i'm from the cutter lying off the coast
don't cry he said i was obliged to come
and you have not found out anything came in quick frightened tones
i wish you would believe me that i am in as great trouble about it as you are
that my father sir riznan graham has smuggled goods here
he could not help it he hates the smugglers you shall not tell
pray pray say you will not archie was silent
then as archie stood in the dark literally aghast with astonishment he heard the faint rustling once more and again all was silent
he laughed but it was a curious kind of laugh full of vexation injured am i proper as the french caller aloved of our own dignity of which archibald ray stroke in the full flush of his young belief in his importance as a british officer had a pretty good stock
and all comes of dressing up in this stupid way like a rough fisher lad
coldwater came on this idea directly as he recalled the fact that the darkness was intense and celia could not have seen him
i'll soon show them that i am not going to be played with
for it suddenly occurred to him that he was not only a prisoner but a prisoner in the power of a very reckless set of people who would stop at nothing
no he thought to himself i don't believe they would kill me but they would knock me about
the kick he had received was a foretaste of what he might expect and after a little consideration he came to the conclusion that his duty was to escape and get back to the cutter as quickly as he could
to do this he must scheme lie hidden till morning then make for the nearest point and signal for help unless a boat's crew were already searching for him how to escape
the window was barred but he went to it and tried the bars one by one to find them all solidly fitted into the stone sill
next moment as he felt his way about his hand touched an oldfashioned marble mantelpiece fireplace chimney
yes if other ways failed he could escape up the chimney
no that was too bad he cannot do that
sympathy and pity for the dwellers and the hoes were completely gone now and he said his teeth fast and mentally called himself a weak idiot for ever thinking about such people
a narrow table against the wall in two places
he went and tried to force his head through recalling as he did that where a person's head would go the rest of the body would pass
but there was no chance for his body there and the head would not go first
a fellow who was shut up in prison for life might do it he said but not in a case like this
sure you've looked around everywhere boy yes father quite
i'm going home to breakfast
shall i come too father no
stop here till sir rizdon comes down and tell him i'm very sorry that we should have cleared out last night only a born fool saw jerry and andy's lobster boat coming into the cove and came running to say it was a party from the cutter yes father
tell him not to be uneasy which is alright and i'll have everything clear away tonight
the dull sound of departing steps and a low whistling sound coming down through the skylight window into the cabin where archie ray stroke lay with his heavy eyelids pressed down by sleep
what a queer dream he thought to himself
but how queer for mr gure to be talking like that to andrew teal the boy who helped the cook
and why did andy call mr gerr father
there was an interval of thinking over this naughty question during which the low whistling went on
and i'm hungry too time i was up i suppose
no he was not dreaming for he was looking out on the sea over which a faint mist hung like wreaths of smoke
what did they say false alarm tell service then they would clear all away tonight see if anything had been left about lobster boat
once out of that room he could ran and by daylight the smugglers dare not hunt him down
oh those bars he mentally exclaimed and he was advancing towards them well just as he drew near there was a rustling noise under the window a couple of hands seized the bars there was a scratching of boottoes against stonework and rams' face appeared to gaze into the room by intention but into the astonished countenance of the young midshipman instead
ramm was the first to recover from his surprise
hello he said who are you
go round and open the door i was shut in last night by mistake
i saw you last night and wondered whose boy you was
it was you father kicked for shirking and my well i hardly knowed you
nonsense
won't do sit around and grinning
think i don't know you mr orphizer
won't do said ram quickly i know you
been playing the spy that's what you've been doing who locked you in
archie stepped back to the door listening but there was not a sound
he has gone to give the alarm thought the prisoner and he looked excitedly around for a wave of escape
nothing but the chin we presented itself
a happy inspiration had come and placing one hand upon his chest he thrust in the other gave a tug and drew out his little curved dirk glanced at the edge ran to the window and began to cut at one of the bars labor in vain
he divided the paint and produced a few squeaks and grating sounds as he realized that the attempt was madness
the result was not very satisfactory but sufficiently so to make him essay the bar of the window once more producing a grating iris selling sound as he found that now he did make a little impression so little though that the probability was if he kept on working well for 24 hours he would not get through
but at the end of five minutes he stopped and thrust back the dirk into its sheath
no i can't part with that ha ha ha left the boys hearing me
but um yes i'll give you a guinea if you will let me out
ginny said the boy think i'll do it for her guinea well then too
be quick there's a good fellow i want to get away at once
not you only a sham
why your clothes don't fit you and your caps put on all skewero
never mind about that let me out of this place
i told you a fisher boy cried archie impatiently but trying not to offend his visitor who possessed the power of conferring freedom by speaking sharply
not you look like a wild beast in a cage like a monkey you insolent
archie checked himself and the boy laughed
it was your turn yesterday it's mine today what a game
you laughed and flared at me when i was on the cutter's deck
i say you do look like a rummin' just like a big monkey in a show
ram showed his white teeth as he burst out with a long low fit of laughter
you rupes at me he said
why i could tie you up in a knot and heave you off the cliff any day what a game
a bit of a midi fed on a salt tack and wheelie biscuit talk of giving me ropes and
once more will you come and let me out no
to his astonishment the board did not flinch but thrust his own arms through placing them about the midi's waist clenching his hand behind and uttering a sharp whistle
seeming good spears last night mr gerr hey
yes sir but you may turn up on the cliff at any moment
yes men quite ready yes sir
that's right of course we're alarmed
soon as the signal comes we shall push off
awkward bit of country sir six miles road before you can find a place to land
so shall we yes sir
you don't think mr gerr that they would dare to injure him if he was so unlucky as to be caught
well sir said the master hesitating smugglers are smugglers
certainly sir smugglers are smugglers indeed
big pardon sir didn't mean any harm
i'm getting very anxious about mr raystroke start at once sir
no wait another half hour
very little advice thing to do
then it must request that you will not make it again very true
awkward mr gerr awkward
yes sir of course
say awkward in the future not awkward
i mean all alone by myself sir
what for there aren't a public house for 10 miles didn't mean that
then what did you mean speak out and don't do the double shuffle all over my clean deck no sir
hopping about like a cat on hot bricks
now then why do you want to go ashore
they pardoned didn't mean no sir so the sailor touching us for a while
yes sir so the man humbly shall i go at once sir
no wait
keep a sharp look out on the cliff to see if a duration is making signals for a boat
he swung around walked off and began sweeping ashore again with his glass while the master and the dick exchanged glances which meant a great deal
at last the little lieutenant could bear the anxiety no longer
pipe away the men to that boat there he said and as the crew sprang in
now mr gurr he said i'm only going to say one thing to you in the way of instructions yes sir
big part sir said the master deprecatingly
steady my lad steady cried the master keep stroke and then he began to make plans as to his first proceedings on getting ashore
say mr gherk said dick after one of these searches he wouldn't run away what
mr racedokes sir don't be a fool
what check them off yonder
gerg glanced around to see if the men were looking and then said whether heskily b'konally
ah he ejaculated it sadly
say mr gerriser which thankful i am for you for speaking so but you don't really think as he has come to harm
i hope not dick i hope not but smugglers don't stand at anything sometimes
i do assure you there's nothing here but what you may see
if you let me finish you'd know said gert roughly one of our boys is missing seeing him up here
boy about 17 with a red cap no sir indeed i've not
don't know as he's been seen about here do you have a cigar looking at her searchingly no sir
if she knew evil had come to the poor lad her face would tell tales like print
i said aloud about 17 ridcap like yours said ger very shortly
the man shook his head and stared as if he didn't half understand the drift of what was said
here my lad where's your master
eh i say where's your master
gerr returned away impatiently again and signing to his men to follow they all began to trample up the steep track leading toward the hose with the rabbits scuttling away among the furs and showing their white cottony tails for a moment as they darted down into their holes
i don't know i'm on a dick and a man can't be sure
gerr saluted and stated his business while the baronet who had turned a salarer in more care warned that his lot drew a breath of full of relief one of your ship boys he said
alive looking like a common sailor and wearing a red cap no since it isn't
i've seen no one answering to the description here
big part of sir but can you as a gentleman assure me that he is not here certainly citizen
surely cried sir risen excitedly
sir richard was silent
liddy graham looked ghastly
you do not know no
then i took up a great stone from among the trees and coming up to him smote him therewith on the head with all my might and crushed in his skull as he lay dead drunk
behold a ship was making for the island through the dashing sea and clashing waves
hearing this i was so troubled remembering what i had before suffered from the ape kind
upon this he bought me a cotton bag and given it to me said take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with the company of the townsfolk to whom i will give a charge respecting thee
do as they do and be like thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land
then he carried me to the beach where i filled my bag with pebbles large and small and presently we saw a company of folk issue from the town each bearing a bag like mine filled with pebbles
to these he committed me commending me to their care and saying this man is a stranger so take him with you and teach him how to gather that he may get his daily bread and you will earn your reward and recompense in heaven
now sleeping under these trees were many apes which when they saw us rose and fled from us and swarmed up among the branches whereupon my companions began to pelt them with what they had in their bags and the apes fell to plucking of the fruit of the trees and casting them at the folk
we wade anchor and charazad perceived the dawn of the day and ceased to say in her permitted say
when it was the 559th night
and ceased not sailing till we arrived safely at bussara
there i abode a little and then went on to baghdad where i entered my quarter and found my house and foregathered with my family and saluted my friends who gave me joy of my safe return and i laid up all my goods and valuables in my storehouses
after which i returned to my old merry way of life and forgot all i had suffered in the great prophet and gain i had made
next morning as soon as it was light he prayed the dawn prayer and after blessing muhammad the cream of all creatures he took himself to the house of sinbad the semen and wished him a good day
here i found a great ship ready for sea and full of merchants and notables who had with them goods of price so i embarked my bales therein
happily amongst you is one righteous whose prayers the lord will accept
presently the ship struck the mountain and broke up and all and everything on board of her were plunged into the sea
but it burneth in their bellies so they cast it up again and it congealeth on the surface of the water whereby its colour and quantities are changed and at last the waves cast it ashore and the travellers and merchants who know it collect it and sell it
each that died we washed and shrouded in some of the clothes and linen cast ashore by the tides and after little the rest of my fellows perished one by one till i had buried the last of the party and abode alone on the island with but a little provision left i who was want to have so much
but there is majesty and there is no might save in allah the glorious the great
when it was the 561st night
then signed for myself i set to work collecting a number of pieces of chinese and cormoran aloes wood and i bound them together with ropes from the wreckage then i chose out from the broken up ships straight planks of even size and fixed them firmly upon the aloes wood making me a boat raft a little narrower than the channel of the stream and i tied it tightly and firmly as though it were nailed
land after land shall thou seek and find but no other life on thy wish shall wait fret not thy soul and thy thoughts a night all woes shall end or sooner or late
i rode my conveyance into the place which was intensely dark and the current carried me to the raft with it down the underground channel
and i threw myself down upon my face on the raft by reason of the narrowness of the channel whilst the stream ceased not to carry me along knowing not night from day for the excess of the gloom which encompassed me about and my terror and concern for myself lest i should perish
when i awoke at last i found myself in the light of heaven and opening my eyes i saw myself in a broad stream and the raft moored to an island in the midst of a number of indians and abyssinians
but i was delighted at my escape from the river
when they saw i understood them not and made them no answer one of them came forward and said to me in arabic peace be with thee o my brother
o my brother answered he we are husbandmen and tillers of the soil who came out to water our fields and plantations and finding thee asleep on this raft laid hold of it and made it fast by us against thou shouldest awake at thy leisure
i answered for allah's sake o my lord ere i speak give me somewhat to eat for i am starving and after ask me what thou wilt
when it was the 562nd night
she said it had reached me our auspicious king that sinbad the seaman continued when i landed and found myself amongst the indians and abyssinians and had taken some rest they consulted among themselves and said to one another there is no help for it but we carry him with us and present him to our king that he may acquaint him with his adventures
so i consorted with the chief of the islanders and they paid me the utmost respect
so i rose without stay or delay and kissed the king's hand and acquainted him with my longing to set out with the merchants for that i pined after my people and mine own land
quoth he thou art thine own master yet if it be thy will to abide with us i know how d'nigh's be it for thou gladdenest us with thy company
by allah o my lord answered i thou hast indeed overwhelmed me with thy favours and welldoings but i weary for a sight of my friends and family and native country
then i took leave of him and of all my intimates and acquaintances in the island and embarked with the merchants aforesaid
he asked me whence they came and i said to him by allah a commander of the faithful i know not the name of the city nor the way to the
for state processions a throne is set for him upon a huge elephant eleven cubits high and upon this he sit at having his great lords and officers and guests standing in two ranks on his right hand and on his left
his letter hath shown me this and as for the mightiness of his dominion thou hast told us what thou hast i witnessed
presently my friends came to me and i distributed presents among my family and gave arms and largesse after which i yielded myself to joys and enjoyment mirth and merrymaking and forgot all that i had suffered
