, nothing to bring?
34728Will you be going over this summer?
34728Will you come?
34728Will you use any title?
34728Wo n''t it be too far for you?
34728Yes, Carolyn?
34728You are a bit new yourself, are n''t you?
34728You do love your family, do n''t you, Betty Lee?
34728You wo n''t give me away if you happen to see?
34728You''almost did?'' 34728 You''re breaking it to me by degrees, are n''t you?
34728Your brother, Mr. Murchison----"Oh, did Lem send you to meet me?
34728''Do you think we should dismiss school on account of the games?''
34728''How can they have sororities if they are forbidden?''
34728''Kathryn,_ what_ did Mathilde tell you?''
34728''Who started that name for you?''
34728A. and ought to help out where I can, ought n''t I?"
34728A. hike a week from Saturday, are n''t you?"
34728An accident?
34728And Dorry will take care of me, wo n''t you Dorry?"
34728And are n''t the Hallowe''en decorations cute?"
34728And did you know me right off?"
34728And how is it that I have n''t met her if she goes to Lyon High?"
34728And matters of necessity are different, though we''d not make a point of saving our stockings to be washed on the Sabbath, would we?"
34728And now that is all over and you have n''t a worry have you?"
34728And was n''t it nice of him to do that?
34728And what is the daughter of a countess called-- anything at all?
34728Are all the gew- gaws, or doo- dads, ready?"
34728Are n''t you a reporter for the Lyon paper, Chet?
34728Are you a''Girl Reserve,''Betty?"
34728Are you ready, Betty?
34728Are you rushing off to catch a car this time?"
34728Are you signed up for Miss Heath''s class?"
34728Besides, we have to live in the world with everybody, do n''t we?
34728Betty was glad that there was opportunity for no more questioning, such as"where did the match come from?"
34728Betty, can I get you another bun?"
34728Betty, may I hike home with the chairman and her friends?"
34728But are you sure that you will come to Lyon High?"
34728But ca n''t you give me an_ idea_?"
34728But on which side of the arguments for and against shall we put Mathilde''s being in the sorority?"
34728But sakes alive, were n''t they dining with a countess?
34728But was n''t it interesting?
34728But what was that junior saying?
34728But why did Lucia forestall the introduction as her mother''s daughter?
34728But would n''t I have been sold if she had taken me up?
34728But you know I do like Carolyn a lot, and will you feel bad if I show it?
34728By what name shall I call your friend?"
34728Can we sit down somewhere?"
34728Can you cook wieners?"
34728Carolyn, who sat beside Mrs. Lee, turned to her enthusiastically to say,"Was n''t that_ splendid_?
34728Could it have been that she_ wanted_ to give the game to the junior captain, her sorority sister?
34728Dare I ask you_ what_ you have decided?"
34728Did n''t you say you had a''T- bone''steak for the two of us?
34728Did n''t you see that write- up of him in the_ Roar_ last week?"
34728Did you go in to look in the mirror and did they have the big mirror up then?"
34728Did you go?"
34728Did you say that the''younger countess''asked you to call?
34728Did you see anything in your mirror, Betty?"
34728Did you tell her that I would be deeply disappointed if I did n''t have the honor?"
34728Did you?"
34728Did you_ see that_?"
34728Do I light my candle first?"
34728Do n''t you suppose if you''d had family and wealth drilled into you and all that way of living it would make you different?"
34728Do you care?
34728Do you do any mountain climbing in the Alps?"
34728Do you do much with your violin now?"
34728Do you know why she decided to come back to high school?"
34728Do you like it?"
34728Do you mean it?"
34728Do you mind?"
34728Do you suppose it is his own?"
34728Do you think it would be wicked if I''d do it tonight?"
34728Do you think so?"
34728Do you think we are equal to it?"
34728Does n''t she come to see your sister, Carolyn?"
34728Going on yourself now?"
34728Good morning-- and I think I met you, yesterday, Miss----?"
34728Has n''t she any title, too?"
34728Have he and Louise made up, do you think?
34728Have you a copy?"
34728Have you noticed how she''s really studying some and getting her lessons now?"
34728How about a sophomore party that night, or a smaller one anyway?"
34728How did Mother ever do it?
34728How did you know I played?"
34728How do I get there?"
34728How do people ever keep house and remember all the things that they have to be careful about?
34728How do they get around it, Carolyn?"
34728How do you do it?
34728How do you feel?"
34728How would it do to take her somewhere some time?
34728How''s everything signing up and starting in?"
34728How''s that for a mother that came over here on purpose to make an American out of me?"
34728I do n''t think that it_ could_ have been a rattlesnake, do you, Betty?"
34728I hope-- what is that?
34728I see where Lu-_chee_-a and I become intimate friends, do n''t you?"
34728I wonder why?"
34728I''ll have a time getting ready for it during school, so please come early and help me, will you?"
34728I''m awfully hungry right now, are n''t you?
34728I''ve seen you this summer in your worst old clothes, have n''t I now?"
34728If it is all right, and the authorities allow it, why not?
34728If she lives in Italy, she probably will know how to swim, and do n''t they walk and hike a lot in Switzerland?"
34728If the other girls joined, especially Carolyn, would it make a difference in their friendship?
34728Is n''t that so?"
34728Is n''t this the prettiest part of the trail-- don''t you think, so wild and lovely?
34728Is that the surprise?"
34728It did n''t''harmonize,''to be very musical in my speech-- with washing dishes and cooking and having company did it?"
34728Kathryn managed to squeeze in beside Betty and whispered,"You see how friendly Peggy and Mathilde are?"
34728Kathryn, can you stay mad at Carolyn?"
34728Kathryn, did you hear that Finny is coming back to join her more democratic sisters in the sophomore class?"
34728No, you''d hate to hurt me, would n''t you?"
34728Now tell me, are you all right, Lucia?"
34728Now the question is, what are we going to do about it?
34728Now, who is she?
34728Oh, did you know that Carolyn is coming back today or tomorrow?"
34728Oh, do you suppose they''ll make us play another game?"
34728Or could I call her''Signorina?''?"
34728Or could I call her''Signorina?''?"
34728Peggy, ca n''t you come, too?"
34728See if you have any classes together?"
34728See that little dirt road down there?
34728See, Lucy, sister, how American your daughter is becoming?
34728See?"
34728See?"
34728Shall I take you?"
34728Shall we call her''La Countessa''?
34728She''s having an argument with the customs officer, I guess-- isn''t she?"
34728So do you mind if I ask her about it, if we manage to have the mothers see each other down town?"
34728So it was a pity that she had not seen him unmasked?
34728So she had gilt hair, had she?
34728Suppose Lucia Coletti will want to go?"
34728Sure you''ll be happy over it?"
34728That sounds conceited, does n''t it?
34728That was good of Lucia, was n''t it?
34728The children had brought their various reports to show Grandmother, who asked Betty,"Still on the honor roll in spite of athletics?"
34728Those high piles of snow along the walk you know, why not use them and make a fort or two?"
34728Was any one there beside you and Peggy and Carolyn?"
34728Was it my voice?"
34728Was n''t she past sixteen?
34728Was there some idea of loyalty to her father, or was she just proud of it?
34728Was this really Betty Lee, riding in a taxi up Broadway and along Fifth Avenue?
34728We certainly have missed Freddy this year, have n''t we?
34728We really want to help them, do we not?"
34728Well, what of it?
34728Were we really like that last year?"
34728What difference did it make to her what impression she was making?
34728What do you think?"
34728What do you want me to do?"
34728What girl would not like another who was flatteringly attentive and evidently impressed with her?
34728What have you been doing now?"
34728What is the use of being a countess if you ca n''t have some sign of it?"
34728What kind of syrup do you like best, Betty?"
34728What shall we do today?"
34728What sort of a girl is this Mathilde Finn anyway?
34728What time tomorrow do we start?"
34728What was Amy Lou''s small voice in the general uproar?
34728What was the trouble with Mathilde, Betty?"
34728What was the trouble?
34728Where in the world have you been?"
34728Where''s Kathryn?"
34728Where''s Lem?"
34728Which one?"
34728Who was that foolish girl that did n''t want to come to America?
34728Why did n''t people think about their children a little instead of themselves?
34728Why should n''t you_ like_ to be called Gypsy?
34728Why should she not have a handsome young man seating her in the conservatory by a fountain?
34728Why, what did you think when she did that?"
34728Will Miss Fox know how much of everything we ought to have?"
34728Will that be enough?"
34728Will you be one of them?"
34728Will you be satisfied if I say that I will tell you some time?"
34728Will you girls ever_ forgive_ me for not writing?"
34728Would n''t it be fun?"
34728You have regular class teams, do n''t you, and have to be elected in some way before you can be on one?"
34728You said over there, did n''t you?"
34728You''re not interested, then, in hearing about the new sorority?"
34728Your brother?"
34728_ Could_ it be Ted Dorrance?
34728and Doris said"Are you mad at anybody?"
34728asked Kathryn,"married?"
34728asked Mathilde,"a costume party?"
34728or just Countess Coletti?
34728that Dick looked up from his plate to say rudely,"What''s eating you Betty?"
34749''Dead languages''--what''s the good of''em if they are deceased, anyway? 34749 A bloodhound?"
34749And having got_ from_ her all you are likely to get,said Laura, coolly,"your prophecies are ended, are they?"
34749And neither of those girls have come out of the building yet?
34749And she was n''t much afraid of those Gypsies last week-- did you notice?
34749And then what?
34749And this is the girl who was with them before?
34749And what teacher at Central High has eighteen letters in her name?
34749And why should they?
34749And why should we be afraid?
34749And with so much depending on her?
34749And you ca n''t repeat the name?
34749And you think Eve has been caught by the same people who held you?
34749Anne?
34749Are you sure?
34749Are you the lady whom the Vareys say knows all about me?
34749Are you the teacher here whose name has in it eighteen letters?
34749But do n''t you know the name of the woman you are looking for?
34749But her first name-- her intimate name? 34749 But how did you know-- or suspect-- that the name was that of any teacher in our school?"
34749But what about Lily Pendleton?
34749But what do you want here? 34749 But where did the girl go?"
34749But where is Queen Grace-- and the others?
34749But where''s Eve?
34749But who''s that coming after her?
34749But why do you ask?
34749But_ why?_cried Bobby.
34749By the way, what caused the flood?
34749Ca n''t you cut out the frolic for this one term? 34749 Can she hear us,''way down there, Laura Belding?"
34749Could n''t we kill and eat them?
34749Did n''t she warn you to beware of one of your teachers-- and a woman?
34749Did she?
34749Did you ever see anything like that?
34749Did you tell her what direction that girl was going-- that she was wading up stream?
34749Do n''t see it-- do you, Laura?
34749Do n''t you suppose I know I''ve been a chump without you all telling me so?
34749Do n''t you think we''d better tell her something about you?
34749Do n''t you want your slippers, too? 34749 Do you blame her?"
34749Do you mean to say that Eve has n''t got here yet?
34749Do you see that fellow, Eve?
34749Do you suppose he is really after that girl?
34749Do you suppose we''ll be as high and mighty as all that when we get to be seniors, Laura?
34749Do you think so?
34749Do you want to scare us to death right at the start, Mother Wit?
34749Does n''t that look like a rain- cloud to you, Laura?
34749Does she stir a cauldron, and call on the spirits of the earth and air?
34749Does your name have the eighteen letters?
34749Eighteen?
34749England and Scotland together?
34749Gee Gee''ll likely get something on me before the June meet, and then where''ll we be?
34749Gould? 34749 Has anybody seen her?"
34749Has nobody seen her?
34749Has she got to run along the top of a stone fence and then take to a running stream to throw off pursuit?
34749Have I got to stick by you whether you''re right, or not, Bob Hargrew?
34749Have n''t seen Lance, have you?
34749Have you noticed how thin she is getting-- and that she starts nervously at every little thing?
34749How can you expect to dance half the night, Jess Morse, and then start off on a regular walking''tower?''
34749How could I ever do it?
34749How did that Varey woman-- that Gypsy queen-- know so much about me, and about Laura Belding, and our affairs?
34749How do you spell the letters?
34749How is that?
34749How many are there to the name you are hunting for?
34749How much is there?
34749How small the people look in the park-- do you see? 34749 How''d you know who I was next door to?"
34749How''s the way, Eve? 34749 Huh?"
34749I declare I Is that you, Evie?
34749I have n''t a match-- have you?
34749I suppose you are here to tell me your father was Belas Salgo?
34749I thought Romany folk lived in the open air and were bold and free-- and all that?
34749If I ride backward like this, will I get to the same place you do, Eve?
34749Is n''t what the same girl? 34749 Is that what you call loyalty to the school?
34749Is the sky falling?
34749Is this one of your jokes? 34749 Is this the school building?"
34749Is_ that_ the name?
34749It is n''t worth the risk, is it?
34749It is not possible that Evangeline Sitz would fail to appear at such a time as this?
34749It_ is_ a man-- isn''t it?
34749Just like''The Gypsy''s Warning,''or something quite as hair- raising, eh?
34749Know all about your past and future, Laura?
34749List to my tale of woe:Why wear a rabbit foot for luck Or nail a horseshoe on the sill?
34749Madagascar?
34749Margit? 34749 Nor the girls?"
34749Not from Hungary-- Austria- Hungary?
34749Now, what do you know about that?
34749Oh, I wonder if the whole encampment is in town hunting for that poor girl, Margit?
34749Or Gee Gee; eh, Bobby?
34749Remember what?
34749Salgo?
34749See that wire?
34749She could have_ walked_ away, had she wanted to, could n''t she? 34749 She does not forget what Queen Grace told her?"
34749She''s avaricious, is she?
34749So,she said, at length,"these correspondents of yours in Buda- Pesth seem to know all about Salgo''s affairs, do they?"
34749Some of the boys?
34749Straight ahead, Evangeline?
34749Suppose you ca n''t tell us anything pleasant?
34749Sure you know where you want to go, Margaret?
34749That girl whose name sounds like a glass of vichy-- what is it? 34749 Then keep''em still, will you, Nell?"
34749They have a telephone at the Sitz farm, have n''t they?
34749They have customs of their own, and live a different life from we folk----"Or''us folk?''
34749This is the big school, is n''t it?
34749To sell you to Miss Carrington?
34749We''re in a nice fix-- yes?
34749Well, we can wonder-- eh?
34749Well, what_ shall_ we do?
34749Well, whose fault is it if the junior class stands better in after- hour athletics than the senior?
34749Well, why not?
34749What are they for, then?
34749What are you following that girl for?
34749What are you girls doin''with these''Gyptians? 34749 What can we do?"
34749What did Ah tell''ee?
34749What did she run away for?
34749What do you mean by that?
34749What do you mean?
34749What do you mean?
34749What do you suppose Miss Carrington would say to a row of girls who chewed their cud as seriously as these bossies?
34749What do you suppose has happened?
34749What do you suppose it means?
34749What do you suppose it means?
34749What do you want here?
34749What fellow?
34749What for? 34749 What girls?"
34749What good would they do us?
34749What have you got in the wagon? 34749 What if I am?
34749What is he haunting Gee Gee for? 34749 What is that?"
34749What is that?
34749What is that?
34749What name is it?
