Well, he was glad Bob's sister was nervy; he likednervy girls and he liked Bob.
DEAR BOB: "I know it's awfully nervy of me to drop in on you and Emma right at the beginning of your honeymoon, but I am coming just the same.
You're a pair of nervy kids, anyway," laughed the outlaw.
Now a man may be nervy enough, but self-preservation is the first rule of life.
Aunt 'Mandy, Aunt Ca'line and Aunt 'Nervy came up one after the other.
Aunt 'Nervy and Aunt Ca'line deserted their families that they might stay with her until all was over, doing their best to give her comfort.
It was Aunt 'Nervy who first thought of sending for the girl cousin to whom the trunkful of clothes had been given.
Aunt 'Nervy and Aunt Ca'line and the rest had returned to their respective homes, even Jenny had gone back to Bowersville where she boarded with a relation and went to school.
She must have been a pretty nervywoman the way she jumped at that lead.
Casey's a bold, nervy boy, and he reached for his revolver and crept barefooted to the head of the stairs.
It was nervy but I wanted to give him a dig, he having put on airs and treated me like a doormat.
That's how I come to be nervy enough to write this story--but you'll see for yourself.
At that moment Frank felt a thrill of actual fear, nervy though he was; but he understood that he must not let fear get the best of him, and he instantly flung it off.
Like a flash, the nervy youth flung the table against the downcast wretch's companions, making them reel.
It was a brave and nervy act--the act of a true hero.
More than that, from their appearance, they were people who would not think of such acts at home, but now were eager to know the Northern lad who by one nervyand daring act had made himself generally talked about in a Southern city.
Future generations shall regard me as one of the most nervy and daring men of my age.
But the remainder of the front held, largely through the effective work of the American trench mortar and the deadly machine gunners shooting for revenge of the death of Ballard, their nervy leader, held fast their strongholds.
His first sergeant, a nervous and a nervy little man too, for Detroit has seen the Croix de Guerre he won, showed anxiety over the dilatoriness of the men in loading the sleighs.
There's nothing too nervy for her to tackle if it needed to be done.
And unless we did find it, thereby giving the gentlemen of the mask some incentive to match themselves against us once more, we were not likely to have the opportunity of breaking up a nervy bunch of murdering thieves.
Nervy as men are made, MacRae worshiped at the shrine of an even break, a square deal for friend or foe.
He made no excuses to those who told what a nervy fight he had made.
And the countrey fast without the towne belongeth to the Malayos, which is a kinde of proud people.
Only, big as he is, he's not a real strong man, and crumples down where small nervy men stand up.
Your Uncle Sam is a nervy citizen, and it was a sorry day for proud old Spain when she lighted the fuse to blow up our good warship.
I can see that our little Elsa is a trifle nervy to-day; she does me more honour than I deserve by resenting your great kindness to me.
Less than a second and already he had guessed her purpose: before she could reach the door he had his back against it and his nervy fingers had grasped her wrist.
The pale-faced but nervy reporter turned toward the east and started slowly down the track.
Both Jellup and Ned turned to see thenervy young reporter with the torn suit case open on the ground at his feet.
The nervy boy had been tempted to abandon the wagon and follow the light, but his second judgment was against this.
He knew well enough that Cohen was especially dangerous at this stage of the game, for the nervy Hebrew was one of those rare batters who hit better in a pinch than at any other time, the necessity seeming always to prime him properly.
Then the nervy young Hebrew stood forth and demonstrated that he had a good eye by refusing to bite at the coaxers and compelling Grant to put the pill across.
I look at those maroon curtains, and this hideous patterny carpet, and feel all nervy and on edge; then Jacky thinks I am tired, and brings me hot milk.
She isnervy and depressed ("tired out after her hard work!
One could almost fancy he was saying to himself: "The nervy little nut!
I know it's tough luck to lose out when you been so nervy and all, but you knew we had it over you from the start.
When this nervy young man crawled through the door and risked his life on a few slender strands, it was to make fast a line on the wedged bundle.
He had quickly doubled it for added strength and was looping it to drop over the nervy reporter’s head and arms when the Flyer’s first dip was felt.
The nervy Captain Jack dashed madly up the side of the hill and entrenched himself in the extinct crater.
Upon their return to the settlement at Council Bluffs all welcomed them uproariously, for many thought that the nervyfellows had perished in the wilderness.
A hundred of them rushed upon thenervy band of trappers, crying out, “You no go on.
But she was brave and nervy and she struggled hard for her freedom, seeking to cast off the blanket which was smothering her and giving her a sensation of agony.
Yesterday I learned some detail about the conduct of affairs the other day--enough to make me very anxious indeed that no tired or nervy leaders should be sent out with the new troops.
Yesterday, they got very nervy during a dust storm and for two hours the whole of their Army kept up high pressure fire from every rifle and machine gun they could bring to bear.