such then o my brothers is the history of what befell me in my sixth voyage and tomorrow in shala
i will tell you the story of my seventh and last voyage which is still more wondrous and marvellous than that of the first six
when it was the 563rd night
she said it had reached me o auspicious king that when sinbad the seaman had related the history of what befell him in his sixth voyage and all the company had dispersed sinbad the landsman went home and slept as of want
the seventh voyage of sinbad the seaman
no o company that after my return from my sixth voyage which brought me abundant profit i resumed my former life and all possible joys and enjoyment and mirth and making merry day and night and i tarried some time in this solace and satisfaction till my soul began once more to long to sail the seas and see foreign countries and company with merchants and hear new things
so having made up my mind i packed up in bails a quantity of precious stuffs suited for sea trade and repaired with them from baghdad city to basra town where i found a ship ready for sea and in her are company of considerable merchants
but the captain arose and tightened in his girdle tucked up his skirts and after taking refuge with allah from satan the stoned climbed to the masthead whence he looked out right and left and gazing at the passengers and crew fell to buffett in his face and plucking out his beard
this he said in a saucer wetted with a little water and after waiting a short time smelled and tasted it and then he took out of the chest a booklet wherein he read a while and said weeping
a second fish raided its appearance and which we had seen naught more monstrous
when suddenly a violent squall of wind arose and smote the ship which rose out of the water and settled upon a great reef the haunt of sea monsters where it broke up and fell asunder into planks and all and everything on board were plunged into the sea
although the plague was there in the most part of all the houses they nevertheless entered everywhere then plundered and carried away all that was within and yet for all this not one of them took any hurt which is a most wonderful case
i beseech you think upon it
nevertheless at all ventures they rang the bells as capitulum capitulantes
by the virtue of god why do not you sing paniers farewell vintage is done
by the belly of st james which shall we poor devils drink the while
lord god dhamnihi potum
let him be carried to prison for troubling the divine service
wherefore is it that our devotions were instituted to be short in the time of harvest and vintage and long in the advent and all the winter
hark you my masters you that love the wine cop's body follow me for st anthony burn me as freely as a faggot they get leave to taste one drop of the liquor that will not now come and fight for relief of the vine
to others again he unjointed the spondyles or knuckles of the neck disfigured their chaps gassed their faces made their cheeks hang flapping on their chin and so swing'd and belammed them that they fell down before him like hay before a mower
to some with their smart souls on their epigaster he would make their midriff swag then redoubling the blow gave them such a home push on the naval that he made their puddings to gush out
believe that it was the most horrible spectacle that ever one saw
o the holy lady nithit said one the good sanctus o our lady of saccurs said another help help
some died without speaking others spoke without dying some died in speaking others spoke in dying
can you tell with what instruments they did it
in the meantime friar john with his formidable baton of the cross got to the breach which the enemies had made and there stood to snatch up those that endeavored to escape
draw reach fill mix give it me without water
so my friend so whip me off this glass neatly bring me hither some claret a full weeping glass till it run over
a cessation and truce with thirst
you have cast a cold gammer yay for sooth sir
by the belly of saint buff let us talk of our drink i never drink but at my hours like the pope's mule
which was first those to drinking
what it seems i do not drink but by an attorney
drink always and you shall never die
if i drink not i am a ground dry graveled and spent i am stark dead without drink and my soul ready to fly into some marsh amongst frogs the soul never dwells in a dry place drowth killeth it
he drinks in vain that feels not the pleasure of it
it is enough to break both gerds and petrel
what difference is there between a bottle and a flag
bravely and well played upon the words
our fathers drank lustily and emptied their cans
well cackled well sung
come let us drink will you send nothing to the river
i drink no more than the spines
i drink like a tep la night
and i tenquam sponsors
and i secret terrace in aqua
give me a synonym for a gammon of bacon
it is the compulsory of drinkers it is a pulley
a little rain allays a great deal of wind long tippling breaks the thunder
but if there came such liquor for my balick were you not willingly there after suck the udder once it issued
here page fill
i appeal from thirst and disclaim its jurisdiction
i was want here to for to drink out all but now i leave nothing
hey there here are tripes fit for our sport and in earnest excellent gotobillios of the dun oaks you know with the black street
oh for god's sake let us last them soundly yet thriftily
sparrows when i eat unless you bob them on the tail nor can i drink if i be not fairly spoke to
oh this was bang it soundly
but this shall banish it utterly
let us wind our horns by the sound of flagons and bottles and cry aloud that whoever hath lost his thirst come not hither to seek it
the great god made the planets and we make the platters neath
appetite comes with eating says angustin but the thirst goes away with drinking
i have a remedy against thirst quite contrary to that which is good against the biting of a man dog
white wine here wine boys
oh lachryma christi it is of the best grape
i faith pure greek greek all the fine white wine
there is no enchantment no charm there every one of you have seen it
my prenticep is up i'm a free man at this trade
i should say master pass
o' the drinkers those that are dry o' poor thirsty souls
clear off meet supernaculum
it is significant to note in this connection that the new king was an unswerving adherent of the cult of asher by the adherents of which he was probably strongly supported
at the beginning of his reign there was much social discontent and suffering
well might shardurus exclaim in the words of the prophet 'where is the king of arpad'
tiglath belize however crossed the euphrates and moving northward delivered an unexpected attack on the gerasian army in kumak
a fierce battle ensued and one of its dramatic incidents was a single combat between the rival kings
an attempt was made to capture king chadoris who leapt from his chariot and made hasty escape on horseback hotly pursued in the gathering darkness by an assyrian contingent of calvary
despite the blow dealt against yeratou assyria did not immediately regain possession of north assyria
the shifty manti illu either cherished the hope that shardurus would recover strength and again invade north syria or that he might himself establish an empire in that region
tiglath beliezer had therefore to march westward again
for three years he conducted vigorous campaigns in the western land where he meant with vigorous resistance
our pad was captured and meant to ill you deposed and probably put to death
once again the hebrews came into contact with the syria
its fall may not have been unconnected with the trend of events in assyria during the closing years of the middle empire
jihosh the grandson of jehu had achieved successes in conflict with damascus
six months afterward he was assassinated by shalom
this usurper held sway at samaria for only a month
no resistance was possible on the part of menehim the usurper who was probably ready to welcome the assyrian conqueror so that by arranging an alliance he might secure his own position
teclath pellezer next operated against the median and other hill tribes in the northeast
he overthrew buildings destroyed orchards and transported to nineveh those of the inhabitants he had not put to the sword with all the livestock he could lay hands on
thus was uratou crippled and humiliated it never regained its former prestige among the northern states
in the following year tiglath belize returned to syria
menahim king of israel had died and was succeeded by his son pekahiah
judah had taken advantage of the disturbed conditions in israel to assert its independence
he condemned israel for its idolatries and cried
for thus saith the lord unto the house of israel seek ye me and ye shall live have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years o house of israel
the remnant of the philistine south parish
israel was also dealt with
he swept through israel like a hurricane
the philistines and the arabians of the desert were also subdued
he invaded babylonia
ekenzer took refuge in his capital shapia which held out successfully although the surrounding country was ravaged and despoiled
would it would leave me and then i could believe i shall not always have occasion for it
my poor lady vavasa is carried to the tower and her great belly could not excuse her because she was acquainted by somebody that there was a plot against the protector and did not discover it
she has told now all that was told her but vows she will never say from whence she had it we shall see whether her resolutions are as unalterable as those of my lady talmash
i wonder how she behaved herself when she was married
i never saw anyone yet that did not look simply and out of countenance no one ever knew a wedding well designed but one and that was of two persons who at time enough i confessed to contrive it and nobody to please in but themselves
the truth is i could not endure to be mrs bride in a public wedding to be made the happiest person on earth
do not take it ill for i would endure it if i could rather than fail but in earnest i do not think it were possible for me
yet in earnest your father will not find my brother peyton wanting in civility though he is not a man of much compliment unless it be in his letters to me nor an unreasonable person in anything so he will allow him out of his kindness to his wife to set a higher value upon her sister than she deserves
my aunt told me no longer gone than yesterday that i was the most willful woman that ever she knew and had an obstinacy of spirit nothing could overcome take heed
you see i give you fair warning
by the next i shall be gone into kent and my other journey is laid aside which i am not displeased at because it would have broken our intercourse very much
here are some verses of caledys tell me how you like them
i told you in my last that my suffolk journey was laid aside and that into kent haston
if i drown by the way this will be my last letter and like a will i bequeath all my kindness to you in it with a charge never to bestow it all upon another mistress lest my ghost rise again and haunt you
indeed i like him extremely and he is commended to me by people that know him very well and are able to judge for a most excellent servant and faithful as possible
because you find fault with my other letters this is like to be shorter than they i did not intend it so though i can assure you
i do not find it though i am told i was so extremely when i believed you loved me
but i am called upon
directed for your master
i see you can chide when you please and with authority but i deserve it i confess and all i can say for myself is that my fault proceeded from a very good principle in me
we dare not let our tongues lie more on one side of our mouths than the other for fear of overturning it
you are satisfied i hope at this that i escaped drowning
but i am troubled much you should make so ill a journey to so little purpose indeed i read by the first post after my arrival here and cannot imagine how you came to miss of my letters
how welcome you will be but alas
for my life i cannot beat into their heads a passion that must be subject to no decay an even perfect kindness that must last perpetually without the least intermission
they laugh to hear me say that one unkind word would destroy all the satisfaction of my life and that i should expect our kindness should increase every day if it were possible but never lessen
we go abroad all day and play all night and say our prayers when we have time
well in sober earnest now i would not live thus a twelve month to gain all that the king has lost unless it were to give it him again
will you be so good nature
he has one son and is the finest boy that eru saw and has a noble spirit but yet stands in that awe of his father that one word from him is as much as twenty whippings
you must give me leave to entertain you thus with discourses of the family for i can tell you nothing else from hence
not to know when you would come home i can assure you nor for any other occasion of my own but with a cousin of mine that had long designed to make herself sport with him and did not miss of her aim
in my life i never heard so ridiculous a discourse as he made us and no old woman who passes for a witch could have been more puzzled to seek what to say to reason for people than he was
ever since this adventure i have had so great a belief in all things of this nature that i could not forbear laying a peascott with nine peasints under my door yesterday it was informed by it that my husband's name should be thomas how do you like that
but i am hugely pleased that you have seen my lady
i knew you could not choose but like her but yet let me tell you you have seen but the worst of her
her conversation has more charms than can be in mere beauty and a humor and disposition would make a deformed person appear lovely
why didn't you not send me that news and a garland
well the best on it is that i have a squire now that is as good as a knight
in earnest we have had such a skirmish and upon so foolish an occasion as i cannot tell which is stranger's
all the people that i had ever in my life refused were brought again upon the stage like richard iii's ghosts to approach me with all and all the kindness his discoveries could make i had for you was laid to my charge
my best qualities if i have any that are good served but for aggravations of my fault and i was allowed to have wit and understanding and discretion in other things that it might appear i had none in this
it's a strange change and i'm very sorry for it but i'll swear i know not how to help it
mr fish is a squire of dames and has so many mistresses that anybody may pretend to share in him and be believed though i have the honour to be his near neighbour to speak freely i cannot brag much that he makes any court to me and i know no young woman in the country that he does not visit often
i think my youngest brother comes down with him
i can no sooner give you some little hints whereabout they live but you know them presently and i meant you should be beholding to me for your acquaintance
but it seems this gentleman is not so easy access but you may acknowledge something due to me if i incline him to look graciously upon you and therefore there is not much harm done
i have missed four fits and i've had but five and have recovered so much strength as made me venture to meet your letter on wednesday a mile from home
but besides i can give you others
i am here much more out of people's way than in town where my aunt and such has pretend and interest in me and a power over me do so persecute me with their good nature and take it so ill that they are not accepted as i would live in a hollow tree to avoid them
you will think him altered and if it be possible more melancholy than he was
if marriage agrees no better with other people than it does with him i shall pray that all my friends may escape it
well in earnest if i were a prince that lady should be my mistress but i can give no rule to anyone else and perhaps those that are in no danger of losing their hearts to her may be infinitely taken with one i should not value at all for so says the justinian wise providence has ordained it that by their different humours everybody might find something to please themselves with or without envying their names
the matter is not great for i confess i do naturally hate the noise and talk of the world and should be best pleased never to be known in upon any occasion whatsoever yet since it can never be wholly avoided one must satisfy oneself by doing nothing that one need care who knows
if i had a picture that would fit for you you should have it
how can you talk of defying fortune nobody lives without it and therefore why should you imagine you could
