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40035And who knows but the mechanism of these creatures is set to respond to the swiftly traveling ions which make wireless telegraphy possible?
40035Can there be an instinctive fear of anything that crawls, or is not this fear taught us by unthinking persons?
40035Can you imagine a male and female calling to each other through the long and winding passageways beneath the ground?
40035Can you imagine an insect daring enough to brave the stings of the thousands of workers in a bee''s nest?
40035Did the Pharaohs, I wonder, or their wise men, seeing this, model their mummy cases after those which the butterflies make?
40035Did they go as far as evolution could go when it leaves the male out of account?
40035Does this picture represent, I wonder, one of the nightmare visions which haunt the dreams of baby flies?
40035Have you ever found a butterfly hanging beneath a leaf on a cold summer morning drenched with dew and stiff with cold?
40035Have you ever seen one trying to cross a field in a rain- storm and observed it vainly attempting to navigate the conflicting air currents?
40035How comes it that these forms of life have changed so little in a million years?
40035Is it any wonder then that men should be puzzled to know just what the true grasshopper hears?
40035Is this, I wonder, an insect make- believe, a caterpillar mask, as it were, to frighten away enemies?
40035The puzzle is, where do they come from so suddenly?
40035There is something fascinatingly strange to me in the babies of the winged butterflies, and I wonder why so many people have an aversion for them?
40035These long- horned wood borers do not themselves bore into the wood; how could they with their long antennæ?
40035This is supposed to be its ear, but what it hears and what it does not hear, who can tell?
40035Whence came our aversion to the spotless, winged grasshopper as food and our fondness for the flesh of the wallowing swine?
40035Where are the males, those representatives of society, those voters of our human colonies?
40035Where do they come from and what becomes of them?
40035Where do they roost at night and on rainy days?
40035Why did the ants, with their marvelous instincts, fail to conquer the world?
40035Why have they stood still for thousands of years after they had perfected their social organization?
1887''Has she finished her web?
1887After this cannibal orgy, does the Lycosa go back home?
1887All things considered, is not this charming edifice an animal fruit, a germ- casket, a capsule to be compared with that of the plants?
1887And have we not the tarentella, a lively and nimble dance, bequeathed to us perhaps by the healing art of the Calabrian peasant?
1887And how?
1887And what does she do in there, under her arch of withered flowers and silk?
1887And what does this cosy mass protect?
1887And what?
1887Are we face to face with a similar process?
1887Are we to recognize a mere effect of organic structure in the Epeira''s art?
1887As the technical name tells the reader nothing, how shall he be informed?
1887Besides, is it really a corpse that the Epeira wants, she who feeds on blood much more than on flesh?
1887But is that all?
1887But on what?
1887But the little things are at the mercy of the winds: where will they alight?
1887But what shall we say of the Cricket, who is exposed to a thousand mishaps when away from home?
1887But where?
1887But why drag in''Clotho''?
1887By what miracle is there room for such a family?
1887Can dissymetry, that source of contrasts, be a general rule?
1887Can he be unscathed, in spite of the sort of kiss which I saw given to him just now?
1887Can it be that they derive sustenance from the silken wrapper?
1887Can it be to protect themselves from the too- vivid light?
1887Can it then be a premeditated design on the part of the Epeira?
1887Can she be more clear- sighted than the Lycosa?
1887Can something unusual be afoot?
1887Can the animal be deceived by the soft contact of the cork?
1887Can the expression_ onustus_ refer simply to her slow and sidelong walk?
1887Can there be calculation, measurement of angles, gauging of the parallel by means of the eye or otherwise?
1887Can this other mother have so great a need as that to eat?
1887Did I guess aright when I judged that it was a fatty substance that preserved the Epeira from the snares of her sticky Catherine- wheel?
1887Do they eat their house?
1887Does it contain gleams that contrive, wishes that pursue a definite object?
1887Does she come to their assistance and help them to regain their place on her back?
1887Does she give up hunting during this period, of bright sunlight?
1887Does she invite them to the banquet when she has secured a prize?
1887Does she work imperturbably?
1887Does the Epeira know the secret of fatty substances?
1887Does the Lycosa at least feed the younglings who, for seven months, swarm upon her back?
1887Does the Spider kill the patient with a view to avoiding unseasonable jerks, protests so disagreeable at dinner- time?