34749What was that?
34749What will help us, I''d like to know?
34749What''ll we do?
34749What''s doing?
34749What''s the girl doing?
34749What''s the matter now, Bobs?
34749What''s the matter with you, Bobby?
34749What''s the matter with you?
34749What''s the matter, Chicken Little?
34749What''s the matter?
34749What''s the question, Bobby?
34749What''s their names?
34749What, Clara? 34749 What_ are_ we going to do, girls?"
34749What_ are_ you going to do now?
34749What_ did_ cause the flood, then?
34749What_ shall_ we do, Laura?
34749What_ was_ the biggest island, then? 34749 Where do you suppose they are?"
34749Where''s Eve? 34749 Where''s the girl?"
34749Where''s who?
34749Who am I? 34749 Who and what are you?"
34749Who are the Vareys?
34749Who are they?
34749Who are you, and what do_ you_ want?
34749Who are you? 34749 Who are you?"
34749Who says the holes in a porous plaster are useless?
34749Who would have done it?
34749Who''s gone?
34749Who''s got her?
34749Who-- who are you?
34749Whom do you mean?
34749Whom do you mean?
34749Whose other names?
34749Why cross your fingers in the dark To keep the witches from your track, When if, in getting out of bed, You step upon a tack?
34749Why do n''t you stick by your classmates, Lil?
34749Why lose all our courage because we are locked into this tower? 34749 Why should they want to come in now and run it all?"
34749Why, if they''re''dead languages,''who killed''em? 34749 Why, they''re just tramps, are n''t they?
34749Why, what was the largest island in the world before Australia was discovered?
34749Why, what''s the matter, Bobby?
34749Why-- why-- Newfoundland, perhaps?
34749Will they dare keep us here, Eve?
34749Women, too?
34749Would n''t that be fine?
34749Would n''t what be fine?
34749Would n''t you like to live in the open like that, Laura?
34749Yet she''s already left home?
34749You are quite sure this is the idea the Vareys have?
34749You claim to be Belas Salgo''s daughter?
34749You do n''t mean it?
34749You do n''t mean that, Eve?
34749You go here to school, of course?
34749You go to school and learn things out of books, eh? 34749 You go to the school to learn to be smart, no?"
34749You mean the husband of Queen Grace? 34749 You think you know where she is?"
34749You will?
34749You''re not afraid of me, are you?
34749You''ve-- you''ve run away from somebody?
34749You-- you know about it, too, do you?
34749Your mother was American, then, perhaps?
34749''How far is it, Nora?''
34749A broad band of light streamed out, and to Purt''s ears came the quick demand:"What''s this?
34749A strong hand clasped his wrist and a sharp voice demanded:"What do you want here?
34749And I guess you are brave enough about other things to make up, eh?"
34749And do n''t I help mother just as much-- and milk-- and feed the pigs and chickens-- and all that?
34749And immediately the Gypsy girl asked her another question:"Spell me some of their other names, will you?"
34749And suppose, instead of all these things Father Tom should bring home a new mother to reign over them?
34749And whatever should we have done without you?"
34749Are the Gypsies savages?"
34749Are you here?"
34749Are you ready, Eve?
34749Are you waiting for those girls, too?"
34749Bobby saw that she had been counting the letters of Miss Gould''s name on her fingers, and she asked:"Do n''t you read English?"
34749Bound for Fielding?"
34749But he plucked up courage to ask:"How should I know anything about them?
34749But suppose my mother''s people do not want me?"
34749But the question that troubled the farmer''s daughter was: Could she draw the unconscious girl out of the mire?
34749But what about it?
34749But why prate of''luck''?
34749But-- but do you really believe that she knows anything about you, Margit?"
34749CHAPTER IV-- THE GYPSY QUEEN"Is n''t that romantic?"
34749CHAPTER XIV-- ANOTHER FLITTING"Is she nice?"
34749CHAPTER XXII-- LOU POTTER SCORES ONE"Has he gone?"
34749CHAPTER XXIV-- MARGIT PAYS A DEBT"Did you hear what that girl said, Laura?"
34749Can you beat it?"
34749Could he prevail upon one of them to lend him a key so that he could go into the building?
34749Could you identify him, do you think, Miss Hargrew?"
34749Did n''t see Jess, either, did you?"
34749Do my eyes deceive me?
34749Do n''t you see that it is an escape valve for the overflow of animal spirits that the girls of our generation, Mother, missed?"
34749Do n''t you see?"
34749Do n''t you want to hear about these Sourats?"
34749Do you believe in the reading of character by the lines of the hand?"
34749Do you consider it polite to wag your jaws like that in public?
34749Do you not remember?"
34749Do you suppose we can call loud enough to attract the attention of people on the street?"
34749Do you_ dare_ knock anything taught in Central High?"
34749Eben Chumley, by the way, is for denying the identity of this girl, Margit?"
34749Eve----""And what about Eve Sitz?"
34749For instance, did you notice that one to- day:''Why did Hannibal cross the Alps?''
34749Gettin''your fortunes told?"
34749Got to see her right this moment, Bobby?"
34749Guess there''s nothing to be said by outside parties, eh?"
34749Had old John gone home yet?
34749Has n''t your sister come home yet?"
34749He_ is_ dressed to kill, is n''t he?"
34749How did it go?"
34749How did she know so much about_ her?_ Bobby asked herself.
34749However will we get away?"
34749I saw the queen-- Grace Varey, did you say her name is?"
34749I waited and watched down by that place where they play----""The athletic field?"
34749I-- I expect you will introduce her at the gymnasium, Miss Clara?"
34749If it should start to rain, is there any shelter near?"
34749If you find out, will you tell me?"
34749Is it not so?"
34749Is n''t that a figure moving, too?"
34749Is n''t there any other door we can get in by?"
34749Is n''t this the girls''entrance?
34749Is that your loyalty to Central High?"
34749Is there such a thing?"
34749Is this the Indian country?
34749John will leave the building soon, and how will we attract anybody to release us?"
34749Just a few bags?
34749Laura shook Bobby a little and said, shrewdly:"I guess she got out of you what she wanted to know, eh?"
34749My mother----""Who was she?"
34749Of course it was forbidden territory, and why should n''t they want to go?
34749Or had she imagined the cry?
34749Ought she to know that he is hanging around?"
34749Quick, Laura-- don''t you see her?"
34749Remember when her nephew had the rheumatism?"
34749Right down this hill?"
34749See that girl down there?
34749She took Margit''s hand and asked, softly:"What was your mother''s name, dear?"
34749So I came up here----""Who were the girls you want to see?"
34749Something''s chasing her-- eh?"
34749Suppose it had been a real cry-- a human cry-- a cry for help?
34749That''s not her whole name, is it?"
34749Then you can give us a lift, ca n''t you?
34749Then you_ did_ see her?"
34749Was it an actual voice calling for help that had answered her?
34749We ca n''t stand for that, can we?"
34749What are you doing here in the schoolhouse?"
34749What did your father call her?
34749What do you suppose has happened?"
34749What do you suppose she is doing?"
34749What do you want of me?"
34749What was the fun, when he had to keep it a secret?
34749What''s got you now?"
34749What''s happened?"
34749What''s the answer?"
34749What''s the matter?
34749What?"
34749Where are you?"
34749Where would Jess be to- day if this was a regular scheduled walk, to count for our school in June?"
34749Who are you looking for?"
34749Who are you?"
34749Who called?"
34749Who could have released them?
34749Who does n''t?"
34749Who''s seen Eve Sitz?"
34749Why should she try to shield her from any trouble?
34749Will you?"
34749Would all the lower doors of Central High be locked?
34749You know, she thinks she''s some French scholar-- and she_ does_ speak high school French pretty glibly----""How''s that, young lady?"
34749You''re in for the night, are you?"
34749_ how_ do you ever get it into the horse''s mouth?
34749building, and fairly shouted:"Where is she?"
34749but you_ are_ scared of lightning, are n''t you?"
34749did I ever tell you about the first view I had of your dear mother?"
34749do n''t you see it?"
34749do you have many teachers in this school?"
34749gasped the doctor''s daughter, suddenly,"is n''t that the same girl?"
34749have n''t you any more lady teachers here?"
34749how do you suppose our boots will taste?"
34749is he about?"
34749is she really related to you?"
34749laughed Laura, while her father added:"Is n''t''crimes''a rather strong word in this instance, Mother?"
34749now?"
34749said Mr. MacCullough, clearing his throat significantly,"your last word to her, I understand, was a harsh one?"
34749that''s where the Gyps, have their encampment in town?"
34749what do you mean?"
34749what good does it do to repeat_ that?_"snapped her chum.
34749what''s this?"
34749whispered Jess, behind,"did you ever have your fortune told?"
34749who is this?"
34749why drag me into it?"
12689''The oath of the dub''?
12689Admit myself beaten--- by that mucker?
12689Afraid for_ our_ side?
12689All right,nodded Edgeworth, trying to conceal a slight impatience"But how are you going to introduce public spirit effectively to money?"
12689All the other thefts happened in this locker, did n''t they?
12689Am I too late?
12689And do n''t you know a freshman is called a freshman only because he ca n''t dare to do anything that looks the least little bit fresh? 12689 And so, after inviting me to go to the ball with you, now you''re going to invite me to remain at home instead?"
12689Any of you fellows feel better able to explain?
12689Are you coming back to the ring?
12689Are you likely to take any such action tonight?
12689Are you listening?
12689Ashamed of rushing to beauty''s aid?
12689Astonished, are n''t you--- you mucker?
12689At not much risk?
12689Better let up on the cheers, do n''t you think, sir?
12689But has the elder Mr. Ripley ever given you any cause for disliking him?
12689But what about it in the case of a sneak like Ripley? 12689 But why did you keep so close- mouthed, afterwards?"
12689But you youngsters will want something?
12689But, if he wants to thank me, why should n''t he come here?
12689By whom?
12689Ca n''t take it?
12689Ca n''t you see that I''m all in?
12689Can you spare a hand to catch, Dick?
12689Can you take hold of this rope, and keep hold of itCan you climb across the thin ice, holding onto the rope and being towed if the ice breaks?"
12689Come along and show me a few of them, then, wo n''t you please?
12689Come into my private office wo n''t you, Prescott?
12689Coming, Ripley?
12689Cool?
12689Could you possibly include my chums in that invitation? 12689 Did Tip tell you all about it?"
12689Did n''t these High School kids find the packages on me?
12689Did you have anything to do with placing Ripley''s pin in Prescott''s pocket?
12689Did you look thoroughly on the floor, Edwards?
12689Died here?
12689Do n''t you know?
12689Do n''t you see who is here?
12689Do you care to come around and see us this afternoon?
12689Do you each feel as though you had fighting wind left?
12689Do you know what that stuff looks to me like, Dave?
12689Do you mean to say you do n''t know who the fellow was--- you really do n''t?
12689Do you really think so?
12689Does everyone seem to believe that the job was put up at the Business Men''s Club?
12689Does n''t his lumber yard furnish all the wooden goods that are needed for fences, seats, and all that sort of thing up at the athletic grounds? 12689 Does n''t his railroad have lots of jobs transporting the football teams to other games, and bringing other teams here?
12689Dr. Thornton, will you search me---_now_?
12689Even for the balance of this present season?
12689Feeling right up to the fighting pitch?
12689Feels good to be out, does n''t it?
12689Fellows,spoke Dick Prescott,"you all know what that means?
12689Fred, have you remedied your boorishness by thanking Prescott?
12689Fred, why do you have anything to do with such a low- down fellow as Prescott?
12689Going home?
12689Going to race, Dick?
12689Half of the freshmen are a pretty mucky looking lot, are n''t they?
12689Have n''t you had it rubbed into you enough that you''re only a measly freshman?
12689Have n''t you heard the news?
12689Have we any right to let the fellow go, when we know he has committed a serious crime?
12689Have we time to listen to them?
12689Have you any good reason for not going?
12689Have you been quiet the last fifteen minutes on purpose to think that up?
12689How about the law?
12689How are you, boy?
12689How can Len help us in anything?
12689How did you get into the locker room?
12689How did you lose it?
12689How do you do?
12689How do you know I put Tip up to that job?
12689How late do you stay open?
12689How many have you told this to?
12689How many members are there?
12689How many minutes will it take Cobber to cross our line?
12689How much money have you about you at this moment?
12689How worded?
12689How''ll I know the right kind?
12689How''s news tonight?
12689How?
12689Hullo,muttered that latter officer,"what''s this?"
12689I can begin that talk best,pursued Hemingway,"by asking you, Prescott, whether you have anything that you want to say first- off?"
12689I gave you my word on that, son, did n''t I?
12689I had ter, did n''t I, to have a chance ter get inter the locker room?
12689I have no doubt whatever that a live? 12689 I say, fellows, I wonder if we can let Tip go--- now that we know the whole story?"
12689I wonder if the contents_ have_ been damaged?
12689In how many events are you entered?
12689In plain, freshman English, then, what''s your scheme?
12689Is he going into the race after all?
12689Is it the general opinion that the fight hold over for a few days, or, say, a fortnight?
12689Is it_ fixed_ who shall win that race?
12689Is n''t it just barely possible,hinted one of the clerks,"that the man wanted the stuff for some legitimate purpose?"
12689Is our reporter, Spencer, there? 12689 Is that a crime?"
12689Is that all you have to say?
12689Is that the Board of Education''s office?
12689Is who going to run?
12689It takes fire to set this stuff off, does n''t it?
12689Know anything about that?
12689Listen, fellows, what do you suppose this freshman has done?
12689May I have number nine, please?
12689May I trouble you for my pin, sir, now that it has been recovered?
12689Money?
12689Mr. Prescott,asked puzzled Dr. Thornton, did any student have admittance to the locker after recess today?"
12689Mr. Prescott,demanded Dr. Thornton,"what is that pointed object in your pocket?"
12689Mucker?
12689No; does that disappoint you, Dick?
12689Not too many?
12689Nothing missing from the other locker room?
12689Now are you ready?
12689Now, for the boy-----?
12689Now, see here,Dick went on,"why ca n''t you push this thing along one day further?
12689Now, what on earth are you driving at--- or driveling at?
12689O Prescott,gasped Fred, when he saw his would- be rescuer,"ca n''t you break the ice between us?
12689Oh, can he?
12689Oh, how do you do, Prescott?
12689Oh, that''s it, eh?
12689Oh, your hand?
12689Perhaps you mean that you do n''t believe me?
12689Prescott, what did you do with the other pin and the watch?
12689Pretty near through, old fellow?
12689Privileged? 12689 Row?
12689Sam, can you do better? 12689 Say, what do you think I want--- to fight a whole pack?"
12689See here,proposed Dan, stepping forward,"is n''t a freshman allowed to say something when his friend is insulted?"
12689See how it''s turning out? 12689 Seven dead ones?"
12689Shall I arrest young Prescott?
12689Shall I tell coach and students, Cap?
12689So you regard the race as being as good as won by yourself?
12689So you''re the genius that has been doing giant''s work for football? 12689 So you, a fourteen- year- old freshie, are going about at night trying to waylay footpads, are you?"
12689Substitute?
12689That little mucker, Prescott?
12689The one with the side hand- rails?
