chauffeur's declaration that it was
"magerful" show, "yon fire-talk", that
he never expected to see the like carried
on by "tids o' lassies", but that it really
wasn't in him to stand there any longer
rolling his eyes over it, like a duck in
thunder. "Now, Andrew!" reasoned his
employer's young daughter. "You know
that you've driven my father and mother,
and Professor Lorry, too, to a dinner-party,
where the professor is to give a
talk about the Thunder Bird--and oh!
may its fiery tale be a long one to-night
-you won't have to fetch them home
for another two hours yet."

"Hoot! It's saft as peppermint I am
wi' ye, Miss Una, but it's time for all
lassies to gang home," returned the other
with paternal insistence, lifting his cap
in questioning appeal to the Guardian.

"He 's right, dear. We must be starting
for the home camp, too--just as
soon as we've seen that our fire
thoroughly extinguished," said Tanpa.

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