1887Does the Spider possess the counterpart of this habit of clear thinking?
1887Does the mother give them a thought?
1887For what reason?
1887Has she caught a Moth?''
1887How comes it that the Tarantula always has the upper hand and this moreover in a very short conflict, whence she emerges unscathed?
1887How do they know?
1887How do those thousands of legs manage to grow without straining themselves?
1887How does she make her exits and her entrances?
1887How does she obtain, at will, skeins of diverse hues and grades?
1887How does she turn them out, first in this fashion, then in that?
1887How does the Epeira come to succeed with her difficult problem, so strangely managed?
1887How does the Spider direct an establishment of this kind?
1887How does the bird proceed, in order to knit its stocking?
1887How has he, in his distant corner, heard of the presence of the nymph ripe for marriage?
1887How is she apprised?
1887How is the silky matter moulded into a capillary tube?
1887How is this brought about?
1887How is this tube filled with glue and tightly twisted?
1887How will they set to work to achieve this distant exodus, weaklings that they are, taking such very tiny steps?
1887How will this living fruit, ripening in the heat beloved of the Cicadae, manage to burst?
1887How, above all, will dissemination take place?
1887How, with such simple implements as its beak and claws, does it manage to produce a fabric which our skilled fingers would fail to achieve?
1887If I persuaded them to bite me, what would happen to me?
1887If some giddy- pate allow himself to be caught, will the Spider, at the distance whereto she has retired, be unable to take advantage of the windfall?
1887If we would carve an epitaph of some duration, what could we find better than a Beetle''s wing- case, a Snail''s shell or a Spider''s web?
1887In case of such a disaster, would the Spider go back to the sandy stalactites, as a ready means of restoring stability?
1887Instead of that, what do we find?
1887Is disordered the word?
1887Is it a dream, or the anticipation of a remote reality?
1887Is it a mere dream in the night of the intricate, an abstract riddle flung out for our understanding to browse upon?
1887Is it an animal, a fluff of wool, a cluster of small seeds fastened to one another?
1887Is it the whim of a nomenclator, at a loss for words to denote the ever- swelling tide of beasts that require cataloguing?
1887Is that all she can do?
1887Is the animal, on its side, right- handed, left- handed, or unbiased?
1887Is this the right moment?
1887Is what I have just seen due to accident or to premeditation?
1887Must we take these queer things seriously or laugh at them?
1887Now what do the youngsters do, while their mother is being eaten?
1887Now what does she do in her softly- wadded home?
1887Now what does the Epeira do in the face of this disaster?
1887Once more, with what do the little ones keep up their strength?
1887One would say so; but does the Spider know how to patch her work, as a thrifty housewife darns her linen?
1887Or are there neutrals, endowed with equal powers of skill and energy on both sides?
1887Or does she need undisturbed quiet?
1887Running the risk of being eaten alive, will he venture to plunge into his lady''s cave, into a lair whence flight would be impossible?
1887Shall he go closer?
1887Shall not hunger, which brings the wolf from the wood, also bring the Tarantula out of her hole?
1887The question at once presents itself: Does the Spider possibly recognize her fabric by certain trademarks and distinguish it from that of her fellows?
1887Then by what mechanism is the delivery effected?
1887Then how comes it that, of the five mothers reared in my cages, not one has had recourse to the clay rampart?
1887Then where are the digging- implements?
1887Then where is the entrance?
1887Then why should she collect those prizes, whose slimy flesh is probably not to her taste?
1887Then with what are they sustained, during their seven months''upbringing on the mother''s back?
1887To what shall we attribute the heat expended upon action, when the animal takes absolutely no nourishment?
1887Up to what point are we to generalize?
1887Well, what can this gem among Spiders do?
1887Well, what has the Spider done to keep the gossamer stretched, to steady it and to make it retain its greatest capacity?
1887What am I to do?
1887What are the methods, what the wiles of atom contending with atom?
1887What are they doing there, so quietly?
1887What becomes of them when they have a fall?
1887What bird- catcher could vie with the Garden Spider in the art of laying lime- snares?
1887What can the Clotho do with a_ Pupa cinerea_, a_ Pupa quadridens_ and other narrow spirals wherein the animal retreats to an inaccessible depth?
1887What do the little ones eat, on the maternal spine?