12689Then he knows the big part that my chums and I took in the game?
12689Then how did you know that that particular morning was the right morning to hide the other two stolen articles in Prescott''s trunk?
12689Then how do you know the coming owner''s intentions, if you do n''t know who is going to win the race?
12689Then who did do the contemptible thing?
12689Then would n''t it be the part of courtesy for you to go, since he requests it?
12689Then you stole that pin and the gold watch from the locker at the High School?
12689Then you used these picklocks to open Prescott''s locked trunk with?
12689Then,proposed Dick,"since you wo n''t let me fight today, why ca n''t this meeting hold over until my hand is in shape?
12689There''s Ripley, but where''s Prescott?
12689There''s no harm in that, is there?
12689Therefore,pursued Dan,"if the board members are dead ones, why not go ahead and bury them?
12689These are the missing articles, are n''t they?
12689Think?
12689Took an impression of the lock, then, and made a key, did you?
12689Undertakers do n''t assassinate anyone, do they?
12689Was it Fred Ripley?
12689Well, Dick, how did you like it?
12689Well, boys, how are matters going?
12689Well, kid?
12689Well, money''s money, ai n''t it?
12689Well, what are you making so much noise about?
12689Well, what?
12689Well, you see, it''s this way?
12689What are we going to do with this fellow, Dick?
12689What deed?
12689What did you say the name of the fellow was who hired you to do the trick?
12689What difference does a matter of a few minutes make?
12689What do they think down at H.S.?
12689What do you all say,proposed Dick,"if, in the grand march, we freshies keep together, six couples all in one section?"
12689What do you make of_ that_?
12689What do you mean?
12689What good would that do?
12689What has gone wrong?
12689What is it, Edwards?
12689What is it? 12689 What is the prize in the freshman''s mile?"
12689What is this''oath of the dub''?
12689What junior, then?
12689What news?
12689What on earth is the High School coming to these days?
12689What particular kind of cerebration is oscillating inside of your intelligence?
12689What time of the day did you get into the Prescott flat?
12689What use to let you go, Tip Scammon?
12689What''s all that racket back there?
12689What''s our weak point?
12689What''s that?
12689What''s that?
12689What''s the matter?
12689What''s the matter?
12689What''s the row?
12689What''s up?
12689What? 12689 What?"
12689What?
12689What?
12689What?
12689What_ are_ you plotting, then?
12689Whatever I please with it?
12689Where does Carleson come in on hot interest in football?
12689Where would it be likely to be?
12689Where''s the other one, Dick?
12689Which?
12689Who sent you that message over the''phone?
12689Who was he?
12689Who was it, then?
12689Who''s this?
12689Why are the football team making such a row over that young freshman?
12689Why did n''t you enter more of the freshman events?
12689Why do n''t_ you_?
12689Why, what''s the matter?
12689Why? 12689 Why?"
12689Why?
12689Why?
12689Will they stop football_ now_?
12689Will you fellows keep a secret, on your solemn honor, if I tell you one?
12689Will you let me make one request?
12689Wo n''t I, though?
12689Wo n''t you be more sensible, and let me make you a duplicate to the check you tore up?
12689Wonder what he did want to do with it?
12689Would I? 12689 Would it?"
12689Would you like a hot one for the first page?
12689Yes; are you interested in him?
12689Yes; but what has happened to the blooming town?
12689You are not down in any of the girls''contests, are you?
12689You do n''t mean nitroglycerine?
12689You know the answer?
12689You noticed that handsome Canadian toboggan, did n''t you?
12689You picked the lock of young Prescott''s trunk, stowed the watch and pin away in there, and then sprung the lock again?
12689You think he got scared away?
12689You used these tools, and slipped the lock, did you?
12689You wo n''t let it out, Len, that I had any hand in it?
12689You''ll come, too, wo n''t you, doctor?
12689You? 12689 You?
12689_ What_?
12689_ Who_, then?
12689Am I right?"
12689And he twice your size?"
12689And then:"What''s the matter with Dick Prescott?"
12689And you''re absolutely sure, Mr. Edwards, that you left the little package in your overcoat pocket?"
12689Another fake kick?
12689Are you scared?"
12689Back from twenty boys on the home stand came the heavy query:_"Where''s Cobber?
12689But could Cobber Second be beaten?
12689But what is that little mucker, Prescott?
12689But where was Fred?
12689But would he?
12689But--- er--- but--- has the monitor of this locker been searched after any of the--- er--- disappearances?"
12689CHAPTER IV CAPTION OF THE HOUNDS"Is that mucker going to run today?"
12689CHAPTER VIII ONLY A"SUSPENDED"FRESHMAN NOW"What''s wrong mother?
12689Ca n''t you get some one in a hurry, run up here and jump on the parties?
12689Chemistry the other day?"
12689Dick Prescott did n''t want anything said about it, and neither did the police, so-----""The police?"
12689Did n''t I tell you that there''ll be very few freshman tickets sent out?
12689Did n''t you receive an invitation?"
12689Do n''t mobs of fans follow the teams and pay fare?
12689Do n''t you think the idea--- the hint--- would soak through even those seven dull old heads?"
12689Do you call that little?"
12689Do you want to go back on the job?"
12689Eh, Reade?"
12689Fred Ripley?
12689Fred, of course you have just thanked Mr. Prescott again for his heroic act?"
12689He''s a millionaire, and one of the big men of the town, is n''t he?"
12689Is n''t that enough to entitle me to one--- square--- dance, anyway?"
12689Is that true?"
12689May I read what we suggest as a heading for the paper?"
12689May I tell him what the reward is to be?"
12689Now, are you going to chase us off just as the real fun starts?"
12689Now, then, what''s the row about?"
12689Now, what is expected of a freshman?"
12689Of what?"
12689Prescott, could you promise-----""Then you believe, sir, that I stole the things that you hold in your hand?"
12689Prescott?"
12689Ripley?"
12689See here, fellows, what do you say to our getting our hats and coats and getting out into the air for a while?
12689See here, you pals of Dick''s are going to walk home with him from school this noon?"
12689Spencer?"
12689The long lines were quickly filing in at two entrances?
12689Then a gruff voice demanded:"If we open you do n''t fire on us?"
12689This was the High School yell, followed, instantly, by the taunting query:"Is there any game you_ do_ play, Cobber?"
12689Tip, is it?"
12689To those looking on, it was heroic--- sublime?
12689Twice the fellow broke loose, and started to run, but what do you think Master Dick was up to?"
12689Was Prescott at the bottom of it?
12689Was he going to attempt to thank them for having risked their own lives to help him back to safety?
12689Welcome?"
12689What can be the matter?"
12689What would have been the use?
12689When does the Board of Education, otherwise known as the Grannies''Club, meet?"
12689When he could control his voice Mr. Morton demanded:"What genius of the first class invented the''oath of the dub''?"
12689Where did you get such very remarkable information, young man?"
12689Where''s Cobber?
12689Who first discovered this thing anyway?"
12689Who''s afraid?"
12689Why,_ you_ never even thought of the trick of slipping that watch and pin into Prescott''s trunk, did ye?
12689Will you lead the way, please?
12689Wo n''t you young ladies please dance with each other until we bet back?
12689Would a cat lap milk, or a dog run when he had a can tied to his tail?
12689Would four pounds of the dreadful stuff destroy the town of Gridley?"
12689Would it interest you any?"
12689Would it work?
12689Yet are home folks ever satisfied to see their own youngsters beaten?
12689You all may have noticed that Mr. Prescott limped a bit yesterday?"
12689You believe me, do n''t you?"
12689You did n''t see anything of my indolent son on the street, did you?"
12689You know what that means, do n''t you?"
12689You know where the house is--- corner of Clark Street and Stetson''s Alley?"
12689You''ll come to the station with me, wo n''t you?"
12689_ Would it"work"_?
12689_"Sixty dollars?
12689boy and girl going around with the paper, it will force subscriptions?"
12689spirit and traditions?"
12691A big secret?
12691Afraid?
12691Again, why?
12691Amateurs or not,murmured Dick, with a smile?
12691And then, perhaps, at college?
12691And what is better for you is better for the team and for the school, is n''t its"By Jove, Prescott, you''re a stickler for duty, are n''t you?
12691And you actually expect an apology to restore my new and expensive hat to its former pristine condition of splendor?
12691And you think you can prove that you''re the brightest fellow in the district?
12691And''The Blade''people sent you here?
12691Any contrary votes?
12691Any other candidates?
12691Anyone sick--- any accident at home?
12691Are the fellows trying to send us to coventry?
12691Are you going to heed me when I tell you to print nothing about my father''s disappearance?
12691Are you talking about me?
12691Are you?
12691Bad blood, is there?
12691Belle, there''s an errand you and I had in mind to do in there, is n''t there?
12691Both of you boys, then, are planning to give up your lives to the Flag?
12691But suppose the muckers all answer the call in force?
12691But you''re rather certain,insisted another,"that Gridley is going to have as fine a School team as it has ever had?"
12691By Jove, you had a lot to do with that, too, did n''t you, Prescott?
12691Closed? 12691 Closed?"
12691Darrin,begged the news editor,"wo n''t you step to the''phone and ring up Getchel''s livery stable?
12691Dave, are you willing to stay here, hiding and keeping watch on the place?
12691Dave, do n''t you know, well enough, that newspapers do more than the police, nowadays, in clearing up mysteries?
12691Dave, old fellow, can you keep a secret?
12691Dick Prescott?
12691Dick?
12691Did you ever hear how he got his start thirty years ago? 12691 Did you hear me?"
12691Did you?
12691Do n''t I want it, though?
12691Do you consider the prospects good for the team this year?
12691Do you mean,hinted Hazelton,"that the soreheads are down on football because they prefer automobiles?"
12691Do you think they''d assassinate us?
12691Do you think yourself that Drayne is fit?
12691Drayne can be bought off cheaply, ca n''t he?
12691Duck?
12691Duty is the main thing there is about life, is n''t it?
12691Eh?
12691Eh?
12691Fellows,gasped Bayliss, as Prescott and his two chums came along,"did you hear that?
12691Fixed?
12691Fred, you have n''t got yourself mixed up at all with that''sorehead''crowd, have you?
12691Give Drayne the cut?
12691Go to Indianapolis?
12691Going?
12691Has anyone seen Miss Dodge?
12691Have you seen him?
12691He?
12691Here, what are you fellows doing in here?
12691Hey? 12691 His family know it, of course?"
12691Hot, was he?
12691How are we going to hit back at a fellow who has a newspaper that he can use as a club on your head?
12691How are you feeling, Dick?
12691How can you fix it?
12691How did he ever get over here in time to play?
12691How does the mystery increase?
12691How long do you keep it up?
12691How many young men have been killed in football this year?
12691How? 12691 How?"
12691How?
12691Howdy, gents?
12691I bet you''ve see dis matter through--- right through someone, ai n''t it?
12691I suppose there''s some excitement down in Gridley, about this time?
12691I think we understand the plan well enough, now, do n''t we?
12691I wonder if there''s anything in for us?
12691I wonder if you two could keep a secret?
12691If you do fail on West Point-----?
12691Is everyone out of that building?
12691Is it a crime to let young Prescott go on the field?
12691Is n''t this a bit late, Bayliss?
12691Is that honestly all you do to get a Siberian fur wig such as you''re wearing?
12691Is that your unanimous wish, fellows?
12691Is the School eleven decided upon in detail?
12691Is the insurance payable to his widow, or others--- or to his estate?
12691Knocking, are you?
12691Let us see,broke in Dick, suddenly,"who are the soreheads in the football line?"
12691Man, do n''t you know it?
12691May we have the very great pleasure, then, of your leave to wait until you are through with your shopping?
12691Me? 12691 Me?"
12691Muckers?
12691Nerve? 12691 No news of your father yet, I suppose?"
12691No?
12691Nothing but grease?
12691Now, what on earth does''duck''mean, unless you refer to a web- footed species of poultry?
12691Now, where are you, Prescott?
12691Oh, my hair, eh?
12691Oh, that wretched Dodge? 12691 Oh, well,"grinned Dick,"your opinions have never counted for much in the community, have they?"
12691Oh, will he? 12691 Oh, you do n''t?"
12691Oh, you''re going to play welsher, are you?
12691On, you did it, oh?
12691Perhaps, in one way, he deserved it, but-----"Well, what can you find to say for a fellow who acted like that?
12691Prescott?
12691See here, suppose Dodge has been using the bank''s funds, and found himself in a corner that he could n''t get out of? 12691 Shall we put it to a vote?"
12691So that-----?
12691So you see my point, old fellow?
12691So you think your father drowned himself?
12691So you''re both going to try for it?
12691Some time ago,asked Dick thoughtfully,"did n''t you publish a story about some of the big amounts of insurance carried by local rich men?"
12691Still, do n''t you believe in any importance attaching to the fact that one comes of one of the rather good old families?
12691Such as what?
12691Surely,interjected Dick,"Mr. Morton must have an idea of what is keeping some of the fellows back from the team?"
12691That you, Dick?
12691The question is, what are we going to do with the football problem this year? 12691 The very man that Dick and I rescued when he was out of his head and in the clutches of scoundrels He?
12691Then does football teach nerve?
12691Then what''s your answer?
12691Then where do you come in?
12691Then why do n''t you stick to every single rule that''s laid down by a man who knows what he is doing? 12691 Then you believe you''re going to earn more money than Pollock does?"
12691Then you''re going back and make your own search of the place?
12691Then, for goodness''sake, can you hustle up here?
12691Then, when you saw me, why did n''t you call out to warn me?
12691Thinking of it?
12691Vot you doing here, Bresgott?
12691Vy you ai n''t by dot elefen? 12691 Want some advice?"
12691We did n''t lose much time, did we?
12691We would n''t play the muckers, would we?
12691Well---as Dick pulled in the horse---"aren''t you going to drive over there?"
12691Well, if you''re not going to keep track of the launch, why do n''t you hit a fast gait for the office?
12691Well, of course, it is possible you know of a reason that would make your father throw himself into the river?
12691Well----?
12691Well?
12691Well?
12691Wh- what was that?
12691What about him?
12691What are we going to do now?
12691What are we going to do?
12691What are we to do then?
12691What are you doing here?
12691What are you driving at?
12691What did you call?
12691What did you tell him? 12691 What do you mean by that?"
12691What do you mean?
12691What do you say, now?
12691What do you think, Doctor?
12691What foolishness are you talking mit, vonce alretty?
12691What have_ I_ done?
12691What is it?
12691What is it?
12691What is it?
12691What is that?
12691What is the trouble, Richard?
12691What kind of grease?
12691What kind of tonic do you use?
12691What on earth are you driving at?
12691What on earth does it mean, anyway?
12691What shall we do, then?
12691What would you call''em then?
12691What''s happening, anyway?
12691What''s it all about?
12691What''s that?
12691What''s the matter?
12691What''s wrong?
12691What, now?
12691What? 12691 What?"
12691When do you go to press?
12691Where are you going, now?
12691Where do you want me to go? 12691 Where is the fire department?
12691Who is your best man for left end, captain?
12691Who kicked my hat off?
12691Whom have you to put in his place?
12691Why do fellows like that need an education?
12691Why do n''t they use Prescott again?