i know not how my brother comes to be so well informed as you say but i am certain he knows yet most of the injuries you have received from her
we have had another debate but much more calmly
and besides there was a time when we ourselves were indifferent to one another did i do so then or have i learned it since
i have been studying how tom cheek might come by his intelligence and i very believe he has it from my cousin peters
how kindly do i take the civilities of your fathers in earnest you cannot imagine how his letter pleased me
old mr dinsmore had accepted a pressing invitation from his granddaughter and her husband to join the party and with the addition of servants it was a large one
as they were in no haste and the confinement of a railroad car would be very irksome to the younger children it had been decided to make the journey by water
there were no sad leaftakings to mar their pleasure the children were in wild spirits and all seemed cheerful and happy as they sat or stood upon the deck watching the receding shore as the vessel steamed out of the harbor
at length the land had quite disappeared nothing could be seen but the sky overhead and a vast expanse of water all round and the passengers found leisure to turn their attention upon each other
there are some nicelooking people on board remarked mr traveller in an undertone to his wife
besides ourselves addie cousin ronald laughing
yes she answered that little group yonder a young minister and his wife and child i suppose
and what a dear little fellow he is just about the age of our herald i should judge
do you son was a smiling rejoinder
he certainly looks like a very nice little boy
suppose you and he shake hands frank
i do indeed the probably comparatively few are aware that tobacco is the cause of their ailments
doubtless that is the case remarked mr dentemar
with all my heart if you will step into the gentleman's cabin where there's a light
he led the way the others all following and taking out a slip of paper read from it in a distinct tone loud enough to be heard by those all about him without disturbing the other passengers
one drop of nicotine extracted tobacco placed on the tongue of a dog will kill him in a minute the hundredth part of a grain prepped under the skin of a man's arm will produce nausea and fainting
the halfdozen cigars which most smokers use a day contain six or seven grains enough if concentrated and absorbed to kill three men and a pound of tobacco according to its quality contains from one quarter to one and a quarter ounces
is it strange then that smokers and chewers have a thousand ailments
that the french polytechnica institute had to prohibit its use on account of its effects upon the mind
notice the multitude of sudden deaths and see how many are smokers and chewers
in a small country town seven of these mysterious providences occurred within the circuit of a mile all directly traceable to tobacco and any physician on a few moments' reflection can match this fact by his own observation
and then such powerful acids produce intense irritation and thirst thirst which water does not quench
hence a resort to cider and beer
no sir what know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost which is in you which ye have of god and ye are not your own
for you are bought with a price therefore glorify god in your body and in your spirit which are gods
we certainly have no right to injure our bodies either by neglect or selfindulgence
and again i beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of god that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto god which is your reasonable service
it must require a good deal of resolution for one who has become fond of the indulgence to give it up remarked mr daly
no doubt no doubt returned mr lilburn but if thou writ hath offended thee pluck it out and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell
there was a pause broken by young horace who had been watching a group of men gathered about a table at the further end of the room
they are gambling yonder and i'm afraid that young fellow is being badly fleeced by the middleaged man opposite
the eyes of the whole party were at once turned in that direction
no sir he is not here
and the door was slammed violently too
now the voice came from the skylight overhead apparently and with a fierce implication the irate gangster rushed upon dach and ran hither and hither in search of his tormentor
his victim who had been looking on during the little scene and listening to the mysterious voice in silent wideeyed wonder and fear now rose hastily his face deathly pale with trembling hands gathered at the money he had staked and her way into his stateroom locked himself in
what does it mean cried one
of course return to another let's follow and see the fun
i wonder which of us it is remarked the first looking hard at our party i don't know but come on
that fellow nick ward is a noted blacklegged and ruffian had his nose broken in a fight and is sensitive on the subject was cheating of course
who asked the mate i've seen none up here though there are some in the steerage
they heard him in silence with a cool phlegmatic indifference most exasperating to one in his present mood
a man of giant size and herculean strength had laid aside his pipe and slowly rising through his feet seized the scoundrel and his powerful grasp
let me go yelled ward making a desperate effort to free his arms
i think so i think so did you have fun messing returned his captor not relaxing his grasp in the least
the german released his prisoner and the latter sunk away with muddered threats and implications upon the head of his tormentor
mr lilburn and mr daly each at a different time sought out the young man words intended victim and tried to influence him for good
yet there was gambling again the second night between ward and several others of his profession
they kept it up till after midnight
then mr lilbourn waking from his first sleep in a state room nearby thought he would break it up once more
an intense voiceless excitement possessed the players for the game was a close one and the stakes were very heavy
they vent eagerly over the board each watching with feverish anxiety his companions' movements each casting now and again a gloating eye upon the heap of golden greenbacks that lay between them and at times half stretching out his hand to clutch it
a deep groan startled them and they sprang to their feet pale and trembling with sudden terror each holding his breath and straining his ear to catch a repetition of the dread sound
but all was silent and after a moment of anxious waiting they sat down to their game again trying to conceal and shake off their fears to the forced unnatural laugh
it came from under the table gasped toward look what's there look yourself
what can it have been they asked each other
oh nonsense what fools we are
it was the last game of cards for that trip
the captain coming in shortly after the sudden flight of the gamblers took charge of the money and the next day restored it to the owners
to lc's observant eyes it presently became evident that the dailies were in very straightened circumstances
oh how kind how very kind mrs daly said with tears of joy and gratitude we have hardly known how we should meet the most necessary expenses of this trip but have been trying to cast our care upon the lord asking him to provide
and how wonderfully he has answered our petitions
elsie answered pressing her hand affectionately are we not sisters in christ
year all the children of god by faith in christ jesus
you are all one in christ jesus
we feel my husband and i that we are only the stewards of his bounty and because he has said inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me it is the greatest privilege and delight to do anything for his people
afterwards it was supposed that he was satisfied with the blood of oxen lamps and doves and that in exchange for or in account of these sacrifices this god gave rain sunshine and harvest
whether he was the creator of yourself and myself
whether any prayer was ever answered
why did he create the intellectually inferior
why did he create the deformed and helpless why did he create the criminal the idiotic the insane
are the failures and the obligation to their creator
is he responsible for all the wars that have been waged for all the innocent blood that has been shed
is he responsible for the centuries of slavery for the backs that have been scarred with a lash for the babes that have been sold from the breasts of mothers for the families that have been separated and destroyed
is this god responsible for religious persecution for the inquisition for the thumb screw and rack and for all the instruments of torture
did this god allow the cruel and vile to destroy the brave and virtuous
did he allow tyrants to shed the blood of patriots
can we conceive of a devil based enough to prefer his enemies to his friends
how can we account for the wild beasts that devour human beings for the fangtserpents whose bite is death
how can we account for a world where life feeds on life
did infinite wisdom intentionally produce the microscopic beasts that feed upon the optic nerve think of blinding a man to satisfy the appetite of a microbe
fear builds the altar and offers the sacrifice
fear erects the cathedral and bows the head of man in worship
lits religious and fearful trumbingly repeat this passage though he slay me yet will i trust him
can we say that he cared for the children of men
can we say that his mercy endured forever
do we prove his goodness by showing that he has opened the earth and swallowed thousands of his helpless children or that with the volcanoes he has overwhelmed them with rivers of fire
was there goodness was there wisdom in this
or the superior race to thangkot that they are not the inferior
most people cling to the supernatural
if they give up one god they imagine another
what is this power
man advances and necessarily advances through experience
a man wishing to go to a certain place comes to where the world divides
he has tried that road and knows that it is the wrong road
a child shone by the beauty of the flame grafted with his dimpled hand
the power that works for righteousness had taught the child a lesson
it is a result
it is insisted by these theologians and by many of the socalled philosophers that this moral sense this sense of duty of obligation was imported and that conscience is an exotic
we live together in families tribes and nations
they are praised admired and respected
they are regarded as good that is to say as moral
the members who add to the misery of the family the tribe or the nation are considered bad members
the greatest of human beings had said conscious is born of love
as people advance the remote consequences are perceived
the imagination is cultivated
a man puts himself in the place of another
the sense of duty becomes stronger more impurative
man judges himself
in all this there is nothing supernatural
man has deceived himself
has christianity done good
when the church had control were men made better and happier
what has religion done for hungary or austria
good these countries have been worse without religion
could it have been worse had they had any other religion than christianity
what did christianity do for them
they hate pleasure
they muffled all the bells of gladness
the religion of the puritan was an unadulterated curse
the puritan believed the bible to be the word of god and this belief has always made those who held it cruel and wretched
let me refer to just one fact showing the influence of a belief in the bible on human beings
the queen received the bible kissed it and pledged herself to diligently read gherin
in other words it was just as feondish just as infamous as the catholic spirit
has the variable made the people of georgia kind and merciful
religion has been tried and in all countries in all times has failed
religion has always been the enemy of science of investigation and thought
religion has never made men free
it has never made man moral temperate industrious and honest
are christians more temperate nearer virtuous nearer honest than savages
can we cure disease by supplication
can we receive virtue or honor as arms
religion rests on the idea that nature has a master and that this master will listen to prayer that this master punishes and rewards that he loves praise and flattery and hates the brave and free
we must have corn the stones
the structure must have a basement
if we build we must begin at the bottom
i have a theory and i have four cornerstones
the first stone is that matter substance cannot be destroyed cannot be annihilated
if these cornerstones are facts it follows as a necessity that matter and force are from end to eternity that they can neither be increased nor diminished
it follows that nothing has been or can be created that there never has been or can be a creator
it follows that there could not have been any intelligence any design back of matter and force
i say what i think
every event has parents
that which has not happened could not
in the infinite chain there is and there can be no broken no missing link
we now know that our first parents were not foreigners
we now know if we know anything that the universe is natural and that men and women have been naturally produced
we know the parts that life has travelled
we know the footsteps of advance they have been traced
for thousands of years men and women have been trying to reform the world
why have the reformers failed
they depend on the lord on luck and charity
they live by fraud and violence and bequeath their vices to their children
failure seems to be the trademark of nature why
nature produced without purpose sustains without intention and destroys without thought
must the world forever remain the victim of ignorant passion
why should men and women have children that they cannot take care of children that are a burden and curses why
passion is and always has been death
law can punish but it can neither reform criminals nor prevent crime
this cannot be done by talk or example
this is the solution of the whole question
this frees women
poverty and crime will be childless
it is far better to be free to leave the faults and barricades of fear to stand erect and face the future with a smile
the gentleman had not even needed to sit down to become interested apparently he had taken up the volume from a table as soon as he came in and standing there after a single glance round the apartment had lost himself in its pages
that has an unflattering sound for me said the young man
she is willing to risk that
just as i am the visitor inquired presenting himself with rather a 'workaday' aspect
he was tall and lean and dressed throughout in black his shirt collar was low and wide and the triangle of linen a little crumpled exhibited by the opening of his waistcoat was adorned by a pin containing a small red stone
in spite of this decoration the young man looked poor as poor as a young man could look who had such a fine head and such magnificent eyes
those of basil ransom were dark deep and glowing his head had a character of elevation which fairly added to his stature it was a head to be seen above the level of the crowd on some judicial bench or political platform or even on a bronze medal
these things the eyes especially with their smordering fire might have indicated that he was to be a great american statesman or on the other hand they might simply have proved that he came from carolina or alabama
and yet the reader who likes a complete image who desires to read with the senses as well as with the reason is entreated not to forget that he prolonged his consonance and swallowed his vowels that he was guilty of elysians and interpolations which were equally unexpected and that his discourse was pervaded by something sultry and vast something almost african in its rich basking tone something that suggested the teeming expanse of the
and he took up his hat vaguely a soft black hat with a low crown and an immense straight brim
well so it is they are all witches and wizards mediums and spirit wrappers and rowing radicals
if you are going to dine with her you had better know it oh murder
he looked at mrs luna with intelligent incredulity
she was attractive and impertinent especially the latter
have you been in europe
no i haven't been anywhere
she hates it she would like to abolish it
this last remark he made at a venture for he had naturally not devoted any supposition whatever to mrs leener
are you very ambitious you look as if you were
and mrs lena added that now she was back she didn't know what she should do
one didn't even know what one had come back for
besides olive didn't want her in boston and didn't go through the form of saying so