1887What guides her?
1887What has happened?
1887What infinitely tiny Midges does she capture before possessing the strength to stab her Bee?
1887What is it that she really wants?
1887What is the object of this circular motion?
1887What is the purpose of this turret?
1887What is the withered thing waiting for, before expiring?
1887What is this point?
1887What is this?
1887What reason can we allege for this neglect?
1887What will happen if I procure her the visit of a Banded Epeira?
1887What will posterity do in face of the rising tide of a barbarous vocabulary which, under the pretence of progress, stifles real knowledge?
1887What will the Spiders do, when thus put to the test of the unknown?
1887What will the homeless Spider do?
1887What will the spider do in the presence of this grievous rent?
1887What would happen if matters, instead of being brought about by my wiles, took place in the open fields?
1887What would happen if one robbed an old dwelling, long since completed, of its outer covering?
1887What would happen if the two belonged to the same species?
1887When and how is the burrow obtained wherein the Lycosa, once a vagrant, now a stay- at- home, is to spend the remainder of her long life?
1887When calm is restored, she resumes her attitude, ceaselessly pondering the harsh problem of life:''Shall I dine to- day, or not?''
1887When will this sublime metamorphosis be accomplished?
1887Where are the eggs?
1887Where could she store enough fuel to keep up mobility during so long a period?
1887Where did the murderess strike her?
1887Where do these glairy creatures pick up this science?
1887Where is she to place the pockets of eggs, if the ruins of the previous laying remain in the way?
1887Where shall I find again the wonderful spectacle which the Cross Spider offered me by chance?
1887Where shall we find in the Penduline''s mattress aught to vie with the Epeira''s eiderdown, that teazled russet gossamer?
1887Where will it be effected?
1887Where would it stow the necessary reserves for such an amount of work?
1887Which of the two bandits shall have the best of it?
1887Who contrived this window, which was not there at first?
1887Who shall tell us all the wiles employed by this clever and daring huntress?
1887Why at a distance?
1887Why not live on sun, seeing that, after all, we find naught but sun in the fruits which we consume?
1887Why not?
1887Why should I not to- day imitate that expert butcher, the Tarantula?
1887Why should not physical science step in as well?
1887Why should so many admirable lives be sacrificed to the greater prosperity of brigandage?
1887Why should there be workers to feed idlers, why sweated to keep sweaters in luxury?
1887Why these rambles?
1887Why, moreover, does this line always start in the centre of the sticky network and nowhere else?
1887Why?
1887Why?
1887Why?
1887Why?
1887Why?
1887Will it never be given to us to probe reality in a simpler fashion?
1887Will our intelligence be able one day to dispense with the heavy arsenal of formulae?
1887Will the Spider be able to know the one that belongs to her?
1887Will the Spider dare?
1887Will they be accepted, if supplied by my stratagems?
1887Will this vigilance frighten off the Ichneumon and other lovers of omelettes?
1887Would it not be simpler to restore the old web, which might serve many times yet, if a few rents were just repaired?
1887Would we make her acquaintance?
1887Would we see this might triumphant in all its beauty?
1887Would you care to bring her to the light of day from the depths of her well?
1887Would you care to see the trap at work?
1887{ 24} Does the mother, feeling the brood quicken inside the satin wrapper, herself break open the vessel at the opportune moment?
33994A wise and patriotic decision,said Captain Bruce,"but how did you get out of the Pixie quarters?"
33994And give me-- that?
33994And has it come to this, my good friends?
33994And set me free?
33994And the last part of the conversation--?
33994And what has he to say about it?
33994And you will not be ready to help us before eleven or twelve, then?
33994Any name on her?
33994Are n''t we being gulled by these Pixies? 33994 Are they sending boats ashore?"
33994Are we all ready?
33994Are you Raft Dolomede?
33994Asleep? 33994 Aye; but how shall we bring that about?"
33994But Dodge, pray tell us how you saw all this from your inner prison?
33994But have you any opinion at all about it? 33994 But he has been out in the summer, has n''t he?"
33994But how came you here?
33994But is the news true, comrade?
33994But tell me, what strange fancy could have turned yon insect into an amateur grave digger?
33994But what about Fort Spinder? 33994 But what became of Proud?"
33994But what do the Natties mean?