12691Why do n''t you suggest it to the''soreheads''?
12691Why not?
12691Why, bully old Dr. Thornton used to drop in for a few minutes,''most every practice afternoon?
12691Why? 12691 Why?"
12691Why?
12691Why?
12691Why?
12691Why?
12691Will all the''soreheads''be kept out of the eleven, even if they come to their senses?
12691Will he?
12691Will we?
12691Will you let me go on the field if Dr. Bentley passes me_ today_?
12691Will you let me play?
12691Will you pay a chauffeur to take this car home, then?
12691Will you young gentlemen help me to put these handcuffs on?
12691Wo n''t a doctor''s certificate of illness go?
12691Wo n''t you please excuse us, boys?
12691Wo n''t you take it, Prescott?
12691Would n''t you like to be a newspaper man for good?
12691Wow?
12691Yes,nodded Dick;"do you think it''s foolish?"
12691Yes? 12691 Yes?"
12691Yes?
12691You admit Mr. Morton''s ability, do n''t you?
12691You are n''t playing football this year, Bert?
12691You did n''t learn anything, did you?
12691You did n''t?
12691You find the arterial pressure steady and sound, do n''t you,asked Dick Prescott?
12691You going down the rope?
12691You hear, Hemingway?
12691You know Theodore Dodge?
12691You know the training rules--- early retiring and all?
12691You write for''The Blade,''do n''t you?
12691You''ve found Dodge? 12691 You, Prescott?"
12691You? 12691 _ What_?"
12691_What do you think of that, as expounding the law of football?"
12691''The Blade?''
12691Alive?"
12691And Dick?
12691And how''s the football?
12691And what is Mr. Brogans doing?"
12691But can you find Dodge, Dick?"
12691But what ailed Captain Wadleigh, the boosters wondered?
12691But what on earth ails Dodge, anyway?"
12691But where can a naval officer hide?"
12691But why do n''t we hear something from him?
12691By the way, he and Dave Darrin have n''t received the reward for finding your father, have they?"
12691CHAPTER XI DIES FOOTBALL TEACH REAL NERVE?
12691CHAPTER XV A"FACER"FOR THE PLOTTER"What are you going to do with all that wallpaper, Mr. Schimmelpodt?"
12691Can I bring him along?"
12691Can you take a hint?"
12691Coming, Dave?"
12691Dave made the kick, and lost it--- but who cared?
12691Dick?
12691Do n''t you expect to?"
12691Do we, neighbors?"
12691Do you know what time it is?
12691Do you realize, Dick, that you''re letting the horse walk?"
12691Dodge in there with them?"
12691Dodge, did they?"
12691Dodge?"
12691Drayne''s conduct put Prescott on the gridiron, did n''t it?
12691Fellows, are we going to allow that mucker, Dick Prescott, to make us by- words in this town?"
12691Football list closed?"
12691Hard work?
12691Haul it out and light it, will you?"
12691He is?
12691How dey going to vin bis you are behint left?"
12691How will it be fixed?"
12691I gif bail, do n''t I?"
12691I wonder whether it would be right and decent to take it?"
12691If it turns out to be a rough game-----""Then I''ll fare as badly as the rest, wo n''t I, Doctor?"
12691If we have to refuse the football call, and stay out of the squad, are we to drop our present training?"
12691Is Mr. Pollock there?
12691Is it never coming?"
12691Is that the general agreement among ourselves?"
12691It was an actual mystery to Dick& Co."What is all the undermining row about, anyway?"
12691It will be better for your condition, wo n''t it, Purcell?"
12691Morton?"
12691Now, Prescott, what occurs to you as the thing to do?"
12691Now, do you suppose all the fellows are sticking quite as closely to coach''s orders?"
12691Now, whom do you propose for the post of captain?
12691Now, young gentlemen, who kicked that ball?"
12691Real nerve?
12691That last kick had failed, but who cared?
12691Then, if not to college, you are going to some scientific school?"
12691There was a dead silence, for an instant, broken by one unidentified fellow, muttering in a voice that sounded like a roar in the silence:"Drayne?
12691Vot for you do dot?"
12691Was Dave Darrin, staunch and reliable Dave--- still there, on post, and unharmed?
12691Was Dick anxious?
12691Was Dick really unfit to play?
12691Was Theodore Dodge there?
12691Was it a touchdown?
12691Well, what of it all, anyway?"
12691Were his captors still with him?
12691What ailed the home boys?
12691What are you doing?"
12691What can we do?"
12691What healthy boy of sixteen does n''t love to prowl late a night?
12691What kind of boots did he wear?"
12691What was it?"
12691Where do you want me to take up the trail?
12691Where it started, just above the river bend?
12691Where was that fire department?
12691Which way did he and the fellows go?"
12691Who was to be captain of the eleven?
12691Why are n''t you on hand, with that big Dodge story hanging over our heads?
12691Why did n''t some of their friends put them in nomination?
12691You''ve been thinking of that?"
9854A dance, eh?
9854A hawk?
9854A telephone wire in these woods?
9854And I guess you were surprised to find me gone?
9854And suppose we do?
9854And what are you going to do now?
9854Any luck?
9854Any one else coming?
9854Any one want to compete against the turtle?
9854Are n''t you going to run this off in heats?
9854Are there going to be animals in this?
9854Are there going to be girls there?
9854Are there plenty of boards, planks and boxes around your barn, Fenn?
9854Are you sure about this?
9854Are you sure he will come along alone so we can grab him?
9854Are you sure of that?
9854Are you sure of this?
9854Are you sure they have Ned, Frank?
9854Are you sure they spoke about my uncle, and property and a sanitarium?
9854Are you sure?
9854Away off there?
9854Better not talk too much about it,suggested Bart"Why not?"
9854Build a house here? 9854 But as for men, if there are any in these woods, which I very much doubt, what reason would they have for harming Frank?"
9854But did either of you observe him have any papers in his hands? 9854 But what are we going to do when we get on the roof of the drug store?"
9854But what''s it about? 9854 But where?"
9854But which way are we to go?
9854But why did n''t you go to your uncle and get him to help you?
9854But why would he want to do that?
9854By a number?
9854By the way, do you want this paper? 9854 Ca n''t I go''long?"
9854Can I see you again?
9854Can they break in the doors, in case any of them get past the traps?
9854Can we help solve it?
9854Can you carry that out t''camp?
9854Court- plaster? 9854 Did he say where he was going?"
9854Did you catch him?
9854Did you fight''em off?
9854Did you get here all right?
9854Did you get the grub with the money he gave you?
9854Did you get the worm?
9854Did you have any trouble getting here with the boat?
9854Do n''t you know me? 9854 Do n''t you know the rules?"
9854Do you know where his room is?
9854Do you know which is the window of his room?
9854Do you mean he''s crazy?
9854Do you mean something bad?
9854Do you suppose he went to the sanitarium each time?
9854Do you suppose he''s gone to get that place?
9854Do you think he''s lost in the woods?
9854Do you think you can get him to enter?
9854Do you think you''ll build a house here?
9854Do you want a job as guide?
9854Do you want it for some poor persons?
9854Do? 9854 Does he?"
9854For me?
9854Frank crazy? 9854 Going out rowing?"
9854Got plenty of''em?
9854Guide? 9854 Happy?"
9854Has anything happened?
9854Have they any grudge against us?
9854Have you arranged about getting in?
9854Have you got any cheese?
9854Have you got''em in paper bags?
9854Have you had supper?
9854Have you seen any?
9854How are you going to get it to the sanitarium? 9854 How did it happen?"
9854How did the ladder get there?
9854How did you hear of it?
9854How do you account for those men I heard talking in the building the time I was captured by the Upside Down Club?
9854How does she ride?
9854How many?
9854How''d he come to ask you?
9854How?
9854How?
9854How?
9854How?
9854I suppose you''re surprised to see me?
9854I wonder how our canoe stood the soaking it got last night?
9854I wonder if Frank will come to meet us?
9854I wonder if I''d better hide?
9854I wonder if any one is sick?
9854I wonder if he does n''t want to go?
9854I wonder if he is asleep?
9854I wonder if those cannibals tried to eat him?
9854I wonder if we''ll come across a lonely cabin, where a hermit or a wild man lives?
9854I wonder what I had better do?
9854I wonder what his game was, having us take him to the forest?
9854I wonder what that means?
9854I wonder what that means?
9854I wonder where he stayed all night?
9854I wonder why Jennie did n''t say something about poetry?
9854Is it on the other side?
9854Is that the way they''re going in?
9854Is that you, Frank?
9854Is that you, Frank?
9854Is the young man, who wanted to see me, here?
9854Is there any particular place you want to go to?
9854Me win? 9854 Now boys, are you ready for lunch?
9854Now how does it look to see one of our honorary members so lazy he wo n''t even enter a contest? 9854 Now we''re here, the next question is: Which way are we to go?"
9854Now what''s up?
9854Oh, what are we to do?
9854Oh, what shall I do?
9854Say, are you a visitor, or only a day boarder?
9854Shall we eat, or wait until Frank gets back?
9854Shall we try separate ways, or all keep together?
9854Shall we wait for him?
9854Something in the wind, eh?
9854Sure you do n''t want the job, Jim? 9854 Take me away from here?"
9854Tell us all about it?
9854The one of which we found the envelope?
9854Then what was his object in having us show him the road?
9854Then what?
9854Trouble? 9854 Unless what?"
9854Wa''al, ai n''t you boys give up livin''in th''woods?
9854Want to go''long?
9854Was it to get experience about crazy persons?
9854We wanted to ask if you saw anything of two strange men around these buildings last night?
9854Well, who''s going with me in the canoe?
9854What about it?
9854What about the ladder?
9854What are my duties?
9854What are they going to do?
9854What are they going to do?
9854What are we going to do?
9854What are we to do?
9854What are you fellows going to do?
9854What are you going to do with your father when you get him, Frank?
9854What are you going to do?
9854What can we do?
9854What could we tell him?
9854What dance?
9854What did they do to us? 9854 What dinner?"
9854What do you make of it?
9854What do you mean? 9854 What do you mean?"
9854What do you mean?
9854What do you propose?
9854What do you say? 9854 What do you think I am, a lightning calculator?"
9854What do you want? 9854 What do you want?"
9854What do you want?
9854What does he want? 9854 What for then?"
9854What for? 9854 What for?"
9854What for?
9854What had we better do now?
9854What had we better do?
9854What has that got to do with our dinner?
9854What is it? 9854 What is it?"
9854What is it?
9854What is it?
9854What is it?
9854What is the trouble, your majesty?
9854What made you give us the slip that way?
9854What makes Frank act so queerly?
9854What makes you think so?
9854What makes you think so?
9854What shall I do? 9854 What sort of a man is he?"
9854What then?
9854What were you doing in there? 9854 What worm?"
9854What would you suggest?
9854What you doing here?
9854What you going to do with him?
9854What you going to do, Frank?
9854What''ll we do to pay''em back?
9854What''s he doing here? 9854 What''s that over there?"
9854What''s that?
9854What''s that?
9854What''s the distance?
9854What''s the matter?
9854What''s the matter?
9854What''s the matter?
9854What''s the matter?
9854What''s the matter?
9854What''s the use of doing the safe thing all the while?
9854What''s up, Sandy?
9854What?
9854When?
9854Where are the prizes?
9854Where are we?
9854Where are you going to get the ladder?
9854Where could we have it?
9854Where did they come from?
9854Where does it lead to?
9854Where have they taken him?
9854Where in the world have you been? 9854 Where in the world have you been?"
9854Where is that new boy?
9854Where you going?
9854Where you going?
9854Where''ll we get the stuff?
9854Where''s Ned?
9854Where?
9854Which way had I better go?
9854Which way had we better go?
9854Who are you? 9854 Who did it?"
9854Who is coming?
9854Who is he?
9854Who said they were? 9854 Who told you?"
9854Who was here?
9854Who was it?
9854Who was that?
9854Who''s there?
9854Who''s there?
9854Who?
9854Whose?
9854Why not stay with your Uncle Abner?
9854Why not?
9854Why not?
9854Why?
9854Why?
9854Wonder what Jim wanted of the turtle?
9854Yes, why not? 9854 Yes; why not?"
9854You could n''t be mistaken?
9854You do n''t mean to say you''re going to the racket the Upside Down Club is going to give?
9854Am I right?"
9854An''what brings ye down here?"
9854Are you going t''start a circus and have the donkey do tricks?"
9854Are you going to do anything?"
9854Are you hungry?"
9854Are you just going to the road and back?"
9854Are your eyes weak?
9854As he caught sight of Frank he cried excitedly:"Where have you been?
9854As he was moving cautiously along, looking for an opening, he was startled by a sudden challenge:"Who are you, and what do you want?"
9854At last Ned demanded:"What are you fellows grinning at?
9854But these paths you speak of, are they easy to find?"
9854But what shall we do?"
9854But what''s your idea going so far into the woods, Frank?"
9854But why should a stranger take so much interest in me?
9854By the way, Frank, did you ever catch him?"
9854By the way, I presume you have no objection to being designated by a number?"
9854CHAPTER VII BREAKING UP THE DANCE"What is it?"
9854CHAPTER XI NEWS FOR FRANK"Do you suppose he turned back because he saw you?"
9854Ca n''t you tell me where he is?"
9854Can I have that turtle?"
9854Can you begin work at once?"
9854Can you come down?"
9854Do you know of any such place around here?"
9854Do you know your way through the forest?"
9854Do you remember that special delivery letter I got when we were in swimming that day?
9854Do you think you understand it?"
9854Do you think you''d like it?
9854Do you want the job?"
9854For what?"
9854Had the asylum authorities found out about it and removed his father?
9854Hardman?"
9854Have you got any coffee?"
9854Having a Dutch treat of soda?"
9854How are you going to do it?"
9854How can I hear of it at the dance?"
9854How did you fellows come to be out with him?
9854How did you know?"
9854How long you goin''t''stay?"
9854How was he to communicate with the man?
9854I believe you are--""Who''s there?"
9854I wonder if Frank could have gone to answer this?"
9854I wonder if I can do what I set out to do?
9854I wonder if I had better ask him about it?"
9854I wonder if I had better tell Frank?
9854I wonder if he only wants one boy?"
9854I wonder what he can be doing there?
9854I wonder when this mystery will end?"
9854I wonder where he could have gone?"
9854I wonder where he was?
9854I wonder where they could have taken Ned?"
9854I wonder why we do n''t meet him?"
9854Is everything safe?"
9854Is it worth while to take lunch?"
9854Is this the only road leading into the woods from Darewell?"
9854It says''private grounds''and that likely means no trespassing; but what am I to do?
9854It''s worrying you, Frank; is n''t it fellows?"
9854Just as they were nearing the end of the road he turned and asked:"You are sure now there is no other way of going through the forest but this road?"
9854Now I wonder what it could have been?
9854Now are you all ready?"
9854Now then, how far have you got with the plans?"
9854Now we''re going to help you; are n''t we, fellows?"
9854Off for a stroll in the woods?
9854Robertson?"
9854Shall we go to the woods?"
9854Should he make inquiries of the attendant concerning that which he so desired to know?
9854Suppose one of those fits should come on when Frank was with him?
9854The one John Newton brought me?"
