"German, that chap," drawled the captain of the Tsuen-Chau, lazily, noticing the uncertain military walk of the young man's clumsy legs, his uncouth clothes, his pale visage winged by blushing ears of coral pink.

"Well," Racey drawled softly, "I heard Nebraska's friends are looking for me.

He as much as said so!" "Ye-es," drawled the bride incredulously, "but" "Oh, he really did not, Con.

"Who's the kid?" he drawled companionably, while his fingers itched upon the hammer, and the soul of him lusted for sight of the hole it could make in the skull of the Captain.

" "You mean the cowboys from over The Hill, I guess," drawled Babe contemptuously.

he drawled, deliberately.

"Oh," Mrs. Condor had drawled rather disagreeably, "I thought you'd given up the idea.

The truth is, that these ferocious phrases are generally drawled forth in an ex-officio tone, as if the speaker were rather tired of that sort of thing, meant nothing very particular by it, and talked thus only as a matter of fashion.

he impudently drawled, as he stared straight into the sweet fresh face of Annie Foster.

he loathingly drawled, "is it Damned Fools' Day again?"

The other sisters glanced also at Aunt Nancy, and Sarah Jane took her hand, while she nudged Mrs. Homan with her free elbow and Mrs. Homan nudged Ruby Lee and Ruby Lee glanced at Lazy Daisy and Lazy Daisy drawled out meaningly: "Miss Abigail!"

she drawled nasally.

"And specifically, its name is Josephine, Countess St. Auban!" drawled another, opposite.

Soothed by the fragrant tobacco, and with an exquisite feeling of rest and freedom, I lay back in the corner and listened to Latimer's pleasantly drawling voice, as he described to me how he had accomplished his morning's coup.

"Waal," he reflectively drawled, "there's th' new barn.

"The thing ter do," drawled Growler sleepily, "is ter do nothin' 'tall till ye git somewheres where somethin's gotter be did, an' then like's not it's too late ter do anything an' all yer trouble's saved for ye!" Rudolf did not think much of this as advice, but Prowler seemed delighted.

"But I understand Old Heck's aiming to bet a little," he drawled suggestively; "probably you'd like to see him?"

Dear me!" drawled the clubman, sympathetically.

Worth asked, drawling it out tragically.

Paredes drawled unexpectedly: "There is nothing as lonely anywhere in the world.

And a turtle," he added resentfully after a pause, "lives hundreds of years, just because the darned things aren't any good on earth!" "Trade him for a camel," drawled Jack unsympathetically.

" "You are very kind, Sir Stephen," said Howardhis slow drawl unusually quickenedfor he, too, was touched, though he would have died rather than have admitted it, by the warmth of Sir Stephen's reception of his son.

he drawled, admiringly.

"Well, I don't blame either one of you," he drawled somewhat wistfully.

The voice drawled calmly to an end: "And that's what he is, this gent you got to finish what me and the rest started.