33994But what is this? 33994 But when is it to be done,"asked Heady,"and how are we to make a landing in face of the enemy''s camp?
33994But where is he?
33994Can not you come without the Governor?
33994Can you make her out, Captain?
33994Captain,said Hide,"would n''t Bruce compromise by simply letting our folks retire from the fort unmolested?
33994Come, lads,cried Pipe,"can not we have a song?"
33994Could our troops break through or climb over it? 33994 Did n''t I wait, just to make sure of that?"
33994Did n''t we batter them, though?
33994Did you observe the position of the men?
33994Do n''t you see? 33994 Do n''t you think you were a little too severe with the boys, father?"
33994Do you know the condition of the Old Bridge?
33994Do you know them?
33994Do you see them?
33994Do you see?
33994Do you think you are old enough to measure strength with the Pixies?
33994Do? 33994 Do?
33994Do?
33994Dodge? 33994 Get out of this trouble?"
33994Go? 33994 Gone-- what do you mean?"
33994Gone? 33994 Has any one a cruse of Lily Balm?"
33994Has your Majesty any orders or counsel? 33994 Have they returned?"
33994Have you done anything?
33994Have you seen Scaly the Sprite down below?
33994Have your old foes driven you from your homestead, and shut you out from the mansion and from me? 33994 How are the ponies, Blythe?
33994How can I bring back the poor lasses? 33994 How did they know of our movements?
33994How did you come here? 33994 How did you find out all this?"
33994How does the creature manage it? 33994 How far away, Sir?"
33994How goes it with the prisoners; are they well?
33994How is this, Sergeant? 33994 How is this,"they cried,"do you mean to leave off a work so well begun?
33994How many names have been drawn?
33994How shall we get off?
33994I followed your venture,continued Hide,"will you risk mine?"
33994If we could abandon the fort,he muttered;"if we could quietly steal out and leave the enemy watching an empty camp?
33994Is it a night attack?
33994Is it possible that we have been mistaken, and that pirates have done this outrage after all? 33994 Is it possible?
33994Is it the Captain?
33994Is n''t it just as easy to call folks by their proper names? 33994 Is n''t this a grand celebration of our victory?"
33994Is she dead?
33994Is that all, Sir?
33994Is the Captain there?
33994Is there no deliverance?
33994Is there no escape then? 33994 Is there no trace at all?"
33994It''s the Pixie navy, then?
33994Lead on? 33994 May I go in with the Fairy?"
33994Must we give it up?
33994Need fresh horses? 33994 No use?
33994Now the question is, what shall we do? 33994 Now, Dan, it''s your turn,"I said;"what say you?"
33994Oh, Faith, you do n''t believe they would do that?
33994Old enough?
33994Outward? 33994 Ready?"
33994Shall we place another picket?
33994Shall we, inclined to sadness, Strike melancholy''s string? 33994 Sharpsight gone?"
33994So my brave little Captain,said the Elf,"you''ve been whistling for the Breeze at last, have you?
33994The fact is, Cap''n?
33994This is what I want,continued Madam Breeze;"to- morrow morning-- wheeze!--do you hear me?
33994Three, did you say?
33994To be sure,said Joe,"why not, Sir?
33994Ugly? 33994 W''at do you know aboout Brownies, Sary Ann, I''d jes''like to know?
33994We are safe this time,whispered MacWhirlie to Vigilant,"but what shall we do?
33994Well, Hide, what is it?
33994Well, Hide, what shall we do?
33994Well, lads,said the Lieutenant, looking around with brightened face,"Is that little unpleasantness settled?
33994Well, what is it? 33994 Well, what then, Sir?"
33994Well,continued the boatswain,"have you nothing to say?
33994Well,said Bruce,"what have you to tell?"
33994Well,she said at last,"now you have me, what''ll you do with me?"
33994Well?
33994Well?
33994What are they doing?
33994What are we to do with these, now?
33994What became of your Pixie?
33994What can I do for you, or what will you do for me?
33994What can it be?
33994What can it be?
33994What can it be?
33994What can it mean?
33994What can this mean?
33994What do you bring me, brothers?
33994What do you make her out?
33994What do you make it out?
33994What do you make of it all?
33994What do you mean, fellow? 33994 What do you think of that?"
33994What do you think, wife? 33994 What has happened?