that was one comfort with our live she never went through any forms
she stood there looking consciously and rather seriously at mr ransom a smile of exceeding faintness played about her lips it was just perceptible enough to light up the native gravity of her face
her voice was low and agreeable a cultivated voice and she extended a slender wide hand to her visitor her remarked with some solemnity he felt a certain guilt of participation in mrs luna's indiscretion that he was intensely happy to make her acquaintance
he observed that miss chancellor's hand was at once called in limp she merely placed it in his without exerting the smallest pressure
i shall be back very late we're going to a theatre party that's why we dine so early
mrs louie knew's familiarity extended even to her sister she remarked to miss chan's louie that she looked as if she were got up for a sea voyage
miss chancellor herself had thought so much on the vital subject would much she make a few remarks and give them some of her experiences
how did the ladies and beacons treat phil about the ballot
perhaps she could speak for them more than for some others
with her immense sympathy for reform she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different
i'll have hated to hear that fire avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place and to live there were a proof of worldly glory
all sorts of inferior people lived there and so brilliant a woman as mrs farrenda who lived at bruxbury ought not to mix things up
she knew her place in the boston hierarchy and it was not what mrs farinders supposed said that there was a want of perspective in talking to her as if she had been her representative of the aristocracy
she wished to act in another field she had long been preoccupied with the romance of the people
this might seem one of the most accessible of pleasures but in point of fact she had not found itself
charlie was a young man in a wide overcoat and a paper collar it was for him in the last analysis that they cared much the most
olive chancellor wondered how mrs d'arenda would treat their branch of the question
if it be necessary we are prepared to take certain steps to conciliate the shrinking
our movement is for all it would be also the most delicate ladies
raise the standard among them and bring me your thousand names
a look after the details as well as the bit currents mrs farindor added in a turn as explanatory as could be expected of such a woman and with a smile of which the sweetness was thrilling to her listener
said olyf chancellor with a face which seemed to plead for a remission of responsibility
i want to be near to them to help them
it was one thing to choose for herself but now the great representative of the enfranchisement of their sex from every form of bandage had chosen for her
the unhappiness of women
they were her sisters they were her own and the day of their delivery had dawned
this was the only sacred cause this was the great the just revolution it was triumph it was sweet everything before it it must exact from the other the brutal bloodstained ravening race the last particle of expiation
there would be names of women weak insulted persecuted but devoted in every pulse of their being to the cause and asking no better fate than to die for it
it was not clear to this interesting girl in what manner such a sacrifice at this last would be required of her but she sold her mutteth through a kind of sunrise mist of emation which made danger as rosie is success
when miss birdseye approached it transfigured her familiar her comical shape and made the poor little humanitary hack seem already a martyr
olive chancellor looked at her with love remembered that she had never in her long and rewarded weary life had a thought or an impulse for herself
she had been consumed by the passion of sympathy it had crumbled her into as many creases as an allglazed distended glove
paul ransom announced this fact to himself as if he had made a great discovery but in reality he had never been so 'biotian' as at that moment
the women he had hitherto known had been mainly of his own soft climb and it was not often they exhibited the tendency he detected and cursoryly deplored in mrs luna's sister
ransom was pleased with the vision of that remedy it must be repeated that he was very provincial
he was sorry for her but he saw in a flash that no one could help her that was what made her tragic
she could not defend herself against a rich admiration a kind of tenderness of envy of anyone who had been so happy as to have that opportunity
his family was ruined they had lost their slaves their property their friends and relations their home had tasted of all the cruelty of defeats
the state of mississippi seemed to him the state of despair so he surrendered the remnants of his patrimony to his mother and sisters and at nearly thirty years of age delighted for the first time in new york in the costume of his province with fifty dollars in his pocket and a gnawing hunger in his heart
it was in the female line as balesel ransom had written in answering her letter with a good deal of form and flourish he spoke as if they had been royal houses
if it had been possible to send mrs ransom money or even clothes she would have liked that but she had no means of ascertaining how such an offering would be taken
olive had a fear of everything but her greatest fear was of being afraid
she had erected it into a sort of rule of conduct that whenever she saw a risk she was to take it and she had frequent humiliations at finding herself saved after all
she was perfectly safe after writing to beysel ransom and indeed it was difficult to see what he could have done to her except thank her he was only exceptionally superlative for her letter and assure her that he would come and see her the first time his business he was beginning to get a little should take him to boston
he was too simple too mississippian for that she was almost disappointed
of all things in the world contention was most sweet to her though why it is hard to imagine for it always cost her tears headaches a day or two in bed a cute emotion and it was very possible bayser ransom would not care to contend
when he came from the bath proccas visited him again
but hermon was not in the mood to share a joyous revel and he frankly said so although immediately after his return he had accepted the invitation to the festival which the whole fellowship of artists would give the following day in honor of the 70th birthday of the old sculptor euphrainer
she would appear herself at dessert and the banquet must therefore begin at an unusually early hour
so the artist found himself obliged to relinquish his opposition
the banquet was to begin in a few hours yet he could not let the day pass without seeing daphne and telling her the words of the oracle
he longed with ardent yearning for the sounder for voice and still more to unburden his sorely troubled soul to her
since his return from the oracle the fear that the rescue demeter might yet be the work of mirtilis had again mastered him
the approval as well as the doubts which had arised in others strengthened his opinion although even now he could not succeed in bringing it into harmony with the facts
then he went directly to the neighboring palace the queen might have appeared already and it would not do to keep her waiting
hitherto the merchant had been induced it is true to advance large sums of money to the queen but the loyal devotion which he showed to her royal husband had rendered it impossible to give him even a hint of the conspiracy
when hermon entered the residence of the gramatius in the palace the guests had already assembled
the place by hermon's side which althea had chosen for herself would then be given up to arseno
true an interesting conversation still had power to charm him but often during its continuance the full consciousness of his misfortune forced itself upon his mind for the majority of the subjects discussed by the artists came to them through the medium of sight and referred to new creations of architecture sculpture and painting from whose enjoyment his blindness debared him
a stranger out of his own sphere he fell chilled among these closely united men and women to whom no time bound him save the presence of the same host
crates had really been invited in order to win him over to the queen's cause but charming fair herod niko had been commissioned by the conspirators to persuade him to sing arsenault's praises among his professional associates
his son had been the royal dame's first husband and she had deserted him to marry lysimacus the aged king of thrace
the king's sister the object of his love cried haramon incredulously
we women are only as old as we look and the leeches and tiring women of this beauty of 40 practice art which give her the appearance of 25 yet perhaps the king values her intellect more than her person and the wisdom of a hundred serpents is certainly united in this woman's head
the three most trustworthy ones are here amiantus the leech chrysopus and the admirable proclus
let us hope that you will make this threeleaved clover the luckpromising fourleaved wine
your uncle too has often with praise worthy generosity helped us to know in many an embarrassment
how long he kept you waiting from the first word concerning your work which justly transported the whole city with delight
when he did finally summon you he said things which must have warned you
that is going too far replied hermann
he winked at her and made a significant gesture as he spoke and then informed the blind artist how graciously arseneau had remembered him when she heard of the remedy by whose aid many a wonderful cure of blind eye had been made in rhodes
the royal lady had inquired about him and his sufferings with almost sisterly interest and althea eagerly confirmed the statement
hermann listened to the parents' silence
the radian was just beginning to praise arseneau also as a special friend and connoisseur of the sculpture's art when crates hermon's fellow student asked the blind artist on behalf of his beautiful companion why his demeanor was placed upon a pedestal witch to others as well as himself seemed too high for the size of the statue
yet what mattered it even if these miserable people considered themselves deceived and pointed the finger of scorn at him
a woman who yearns for the regard of all men and makes love a toy easily lessens the demands she imposes upon individuals
only even though love has wholly disappeared she still claims consideration and althea did not wish to lose hermon's regard
how indifferent you look but i tell you her deep blue eyes flashed as she spoke that so long as you were still a genuine creating artist the case was different
though so loud a denial is written on your face i persist in my conviction and that no idle delusion and snaz me i can prove
it was nay it could have been nothing else that very spider
not a sound if you value your lives
to offer resistance would have been madness for even hermon perceived by the loud clanking of weapons around them the greatly superior power of the enemy and they were acting by the orders of the king to the prison near the place of execution
was he to be led to the executioner's block
what pleasure had life to offer him the blind man who was already dead to his art
or he not to greet his sudden end as a boom from the immortals
did it not spare him a humiliation as great and painful as could be imagined
whatever might await him he desired no better fate
if he had passed into annihilation he hermon wished to follow him thither and annihilation certainly meant redemption from pain and misery
but if he were destined to meet his mortaless and his mother in the world beyond the grave what had he not to tell them how sure he was of finding a joyful reception there from both
the power which delivered him over to death just at that moment was not nemesis no it was a kindly deity
yet it was no illusion that deceived him
again he heard the beloved voice and this time it addressed not only him but with the utmost haste the commander of the soldiers
sometimes with touching and treaty sometimes with imperious command she protested after giving him her name that this matter could be nothing but an unfortunate mistake
lastly with earnest warmth she besought him before taking the prisoners away to permit her to speak to the commanding general philippus her father's guest who she was certain was in the palace
cried haraman in grateful agitation but she would not listen to him and follow the soldier whom the captain detailed to guide her into the palace
tomorrow you shall confess to me who treacherously directed you to this dangerous path
daphne again pleaded for the liberation of the prisoners but philip assailants char with a grave exclamation the order of the king
as soon as the captive artist was alone with a woman he loved he clasped her hand pouring forth incoherent words of the most ardent gratitude and when he felt her warmly return the pressure he could not restrain the desire to clasp her to his heart
in spite of his deep mental distress he could have shouted aloud in his delight and gratitude
he might now have been permitted to bind forever to his life the woman who had just rescued him from the greatest danger but the confession he must make to his fellow artists in the polluster the following morning still sealed his lips yet in this hour he felt that he was united to her and ought not to conceal what awaited him so obeying a strong impulse he exclaimed you know that i love you
i love you and have loved you always
daphne exclaimed tenderly what more is needed
but hermon with drooping head murmured tomorrow i shall no longer be what i am now
then daphne raised her face to his asking so the demeter is the work of myrtelus
what a terrible ordeal again awaits you
an eye full blinded also in mind could be vexed with you for it
bring this before your mind and everything else that you must accept with it if you consent when the time arrives to become mine conceal and pay it nothing
so our kai is intended to leave the city on one of his own ships that very day
he himself on the way to expose himself to the malice and mockery of the whole city
his heart contracted painfully and his solicitude about his uncle's fate increased when philippus informed him that the conspirators had been arrested at the banquet and headed by amiens tess the rhodian chrysopus and proclas had perished by the executioner's sword at sunrise
besides he knew that the object of his love would not part from him without granting him one last word
on the way his heart dropped almost to bursting
even daphne's image and what threatened her father and her with him receded far into the background
he was appearing before his companions only to give truth it's just do
the egyptian obeyed and his master crossed the wide space strewn with sand and approached the stage which had been erected for the feastal performances even had his eyes retained the power of sight his blood was coursing so widely through his veins that he might perhaps have been unable to distinguish the statues around him and the thousands of spectators who crowded closely together richly garlanded their cheeks glowing with enthusiasm surrounded the arena hermon
shouted his friend sartilus in joyful surprise in the midst of his painful walk hermon
even while he believed himself to be the creator of the demeter he had been seriously troubled by the praise of so many critics because it had exposed him to the suspicion of having become faithful to his art and his nature
honoured to myrtilus and his art but he trusted the snowballfiestile assemblage would pardon the unintentional deception and aid his prayer for recovery
and also these
then she threw herself upon him and he gathered her to his bosom and the twain fell down in a fainting fit
when the eunuchs saw this case he wandered at them and throwing over them somewhat to cover them waited till they should recover
after a while they came to themselves and usa'at alzaman rejoiced with exceeding joy oppression and depression left her and gladness took the mastery of her and she repeated these verses
accordingly she told him all that had come to her since their separation at the khan and what had happened to her with the badawi how the merchant had bought her of him and had taken her to her brother sharqan and had sold her to him how he had freed her at the time of buying how he had made a marriage contract with her and had gone into her and how the king their sire had sent her to him
but now go to dymaster and bring him quickly to me
