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The Days Work

By: Rudyard Kipling

... the cymbals and the drums, Heavenly Ones, while yet there are flowers and songs. As men count time the end is far off; but as we who know reckon it i... ...white; and Tweezy, who comes from Kentucky, with an affliction of his left hip, which makes him a little uncertain how his hind legs are moving. He an... ...in’? I assuah you, gentlemen, there was a time befo’ I was afflicted in my hip, if you’ll pardon me, Miss T uck, when I was quite 43 The Day’s Work c... ...any span here.” Rod, the off-horse of the pair, had been standing with one hip lifted, like a tired cow; and you could only tell by the quick flutter ... ...ork infernal music rolled and maddened round red fires, while singers sang songs of the ancient times, and danced peculiar dances. The aboriginal liqu... ... across the sea. As the Guiding Light she was very badly wanted in a South American port for the little matter of entering harbour at full speed, coll... ...ving-wheels into the brick ash-pit beneath him. 007 was an eight-wheeled “American” loco, slightly different from others of his type, and as he sto... ...ive-cent sidewalk-fakirs’ mechanical toys! Here’ s an eight-wheel coupled ‘American’ don’t know what a hot-box is! Never heard of an emergency-stop ei... ...shed a hope that as soon as his trial was done, he would be led forth with songs and shoutings, and attached to a green-and-chocolate vestibuled flyer...

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