33994What have you done with the Nurses?
33994What have you to gain by it, Cap''n? 33994 What is Lawe about?"
33994What is it? 33994 What is it?"
33994What is it?
33994What is that?
33994What is that?
33994What is the matter now?
33994What is the news?
33994What is this? 33994 What of the Ram?
33994What sage starts that question?
33994What say you, Captain?
33994What say you, Hide?
33994What shall be done?
33994What shall it be?
33994What shall we do to support you?
33994What was it-- that terrible cry?
33994What will come of all this, Captain?
33994What''s in the wind now?
33994What''s in the wind, now?
33994What''s the matter now?
33994What, is n''t the giantess dead?
33994When do you breakfast?
33994Where away?
33994Where away?
33994Where have the Pixies assaulted the line?
33994Where is our Sophia?
33994Where is the Captain?
33994Where is the Captain?
33994Where is the Lieutenant, then?
33994Where next?
33994Where, where? 33994 Whither now?"
33994Who are they?
33994Who are you and whence do you come?
33994Who ever heard of Pixies hanging a serpent?
33994Who ever heard the like?
33994Who goes there?
33994Who has it?
33994Who is here?
33994Who is it?
33994Who is that?
33994Who will report as to the river front and interior?
33994Who''ll go with me into the hole?
33994Why not print them?
33994Why, Sophie,exclaimed the youth,"what has possessed you?
33994Why, what can I do?
33994Will the Cloud Elves be at home?
33994Will you print the papers?
33994With their prisoners?
33994Yes, yes,said Spite gruffly,"we all see that; but how does the machine work?
33994You are sure you understand your father aright?
33994You can not mean that?
33994You do n''t mean that seriously, do you?
33994You have changed your opinion about some of the inferior creatures, have you not?
33994You have come at last, have you? 33994 You know me, do you?
33994You mean that a Pixie in a bush is worth two in a fort, do n''t you?
33994You will stop your nonsense, return to duty and obey orders, will you?
33994[ BO]But if we fail to discover anything on the foot of the island?"
33994[ L]Did you venture into it?"
33994[ S]But Rodney?
33994*****"Oh Faith, do you hear that?"
33994A little hop- toad, disturbed by the commotion, leaped from beneath a cool leaf to ask"What''s the matter?"
33994A night attack?"
33994Again the voice came, stronger than before, saying,"who is there?"
33994Among these was Gear, who, while he floundered about and ducked his head, said,"Wh-- wh-- what''s become of the brute''s armor?
33994An old Pixie, large and gaunt, thrust out her head, and cried,"What do you want?
33994An''d''ye think I''d trust those fellows on the Point to cut these cables and set me free?
33994An''w''y not here as well as other places?
33994And Rodney?
33994And how could they heave the roof upward with a great log lying on it?
33994And how''s Spite the Spy?
33994And so these horrid Pixies have worried the life out of you?
33994And then, was their noble Lieutenant, their leader now, to risk his life in that cave with so few to support him?
33994And what bird could have built it?"
33994And what have you to say about the whole affair?"
33994And what is this?
33994And what would become of the Pixie cause in that case?
33994And you did n''t go to my gentle Lady Zephyr this time, hey?
33994And you have come to the little fat lady at last, hey?
33994And-- who knows?
33994Another victim?
33994Any Brownies about?
33994Are we sure that our lost ones are at the fort yet?
33994Are you frozen up?
33994Are you ready for trial?"
33994Are you ready to accept it without more ado?"
33994Are you satisfied?
33994Are you sure that is Ensign Lawe?
33994Are you sure that you are not badly hurt, True?
33994Are you sure-- it''s-- only you?"
33994As he sat there, awaiting their return, he queried again and again,"What can it be?"
33994Asleep, I hope?"
33994Assassinate Bruce?
33994At last a low, timid voice squeaked forth the question,"Who''s there?"
33994Blythe sprang forward, grasped Tigrina by the arm until she fairly winced under the pressure, and exclaimed,"are they alive?--are they safe?
33994But can you be sure that the slaveholder scout will not be back again, with a host of its fellows, and do its work more surely?"
33994But could the devoted officers and their little band escape destruction?
33994But es for them Pixies-- w''at''s the use uv sech critters, anyhow?
33994But how?
