Part 24 (1/2)
”I think it's about the only thing we can do We would never be let coain”
There was perfect silence for a e one, and the near front wheel of the buggy was al to move hand or foot, I could only wish myself a rhinoceros
”Come on,” said one of the voices, at last
”Coreeood will
I' toto dehty y started
”We're not frightened of you now,” remarked one of the voices coround, and rolled like a liberated horse
”If you dare to say one single word, we'll just expose your shameful proposal
You irls with you, to be insulted like this O, we'll expose you!”
”Expose away And don't forget to reed to the shameful proposal I'll tell your mothers that I made that proposal just to try you, and you consented on condition of hed in the balances, and found wanting
Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin' Go on, Jerry, and let's have it over”
”What do you think, Annie?” asked one of the voices, whilst I made for my third tree
”He's the meanest wretch that ever breathed,” replied the other veheht men was so honourable!”
”Live and learn,” rejoined the escort pithily
”O, Harry!” panted one voice, ”I seen a white thing darting across there!”
”Quite likely,” replied Harry ”When a girl's gone cronk, like you, she ive you one ested one of the voices
”There's nothing else for it,” assented the other
By this tiy had disappeared in the darkness I heard it stop; then folloith slight intervals, two unsyllabled sounds
”Over again,” said Harry calmly ”You both cheated”
The sounds were repeated
”Over again You'll have to alter your hand a bit--both of you--or we'll be here all night Slower, this tiy started, and Harry's voice died away in the distance to an indistinct irls for this new exhibition of their shay any further, I saw a light on the other side of the road Makinga roughly ploughed fallow paddock, and then a two-rail fence; wondering all the while that I had never noticed the place when passing it in daylight At last, a quarter of a mile froht in a frontI opened the gate of the flower garden, and was soon crouched under the , taking stock of the interior
Asocks; and at the opposite side of the lairl, in holiday attire, with her elbows on the table and her fingers in her hair, reading some illustrated journal; while a little boy, squatted behind the girl's chair, was attaching a possum's tail to her improver
Like Enoch Arden (in my own little tin-pot way) I turned silently and sadly froht of going round to the back preate, I trod on a porcupine cactus, and forgot everything else for the ti the sole of ht that a brave ht worthy the ad round fro its shadow before
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