9854Then I suppose a person coming-- say from the other side of the forest-- would have difficulty in reaching the road and getting into Darewell?"
9854Then a voice asked:"Are you sure it''s safe to talk here?"
9854Then, through the keyhole, a cautious voice asked:"Who is there?"
9854Then, turning to Sandy he said"Will you help me row the boat up to the swimming hole?"
9854To prevent wagons from sinking down into the mud, I suppose?"
9854Was his plan to fail?
9854Was the case a hopeless one?
9854What are you going to do, Frank?"
9854What did he want to run away for?"
9854What do you mean?"
9854What do you mean?"
9854What do you want of me?"
9854What do you wish?"
9854What has happened to you?"
9854What is his name?
9854What made him run back as soon as he saw me?"
9854What made you run after him?"
9854What makes you ask me that?"
9854What shall I do?
9854What time do you want to start to- morrow?"
9854What''s that?"
9854What''s that?"
9854What''s the joke?
9854What''s the use of getting mad?"
9854When he came back he addressed Bart:"Are you sure no one-- er-- say a sick person-- could get from the other side of the forest to this road?"
9854When he got a chance he slipped around to where his chum was sitting and asked:"Anything the matter, Frank?"
9854Where are you?"
9854Where did you meet him?"
9854Who were the fellows that held you, Frank?"
9854Whom does he want?"
9854Why ca n''t you tell us more?"
9854Why do you want to help me to escape?
9854Why not bring him here?"
9854Why not go to him, and ask him to come and see Frank''s father?
9854Why not tell them the whole story?
9854Why not?"
9854Why should we bother to follow a telephone wire?"
9854Wright& Johnson?
9854You remember that letter from Wright& Johnson?"
9854You''re a new one, are n''t you?"
9854Your supply of clothing, I suppose?"
37929A gold mine?
37929A leak?
37929A vacation trip? 37929 About all the wonderful adventures you had?"
37929All right? 37929 Ammonia?"
37929And I wonder where I''ll be when I get out?
37929And do you remember when we fastened the ladder on the donkey''s back, the night we were going to rescue Frank''s father,suggested Fenn?
37929And has one of them a-- a sort of mean looking face?
37929And-- and could you take any other boiler tube cleaners, or-- or any other help?
37929Are any of the other fellows coming over?
37929Are n''t we going to help them?
37929Are n''t you going to fish any more?
37929Are they coming?
37929Are they going to try to catch him?
37929Are they good to eat?
37929Are we all going?
37929Are you afraid?
37929Are you ill? 37929 Are you sure you jumped out of a hole, Stumpy?"
37929Are you-- are you going to make me a prisoner?
37929Bayville? 37929 Bear cub?"
37929Besides, what''s there to be afraid of?
37929But how are we going to get''em up?
37929But how do you figure on getting there now?
37929But how in the world did you ever get into the lake?
37929But might not Fenn be off in the woods somewhere, and the Chinese have paid a visit here while he was away?
37929But suppose another spell of fever should suddenly develop, and he was all alone? 37929 But what about our camp stuff?"
37929But what did we run for?
37929But what was the auto for?
37929But what were those men taking out of the cave?
37929But what''s it doing up in the tree?
37929But where are the people?
37929But where do the Chinamen come from?
37929But why do they bring them over?
37929Ca n''t I go out?
37929Can I do anything to help you? 37929 Can we do anything?"
37929Can we go ashore and watch it?
37929Can we take the boat and go ashore, captain?
37929Can you boys stand a little jarring?
37929Cough medicine?
37929Could I?
37929Could n''t that brass button come from some other garment than one worn by a Chinaman?
37929Did I say anything? 37929 Did he fall down?"
37929Did we lose''em?
37929Did you say the same company that owned this steamer owned that grain?
37929Did you wish to see me?
37929Die? 37929 Do I?
37929Do n''t you feel well?
37929Do n''t you know any better than to call out like that when you''re hunting?
37929Do smugglers cross the lake?
37929Do you mean it?
37929Do you really think the smugglers have him?
37929Do you suppose he knows where the entrance is?
37929Do you think he jumped that distance?
37929Do you think we ought to get a physician?
37929Do you want to be killed?
37929Do you?
37929Does he mean we''re to work our passage?
37929Door mats-- on a ship?
37929Easy? 37929 Electricity?"
37929Going to take a post- graduate course?
37929Had enough, eh?
37929Had n''t we better wait for the other boys?
37929Has the kid woke up?
37929Has there been an accident, Fenn?
37929Have n''t saved any more sinking automobiles, lately, have you?
37929Have n''t we any medicine?
37929Have you got anything for a fever?
37929How are we going to do it?
37929How could we make it?
37929How did it happen?
37929How did you get there?
37929How do you feel?
37929How do you know I am his enemy?
37929How do you know how an infernal machine sounds?
37929How do you know?
37929How he ran away in the woods?
37929How in the world are we going to get up there without a ladder?
37929How in the world did he ever get over that space without touching the ground?
37929How is he?
37929How is our friend, the enemy?
37929How many of us?
37929How was that?
37929How; a ladder?
37929How? 37929 How?"
37929How?
37929How?
37929How?
37929However, I think the crew will be glad to get it?
37929Hurt yourself?
37929I ca n''t see them?
37929I do n''t, eh?
37929I do, eh?
37929I mean where could we get a boat?
37929I mean, do you really want us on this trip, Captain Wiggs?
37929I suppose you are all ready to enter port?
37929I wonder if there are any more men up on that cliff?
37929I wonder if there''s another collision coming?
37929I wonder if there''s room for me to get out?
37929I wonder if they could possibly be alive?
37929I wonder if they''ll answer a hail?
37929I wonder if we really saw him, or whether it was a sort of day dream?
37929I wonder if we''ll ever solve that mystery?
37929I wonder what became of the two Chinese and the white chap? 37929 I wonder what caught the auto?"
37929I wonder what they can be up to?
37929I wonder what they''ll do when they catch up to us?
37929I wonder what they''re up to now?
37929I wonder what''s at the end of all this?
37929I wonder who he was?
37929I-- I was just thinking of--"Is there anything worrying you?
37929Is he dangerously hurt?
37929Is he ill-- didn''t he come with you?
37929Is n''t this a regular Chinese puzzle?
37929Is that it?
37929Is there any danger?
37929Is there any way of telling who owned it?
37929Is this it?
37929Is this it?
37929It''s no more than right, is it? 37929 Jarring?
37929Leaving Mr. Hayward out of it, what do you intend to do, after we''ve got our camp established?
37929Looking for a berth?
37929Lost?
37929May I go with you, daddy?
37929Me? 37929 Minerals?"
37929More of''em, eh?
37929Nearly run you down, did n''t I? 37929 No?
37929Oh, Fenn, are you sure you''re all right?
37929Oh, I was a little hoarse this morning--"What are you now; a mule?
37929Oh, are we going through the''Soo''canal?
37929Say, do you remember when they thought we blew up the school with dynamite?
37929Say, is n''t he the limit, with his different kind of medicines?
37929See anything?
37929Shark? 37929 She did?
37929Sick?
37929That''s the time I had you guessing; did n''t I?
37929The same one? 37929 Then how do you account for the fact that all the garments are old?
37929Then the next question is; what are we going to do about it?
37929Then what boat are they expecting?
37929Then who are they?
37929Two men?
37929Was I sick?
37929Was I speaking?
37929We have to go through a lock, do n''t we?
37929Well, boys, how about it?
37929Well, how''d you get here?
37929Well, were you playing nurse?
37929Well, what?
37929Were n''t you trying to hear what I was saying-- the night of the fire-- aren''t you in the employ of Robert Hayward?
37929What about?
37929What are you going to do, captain?
37929What are you going to do?
37929What are you thinking of, Stumpy?
37929What cave? 37929 What day is it?"
37929What did I say just now?
37929What did I tell you?
37929What did he mean?
37929What do you make out of that?
37929What do you suppose that''s for?
37929What does he mean?
37929What for?
37929What has happened? 37929 What is it?"
37929What is it?
37929What is it?
37929What is?
37929What men?
37929What shall we do?
37929What will they do now?
37929What will they do with the clothes?
37929What ye goin''to do?
37929What you boys up to now? 37929 What''s in that next room?"
37929What''s it all about? 37929 What''s that sound?"
37929What''s that, John?
37929What''s that? 37929 What''s that?"
37929What''s that?
37929What''s that?
37929What''s that?
37929What''s the matter with you?
37929What''s the matter, boys?
37929What''s the matter? 37929 What''s the matter?
37929What''s the matter? 37929 What''s the matter?
37929What''s the matter?
37929What''s the matter?
37929What''s the matter?
37929What''s the trouble?
37929What''s the trouble?
37929What''s to be done about it?
37929What''s worrying you, daddy?
37929What? 37929 What?"
37929What?
37929What?
37929When are the other fellows coming over?
37929When do we get to Duluth?
37929When?
37929Where are we going to begin?
37929Where are we?
37929Where are you going, father?
37929Where is Fenn?
37929Where is he?
37929Where will we land?
37929Where''s the light?
37929Where?
37929Where?
37929Which way, Frank? 37929 Who are they, Doctor?"
37929Who is he?
37929Who says so?
37929Who were those chaps, Fenn?
37929Who would have thought it was so strong?
37929Who would n''t? 37929 Who?
37929Who?
37929Whose place is it?
37929Why are you so interested?
37929Why ca n''t we scare up a covey of partridges?
37929Why did n''t it fall?
37929Why did n''t you tell the police, father?
37929Why did n''t you use the hand gear?
37929Why do n''t they use the stand pipes in the elevator?
37929Why do n''t you boys do some fishing?
37929Why do n''t you sit up?
37929Why do they call it the''Soo''canal?
37929Why not?
37929Why not?
37929Why not?
37929Why were n''t you at school to- day, Stumpy?
37929Why you can pass the quarantine regulations, I suppose? 37929 Why?
37929Why?
37929Why?
37929Will he die, daddy?
37929Will-- will he die soon of it?
37929Would it-- would it cost much?
37929You have n''t done anything wrong; have you?
37929And the last trace you have of him is down that hole?"
37929Are they badly hurt?"
37929Are you hurt?
37929Besides, how could the smugglers get one aboard?
37929Besides, why did you chase after me, and try to catch us on the_ Modoc_?"
37929But how is it that the sun shines down the shaft?
37929But what are you doing here; on the lookout for some more of the Chinks?"
37929But what were these men digging?"
37929But why did n''t you do as Ned did, walk in?
37929CHAPTER VIII FENN HEARS SOMETHING"What''s the matter?
37929CHAPTER XIX FENN BECOMES ILL"Well, now, what''s our program?"
37929CHAPTER XVIII AN EXPLORING PARTY"Well, what do you think of that?"
37929Ca n''t Captain Wiggs stop the ship?"
37929Can I help you?"
37929Can it be my cave?"
37929Did you get bad shocks, boys?"
37929Did you hear him mention Billy Hochswatter''s mud- turtle?"
37929Do n''t you remember what you said?
37929Do you know anything about this locality, captain?"
37929Do you think they are thieves?"
37929Do you want him to get another?
37929Hayward?"
37929Hayward?"
37929How are you, boys?"
37929How do you mean?"
37929I wonder if I better yell to let him know I''m here?
37929I wonder if they''re going much farther?"
37929I wonder if we could n''t stay and see''em land?"
37929I wonder if we had better do anything about the dishes?"
37929I wonder what I''m up against?
37929I wonder what the game is?
37929I wonder whether he fell, or whether those men thrust him down?"
37929In Lake Huron?"
37929Is it about a cave?"
37929Is that where he lives?"
37929Is the cook burning the steak?"
37929Now where does Fenn come in?
37929Say, did he ask you to reach in his pocket for some medicines for him?"
37929Shall I call my mother?"
37929Sick?"
37929That reminds me, where''s my hat?"
37929The men?"
37929This Chinese fellow could n''t carry him; could he?"
37929Was there an accident?
37929Well, I reckon you know where you are now?"
37929What could it mean?
37929What did we shoot all these ducks for?"
37929What do you mean?"
37929What happened?"
37929What has happened?
37929What is the matter?
37929What shall I do?"
37929What''s that?"
37929What''s that?"
37929What''s the trouble?"
37929When can we go?"
37929Where am I?
37929Where am I?
37929Where are the boys?
37929Where is it, Ned?"
37929Where is it?
37929Where is my father?"
37929Where you goin''?"
37929Where you going?"
37929Where''s a rope?"
37929Where?"
37929Where?"
37929Where?"
37929Who are you?"
37929Who can go for them?"
37929Who knows where we can get some pulleys?"
37929Who''s killed?"
37929Who?"
37929Why ca n''t we all go in on this thing?"
37929Why did I do it?
37929Why did n''t we think of it before?
37929Why did n''t you take it for a giraffe or an elephant?"
37929Why have n''t we-- a right to walk in them?"
37929Why is Constable Darby in front of the house, keeping the crowd back?"
37929Why not?
37929Why should n''t he be?"
37929Why was the speaker glad that the westerner had suffered a loss in the elevator fire?
37929Why, Fenn, what''s the matter?"
37929Why?"
37929Why?"
37929Why?"
37929Why?"
37929Would you like the job?"
37929You did n''t hear what started the fire, did you?"
37929You do n''t mean to say the professor floored Frank Roscoe?"
20472A picnic, boy? 20472 Ah, airships?"
20472And can I trust to you to take good care of my four girls? 20472 And what is your father''s business, my child?"
20472And where were you?
20472And who is Anne Pierson?
20472And who may that be, my dear?
20472And you will all be in before dark?
20472Anne Pierson?
20472Anne, did she say anything about it in her note?
20472Anne, my child,exclaimed Grace, who always seemed much older than the others,"how late do you study at night?
20472Anne, you funny child, do n''t you see we are all waiting impatiently?
20472Anne,pursued David, as they strolled down River Street together,"when I make my flying machine will you be afraid to take a sail with me?"
20472Anne,she said aloud,"I think you know my friends, do n''t you-- Jessica Bright and Nora O''Malley?
20472Are they very beautiful?
20472Are we expected to learn lessons we have never been taught and has that horrid Miriam been studying ahead?
20472Are we still going to try to save her?
20472Are you agreed on Hippopotamus, my adopted daughters?
20472Are you happy, Anne, in your beautiful pink dress?
20472Aunt Rose,cried a voice outside,"are n''t you glad to see me?"
20472Be you laughing or crying, miss?
20472But being a member of a respectable family and about to enter college, you have to sleep in a bed under cover?
20472But do n''t you think we had better see Miss Mary Pierson before we do anything?
20472But then, were there ever before such nice girls as my four adopted daughters?
20472But what is she to do?
20472But what''s this you say about the freshman class? 20472 But who gave us away?"
20472By the way, Anne, where is the doll?
20472By the way, David, you did n''t happen to overhear the password, did you?
20472By the way,she asked presently, when she had calmed herself,"who was it that found the letter?"
20472By the way,went on Mrs. Gray,"do you know any girl who would like to come up and read to me twice a week, and write my notes for me?
20472Ca n''t we hide behind the seats?
20472Ca n''t we set the police on him?
20472Ca n''t your inventive brain devise a scheme of revenge?