33994But is Mr. Hoox Lee in earnest do you think?"
33994But pray, whence came the spider?
33994But to marry him?
33994But what could I say?
33994But what could you do even if I were to tell you?
33994But what else did you observe?"
33994But what if Spite should manage to get his great log anchor on it?
33994But what were they to think of this last movement of the Pixie?
33994But where will he land?"
33994But, can I manage it?"
33994Ca n''t we cross the south channel?
33994Ca n''t we get that boat adrift?
33994Ca n''t you hear?"
33994Call that seamanship?
33994Can it be?
33994Can not they awake?
33994Can you read the Order?]
33994Captain, what say you?
33994Come, what say you?"
33994Commodore, have there been any boats or ships off shore lately?"
33994Could it be possible?
33994Could n''t you keep them out, wife?"
33994Could they hold it until Governor Wille came to their help?
33994Cousin Faith gone?
33994Did n''t know that Faith and Sophia are safe in the Brownie camp, hey?
33994Did they mean to test their new machine on me?
33994Did you notice the shaking of the earth?
33994Do n''t you know me?"
33994Do n''t you remember that they told us of Hide''s plans?
33994Do n''t you see?
33994Do you all understand?"
33994Do you believe it?"
33994Do you blame her?
33994Do you know anything?
33994Do you know that yacht?"
33994Do you mean our poor boatswain who was lost this morning?"
33994Do you see now?
33994Do you see them putting up a new tent?"
33994Do you see them?
33994Do you see, Boatswain?
33994Ensign?"
33994Faith ally herself with you?
33994Faith, had n''t you better leave off distilling, and help us for a while with the dressing?"
33994Faith?
33994Gone!--where?
33994Gone?
33994Has his breath improved any?
33994Has the Assembly any advice?"
33994Have you lint and balm in your satchel?
33994Have you taken summer lodgings?
33994Her balmy breath would n''t quite suit your present purpose?
33994Her eyes flashed as she answered:"Spite, chief, Pixie, fiend!--whatever you call yourself, what evil spirit could have devised such an unholy scheme?
33994Hey, Raft?"
33994Hey, mother?"
33994Hey, my boy, do n''t you know Sophie''s daddy?"
33994How are we to get back?
33994How are your new boarders?
33994How came he into their hands?"
33994How came he therein?
33994How came we here?"
33994How can one tell?
33994How could he have got off unnoticed?
33994How d''ye tink dem insecks an''bugs and tings w''at Mars Mayfiel''tole us aboout, done foun''out how to do dar peert tricks?
33994How did he get it?"
33994How did it come about?"
33994How do the lads manage to escape the darts from the--?"
33994How does it look on your side?"
33994How is the thing done?
33994How much better to be free upon the Fringe, than imprisoned in Dame Tigrina''s halls?
33994How shall I find fitting duty and engagement for these eager hearts, restless hands, and busy brains?"
33994How should he do that without being discovered?
33994How with yours?"
33994I am delighted and honored by your action, Madam-- Madam?
33994I wonder the sages did n''t think of that question?"
33994If he failed again, what should they do?
33994If she should speak out her whole heart, would he not turn against her and Faith with bitterness?
33994If you ca n''t marry Halfway, what do you say to Raft?
33994In a pinch are you?
33994In the meantime how fared it with Faith and Sophia?
33994In the meanwhile how fared it with Twadeils and his party?
33994Indeed, it had well nigh come to such a pass with the Brownies that they ceased to ask: How shall we beat back the Pixies?
33994Is Man an Automaton?
33994Is all in order for the assault?"
33994Is he only seeking to turn her attention from his friends?
33994Is it a dream?
33994Is it all chance?
33994Is it so?"
33994Is it the vision of a nightmare?
33994Is that your husband?"
33994Is there a traitor among us?
33994It''s you, is it?
33994Labyrinthea ran down her trap line, pushed her head between the bars of a window and called out,"Who''s there?"
33994March out with arms, banners, and all the honors, and leave the Brownies to occupy the old shell, and destroy it at their leisure?
33994May we not find some other traces of them that will enable us to go to work more intelligently?
33994More forts to smash?
33994Moreover, for why should we keep it a secret?
33994Not fit for the journey back?
33994Now, whar dey gwine to fin''out all dat, I ax agin, an''how is dey gwine to do it, unless de Fairies helps''em?