the chamberlade called the castrato and charged him to do accordingly so he replied i hear and i obey and he took his pages with him and went out in search of the stalker till he found him in the rear of the caravan guarding his ass and preparing for flight
she said it hath reached me o auspicious king that when the stalker girded his ass for flight and bespayed himself saying 'o would i knew what has become of him'
i believe he has denounced me to the eunuch hence these pages at about me and he hath made me an accomplice in his crime
why did thou say i never repeated these couplets nor do i know who repeated them when it was thy companion
but now i will not leave thee between this place and baghdad and what be titheth thy comrade shall be tithed thee
it was as i feared the coming eels discerning but unto allah we are all returning
then the eunuch cried upon the pages saying take him off the ass
and he answered i am the chamberlain of the emir of damascus king sharkan son of omar bin alnuman lord of baghdad and of the land of corasan and i bring tribute and presence from him to his father in baghdad
so fair ye forwards no harm shall befall you till you join his grand vizier dandan
then he bet him be seated and questioned him and he replied that he was chamberling to the emir of damascus and was bound to king omar with presence and the tribute of syria
so it was agreed that we go to damascus and fetch thence the king's son sharcan and make him sultan over his father's realm
and amongst them were some who would have chosen the cadet zawal makhan for quoth they his name be light of the place and he hath a sister nusat alzaman haiz the delight of the time but they set out five years ago for alhijaz and none watteth what is become of them
replied he of the truth i heard him not and i watched him not and folks are all sleeping
but she said whomsoever thou seest awake he is the reciter
then said the eunuch are thou he who repeated poetry but now and my lady heard him
rejoined the eunuch who then was the reciter point him out to me
by allah replied the fireman i tell thee the truth
tell me what happened quatsal almak'an
what else did then that thou must need's recite verses seeing that we are tired out with walking and watching and all the folk are asleep for they require sleep to rest them of their fatigue
and he also improvised the two following these stitches
when nus'at alzaman heard the first improvisation she called to mind her father and her mother and her brother and their willown home then she wept and cried to the eunuch and said to him go to thee
he who recited the first time hath recited the second time and i heard him hard by
by allah and thou fetch him not to me i will assuredly rouse the chamberlain on thee and he shall beat thee and cast thee out
but take these hundred dinners and give them to the singer and bring him to me gently and do him no hurt
return quickly and linger not
when it was the 73rd night
but the eunuch said i will not leave thee till thou show me who it was that recited the verses for i dread returning to my lady without him
now when the firemen heard these words he feared for zawal makhan and wept with exceeding weeping and said to the unit by allah it was not i and i know him not
so go thou to thy station and if thou again meet anyone after this hour reciting aught of poetry whether he be near or far it will be i or someone i know and thou shalt not learn of him but by me
then he kissed dionox's head and spake him fair till he went away but the castrato fetched around and returning secretly came and stood behind the fireman fearing to go back to his mistress without tidings
i say what made my ignomy whatever the bitter cup i drain far be from me that i land to flee nor will i bow to those who blame and for such love would deal me shame
then said the eunuch to zaw almak'an peace be with thee o my lord
o my lord continue the eunuch and sherzad perceived the dawn of day and seized to say her permitted say
we will do thee no upright o my son nor wrong thee in ought but our object is that thou bend thy gracious steps with me to my mistress to receive her answer and return in wheel and safety and thou shalt have a handsome present as one who bringeth good news
then the eunuch went out to zawel makhan and said to him recite what verses thou knowest for my lady is here hard by listening to thee and after i will ask thee of thy name and thy native country and thy condition
so he turned to the wazir dandan and said to him verely your tale is a wonder of wonders
no o chief wazir that here where you have encountered me allah hath given you rest from fatigue and bringeth you your desire after the easiest of fashions for that his almighty will restore it to you zawa makhan and his sister nusat alzaman whereby we will settle the matter as we easily can
when the minister heard these words he rejoiced with great joy and said o chamberlain tell me the tale of the tween and what befell them and the cause of their long absence
zawah makhan bowed his head awhile and then said i accept the position for indeed there was no refusing and he was certified that the chamberlain had counseled him well and wisely and set him on the right way
then he added o my uncle how shall i do with my brother sharkan
after a while the dust dispersed and air appeared under it the army of baghdad and corasan a conquering host like the pooltide sea and charazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say
when it was the 78th night
and in it all rejoiced at the accession of the light of the place
lastly the minister went in and kissed the ground before zawal makhan who rose to meet him saying welcome o wazir and sire's son's peer
moreover the sultan commanded his wazir dundan to call at ten days' halt of the army that he might be private with him and learn from him how and wherefore his father had been slain
he then repaired to the heart of the encampment and ordered the host to halt ten days
she pulled her hair down turned her skirt back put her feet on the fender and took potter under her lap all of which arrangements signified that something very important had got to be thought over and settled
the more proposals the more credit
i've tried it and liked it and maybe this is the consequence of that night's fun
just suppose it is true that he does ask me and i say yes
what a spiteful thing i am
i could do so much for all at home how i should enjoy that
let me see how can i begin
he has known her all her life and has a good influence over her
now as polly was by no means a perfect creature i am free to confess that the old temptation assailed her more than once that week for when the first excitement of the dodging reform had subsided she missed the pleasant little interviews that used to put a certain flavour of romance into her dull hardworking days
i don't think it was his wealth accomplishments or position that most attracted polly though these doubtless possessed a greater influence than she suspected
it was that indescribable something which women are quick to see and feel in men who have been blessed with wise and good mothers
this had an especial charm to polly for she soon found that this side of his character was not shown to everyone
lately this had changed especially towards polly and it flooded her more than she would confess even to herself
at first she tried to think she could but unfortunately hearts are so contrary that they won't be obedient to reason will or even gratitude
polly felt a very cordial friendship for mr sidney but not one particle of the love which is the only coin in which love can be truly paid
this finished polly's indecision and after that night she never allowed herself to develop on the pleasant temptation which came in a guise particularly attractive to a young girl with the spies of the old eve in her composition
when saturday came polly started as usual for a visit to baggy and bess but couldn't resist stopping at the shores to leave a little parcel for fan that was calling time
a foolish little speech to make to a dark but you see polly was only a tenderhearted girl trying to do her duty
take hold of masa charlie's hand miss mamie and walk pretty like william flossy said the maid
at the street corner a blackeyed schoolboy was parting from a rosyfaced schoolgirl whose music role he was reluctantly surrendering
how he got there was never very clear to polly but there he was flushed and a little out of breath but looking so glad to see her did she had not the heart to be stiff and cool as she had fully intended to be when they met
she really couldn't help it it was so pleasant to see him again just when she was feeling so lonely
that is the way i get to the rose answered polly
she did not mean to tell but his brightness was so agreeable she forgot herself
but i know her better and i assure you that she does improve she tries to mend her thoughts though she won't own it and will surprise you some day by the amount of heart and sense and goodness she has got
thank you no
how lovely the park looks she said in great confusion
asked the odd for young man laying a trap into which polly immediately fell
he was quicker to take a hint than she had expected and being both proud and generous we're soft to settle the matter at once for polly's sake as well as his own
so when she made her last point and remark he said quietly watching her face keenly all the while i thought so well i'm going out of town on business for several weeks so you can enjoy your little bit of country without being annoyed by me annoyed
she thought she had a good deal of the coquette in her and i have no doubt that with time and training she would have become a very dangerous little person but now she was far too transparent and straightforward by nature even to tell a wildlike levelly
he was gone before she could do anything but look up at him with a remorseful face and she walked on feeling that the first and perhaps the only lover she would ever have had read his answer and accepted it in silence
polly did not return to her faith with walk till she learned from minnie that uncle had really left town and then she found that his friendly company and conversation was what had made the way so pleasant after all
working two and four as usual what's the news with you
perhaps you killed him
utterly done with and laid upon the shelf
minnie said the other day she wished she was a pigeon so she could paddle in the puddles and not fuss about rabbits
now don't be affected polly but just tell me like a deer has not he proposed
don't you think he means to
julie julie fan
i don't mean to be prying but i really thought he did
well i always meant to try it if i got a chance and i have
i just gave him a hint and he took it
he meant to go away before that so then think his heart is broken or mind what city settlers say
he understood and being a gentleman made no fuss
but polly it would have been a grand thing for you
i'm odd you know i prefer to be an independent spinster and teach music all my days
never mind what the business was it suffices to say that it was a good beginning for a young man like tom who having been born and bred in the most conservative class of the most conceited city in new england needed just the healthy hearty social influences of the west to widen his views and make a man of him
fortunately everyone was so busy with the necessary preparations that there was no time for romans of any sort and the four young people worked together as soberly and sensibly as if all sorts of emotions were not bottled up in their respective hearts
pity that the ancient comes so soon but the hour did its work and went its way leaving a clearer atmosphere behind but the young folks did not see it then for the eyes were dim because of the partings that must be
if it had not been for two things i fear she never would have stood a summer in town but sydney often called till his vacation came and the voluminous correspondence with polly beguiled the long days
tom wrote once a week to his mother but the letters were short and not very satisfactory for men never do tell the interesting little things that women best like to hear
now i'm only tired had a good day to do lately and the dull weather makes me just a travel blue
forgive me polly but i can't help saying it for it is there and i want to be as true to you as you were to me if i can
i tried not to deceive myself but it does seem as if there was a chance of happiness for me
thank heaven for that
guide polly with the hardest satisfaction in her voice
poor polly was so taken by surprise that she had not a word to say
none were needed hattalte faes entered for her as well as the impulse which made her hide her head in the sofacushion like a foolish ostrich and the hunters are after it
once or twice but sort of chokingly and i thought it was only some little flotation
it was so stupid of me not to guess before
it was so tender earnest and defiant that fanny forgot the defence of her own love and admiration of polly's loyalty to hers for this faithful allabsorbing love was a new revelation to fanny who was used to hearing her friends boast of two or three lovers a year and calculate their respective values with almost as much coolness as the young men discussed the fortunes of the girls they wished for but could not afford to marry
i hope maria bailey is only thinks her she added softly for i could not bear to have him disappointed again
said fanny turning hopeful all at once
suppose i say a word to tom just inquire after his heart in a general way you know and give him a chance to tell me if there's anything to tell
bare it people always do bear things somehow answered polly looking as if sentence had been passed upon her
it was a very different winter from the last for both the girls
if any wanted to show him what she could do toward making a pleasant home she certainly succeeded better than she suspected for in spite of many failures and discouragements behind the scenes the little house became a most attractive place to mr sidney at least for he was more the housefriend than ever and seemed determined to prove that change of fortune made no difference to him
she kept much at home when the day's work was done finding it pleasant to the sit dreaming of a book or so in alone than to exert herself even to go to the shores
polly was not at all like herself that winter and those nearest to her saw and wondered at it most
for ned was so absorbed in business that he ignored the whole bailey question and left them in utter darkness
then he came walking in upon her one day looking as if she brought hiding of such great joy that she hardly knew how to tell them
but if workbaskets were gifted with powers of speech they could tell stories more true and tender than any we read
then hope by fear
mr and mrs hattersley have been seeing it to grow before the night and as mrs hargrave is still absent and the weather was remarkably fine i never passed the day without seeing my two friends milsen and esther either there or here
no unless you can tell me when to expect him home
i can't it's a nuansiem do you
it is a resolution you were informed long ago
we all have a bit of a liking for him at the bottom of our hearts though we can't respect him
no i'd rather be like myself than as i am
never mind my plain speaking said i it is from the best of motives
but tell me should you wish your sons to be like mr huntingdon or even like yourself
oh no i couldn't stand that
far and fury
now don't force into a tempest at that
but hang it that's not my fault
not ears for she's only 5 and 20
what would you make of me and the children to be sure that were a hurt death between them
i know they are bless them
he followed me into the library
i sought out and put into his hands two of millicent's letters one dated from london and written during one of his wildest seasons of reckless dissipation the other in the country during a lucid interval
the former was full of trouble and anguish but not accusing him but deeply regretting his connection with his profligate companions abusing mr grimsby and others in situating bitter things against mr huntingdon and most ingeniously throwing the blame of her husband's misconduct on the other man's shoulders
i've been accursed radical god knows said he as he gave it a earthy squeeze but you see if i don't make amends for it then me if i don't
if you intend to reform invoke god's blessing he is mercy in this aid notice curse
god help me then for i'm sure i need it
where's millicent
nay not i said he turning around and pushing towards me
millicent flew to thank me overwhelming its gratitude
i couldn't have influenced him i'm sure by anything that i could have said
you never tried me milly said he
after that they will prepare to their country home
wensherty arts yon
i knew well enough that he might be carried thousands of miles in the boxcar locked in perhaps without water or food