20472Could n''t you squeeze us into the carriage, mother?
20472David Nesbit,cried Grace,"where have you been all this time?
20472David, are you much hurt?
20472Did anyone drop a hint to the sophomores of our secret meeting place?
20472Did it hurt it when it fell?
20472Did n''t Miriam tell you about it?
20472Did n''t Miss Leece mention it? 20472 Did n''t you get my telegram?
20472Do n''t you agree with me that it''s a great find?
20472Do n''t you know?
20472Do n''t you like nutting parties, Miriam?
20472Do n''t you think it''s time somebody put me on?
20472Do n''t you think this is a thrilling sight, Anne?
20472Do n''t you want to come along and see the fun?
20472Do you know that I am greatly in your debt, my child?
20472Do you know that suspension or expulsion are the punishments for such behavior?
20472Do you like it?
20472Do you mean to say you have never been coasting, Anne?
20472Do you play football?
20472Do you think I''d stay?
20472Do you think we can stand him for a week?
20472Fine or superfine?
20472Gives you one?
20472Grace Harlowe, do you think I did it on purpose?
20472Grace, was that your voice?
20472Grace,whispered Jessica, taking advantage of the talk of the others not to be overheard,"did you notice Miriam when Miss Thompson began her speech?"
20472Have you an idea?
20472Have you been long in Oakdale?
20472Have you ever ridden in an airship?
20472Have you never seen that green silk before?
20472Have you nothing to say?
20472Hiding behind the ladies, hey?
20472How about one of the gallery doors?
20472How can I help being happy?
20472How did those clever children ever do it?
20472How did you leave your cousins in England, Tom?
20472How do you do, my dear?
20472How do you do, my dears?
20472How do you do?
20472How do you like this, girls?
20472How shall I ever thank you, dear friends?
20472How''s this for a winter picnic?
20472Hurry up, Anne, are n''t you curious to see what it is?
20472If I tell, you wo n''t give me away, will you?
20472If you want any help,offered David as he left Grace at her front door,"you know where to come for it, do n''t you?"
20472If you were not the originator, who was?
20472In spite of what her brother is doing for us to- night?
20472Indeed?
20472Is anything the matter?
20472Is everyone here?
20472Is it big or little?
20472Is it granted, little Lady Gray?
20472Is n''t it a wonderful old house?
20472Is n''t it sweet?
20472Is n''t it?
20472Is that any of your business, young man?
20472Is that really an invitation?
20472Is there a play at the Opera House to- night?
20472Is there any sport in the world that can touch it?
20472Is this yours, Anne?
20472It has not been done so far,admitted Miss Thompson,"but why is Anne so bent on winning the prize?
20472It is Miss Leece, is it, who is trumping up all this business? 20472 Lots more fun than throwing balls at dummies at the county fair, was n''t it, fellows?"
20472May I walk with you?
20472Might I do it?
20472Miriam? 20472 Miss Nesbit,"said the teacher,"will you demonstrate this problem?"
20472Miss Pierson, Do You Recognize This Figure?
20472Mr. Gleason,she demanded of the clerk in charge,"could you tell me what perfume this is?"
20472Must I go back and ask all those storekeepers for more lists?
20472Nora, will you give us your imitations?
20472O Miss Thompson,she cried, making a great effort to keep back her tears,"where did you find it?
20472Oh, Grace,she whispered,"wo n''t you excuse me?
20472Oh, have you never heard?
20472Perhaps you prefer baseball?
20472Pierson, Pierson?
20472Ready for what?
20472Really?
20472Reddy, are you perfectly sure we wo n''t get lost in this place?
20472Reddy, are you sure you''re right?
20472River Street?
20472Shall you fly around Oakdale in it?
20472She''s the captain of the basketball team, is n''t she?
20472So I fooled you, did I, you gray rascals?
20472So you are the gold medal girl, Miriam? 20472 Something about actors, was n''t it?"
20472Suppose I take you home? 20472 Suppose you feed me to them?"
20472Then everybody is n''t invited?
20472There seems to be no difference of opinion on that score,she replied;"but is David the only boy in Oakdale?"
20472This is a young people''s party, I presume?
20472Was n''t it the most fortunate thing in the world? 20472 Was n''t it though?"
20472Well, Grace, my dear,said Miss Thompson, as the young girl entered,"did my note frighten you?"
20472Well, just strictly between us and as man to man, as David is always saying, do n''t you think he is horrid? 20472 Well, what are we going to do?"
20472Well, what difference does it make?
20472Were you not the originator of this outrageous plot, Miss Pierson?
20472What did Miriam Nesbit mean by studying ahead like that?
20472What do you like, then?
20472What do you mean by''hang''her?
20472What do you mean?
20472What do you want?
20472What do you want?
20472What good will that do Anne?
20472What in the world do you suppose he wants with our poor little Anne?
20472What in the world is it?
20472What in the world is the matter?
20472What is it?
20472What is it?
20472What is this trouble between you and Miss Leece, Miss Pierson?
20472What shall I do to her, Anne? 20472 What shall we do?"
20472What shall we do?
20472What was it, dear?
20472What''s the use?
20472What?
20472Where are they going?
20472Where are who going?
20472Where did she learn how?
20472Where did you get this one?
20472Where do I come in?
20472Where do you live, dear?
20472Where is the model?
20472Which way did they go?
20472Who else?
20472Who is old Jean?
20472Who is the girl in front?
20472Who told you so?
20472Who were the people?
20472Who, having once seen it could ever forget it?
20472Who, me?
20472Who?
20472Why are all these strange young women breaking into my premises?
20472Why did n''t I do this long ago?
20472Why did n''t I think of it sooner? 20472 Why did n''t she get out of the way?
20472Why did we stop the song? 20472 Why do n''t we do the same thing?"
20472Why do n''t you give a house party, too?
20472Why do n''t you take a walk and not try to do any studying this afternoon?
20472Why do n''t you take the other side?
20472Why do you ask it at all, then, Tom, dear?
20472Why does n''t she pick up the flower?
20472Why have I not met her? 20472 Why is she the sponsor of the class?"
20472Why, what has happened, Miss Thompson?
20472Why, what on earth does the woman mean?
20472Why?
20472Why?
20472Wo n''t it be fun?
20472Wo n''t you come in?
20472Would it give you any pleasure or help to heal your hurt feelings?
20472Would n''t you rather do this than write an essay or study Latin prose composition?
20472You are a newcomer, are you not? 20472 You are not sure it would trespass on your time too much, Anne?"
20472You do n''t mean to say it was n''t a fair election?
20472You do n''t suppose, for a minute, Anne would be dishonest? 20472 You shall have everything you want,"said Mrs. Gray,"but who will carry the lunch?"
20472You think it was then----?
20472You think you''ll keep me here all night, do you, old hounds? 20472 You will, will you?"
20472A flying machine?"
20472A loose board creaked in the floor, or was it a door which opened and closed softly?
20472A mile?
20472And David?
20472And besides, why should n''t she have come back to the building?
20472And now Anne heard the door open again and Miss Thompson''s voice calling:"Who is there?"
20472And now, my lady- birds, who else shall we invite to the house party?"
20472Anne, if she walks into you to- morrow morning, you can just lay the blame on me, do you hear?
20472Are all my Christmas children here?"
20472Are these little places dressing rooms, Anne?"
20472Are you asleep, child?
20472As she pushed the swinging door, she heard David say:"You low blackguard, what do you mean by stealing your aunt''s silver?"
20472As they paused to admire the beautiful flower beds on the Nesbit lawn Jessica said:"Have you inquired Miriam''s favorite perfume?"
20472Besides, what has she to do with it?"
20472But is n''t he the limit?"
20472But it was-- how long ago?
20472But now, what was to be done?
20472But she_ does_ look sweet, does n''t she?"
20472But where is this wonderful young woman who is outstripping our brilliant Miriam?
20472But who could doubt what the outcome would be?
20472But who had sent the lilies of the valley?
20472But who was it half lying, half sitting on the church steps, shivering with cold?
20472But who would have the heart to hold her father up to ridicule in this way, and to cause her such secret pain and unhappiness?
20472But who would stop to think of trails with a pack of hungry wolves at his heels?
20472But would it have swerved her from her present purpose, even if she had noticed Miss Leece following her?
20472But, since she was Miriam''s guest, what else was there to do?
20472But, young ladies, before we get any further, tell me what you think of the plan?"
20472CHAPTER IV THE BLACK MONKS OF ASIA"Who wants to go nutting?"
20472CHAPTER XVI THE MARIONETTE SHOW Do you remember your first party dress?
20472CHAPTER XXII DANGER AHEAD MY DEAR GRACE: Will you come and see me at my office after school to- day?
20472Ca n''t I do something?
20472Ca n''t you work up a scheme with that to go upon, girls?"
20472Can you guess what has brought us here to- night, all dressed up in our best?"
20472Can you imagine who could have done it?"
20472Could Miriam Nesbit have been so false to her class?
20472Did David suspect anything about his sister?
20472Did n''t we keep it dark?"
20472Did n''t you hear her say so that night?
20472Did you feel a thrill of pleasure when the last hook and eye was fastened and you surveyed yourself in the longest mirror in the house?
20472Did you notice a path which began at the hut and which was evidently Jean''s trail?
20472Did you notice that?"
20472Do n''t we, girls?"
20472Do n''t you think I could leave at a side entrance?
20472Do you know how hard she has worked to win this prize?
20472Do you know,"she continued presently,"that Miss Leece intends to denounce Anne before the faculty to- night?
20472Do you suppose he wants her to barnstorm?"
20472Do you think I want any more than my four nice freshmen to amuse me?
20472Do you think Mrs. Gray would ask you to join those four nice girls in her house after that Miss Leece business?
20472Do you think you could manage it if I helped you?"
20472Do you think, Miss Pierson, that such an escapade as you engaged in last night was entirely respectful or worthy of a pupil of Oakdale High School?"
20472For, is it not better to say farewell rejoicing so that no shadows may darken the memory we shall carry with us during the long months of separation?
20472Give her an electric shock?"
20472Glue it together or mend it with a piece of sticking plaster?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Gray?"
20472Had he known then that his sister had lost the prize, or was his faith in Anne so great?
20472Had it all been a dream, their winter picnic, or was old Jean at that very moment really nailing wolf skins to his wall?
20472Had it been put in that particular spot years ago just to save their eight lives now?
20472Had not Miriam''s guest and chum exceeded all bounds of politeness by prying into other people''s affairs?
20472Had she, after all, made a mistake, and was she losing ground in the class?
20472Have you any answer to make to these charges?"
20472Have you forgotten it''s Hallowe''en?"
20472How could she spend a week in a beautiful house, with parties every night and company all the time, and nothing to wear but that hideous black silk?
20472How could you tell?"
20472How did anyone know we were going to have a marionette show?
20472How do you know the wolves wo n''t seize you the moment you open the door?
20472How far from Chicago will they be when Train B passes Train A?''"
20472How it gave a glimpse of the throat and neck, and seemed to sweep the ground all around, although it merely reached your shoe tops?
20472How was it that the boys had not noticed before that the girls were not alone?
20472I saw her, too, but----""But what, Anne?"
20472I should never think of suspecting any of my fine girls of such trickery; and, yet, who else could it have been except one of the freshmen?"
20472I-- I----""You what?
20472In the first place, was n''t it perfectly delightful?"
20472Is it all for glory, do you think?"
20472Is it possible you would try to keep some one else from rising in life, when your own family struggled with poverty years ago?"
20472Is it you, Grace, my dear?"
20472Is n''t she, mother?"
20472Is that it, Jessica?"
20472Is there any girl who would like to earn a little pocket money?
20472Is there no clue whatever to the person who copied the papers?"
20472It was you, was n''t it, who started the fire panic?"
20472Miss Harlowe, what time must she be there?"
20472Moreover, was she not wearing a beautiful dress of pink crepe de Chine?
20472My little girl crying?"
20472Now Anne----""_ Anne?_"interrupted Grace horrified.
20472Now, do you understand?"
20472Now, what perfume is it, and who in the class uses it?
20472Now, what shall it be?
20472Or was it really Anne, this little vision in rose color with glowing cheeks and sparkling eyes?
20472Perhaps to- morrow after church you will take luncheon with me?
20472Shall I take him up?"
20472Shall I?"
20472Should they ever see their four brave friends again?
20472Something told her not to open the box, but how could she help it with dozens of her friends waiting eagerly to see what was in it?
20472Suppose you should get lost?"
20472The Range and Grange Hustlers By FRANK GEE PATCHIN Have you any idea of the excitements, the glories of life on great ranches in the West?
20472Tom Gray Escapes from the Wolves Grace Harlowe''s Plebe Year at High School CHAPTER I THE ACCIDENT OF FRIENDSHIPS"Who is the new girl in the class?"
20472Two or more years, was n''t it?"
20472Was it a premonition that compelled her to return to the schoolroom and search again for it?
20472Was n''t it great?"
20472Was there anyone in the world who could be sending her a box that night?
20472Was there ever a girl in the world who did not want to exchange confidences with her best friends after a party?
20472What do you advise, Anne?"
20472What in the world could Miss Thompson want to discuss with her?
20472What is the latest?
20472What mad notion is this?"
20472What shall we do?"
20472What the crestfallen Miriam kept wondering was:"Wherever did she learn to do it?"
20472What was to be done?
20472Where did the voice come from?
20472Where had they smelled it before?
20472Where''s Anne?"
20472Which girl do you think has the best chance of winning it?"
20472Who are the four nicest boys you know?"
20472Who could have played this cruel trick upon her?
20472Who is in the surprise?"
20472Whoever heard of having every examination paper perfect?"
20472Why did n''t you come last night?"
20472Why did she ever ask down that wretch of a nephew?
20472Why did you run and hide?
20472Why do n''t you open it and see?"
20472Why do you have such things about to destroy people''s clothes?"
20472Why else did they invite her to their ball?"
20472Why?"
20472Will you come and receive with Jessica and Nora and me?"
20472Will you come and see me very soon?
20472Will you forgive me?"
20472Will you show him the way?"
20472Would n''t it be fun?"
20472You may ask why this mystery?
20472You''re at the head of your class, as usual, I suppose?"
20472[ Illustration:"Miss Pierson, Do You Recognize This Figure?"]
20472exclaimed Jessica, who all this time had been looking the doll over carefully,"where have you seen this material before?"
20472next Friday night?"
37673Afraid to tell, eh? 37673 Ah I''ve caught you, have n''t I?"
37673Am I dreaming or what''s the matter? 37673 Am I hurt?
37673And he did n''t come back?
37673And who was the man who said Ned owed him money?
37673And you have n''t been able to find a trace of Ned, eh?
37673Any chance of getting''em?
37673Are n''t you William Perry? 37673 Are n''t you getting tired of it?"
37673Are n''t you going to give us a shot?
37673Are we going in the right direction?
37673Are we sure he started for home?
37673Are you dreaming?
37673Are you going to have me arrested?
37673Are you in earnest about this?
37673Are you strong enough to go out?
37673Are you sure Ned is in there, William?
37673Are you sure you can spare so much?
37673Are you sure?
37673Are you the boys who saved me?