33994Now-- wheeze!--rest there a moment, will you?
33994On the ponies, hey?
33994Or has this something to do with the loss of my poor child?
33994Or stop and pick up some of the fellows imprisoned here in the towers?"
33994Or, would anything interfere to hinder him from keeping his promise?
33994Ought she not to make the sacrifice, and save dear Faith?
33994Pray, how chanced you to come across this waterman and his boat?"
33994Pretty well done out, hey?
33994Queer, is n''t it?
33994Ready, Captain?
33994Ready, my hearties?"
33994Scarcely an hour had passed ere Captain Bruce heard the sharp challenge of the sentinel before his tent door:"Who goes there?"
33994See those lights on the Emma?
33994Shall I keep her so?"
33994Shall I slip out now or not?
33994Shall we have''Woodmen, Boatmen, Sailors and Horsemen?''
33994Shall we print the Brownie book?"
33994Shall we push our raft right over the barricade to the gate of the fort?
33994She spoke in a dreamy way, as though talking to herself:"Carried off by the Pixies?
33994She stretched up an arm to-- seize the Brownies?
33994Silence-- do you hear?
33994Sophia gone?"
33994Sophia?
33994Speak, ca n''t you?"
33994Speak, girl, what do you mean?"
33994Spite''s voice was trembling with-- fear, shall we say?
33994That was very mean, to be sure; but what better could you expect from Spite the Spy?
33994That''s the plan; what say you?"
33994The Brownies jumped to their feet and MacWhirlie exclaimed:"What is that?
33994The Mistress interrupted the reading:"Well, what has interested you?
33994The Mistress waited a moment or two and then in her quiet way replied,"Pray, how should I know?
33994The point under discussion was this:"Shall we make another appeal to Governor Wille, or shall we first try an assault upon the new Pixie fort?"
33994The suggestion to visit the other towers and bag all the Pixies therein was a strong temptation; but ought they not now to push straight to camp?
33994The warmth of the sun was pleasant, for I was chilled by the water, and was so exhausted that, would you believe it?
33994Then he saw Wille and Dido go off wearily to their bed- chamber, and wondered,"Shall I disturb them?
33994Then they began to clamor for orders:"What shall we do, Captain?"
33994There is an opening then in your solid shell?
33994There''s nothing to hinder you from following up what you have already found out yourselves, is there?"
33994There, do you see?
33994Think they can carry us back?"
33994Think''s I, ca n''t I lay hold of the old lady, and get her to tow me out of this, and may be ashore?
33994This; I found myself unconsciously asking,"What will destroy the Wasp, in its turn?"
33994Tigrina at last broke the silence:"You will give me my life?"
33994True looked in amazement upon him, and asked half angrily:"What reason, even according to Pixie policy, could you have had for telling us such lies?"
33994True therefore questioned the returning searchers:"Have you seen anything?"
33994True turned to his captive and asked,"Are you the captain of that yacht?"
33994Under water a whole day?"
33994W''at''s de good?
33994W''at''s people goin''to say about sech goins- on, any way?
33994Want proof of it, do you?"
33994Was n''t the creature dead?
33994Was the Sergeant in a merry humor, and planning some trick upon the party?
33994Was there any chance for them to return to the fort?
33994We ca n''t do much to- day, and-- but will to- morrow be clear?"
33994We have heard the reports of the scouts; shall we make an attack?"
33994Well, what is it?"
33994Were they lost?
33994Wh-- what do you think he has d-- d-- done with it?"
33994What about Pipe?
33994What are the defences of the front walls?"
33994What can we expect from our terrible foes?
33994What could I do against those dreadful creatures?
33994What could be done?
33994What could that mean?
33994What could that portend?
33994What could the strange interruption mean?
33994What do you make her out to be?"
33994What do you say to that?"
33994What had I to say about this incident?
33994What had become of Spite?
33994What has become of them?
33994What has the sage to say on that point?"
33994What has troubled them?
33994What have you to rely upon for them all?
33994What have you to say to that?"
33994What interest have you in the silly things?"
33994What is he doing?
33994What is that to you?
33994What is the cause of this?"
33994What is the mysterious ligature that binds in this sympathy of movements the sovereign will of immortal man and the automatic brain cell of a spider?
33994What is to be done with us?