i'm sure i kissed liddy and i've had terrible moments since when i seem to remember kissing mr jameson too with the excitement
fortunately one wanted attack to keep bachelor hall in the lodge
out of their friends to lead them they washed their dishes once a day and they concluded queer messes according to their several abilities
miss inns he said stopping me as i was about to go to my room upstairs how are your nerves tonight
i have none i said happily
i mean he persisted do you feel as though you could go through with something rather unusual
the most unusual thing i can think of would be a peaceful night
something is going to occur he said
put on heavy shoes and some old dark clothes and make up your mind not to be surprised at anything
liddy was sleeping in the sleep of the just when i went upstairs and i hunted out my things cautiously
they were chucking cofellantly together but when i came down they seized
there were a few preparations to be made dlocks to be gone over winters to be instructed as to renew the vigilance and then after extinguishing the whole light we crept in the darkness through the front door and into the night
i ask no questions
once only somebody spoke and then it was an emphatic bit of profanity from dr stewart when he ran into a wire fence
i hardly know what i expected
the doctor was puffing somewhat when we finally came to a halt
i confess that just at that minute even sunny sides in the cheerful spot
in spite of myself i drew my breath in sharply
it was alex armed with two long handled spades
the doctor kept a keen lookout but no one appeared
there's one thing sure i'll not be suspected of complicity
a doctor is generally supposed to be a handeared baring fox then atigging them up
i held on to him frantically and somehow i got sharon looked down
but how am i to get over the 10 or 12 days that must yet elapse before they go
for now i couldn't do it as he has done oh
the word stares me in the face like a guilty confession but it is true i hate him i hate him
i sometimes think i ought to give him credit for the good feeling he simulates so well and then again i think it is my duty to suspect him under the peculiar circumstances in which i am placed
i have done well to record them so minutely
they had taken themselves to their work i less to divert my mind than to deprecate conversation had provided myself with the bulk
i am too well acquainted with your character and conduct to feel any real friend for you and as i am without your talent for the simulation i cannot assume the appearance of it
upon prusing this she turns a scarlet and with her lip
you may go millicent until following a while
william blyche me ellen continue to you
you are suspicious
if i were suspicious i replied i should have discovered your infamy long before
i enjoy humanlike tremble as well as you i answered steadily fixing my eyes up on her and february happens to be one of my favorite results
she colored again excessively and remained silent pressing her finger against her teeth and gazing into the fire
i watched her a few moments to the feeling of malevolent gratification then moving towards the door i calmly asked if she had anything more to say
yes yes
suppose i do
she paused in evident disconcerting and perplexity mingled with anger she dared not show
i cannot renounce what is dearer than life she muttered in a low hairy tone
if you are generous here is a fitting opportunity for the exercise of your magnanimity if you are proud here am i your rival rather than acknowledge myself you are a dipter for an act of the most noble forbearance
i shall not tell him
give me no thanks it is not for your sake that i refrain
and millicent will you tell her
i would not for much that you should note infamy and disgrace of a relation
you use hard words mrs huntington but i can pardon you
how dare you mention his name to me
it seems very interesting love said he lifting his head and turning to her eyes too wringing my hand in silent rage and anguish but it's rather long i'll look at it some other time and meanwhile i'll travel you for your kiss my dear what kiss
the keys of your cabinet desk drawer and whatever else you possess say hi rising and holding out its hand
the key of my desk in fact was that that moment in the log and the others were attached to it
now then sneered he we must have a confiscation of property
and putting the keys into his pocket he walked into the library
that and all replied the master and things were cleared away
mr huntingdon then went upstairs
not her he is turning back she is very devil for spite
i didn't say i'd broken it did i return here
i shall put you up on a small monthly allowance in future for your own private expenses and you needn't trouble yourself any more about my concerns i shall look out for a steward my dear i won't expose you to the temptation
and as for the household matters mrs grips must be very particular in keeping her accounts we must go up on an entirely new plan
what great discovery have you made now mr honhinen
i find tendons to defraud you
not in money matters exactly it seems but it's best to keep out of the way of temptation
here benson entered the candles and there followed the brief interval of silence i sitting still in my chair and he is standing with his back to the fire silently trying to figure my despair
i know that day after day such feelings will return upon me
i try to look to him and raise my heart to heaven but it will cleave to the dust
she had even been in society before the revolution
it was her pleasure and her vanity to drag in these names on every pretext
every year she solemnly renewed her vows and at the moment of taking the oath she said to the priest monsieur st françois gave it to monsieur saintjulien monsieur saintjulien gave it to monsieur saintussibius monsieur saintussibius gave it to monsieur saintprocopius etc etc
and the schoolgirls would begin to laugh not in their sleeves but under their veils charming little stifled laughs which made the vocal mothers frown
it was a century which spoke through her but it was the 18th century
the rule of fontrefold did not forbid this
she would not show this object to anyone
thus it furnished a subject of comment for all those who were unoccupied or bored in the convent
some unique chocolate some authentic relic
they lost themselves in conjectures
when the poor old woman died they rushed to her cupboard more hastily than was fitting perhaps and opened it
he is resisting fluttering his tiny wings and still making an effort to fly but the dancer is laughing with a satanical air
moral love conquered by the colic
the priorist returned and seated herself once more on her chair
we will present a scenographic report of the dialogue which then ensued to the best of our ability
father fovent
reverend mother do you know the chapel
and you have been in the choir in pursuance of your duties two or three times
there is a stone to be raised heavy
the slab of the pavement which is at the side of the altar
the slab which closes the vault yes
it would be a good thing to have two men for it
a woman is never a man
because dom mabalon gives 417 epistles of saint bernard while merlonaus horses only gives 367 i do not despise merlonaus horses neither do i
marriage consists in working according to one's strength a cloister is not a dockyard
and a woman is not a man but my brother is the strong one though
and can you get a lever
there is a ring in the stone
i will put the lever through it
that is good reverend brother i will open the vault
will that be all no
give me your orders very reverend mother
fulvent we have confidence in you
i'm here to do anything you wish
and to hold your peace about everything yes robin mother
when the vault is open i will close it again
but before that what reverend mother
father for vent reverend mother
you know that a mother died this morning
no did you not hear the bell
nothing can be heard at the bottom of the garden really
and then the wind is not blowing in my direction this morning
it was mother crucifixion
three years ago madame de bassoon a jansenist turned orthodox merely from having seen mother crucifixion at prayer ah
the mothers have taken her to the dead room which opens on the church i know
a fine sight it would be to see a man enter the dead room more often
hey more often
what do you say
i say more often more often than what
reverend mother i did not say more often than what i said more often
but i did not say it more often
at that moment nine o'clock struck
at nine o'clock in the morning and at all hours praised and adored be the most holy sacrament of the altar said the priores
it cut more often short
fosh levant mopped his forehead
in her lifetime mother crucifixion made converts after her death she will perform miracles she will
fatherfoolvent the community has been blessed in mothercursed fiction
she retained her consciousness to the very last moment
she gave us her last commands
if you had a little more faith and if you could have been in her cell she would have cured your leg merely by touching it she smiled
there was something of paradise in that death
fochelot thought that it was an orison which she was finishing
fochler mott held his peace she went on
i have consulted upon this point many ecclesiastics laboring in our lord who occupy themselves in the exercises of the clerical life and who bear wonderful fruit
fortunately the priorus completely absorbed in her own thoughts did not hear it
she continued further prevent
yes reverend mother
saint torentius bishop of porte where the mouth of the tiber empties into the sea requested that on his tomb might be engraved the sign which was placed on the graves of parasites in the hope that passersby would spit on his tomb this was done
the dead must be obeyed so be it
for that matter no reverend mother
father provence mother crucifixion will be interred in the coffin in which she has slept for the last twenty years that is just
it is a continuation of her slumber
so i shall have to nail up that coffin yes
i am at the orders of the very reverend community
the four mother presenters will assist you
no in luring the coffin
where into the vault
foshlevant started the vault under the altar
under the altar but
you will have an iron bar yes but
you will raise the stone with the bar by means of the ring but
the dead must be obeyed to be buried in the vault under the altar of the chapel not to go to profane earth to remain there in death where she prayed while living such was the last wish of mother crucifixion
she asked it of us that is to say commanded us
but it is forbidden
oh i am a stone in your walls
think father provene if she were to work miracles here
what a glory of god for the community and miracles issued from tombs
but reverend mother is the agent of the sanitary commission
but the commissary of police
chono de meheur one of the seven german kings who entered among the gauls under the empire of constantius expressly recognized the right of nuns to be buried in religion that is to say beneath the altar
the world is nothing in the presence of the cross
martin the 11th general of the carthusians gave to his order this device stat crew doomvulvator orbis
the priorus who was usually subjected to the barrier of silence and whose reservoir was overfull rose and exclaimed with the lequacity of a dam which has broken away
i have on my right benoit and on my left bernard who was bernard
the first habit of clairvaux
his order has produced 40 popes 200 cardinals 50 patriarchs 1600 archbishops 4600 bishops 4 emperors 12 emperesses 46 kings 41 queens 3600 canonized saints and has been in existence for 1400 years
on one side st bernard on the other the agent of the sanitary department
god subordinated to the commissary of police such as the age silence fovon
no one doubts the right of the monastery to sepulcher
only phonetics and those in error deny it
we live in times of terrible confusion
we are ignorant and impious
and then religion is attacked why
because there have been bad priests because sagaterra bishop of gap was a brother of salon bishop of embrun and because both of them followed mamal
they persecute the saints
they shut their eyes to the truth darkness is the rule
the most ferocious beasts are beasts which are blind
oh how wicked people are
by order of the king signifies today by order of the revolution
one no longer knows what is due to the living or to the dead a holy death is prohibited
guthier bishop of ceylon held his own in this matter against otho duke of burgundy
the priors took a breath then turned to fashlavan
you will close the coffin the sisters will carry it to the chapel
the office for the dead will then be set
but she will hear she will not listen
besides what the cloister knows the world learns not
a pause in suit
you will remove your belt
has the doctor for the dead paid his visit
he will pay it at four o'clock today
the peel which orders the doctor for the dead to be summoned has already been wrong
but you do not understand any of the appeals
that is well father for finn
where will you obtain it
i have my heap of old iron at the bottom of the garden
river mother what
if you were ever to have any other jobs of this sort my brother is the strong man for you a perfect turk
you will do it as speedily as possible
i cannot work very fast i'm in firm that is why i require an assistant i limp
everything must have been completed a good quarter of an hour before that
i will do anything to prove my zeal towards the community these are my orders i am to nail up the coffin
at 11 o'clock exactly i am to be in the chapel
mother ascension will be there two men would be better
however never mind i shall have my lever
after which there will be no trace of anything
the government will have no suspicion
the empty coffin remains this produced a pause
what is to be done with that coffin father prevent
it will be given to the earth empty
ah the de exclaimed fresh lasal
the veal stuck fast in his throat
he made haste to improvise an expedient to make her forget the oath
i will put earth in the coffin reverend ruther that will produce the effect of a corpse
i will make that my special business
these hatreds were soon to make trouble for me of which i had never dreamed
henry washington younger my father represented jackson county three times in the legislature and was also a judge of the county court
my mother who was berchieba fristo of independence was a daughter of richard fristo who fought under general andrew jackson at new orleans jackson county having been so named at my grandfather fristo's insistence
i cannot remember when i did not know how to shoot
my brother james was born january 15 1848 john in 1851 and robert in december 1853
my oldest brother richard died in 1860
my father was in the employ of the united states government and had the mail contract for 500 miles
he had started back to harrisonville in a buggy but was waylaid one mile south of westport a suburb of kansas city and brutally murdered falling out of his buggy into the road with three mortal bullet wounds
ms washingtonwales and her son samuel on the road home from kansas city to lee's summit recognize the body is that of my father
ms wells stayed to guard the remains while her son carried the news of the murder to colonel peabody of the federal command who was then in camp at kansas city
miss mccorkell jumped from the window of the house and escaped
as the raiders left one of them shouted
now old lady call on your protectors why don't you call on co younger now
every knot represented a human life
but she failed to find the comfort she sought for annoyance has continued in a more aggravated form
two months after this incident the same persecutors again entered our home in the dead of the night and at the point of a pistol tried to force my mother to set fire to her own home
i have always felt that the exposure to which she was subjected on this cruel journey too hard even for a man to take was a direct cause of her death
from harrisonville she went to waverly where she was handy continually
one of the conditions upon which her life was spared was that she would report it lexington weekly
one of my old school teachers whom i have never seen since the spring or summer of 1862 is stephen b elkins senator from west virginia
when i was taken prisoner i expect you to be shot without ceremony
although every book reporting to narrate the lives of the younger brothers is told of the liberty robbery and implied that we had a part in it the youngers were not suspected at that time nor for a long time afterward
it was claimed by people of liberty that they positively recognized among the robbers all shepherd redmockers and budpents who had seen service with quantrell
this raid was a company about bloodshed judge mcclain the banker being shot though not fatally