37673Are you tryin''to rob me? 37673 Bart has the address; have n''t you?"
37673But about me? 37673 But how?"
37673But what are you chaps doing in New York?
37673But where can he be?
37673But where then can he be?
37673But why would he stay here?
37673But you did n''t make any admissions, did you?
37673But you do now, do n''t you?
37673But, Bart, does n''t that look like running away?
37673But, Ned, it was n''t that accusation that kept you in hiding, was it?
37673By the way, you boys know almost everything that goes on in Darewell? 37673 By whose orders are they closed?"
37673Ca n''t I let''em take me? 37673 Ca n''t a fellow make a remark about his chum without being found fault with?"
37673Ca n''t we get our money?
37673Ca n''t we see Ned?
37673Ca n''t we stay until it stops snowin''?
37673Can I do anything to help you?
37673Can we come in and get warm?
37673Can we look at it?
37673Can you give me a cheap room?
37673Can you whistle tunes?
37673Coming to the entertainment Friday night?
37673Could he tell you anything of himself, doctor?
37673Could n''t you be mistaken?
37673Could you let us know in case any one does call?
37673Did I drink it?
37673Did he?
37673Did n''t forget the salt, did you, the way you did when we went camping before and had to borrow of a tramp?
37673Did n''t she say he had a scar or something on his face?
37673Did n''t the telegram from Mrs. Kenfield say so?
37673Did n''t we kill any?
37673Did n''t you do such things when you were young?
37673Did she send you to find me?
37673Did they both get away?
37673Did you ever hear the like?
37673Did you get your relic home safe?
37673Did you see any accidents?
37673Did you see any great actors, Fenn?
37673Did you see the clerk when you came in?
37673Do I register?
37673Do I? 37673 Do I?"
37673Do n''t you remember, he said he was going to New York to be an actor? 37673 Do n''t you think it''s a good investment, father?"
37673Do they have many fires?
37673Do you have to go, aunt?
37673Do you know anything about stocks, aunt?
37673Do you know of a good hotel near here?
37673Do you mean that you think I''m trying to cheat you?
37673Do you mean to say you''re going to have me arrested on a charge of stealing your money?
37673Do you snore?
37673Do you suspect us?
37673Do you wish it would?
37673Does he think Ned will hear him and come from hiding?
37673Does that end this inquiry?
37673East or west?
37673For Europe?
37673Friend of yours?
37673From New York, eh?
37673Get a rag or something, will you please Alice?
37673Got a new gun?
37673Has she got to Chicago yet?
37673Have we got everything?
37673Have you any news?
37673Have you any rooms left?
37673Have you seen my mother?
37673How about buying oil stock?
37673How about condensed milk?
37673How are we going to do it?
37673How can you tell?
37673How could I? 37673 How could you know about it when I only got the telegram myself a little while ago?
37673How did you get hurt?
37673How did you happen to stop here then?
37673How did you hurt yourself?
37673How do I get to my room?
37673How do you mean?
37673How much?
37673How should I know? 37673 How?"
37673How?
37673How?
37673Howdy, Stumpy? 37673 Hurt much?"
37673Hurt yourself?
37673I guess I''m wanted on another charge?
37673I mean around here?
37673I was, but if you''re going that way would you do me a favor?
37673I wonder how I could have made that mistake? 37673 I wonder if he can mean me?"
37673I wonder if he''s afraid to let people know he''s after me?
37673I wonder if that''s Ned?
37673I wonder if the boys arrived to- day? 37673 I wonder if the boys came?"
37673I wonder if they are going to have an investigation?
37673I wonder what ails him?
37673I wonder what he went off with that man for?
37673I wonder what my father must think? 37673 I wonder who he is?"
37673Indeed?
37673Is Lem Gordon here?
37673Is Mary going too?
37673Is Mrs. Kenfield at home?
37673Is Ned home? 37673 Is anything the matter?"
37673Is it a cut? 37673 Is it dangerous?"
37673Is it necessary to register?
37673Is my uncle in?
37673Is n''t that the limit?
37673Is that all the luck you had?
37673Is there any danger?
37673Is your leg hurt too, Bart?
37673Let''s see that paper?
37673Make who take what back?
37673Many? 37673 May I speak to them, sir?"
37673Me? 37673 Now, Ned, will you excuse me for a few hours?
37673Now, my dear sir, what can we do for you?
37673Oh, Bart, are you really hurt?
37673Oh, it''s you, eh?
37673Oh, it''s you, is it?
37673Pipe off that guy?
37673Pretty tough, eh?
37673Quit what?
37673Remember how you dropped it in the river that day?
37673Reminds you of what?
37673Say, did I hire you to chin or to carry in oranges?
37673Say, will you lend me a stamp so I can write home to mother?
37673Say,he called a moment later, as the chums kept on,"are you going to the tower?"
37673Shall I do it now?
37673Shall I let him have''em at fifty?
37673So you have n''t any idea where he is?
37673So you''re the boy who was watching me this afternoon when Cassidy came for me?
37673So you''ve decided to buy it, eh?
37673Spare it? 37673 Speaking of holidays, what''s the matter with going hunting the end of next week?"
37673Stocks? 37673 Then the postoffice authorities sent a letter here?"
37673Then why did n''t he send some word home to let his father know?
37673They ca n''t carry it away; can they?
37673Thomas Seldon, eh?
37673Wanted on another charge? 37673 Was he going to meet us here?"
37673Was it paint?
37673Well, boys,he began,"what can I do for you?"
37673Well, sir, what can we do for you? 37673 Well, what of it?"
37673Well, young man, do you want a room or a bed?
37673Well?
37673What about that boy?
37673What are they for?
37673What are they going to do about it?
37673What are we going to do?
37673What did you run away for? 37673 What did you say the name of your missing friend was?"
37673What do you intend to do?
37673What do you mean?
37673What do you mean?
37673What do you say to moving camp?
37673What do you think this is, the Salvation Army or the Y. M. C. A.? 37673 What does he owe you?"
37673What else could he do? 37673 What entertainment?"
37673What for?
37673What good will that do?
37673What had I better do?
37673What in the world are we to do?
37673What is it? 37673 What is it?"
37673What is it?
37673What kind of a wound is it, Bart?
37673What makes you think so?
37673What name did he give?
37673What shall I do?
37673What story?
37673What the matter?
37673What time is the hearing?
37673What was the matter with the other fellow?
37673What were you going to say?
37673What will you do?
37673What would you do?
37673What''s that he''s yelling?
37673What''s that rope for?
37673What''s that?
37673What''s that?
37673What''s that?
37673What''s the matter with you? 37673 What''s the matter?
37673What''s the matter? 37673 What''s the matter?
37673What''s the matter?
37673What''s the matter?
37673What''s the matter?
37673What''s the matter?
37673What''s the trouble, boss?
37673What?
37673What?
37673What?
37673Where are they?
37673Where are you stopping?
37673Where in the world could he have gone to?
37673Where in the world could it have disappeared to?
37673Where ought we to begin?
37673Where you from? 37673 Where you going?"
37673Where''d you get that gun, Bart?
37673Where''s Ned?
37673Where''s the shovel?
37673Which way shall I go?
37673Who aimed at that one?
37673Who did then?
37673Who for? 37673 Who from?"
37673Who is it?
37673Who is this young fellow?
37673Who said he was n''t?
37673Who was the man who took him away?
37673Who''s going to do it?
37673Who''s going to pay him?
37673Who?
37673Why did n''t you come in on the tune?
37673Why need we go back?
37673Why not now?
37673Why not spend a week in New York anyhow?
37673Why should he be?
37673Why so?
37673Why, how did you hear?
37673Why-- why-- where did you all come from?
37673Why?
37673Why?
37673Why?
37673Why?
37673Why?
37673Why?
37673Will it interfere with the opening of school next week?
37673Will you arrest Mike and get my money back, Reilly?
37673Will you be all right if we leave you alone here?
37673Wonder what ails Frank?
37673Wonder what he expects to find from the clock face?
37673Wonder who he is?
37673Would you mind if we loaned you money enough to get a coat?
37673Yes, did n''t Mary tell you? 37673 Yes; are you?"
37673You do n''t think this is the same one you fired at a while ago, do you?
37673You mean the clock dial? 37673 You mean the woman whose place we stayed at over night out of the blizzard?"
37673You remember me telling you about that fellow who slipped down the fire escape rope and lost his valise?
37673You said you-- you had a son?
37673You, maybe, eh?
37673About the two hundred shares of stock that the inspector was talking about?"
37673And so you thought the inspector meant you?"
37673Are you hurt?"
37673Belong to the same gang I s''pose?
37673CHAPTER II PREPARING FOR A HUNT"What''s the matter with my hand?"
37673CHAPTER VI A LONELY CABIN"What''s to be done?"
37673Ca n''t you locate him in New York?
37673Ca n''t you see who he''s referring to in that last line?
37673Can you do a song- sparrow imitation, sonny?"
37673Can you tell us where he is now?"
37673Did he fall and hurt himself?"
37673Did n''t I give it to you, Ned, this morning?"
37673Did n''t Mike tell me?
37673Did the bullet go through your hand?"
37673Did you happen to hear of any one carrying off one of the clock dials?
37673Did you hear it?"
37673Do you remember what she told us about her son William who was lost?"
37673Do you snore?"
37673Do you think I''m doing this for fun?
37673Do you think we''re feedin''beggars here?"
37673Does n''t your mother live near Kirkville, and have n''t you two sisters, Mary and Jane?"
37673Forget where you live?"
37673Get out of my way, ca n''t you?
37673Got an order from a broker?
37673Had he done something he was afraid of?"
37673Has any one called for that trunk?"
37673Have n''t lost it, have you?"
37673Have you fellows heard of any celebration?"
37673Have you got the money; yes or no?"
37673He sauntered up to the young fellow, and, with an air of unconcern asked:"Do you know anyone around here named Ned Wilding?
37673He turned to the cashier who was looking at him vindictively and asked:"Ca n''t I shovel your walk off and pay for my breakfast that way?"
37673His train does n''t go until four o''clock; ca n''t you, Ned?"
37673How are you, Ned?"
37673How are you?"
37673How can I treat the wound if you jerk around that way?"
37673How in the world did you manage to live in the meanwhile?"
37673How is blood going to show on this old red flannel?"
37673I s''pose if I let you take a shovel you''ll not skip out with it?"
37673I suppose you''ve got the food all packed, Stumpy?"
37673I wonder if it''s clean?
37673I wonder if there is n''t some place where I can get a bed without having to answer a lot of questions about myself?"
37673I wonder if they would arrest me?
37673I wonder what I''d better do?"
37673I wonder what the boys will do when they come and find the house closed?
37673I''d a joined in, only--""Too much work, eh?"
37673I''ve got the cash here, but if you do n''t want--""What is it?"
37673Is it incised or lacerated or a contused one?
37673Is the place afire?"
37673Is the tower still--?"
37673Is this place haunted?"
37673Kenfield?"
37673Kenfield?"
37673Kenfield?"
37673Kenfield?"
37673Left your memory home?"
37673Must he spend the rest of the night in a cell?
37673Ned understood the question to mean"Do you know who that man is?"
37673Perry?"
37673See?"
37673That his flight would seem a confession of guilt he was sure; but what did it matter?
37673The inspector was talking to a policeman, and Ned overheard the bluecoat ask:"Have you sent the telegram?"
37673Think I''m going to let you in and have you help him git away the way he did after he took my money?"
37673Well, we''re his chums, but where is Ned?"
37673What are you going to do?"
37673What could they have thought when they saw the house closed?
37673What did it?"
37673What do you say?"
37673What in the world do you mean?"
37673What is the trouble?
37673What time can you get one back to Darewell?"
37673What was he to do?
37673What was poor Ned to do?
37673What''d you steal?"
37673What''s all this row about in my place?"
37673What''s the matter?
37673What''s the matter?"
37673What''s the use going right back home?"
37673What''s your name, and where''d you come from?"
37673When are you going to start?"
37673Where in the world have you been, Ned?"
37673Where is it?"
37673Where''ll you be?"
37673Where''s mother?"
37673Who are you from?"
37673Who are you, anyhow?
37673Who''s that calling?"
37673Why did he leave in that fashion?
37673Why do n''t you look in some of the other rooms along here?"
37673Why do we thus loudly yell?
37673Why not go on a shooting trip and stay a couple of nights in the woods?
37673Why?"
37673Why?"
37673Why?"
37673Will you drive us to Darewell for four dollars, and take our sled?
37673Will you give us a lift for money, or wo n''t you?"
37673Williamson?"
37673Wonder if Jim is waiting for us?"
37673You ai n''t afraid to register, are you?
37673You''ll pay for your grub or you''ll be arrested, see?
8137''Ice Carnival''?
8137''Who''s dead?'' 8137 Academic, or moral?"
8137All ready? 8137 And I wish to know,"Laura added haughtily,"how he dares intimate that I am not''a good looker''?"
8137And are you not yet assured?
8137And did you boys get that man who ran the poor fellow down on Market Street last night?
8137And his name''Peyton''?
8137And his suit? 8137 And how about me?
8137And is he paying Hester back by shouldering something for her?
8137And much gladder that she was right on the job here when the horse came along, are n''t you, Lil?
8137And not a thing about him to identify him?
8137And so ruin the whole play?
8137And then what?
8137And this is Miss Morse, is n''t it? 8137 And what became of the other man?"
8137And what do we deserve?
8137And where did you beau Janet from?
8137And who are you, to tell me when I''m wrong?
8137And without chains?
8137And you shot them over there on Cavern Island?
8137Are n''t you a clever lad?
8137Are you boys trying to defend the guilty person?
8137Are you going home, Miss Steele?
8137Are you sure he is?
8137Aw----"Suppose that man at the hospital dies?
8137Because I''ve been to the hospital to find out He''s got a broken leg and a broken head----"Is he conscious yet?
8137But about Margit Salgo?
8137But did n''t Short and Long have suspicions?
8137But did you hear the address she gave? 8137 But do you think old Gee Gee would say that she was wrong, and beg their pardon?"
8137But have n''t you examined it?
8137But have they learned nothing about him?
8137But he does n''t know who he is?
8137But suppose poor Chet has to lose fifty dollars?
8137But tell us how much Hessie has been set back?
8137But the car?
8137But what happened then?
8137But what''s the big idea, as Chet himself would say?
8137But what''s the matter here, Laura?
8137But where is her friend, Miss Grimes?
8137But who ever heard of such a thing?
8137But who is he, do you suppose?
8137But who was he?
8137But who will take Grimes''place?
8137But you looked at her?
8137Ca n''t Margit play?
8137Ca n''t you see?
8137Call me a story- teller, do you?
8137Can it be Margit Salgo?
8137Can it be possible that Purt Sweet would do such an awful thing and not really betray himself before this?
8137Can it be possible that Purt is shielding Hester in this matter?
8137Can you?
8137Chains on his wheels, Billy?
8137Coming your way?
8137Did he? 8137 Did n''t he have any papers about him that explain those points?"
8137Did you get a good look at that car?
8137Did you get any cottontails?
8137Did you have him arrested?
8137Did you hear the latest about Old Dimple?
8137Did you turn that horse?
8137Do n''t you always have sich when you girls go in for acting?