33994What is wanted now, pray?"
33994What is wrong with Rodney?
33994What say you, lads?"
33994What say you, lads?"
33994What say you, my pretty?
33994What say you?
33994What say you?
33994What say you?"
33994What say you?"
33994What say you?"
33994What shall I do about it?
33994What shall I do?
33994What shall be our policy?
33994What shall it be?"
33994What shall we do?
33994What should I do?
33994What should they do?
33994What should they do?
33994What should we do?
33994What sort of hidden machinery has that Pixie within himself to enable him to go contrary to the current into the bushes on yonder shore?"
33994What troubles you?"
33994What''s i''the wind, that you all run from your old comrade, and stand staring at me as though I were a ghost?
33994What?
33994When did Abby write it?"
33994When the Assembly had been called to order, the King of the Brownies asked,"Who will volunteer to go to America with our dear friends, the Willes?"
33994Whence does it arise?
33994Where are they?
33994Where are we?
33994Where could the others be?
33994Where does he keep his yacht?"
33994Where is Dodge''s Jail?]
33994Where is the next pier?"
33994Where shall we find the fellow''s laboratory?
33994Whirlit, Keener, you rogues, where are you?
33994Whirlit, Whisk, Keener and all the rest of you, do you hear?
33994Whither?"
33994Whither?"
33994Who else could it be?
33994Who goes there?"
33994Who knows?
33994Who made her?
33994Who was on guard over there, to the north?"
33994Who was the sentinel?"
33994Who will volunteer?
33994Who would have thought it of the old hag?
33994Why are n''t they here now?"
33994Why had such a sorrow come upon them?
33994Why should she, too, have come back with a tear upon her cheek?
33994Why should this instinctive sympathy of children with Automata and their clumsy tricks, be so deep- seated and wide- spread?
33994Why should we dwell upon what followed?
33994Why, comrades, what has possessed you?
33994Why, do n''t you see?
33994Why, when did Brownies ever give up to Pixies?
33994Why-- in Heaven''s name, Vigilant, what''s the matter?"
33994Will it hold out, I wonder?"
33994Will she remember, think you?
33994Will you believe that among the Tenants of our Old Farm is a nation of Fairies?
33994Would he ever get it up?
33994Would it not be right for her to save Faith, at least, by complying?
33994Would you go down to the bottom of the lake to speak to her?
33994Would you like to know who we are?
33994Wounded, nearly exhausted, overpowered by numbers, what could I do?
33994Yes, it''s Pipe-- who else?
33994Yes?
33994Yes?
33994You are quite sure of that?"
33994You did n''t know that the Brownies had been here, hey?
33994You know where that is?"
33994You want to know my opinion of the matter?
33994You''d make a fine base ball, now, would n''t you?
33994[ AC]"How shall I put her head now?"
33994[ AD] What could control them when the absence of their two chief officers should be discovered?
33994and were beginning to wonder, How shall we escape with our lives?
33994asked Policy,"and would you kindly tell us where she may be found?"
33994asked the chief,"shall we go on?"
33994ca n''t you wake?
33994cried Policy,"and now, when will you begin operations, and how many of us will you want to help you?"
33994cried the Brownie sentinel,"What boat is that?"
33994do n''t you see he has stripped it off?
33994do you see that?"
33994echoed the unseen Brownie Queen,"unnatural?
33994exclaimed Tigrina,"and will it sing for me, too?
33994friend Steadypace,"was the reply,"do n''t you know me?
33994he cried,"where is the door of the old hag''s cave?"
33994he muttered at last,"would you risk the discovery of all for the sake of one miserable Brownie more or less in the world?
33994how could she listen to such a proposal?
33994if their beloved leader should come to this end?
33994or any other way to prevent the catastrophe which they dreaded?
33994or was it only the grass rocking in the wind?"
33994or, seize Faith?
33994said Hide,"or-- what?"
33994said Spite in his rough way,"Where''s old Hyp this morning?"
33994said he,"is it that you are after?
33994she cried,"I-- I-- and so it''s not Bruce this time?
33994that''s the way the wind blows, hey?
33994what are you putting her head down the lake for?"
33994what can that mean?
33994what is this?"
33994what shall I call you?"
33994what shall we do?"
33994who is there?
33994who?
33994will she not venture?