no warrant was issued for the youngers but subsequent historians have inferentially at least accused us of taking part but as i said before there is no truth in the accusation
june 3rd 1871 obercock brothers bank at croydon iowa was robbed of 40000 by seven men in broad daylight
it was charged that arthur mccoy or ac mccoy and myself had been participants in the gads hill affair and the two stage robberies
the parts of this letter now relevant are as follows
you may use this letter in your own way
i will give you this outline and sketch of my whereabouts and actions at the time of certain robberies with which i'm charged
at the time of the gallatin bank robbery i was gathering cattle in ellis county texas cattle that i bought from pleas taylor and rector
this can be proved by both of them also by sheriff barkley and 50 other respectable men of that county
i brought the cattle to kansas at fall and remained in st clair county until february
i then went to arkansas and returned to st clair county about the 1st of may
i went to kansas where i cattle run woodson county at colonel ridges
during the summer i was either in st clair jackson or kansas but as there was no robbery committed that summer it makes no difference where i was
i went through independence and from there to acewebs
there i took dinner and then went to dr lw twyman's
our business there was to see ep west he was not at home but the family will remember that we were there
we crossed on the bridge stayed in the city all night and the next morning we rode up through the city
i met several of my friends among them was bob hutzpeth
we were not on good terms at the time nor have we been for several years
poor john he has been hunted down and shot like a wild beast and never was a boy more innocent
dr l lewis was his physician
there were 50 or 100 persons there who will testify in any court that john and i were there
helvin thickel and wife of greenson valley were attending the springs at that time and either of them will testify to the above for john and i sat in front of mr smith while he was preaching and was in his company for a few moments together with his wife and mr and ms thickel after the service
about the last of december 1873 i arrived in carroll parish louisiana
i stayed there until the 8th of february 1874
i had not heard of that when i wrote the letter of 1874 and to correct any misapprehension that might be created by omitting it i will say that at the time i was at neoshoek kansas with a drove of cattle which i sold to major ray
it was immediately following the rock island robbery at aidaire iowa that they first appeared a deliberate enlistment of some local papers in missouri to connect us with this robbery
we took the oath perhaps 300 of us down on luther mason's farm a few miles from where i now write where colonel hayes had encamped after independence
boom ewer and myself make coffee in the rest below rose hill on grand river
accordingly i was shortly awakened to a company him the lone jack where he would personally make known the situation to the other colonels
foster had nearly 1000 cavernment and two pieces of rabs in the end of battery that had already made for itself a name for hard fighting
come in colonel hayes explain colonel cockrell
i think he'll be rather tough meat for breakfast i replied he might be alright for dinner
jackman with a party of 30 seasoned men charged the indiana guns and captured them but major foster let a gallant charge against the invaders and recaptured the pieces
we were out of ammunition and were helpless had the fight been pressed
they did mark my clothes in one or two places however
major foster and a letter to judge georgie and benedict of minneapolis said
i was told by some of our men from the western border of the state that they recognize a daring young writer as coyounger
about 9 30 am i was shot down
the wounded of both forces were gathered up and were placed in houses
that night it started to rain and we wore out our horses
friday we move toward waterville and friday night we camp between elysian and german lake
bob shatterdale bowl was requiring frequent attention and that night we made only nine miles and monday monday night and tuesday we spent in a deserted farmhouse close to mankato
that day a man named dunning discovered us and we took him prisoner
finally we administered to him an oath not to betray our whereabouts until we had time to make our escape and he agreed not to
no sooner however was he released than he made posttaste into mankato to announce our presence and in a few minutes another posse was looking for us
the whistle on the oil mill blew and we feared that it was a signal that had been agreed upon to alarm the town in case we were observed but we were not molested
he had to sleep with it pellet on my breast jim being also crippled with a wound in his shoulder and we could not get much sleep
but they soon after got close enough so that one of them broke my walking stick with a shot
we were inside of our longsought horses when they cut us off from the animals and our last hope was gone
six step to the front sheriff glyspin colonel t l valt b m rice g a bradford c a pomeroy and s j severson
forming in line four paces apart he ordered them to advance rapidly and concentrate the fire of the whole line the instant the robbers were discovered
make for the horses i said every man for himself
there's no use stopping to pick up a comrade here but we can't get him through the line just charge them and make it if we can
i got up as a signal for the charge and we fired one volley
one of the fellows in the outer line not brave enough himself to join the volunteers who had come in to beat us out was not disposed to believe in the surrender and had his gun leveled on bob in spite of the handkerchief which was waving as a flag of truce
sheriff glyspin of water one county who was taking bob's pistol from him was also shouting to the fellow
including those received in and on the way from northfield i had 11 wounds
and sheriff glyspen's order not to shoot was the beginning of the protectorate that minnesota people established over us
i urged on the boys that whatever happened we should not shoot anyone
when miller and i crossed the bridge the three were on some dry good boxes at the corner near the bank and as soon as they saw us went right into the bank instead of waiting for us to get there
when we came up i told miller to shut the back door which they had left open in their hurry
js allen whose hardware store was near tried to go into the bank but miller ordered him away and he ran around the corner shouting
get your guns boys they're robbing the bank
and i called to him to get inside at the same time firing a pistol shot in the air as a signal to the three boys at the bridge that we had been discovered
almost at this instant i heard a pistol shot in the bank
chadwell woods and jim wrote up and joined us shouting to the people in the street to get inside and firing their pistols to emphasize their commands
if any of our party shot him it must have been woods
meantime the street was getting uncomfortably hot
every time i saw anyone with a bead on me i would drop off my horse and try to drive the shooter inside but i could not see in every direction
dr wheeler who had gone upstairs in the hotel shot miller and he lay dying in the street
changing his pistol to his left hand by a rent out and mounted miller's mayor
but kept you so long is pits
as to the rest of the affair inside the bank i take the account of a northfield narrator
where's the money outside the safe bob asher
the shutters were closed and this caused bunker and instance delay that was almost fatal fitz chased him with a bullet
the first one missed him but the second went through his right shoulder
they swarmed up in front of sherburn's palings as thick as they could jam together and you couldn't hear yourself think for the noise
some song out tear down the fence tear down the fence
the stillness was awful creepy and uncomfortable
sherbin run his eyes slow along the crowd and wherever it struck the people tried a little to out gaze him but they couldn't they dropped their eyes and looked sneaky
the average man's a coward
because they're afraid the man's friends will shoot them in the back in the dark and it's just what they would do
so they always acquit and then a man goes in the night with a hundred masked cowards at his back and lynches the rascal
you didn't want to come
but a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness
now leave and take your half a man with you tossing his gun up across his left arm and cocking it when he says this
the crowd washed back sudden and then broke all apart and went tearing off every which way and buck harkness heed it after them looking tolerable cheap
you can't be too careful
they argued and tried to keep him out but he wouldn't listen and the whole show come to a standstill
and one or two women begin to scream
so then the ringmaster he made a little speech and said he hoped there wouldn't be no disturbance and if the man would promise he wouldn't make no more trouble he would let him ride if he thought he could stay on the horse
it weren't funny to me though i was all of a tremble to see his danger
and the horse are going like a house of fire too
he shed them so thick they kind of clogged up the air and altogether he shed 17 suits
why it was one of his own men
which was sound enough judgment but you take the average man and he wouldn't wait for him to howl
the king's duds was all black and he did look real swell and starchy
why before he looked like the ornerous old rip that ever was but now when he'd take off his new white beaver and make a bow and do a smile he looked that grand and good and pious that you'd say he had walked right out of the ark and maybe was old leviticus himself
jim cleaned up the canoe and i got my paddle ready
where are you bound for young man
get aboard says the king
i'd done so and then we all three started on again
the young chap was mighty thankful said it was tough work toting his baggage such weather
he asked the king where he was going and the king told him he'd come down the river and landed at the other village this morning and now he was going up a few miles to see an old friend on a farm up there the young fellow says
but then i says again no i reckon it ain't him or else he wouldn't be paddling up the river you ain't him are you
no my name's blodgett alexander blodgett reverend alexander blodgett i suppose i must say as i'm one of the large poor servants
you see he was pretty old and george's guillers was too young to be much company for him except mary jane the redheaded one and so he was kinder lonesome after george and his wife died and didn't seem to care much to live
too bad too bad he couldn't have lived to see his brothers poor soul
i'm going in a ship next wednesday for rio de janeiro where my uncle is
but it'll be lovely wish i was agoing
mary jane's 19 susan's 15 and joanne is about 14 that's the one that gives herself to good works and has a hair lip poor things
well they could be worse off
oh peter had friends and they ain't gonna let them come to no harm
blamed if he didn't acquire about everybody and everything in that blessed town and all about the wilks's and about peter's business which was a tanner and about george's which was a carpenter and about harvest which was a decentering minister and so on and so on then he says
when they're deep they won't stop for a hail
was peter wilkes well off
when we struck the boat she was about done loading and pretty soon she got off
now hustle back right off and fetch the duke up here and the new carpet bags
so then they waited for a steamboat
but the king was calm he says
they give a glance at one another and nod at their heads as much as to say would they tell you
then one of them says kind of soft and gentle
phelpsus was one of these little onehorse cotton plantations and they all look alike
i went around and climbed over the back style by the ash hopper and started for the kitchen
i out with a yes and four i thought
so then she started for the house leading me by the hand and the children tagging after
when we got there she set me down in a splitbottom chair and set herself down on a little low stool in front of me holding both of my hands and says
well it's lucky because sometimes people do get hurt
and i think he died afterwards he was a baptist
yes it was mortification that was it
your uncle's been up to the town every day to fetch you
you must have met him on the road didn't you oldish man with a
watch out it'll be stole
it was kinder thin ice but i says
i had my mind on the children all the time i wanted to get them out to one side and pump them a little and find out who i was
pretty soon she made the cold chill streak all down my back because she says
i see it weren't a bit of use to try to go ahead i'd got to throw up my hand
so i says to myself here's another place where i got to rest the truth
i opened my mouth to begin but she grabbed me and hustled me in behind the bed and says here he comes
children don't you say a word
i see i was in a fix now
mrs phelps she jumps for him and says
has he come no says her husband
i can't imagine says the old gentleman and i must say it makes me dreadful uneasy
easy she says i'm ready to go distracted
he must have come and you've missed him along the road
oh don't distress me anymore and i'm already distressed
why silas look yonder up the road hate that somebody coming
the old gentleman stared and says
i ain't no idea who is it
it's tom sawyer
being tom sawyer was easy and comfortable and it stayed easy and comfortable till by and by i hear a steamboat coughing along down the river
then i says to myself spozetime so where it comes down on that boat
and but never mind the rest of his outfit it was just wild but it was awful funny
the people most killed themselves laughing and when the king got done capering and capered off behind the scenes they roared and clapped and stormed and ha ha till he come back and done it over again and after that they made him do it another time
20 people sings out
the duke says yes
everybody sings out sold
but a big finelooking man jumps up on a bench and shouts hold on
just a word gentlemen they stopped to listen
what we want is to go out of here quiet and talk this show up and sell the rest of the town
you bet it is the judge is right everybody sings out
we struck the raft at the same time and in less than two seconds we was gliding downstream all dark and still and edging towards the middle of the river nobody saying a word
we never showed a light till we was about ten miles below the village
greenhorns flatheads
no i says it don't
well it don't because it's in the breed i reckon they're all alive
well that's what i'm asayin' all kings is mostly rapscagons as far as i can make out is that so
and look at charles ii and louis xiv and louis xv and james ii and edward ii and richard iii and 40 more besides all them saxon heptarches that used to rip around so in old times and raised games
my you ought to seen old henry viii when he was in bloom he was a blossom
ring up fair rosamond
well henry he takes a notion he wants to get up some trouble with this country
suppose he opened his mouth what then
all i say is kings is kings and you got to make allowances
take them all around their mighty ornery lot it's the way they're raised
well they all do jim
now to do he's a tolerable like the man in some ways
this one's a middling hard lock for a duke
when i waked up just a daybreak he was sitting there with his head down betwixt his knees morning and morning to himself
it don't seem natural but i reckon it so
he was often moaning and mourning that way nights when he judged i was asleep and sang po little lesbeth
don't you hear me shut the door
i lay i make you mine
just as loud as i could yell
even the sun came out pale and watery at noon
the colds and rheumatism of the rainy months vanished
as to worker last sunday you did it when the youngers
well didn't they shoot us one man exhibited his arm in a sling
haven't i got something to remember them by the devils
who are you to destroy the legal government who is learning a german
who are you a counterrevolutionist a provocateur they beloved at him
you call yourselves the people of russia but you are not the people of russia
the peasants are the people of russia wait until the peasants are gone
we know what the peasants will say aren't they working men like ourselves
this man has specially welcomed the call to a congress of paisans
this last were the young generation who had been serving in the army
whereupon the old executive committee left the hall
down with him they strict
fearfilled tumult cries down with the palsheviki