8137Do n''t you two girls remember the Saturday night that man was hurt on Market Street?
8137Do you know that the party was held the very Saturday night the man was hurt?
8137Do you know who this is?
8137Do you know, Miss Belding, what the complete delight of wealth is? 8137 Do you mean he has lost his mind?"
8137Do you mean,asked Laura,"what makes him act so to Purt?"
8137Do you remember what night that party was held, Lily?
8137Do you say I-- I have_ cheated? 8137 Do you see, now?"
8137Do you suppose I would tell old Gee Gee that it was my fault?
8137Do you suppose she will be able to help us? 8137 Do you suppose so?"
8137Do-- do you suppose we might see him?
8137Does he know he has so much money?
8137Does he say he is?
8137Does n''t he?
8137Does n''t she always do something to queer us if she can?
8137From what?
8137Got it all locked up, Laura?
8137Got your nonskid- chains on, Purt?
8137Has he found out about that bank- note yet?
8137Has that fault cropped up lately, my dear?
8137Have you finished school, Miss Steele?
8137Have you learned your part yet?
8137Have you lost your tongue?
8137Have you no answer?
8137Have you no idea who it can be? 8137 Have you seen the ice, Lance?"
8137Have you young ladies no higher desire than to make the rabble laugh?
8137He''s one of us fellows, is n''t he?
8137Hester Grimes?
8137Hester Grimes?
8137How about his hat?
8137How can we tell?
8137How dare you, Dorothy Lockwood?
8137How do you know?
8137How goes the battle, Laura?
8137How is your mother, dear?
8137How was he to know that some of the investments poor father made would turn out badly, and that our income would be reduced to a mere pittance? 8137 How was that?"
8137How was the funeral?
8137Huh?
8137I am quite sure we have taken in no counterfeits-- eh, Chet?
8137I am wondering,said Mother Wit,"if we have always been fair to Prettyman Sweet?
8137I guess this Sweet boy they tell about is a friend of yours, son?
8137I presume, Miss Morse, you think I can not puzzle you?
8137I want to know how Lance dares trespass upon Bobby''s domain of limericks?
8137I wonder if Miss Carrington really sleeps at night?
8137I wonder if we all are as well prepared?
8137I wonder why?
8137I wonder,he said,"if that man came from Osage, Ohio?"
8137I wonder,said Laura,"if we do n''t expect too much of the teachers?"
8137I would like to know why not?
8137I''d like to know who we are to blame, then?
8137I-- I thought if you''d make Chet pay only half of the fifty dollars, that perhaps you lost----"Well?
8137If Hester plays that part, what are they going to do with her hands and feet?
8137If we think we know anything, I ca n''t tell you,Chet declared"Billy?
8137Indeed?
8137Is father at home, Laura?
8137Is he dead?
8137Is he scared to tell the truth?
8137Is it a professional Mr. Mann has engaged?
8137Is it? 8137 Is n''t English the funny language?"
8137Is n''t it just fine?
8137Is n''t it pretty? 8137 Is n''t she splendid?"
8137Is n''t that just like Gee Gee?
8137Is she such a very strict disciplinarian?
8137Is that so?
8137Is that the girl who gave first- aid to the man on Market Street Saturday night?
8137Is that your name?
8137Is the man a criminal, do you think?
8137It almost proves he is a stranger in town, does it not?
8137Julius Caesar? 8137 Let''s see the bunnies?"
8137Looks fishy, does n''t it?
8137Lost his identity?
8137Not Hester?
8137Now what has he done?
8137On the rear wheels? 8137 Out of the carnival?"
8137Purt got it noised abroad that he was going to give a present to every fellow in his class-- didn''t he, Short?
8137See? 8137 Shall I go along with you and see what she says?"
8137She does seem interested in him, does n''t she?
8137She never_ did_?
8137Should I copy Pretty Sweet''s strut?
8137Should n''t she be, Mr. Mann? 8137 So soon?"
8137So you are the brave boy I''ve heard about, are you?
8137Some little queen, is n''t she?
8137Suppose the cops arrest him?
8137Suppose we agree not to annoy her any more than we can help for the rest of the school year?
8137Take it from me,said Bobby gruffly,"she''s just the meanest--""Margit?"
8137The bank- note?
8137The one the police say Purt ran down with his car?
8137Then did you really find some trace of the car?
8137Then my rhyme is a true bill?
8137Then there is something in it?
8137Then why does n''t he tell where he was at the time?
8137Then why wo n''t Purt tell where he was?
8137Then you do n''t believe Purt did it?
8137Then you think I may relieve Chet''s mind?
8137There''s the nine- ten express west"Who----What do you mean, young one?
8137They will, of course,"And what will you boys tell them?
8137This poor man''s money does n''t help him much, does it? 8137 To them, I suppose,"said Chet"But why do n''t you ask Miss Steele to join you girls in the play you are getting up?"
8137Want to freeze us all?
8137Well, what are suspicions?
8137Well, what do you know about that?
8137Well, what is it?
8137Well, why not?
8137Well?
8137Were you not looking at Dorothy, Laura?
8137Were you there to see that poor man?
8137Were you there, too, to inquire about him?
8137What about''poor me''?
8137What are you going to throw in, Purt? 8137 What became of the other villain?"
8137What can I possibly do for you?
8137What can Lil mean?
8137What did I tell you?
8137What did I tell you?
8137What did you say to Lil, Clara?
8137What did you send the poor fish, Short?
8137What do they mean?
8137What do you know about it?
8137What do you know about that? 8137 What do you know about that?"
8137What do you mean? 8137 What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you mean?
8137What do you suppose Miss Carrington has done?
8137What do you think has happened?
8137What do you think of the Steeles-- and all?
8137What do you think, girls?
8137What does it matter? 8137 What for?"
8137What for?
8137What has Billy really got against Purt Sweet?
8137What has gone wrong? 8137 What has happened to her now?"
8137What has that to do with Purt Sweet?
8137What have you there?
8137What is Gee Gee''s latest?
8137What is it now?
8137What is it? 8137 What is that you say, Laura Belding?"
8137What is that?
8137What is the difference?
8137What is the matter with him? 8137 What is the matter with that bank- note?
8137What is the matter, Mother Wit?
8137What is the trouble between them?
8137What kind of hardware are you trying to hang on me, Mother Wit?
8137What luck, old top?
8137What man? 8137 What of it?
8137What sort of fox- and- goose chase did Short and Long take you and Lance away on?
8137What then?
8137What then?
8137What wo n''t Laura Belding think of next?
8137What would you like to have us play?
8137What''s gone wrong, Laura?
8137What''s that, Miss Smarty?
8137What''s that?
8137What''s that?
8137What''s the matter with you, Short?
8137What-- what do you mean, Miss Carrington?
8137What----Just what do you mean?
8137What? 8137 What?"
8137What?
8137Where does the courage come in?
8137Where does the disgrace come in,pleaded poor Purt,"when I have n''t really done anything?"
8137Where were you then?
8137Who do you mean, Pa, by''the unfortunate''?
8137Who ever heard of such a thing as a banknote being printed wrong unless it was a counterfeit?
8137Who has a Perriton car, Short and Long?
8137Who is hurt?
8137Who is it?
8137Who was the other fellow?
8137Who-- who do you mean?
8137Who? 8137 Who?"
8137Who?
8137Who?
8137Why are you so sure?
8137Why did n''t Short and Long tell him he was in the revolving door?
8137Why does he want to act the donkey?
8137Why me?
8137Why not, Bess?
8137Why not? 8137 Why not?"
8137Why should you be?
8137Why the''orrid hobservation about poor Purt?
8137Why wo n''t she?
8137Why, he is a regular''man of mystery,''is n''t he?
8137Why, is n''t it strange?
8137Why-- why----What do I know about it?
8137Why? 8137 Will you, dear?
8137Would it, Dorothy?
8137Would n''t I cut a shine acting in a Greek play? 8137 Would you know him again?"
8137Would you take Hester''s part in the masquerade?
8137You are a stranger in town, are you not?
8137You are very anxious to help Prettyman Sweet, are n''t you, Billy?
8137You did n''t have a sudden attack of lockjaw, did you?
8137You do n''t mean it?
8137You doubt my willingness to prove my friendship?
8137You know that Dorothy was answering for her sister?
8137You mean Margaret Carrington?
8137You mean to tell me he is nearly five years old and can walk no better than_ that?_exclaimed Bobby teasingly.
8137You mean you would like to help him find his name and identity?
8137You saw her answer for her sister, Miss Morse?
8137You think he has proved himself a better fellow than you thought before?
8137You will see him, too, wo n''t you, Janet?
8137''What d''you think they''re doin''--rehearsin''with him?''"
8137''What is a pseudonym?''
8137And I believe I recognize that very charming Lady Mystery-- do I not?"
8137And how about that man who gave it to you?
8137And if we do n''t make a heap of money for the Red Cross, after all the advertising we''ve had, what will folks think of us?"
8137And look how he is carrying that gun, will you?"
8137And suppose the police do make inquiries?"
8137And the boys left us, did n''t they, to look up the car?"
8137And there is the other-- see?"
8137And what do you think?"
8137And what do you think?"
8137And you, Mrs. Sweet?
8137Are n''t they twice as long as they used to be?"
8137Are n''t you, Bobby?"
8137Are you not a lady?"
8137As he gazed the bell began to toll The hick stopped a passer- by and said:"''Tell me, why does the bell ring at this time of day?''
8137But do you think we can get her?"
8137But he said afterward to his wife that evening:"What are we going to do with such children, Mother?
8137But what became of my wealth?
8137But whose rabbits were they before you bought them?"
8137CHAPTER X BUT WHO IS HE?
8137CHAPTER XIV CHAINS ON HIS WHEELS"How came you to meet Janet?"
8137CHAPTER XVIII WHERE WAS PURT?
8137CHAPTER XXIV MR. NEMO, OF NOWHERE"Who is it?"
8137CHAPTER XXV IT IS ALL ROUNDED UP"Of course,"Lily Pendleton confessed,"I was at Hester''s party,""And Purt Sweet was there?"
8137Can it be possible that Dan is dead?''
8137Can it be possible, girls?
8137Can it be?"
8137Did n''t it, Chet?"
8137Did n''t you hear him?
8137Did you boys find the guilty party?"
8137Did you notice that?
8137Do n''t the doctors think he will recover his memory?"
8137Do n''t you know?"
8137Do you know if he had any lodging in Centerport?"
8137Do you know the latest?"
8137Do you mind giving me your name and address?"
8137Do you really mean it?"
8137Do you suppose that for once she gives us credit for knowing a little something?"
8137Do you wonder foreigners find English so difficult?
8137Does n''t he always have them on in winter?"
8137Does n''t it sound familiar to you?"
8137Have they changed the hours?
8137Have you those bank- notes they say you carried in your pocket when you were brought in?"
8137How did he so suddenly become Janet Steele''s Uncle Jack?"
8137I did, did I?"
8137I suppose you three girls have a perfectly delightful time at your Central High?"
8137I wonder if all his money is queer?"
8137IV THE MYSTERY MAN V SAND IN THE GEARS VI THE BANK- NOTE VII SOMETHING EXCITING VIII THE FOREFRONT OF TROUBLE IX THE ICE CARNIVAL X BUT WHO IS HE?
8137Indeed?"
8137Is he blind?"
8137Is n''t it awful, girls?"
8137Is n''t that it, Laura?"
8137Is n''t that just like you, Laura Belding?"
8137Last Christmas, d''you know what Purt did?"
8137May I speak to your class, Miss Carrington?"
8137Now, is n''t that refined and beautiful?"
8137Now, what do you know about that?"
8137Or Jess?
8137Or Lil?"
8137Or am I seeing something that you folks do n''t?"
8137Sharp?"
8137She did refuse, did she?"
8137She said to Jess and Laura, after they had parted from the other boys:"What do you know about that boy?
8137Suppose he should be dead?"
8137Tell us?"
8137That old thing?"
8137The fire was smothered, but what injury had it done to the boy?
8137The man who drove the car, I mean, or the one who possibly took the nine- ten express out of town that night?
8137The one who passed the bank- note on your son?"
8137Then:"Shall we walk along with Janet?"
8137Therefore, if he is not shielding some other person, what is he about?"
8137To pay half his fine?"
8137Tommy sat and ate, and ate, until the nurse said:"Tommy, do n''t you know that you are distending your stomach with all those sweets?
8137Was it?"
8137Was there a moment''s hesitation on the part of the Red Cross girl?
8137What am I thinking of?"
8137What could be more fitting for a leader of our costume parade?
8137What did I tell you?
8137What do they call you, son?"
8137What do you know about that?"
8137What do you mean-- you found a car?"
8137What do you suppose she has suggested?"
8137What do you suppose she wants to do?"
8137What do you suppose?
8137What do you think, Laura?"
8137What do you want me to do?"
8137What girl, however, does not love to"dress up and act?"
8137What girl?"
8137What happened, Bobby?"
8137What made Billy believe Pretty Sweet ran the man down?"
8137What shall we do?"
8137What''s her name?"
8137Whether Purt Sweet''s car had run down the man from Alaska or not, what did Hester know about it?
8137Who did he go with?"
8137Who is it-- Bobby?
8137Who was that awful person who ran down the man last night?
8137Who----?"
8137Why did n''t you, Laura, suggest somebody else for the part, as long as Margit could n''t take it?"
8137Will you help us out?"
8137Will you not, Janet?"
8137With my expensive family, do you think I can afford to lose fifty dollars?
8137Wo n''t you come in?
8137Would the play be a success?
8137Would you spoil all our chances?"
8137Would you want to?"
8137You know about that man who had his leg broken on Market Street?"
8137You know?"
8137You remember?
8137Your address?"
8137Your aunt?"
8137Your mother wo n''t mind my coming in this way, will she?"
8137_ You_ never did it, Purt?"
8137and"Who?"
8137begged Janet"Sha''n''t I get tea for us?"
8137cried Bobby boldly,"you are not really going to let that Hester Grimes act in this play, are you?
8137cried Mrs. Sweet"Wo n''t you come and talk to me while we are waiting?"
8137demanded Jess Morse, with disgust,"Knowing that Gee Gee is what she is, why could n''t Hester keep her own temper?"
8137drawled Lily Pendleton,"how did you know Hester would cut up so mean?"
8137exclaimed Bobby, when she saw Tommy slipping all over the icy sidewalk,"what is the matter with that boy?"
8137exclaimed Chet Belding,"you are skidding yourself, are n''t you?"
8137exclaimed Laura,"do you mean that you think of going away?"
8137exclaimed Laura,"what ever do you mean?"
8137gasped Chet,"if I''m nicked fifty dollars, how shall I ever be able to buy Christmas presents, or even give anything for the Red Cross drive?"
8137gasped Laura suddenly,"tell me what this is coming up the hill?
8137has he got the money himself?"
8137how do you expect us to guess the vagaries of the Carrington mind?"
8137murmured Nellie,"what would we do if Hester were twins?"
8137not careless?"
8137said Jess,"What about this nine- ten express Bobby spoke of?"
8137she said,"did n''t you tell us that you loved to skate?"
8137was he hurt badly?"
8137why did n''t you think of the girl who helped you out before?"