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...more whispered, was once more identified and got away. Easing through the third gate the little man was almost strangled by a pantherlike sentry, but again a sergeant and more whispers worked their magic and on he sneaked. At the fourth and final gate he jabbered so plausibly in shrill tones that he was freely passed by the final sentry. Flying into a towering rage at this, the little man threw off his disguise and as Emperor of Ethiopia tongue-lashed the trembling fourth sentry, ordered him into chains. On the three dutiful sentries their Emperor conferred medals...
...leaves and crisp breezes and blue skies--and even multicolored thoughts--are not the only things which throb in the Vagabond's heart. There's the shrill of the whistle....the sound of the punt...the dodge of the runner....the cries of the crowd....the grunt of the tackle....the call of a play, and, all over again. Yes, gentlemen, there's also the taste of hot dogs, racoons and bad ale. There are passes too high; there are seats too low. There are kicks on the field; there's kicking in the grandstand. There is good interference...
...Five blocks away in Carnegie Hall orchestramen in shirtsleeves rehearsed so relentlessly that a sore-lipped trumpeter had to beg off from a high shrill B. Conducting the players fiercely was Alexander Smallens. Occasionally illustrating a passage at the piano, occasionally clapping his hands to clarify a rhythm, was Composer George Gershwin. Commissioned by the Theatre Guild, he had written the score for what may prove to be the finest attempt yet at a real U. S. opera...
...have," replied the foreman. "We find the defendant not guilty." Judge Bryant jerked upright, a grey forelock falling over his wide, incredulous eyes. From the courtroom rose a shrill burst of female cheers. The judge banged his gavel, got quiet. Turning to the jury, he cried in a voice sharp with scorn: "You have labored long, and no doubt have given careful consideration to this case. Before I discharge you I will have to say that your verdict is such that shakes the confidence of law-abiding people in integrity and truth...
...allow themselves to become perturbed by it last week. Not so the sparrows which nest in the elm trees that shake like huge dark fans over Saratoga's Broadway. Disturbed by lights that burned all night, roused by bookmakers who on the street below kept up a shrill chatter until long after midnight, the birds chattered also, lapsed into nervous silence with the rest of the town, toward dawn...