upon my return i visited mollney no such accusation was made against me there after a brief conversation i left and that's all let anyone present make such an accusation
meanwhile the question of the status of the executive committee was agitating all minds
by declaring the assembly extraordinary conference it had been planned to block the relaction of the executive committee
but this worked both ways the last socialist revolutionist decided that if the congress had no power over the executive committee then the executive committee had no power over the congress
on the 27th occurred the debate on the land question which revealed the differences between the agrarian program of the barsheviki and the left socialist revolutionaries
the constituent assembly will not dare to break with the wheel of the people
followed him lenin listen to now with absorbing intensity
the first stage was the crushing of autocracy and the crushing of the power of the industrial capitalists and the landowners whose interests are closely related
the tumours and zamstovs were dropped
he knew that an agreement with the palsheviki was being discussed but he did not know that it had been concluded
he spoke to the ram convention
the villages will save us in the end
but the present movement is international and that is why it is invincible
the wheel of millions of workers is now concentrated in the hall
a new humanity will be born of this war
i greet you with the christening of a new russian life and freedom
there was a man coming from earth on a second ship who would see him
the little publisher was back at the crusader again
only gordon and sheila were left
credit had been established again and the businesses were open
gordon came to a row of temporary bubbles individual dwellings built like the dome but opaque for privacy
they had been lucky
schulberg's volunteers were official now
fat's place was still open though the crooked tables had been removed gordon dropped to a stool slipping off his helmet
he reached automatically for the glass of etherneedle beer
thought you'd be in the chips
that's mars gordon echoed the other's comment why don't you pull off the planet fats you could go back to earth i'd guess the other nodded
guess a man gets used to anything hell maybe i can hire some bums to sit around and whoop it up when the ships come in and build this as a real old martian den of sin
there was a grin on the other's face
finally got our orders for you it's mercury
we sent 20 others the same way and they failed
let's say you've shifted some of the misery around a bit and given them a chance to do better
you can't stay here
there's a rocket waiting to transship you to the moon on the way to mercury right now gordon side
and i paid her the pay we owe you from the time you began using your badge she's out shopping
but his old eyes were glinting
did you think we'd let you go without seeing you off cobber he asked
i i oh dread it i'm getting old izzy you tell him
he grabbed gordon's hand and waddled down the landing plank izzy shook his head
it was night outside and the phosphor bulbs at the corners glowed dimly giving him barely enough light by which to locate the way to the extemporized precinct house
it had probably been years since any had dared risk it after the sun went down
and the slow doubtful respect on the faces of the citizens as they nodded to him was even more proof that haley's system was working
gordon hit the signal switch and the mars speaker let out a shrill whistle
guns suddenly seemed to be flourishing everywhere
you can't do it to me
i'm reformed i'm going straight
you damned cops can't o'neal was blubbering
one look was enough the workpapers had the telltale overthickening of the signature they had showed up on other papers obviously forgeries
some turned away as gordon and the other cop went to work but most of them weren't squeamish
when it was over the two picked up their whimpering captive
jenkins the other cop had been holding the wallet
must have been making a big contact in something 5050
there must have been over 2000 credits in the wallet
when gordon and jenkins came back murdock tossed the money to them split it
whatever comes to hand govna
like this social call gordon asked him
the little man shook his head his ancient 18yearold face turning sober
you owe me some bills governor
1150 credits
you didn't pay up your pledge to the captain fund so i had to fill in
a thousand interest at 10 a week standard right
gordon had heard of the friendly interest charged on the side here but he shook his head wrong izzy
ha as he turned it over and shook his head
now show me where i signed any agreement saying i'd pay you back
for a second izzy's face went blank then he chuckled
he pulled out the bills and handed them over
thanks hissie thanks yourself
the kid pocketed the money cheerfully nodding
the little guy knew mars as few others did apparently from all sides
and if any of the other cops had private rackets of their own izzy was undoubtedly the man to find it out and use the information with a beat such as that even going halves and with all the grafted upper brackets he'd still be able to make his pile in a matter of months
the captain looked completely beaten as he came into the room and dropped onto the bench
go on accept damn it
captain murdock
but marsport had flourished enough to kill it off
some of mars' laws dated from the time when law enforcement had been hampered by lack of men rather than by the type of men
the stonewall gang numbered perhaps 500
even derelicts and failures had to eat there were stories and shops throughout the district which eaked out some kind of a marginal living
they were safe from protection racketeers there none bothered to come so far out
the shopkeepers and some of the less unfortunate people there had protested loud enough to reach clear back to earth
captain murdock was an unknown factor and now was asking for more men
the pressure was enough to get them for him
gordon reported for work with a sense of the bottom falling out mixed with a vague relief
i've got a free hand and we're going to run this the way we would on earth
your job is to protect the citizens here and that means everyone not breaking the laws whether you feel like it or not no graft
the first man making a shakedown will get the same treatment we're going to use on the stone wall boys you'll get double pay here and you can live on it
he picked out five of the men including gordon you five will come with me
the rest of you can team up any way you want tonight pick any route that's open okay men let's go
bruce gordon grinned slowly as he swung the stick and murdoch's eyes fell on him earth cop
two years gordon admitted
for a second gordon cursed himself
he began wondering about security then
nobody had tried to get in touch with him
there was a crude lighting system here put up by the citizens at the front of each building a dim phosphor bulb glowed when darkness fell they would have nothing else to see by
moving in two groups of threes at opposite sides of the street they began their beat
there was no chance to save the citizen who was dying from lack of air
gordon felt the solid pleasure of the finally turned a club in his hands
gordon's eyes popped at that
he swallowed the sentiment his own club was moving now
the other four cops had come in reluctantly
he brought him to the ground with a single blow across the kidneys
they rounded up the men of the gang and one of the cops started off
to find a phone and call the wagon
we're not using wagons murdoch taught them line them up
if they tried to run they were hit from behind if they stood still they were clubbed carefully
murdock indicated one who stood with his shoulder shaking and tears running down his cheeks
the captain's face was as sick as gordon's felt
i want the name of every man in the gang you can remember he told the man
colonel they'd kill me i don't know
murdock took his nod as evidence enough and turned to the wretched tufts
if he should turn up dead i'll know you boys are responsible and i'll find you
trouble began brewing shortly after though
murdock sent one of the men to pick up a second squad of six and then a third
and the third one bruce gordon spotted one of the men who'd been beaten before
get a stretcher and take him wherever he belongs he ordered
but the captain stirred finally sighing
no the cops are giving me we're covered gordon
but the stonewall gang is backing wayne
but it's going to be tough on them
bruce gordon grimmist i've got a yellow ticket from security
murdock blinked he dropped his eyes slowly
what makes you think wayne will be reelected
nobody wants him except a gang of crooks and nosen power
ever see a martian election
no you're a firstyear he can't lose
and then hell is going to pop and this whole planet may be blown wide open
it fitted with the dire predictions of security and what the spying gordon was going to do according to them
he was getting even fatter now that he was eating better food from the fair restaurant around the corner
cost them more but they'd be respectable
because izzy is always honest according to how he sees it
but you got earth ideas at the stuff like i had once
the groups grew more experienced and murdoch was training a new squad every night
it wasn't exactly legal but nothing was here
this could lead to abuses as he'd seen on earth
but there probably wouldn't be time for it if mayor wayne was reelected
captain lake did not look at all like at london dandy now
there was a very natural savagery and ejection there and a wild gilded in his yellow eyes rachel sat down
a slave only think a slave
oh frightful frightful is it a dream
oh frightful frightful
stanley stanley it would be mercy to kill me she broke her again
bright and naughty with the gin's curtains and the little toilet set out not inelegantly and her petpiping goldfinch asleep on his perch with his bit of sugar between the wires of his cage her pillow so white and unpressed with its little edging of lace
when he came back to the drawing room a toilet bottle of oath of cologne in his hand with her lace handkerchief he bathed her temples in forehead
there was nothing very brotherly in his look as he peered into a pale sharp peaches during the process
there don't mind me she said sharply and getting up she looked down at her dress and thin shoes and seeming to recollect herself she tipped the candle he had just set down and went swiftly to her room
and she threw back her veil and going hurriedly to the toilet mechanically surveyed herself in the glass
rachel leak rachel leak what are you now
i'll stay here that is in the drawing room she answered and the face was withdrawn
he slackened his pace and tapped sharply at the little window of the modest post office at which the young ladies in the pony carriage had pulled up the day before and within which luke waggert was wont to sleep in a sort of wooden box that folded up and appeared to be a chest of drawers all day
luke took care of mr larkin's dogs and groomed mr wilder's horse and cleaned up his dog cart for mark being close about money and finding that the thing was to be done more cheaply that way put up his horse and dog cart in the post office premises and so evaded the livery charges of the brandon arms
but luke was not there and captain lake recollecting his habits and his haunt hurried on to the silver lion which has its cable towards the common only about a hundred steps away for distances are not great in jilindan
here where the flow of soul and of stout long pipes long yarns and tolerably long credits and the humble skip races of the town resort of tiddler for the pleasures of a club life and often rebelled deep into the small hours of the morning
lose no time and i'll give you half a crumb
luke stuck on his greasy wide awake and in a few minutes more the dark cart was trundled out into the lane and the horse harness went between the shafts with that wonderful cheerfulness with which they were to be called up under startling circumstances and unseasonable hours
if i thought you'd fail me now tomorrow i should never come back goodnight tomorrow
the act said that in case of difference of opinion there must be a ballot
he went up to the table and striking it with his finger ring he shouted loudly a ballad
he was shouting for the very course sergei ivanovich had proposed but it was evident that he hated him and all his party and this feeling of hatred spread through the whole party and roused an opposition to it the same vindictiveness though in a more seemingly form on the other side
shouts were raised and for a moment all was confusion so that the martial of the province had to call for order a ballot
we shed our blood for our country
the confidence of the monarch in not checking the accounts of the marshal is not a cashier but that's not the point
votes please peace
they express the most implacable hatred
levin did not in the least understand what was a matter and he marveled at the passion with which it was disputed whether or not the decision about flareov should be put to the vote
he forgot as sergei ivanovich explained to him afterwards this syllogism that it was necessary for the public good to get rid of the martial of the province that to get rid of the martial it was necessary to have a majority of votes that to get a majority of votes it was necessary to secure fleirov's right to vote that to secure the recognition of fleirov's right to vote they must decide on the interpretation to be put on the act
but levin forgot all that and it was painful to him to see all these excellent persons for whom he had a respect in such an unpleasant and vicious state of excitement
to escape from this painful feeling he went away into the other room where there was nobody except the waiters at the refreshment bar
he particularly liked the way one graywhiskered waiter who showed his con for the other younger ones and was juridied by them was teaching them how to fold up napkins properly
living advanced but utterly forgetting what he was to do and much embarrassed he turned to sergei ivanovich with the question where am i to put it
so even a bit crowned
that is a matter for each man's own decision he said severely
having put it in he recollected that he ought to have thrust his left hand too and so he thrust it in though too late and still more overcome with confusion he beat a hasty retreat into the background
126 for admission 98 against
sang out the voice of the secretary who could not pronounce the letter r
then there was a laugh a button and two knots were found in the box
but the old party did not consider themselves conquered
in reply snedkov spoke of the trust the noblemen of the province had placed in him the effecton they had shown him which he did not deserve as his only merit had been his attachment to the nobility to whom he had devoted twelve years of service
this expression in the marshall's face was particularly touching to levin because only the day before he had been at his house about his trusty business and had seen him in all his grandeur a kindhearted fatherly man
if there are men younger and more deserving than i let them serve
and the marshall disappeared through a side door
they were to proceed immediately to the election
two noble gentlemen who had a weakness for strong drink had been made drunk by the partisans of snedkov and a third had been robbed of his uniform
on learning this the new party had made haste during the dispute about fleirov to send some of their men in a sledge to clothe the stripped gentleman and to bring along one of the intoxicated to the meeting
levin did not care to eat and he was not smoking he did not want to join his own friends that is sergei ivanovich stepan arkidovich sv'eski and the rest because vronski in his equaries uniform was standing with them in eager conversation
he went to the window and sat down scanning the groups and listening to what was being said around him
he's such a black guard
i have told him so but it makes no difference only think of it
these persons were unmistakably seeking a place where they could talk without being overheard
shall we go on your excellency fine champagne
last year at our district marshal nikola ivanovich's
oh still just the same always at a loss the landowner answered with a resigned smile but with an expression of serenity and conviction that so it must pay
why what is there to understand
there is no meaning in it at all
then two one must keep up connections
it's a model obligation of assault
and then to tell the truth there's one's own interests
they are proprietors of a sort but we are the landowners
that it may be but still it ought to be treated a little more respectfully
if we are laying out a garden planning one before the house you know and there you have a tree that stood a centuries in the very spot old and gnarled it may be and yet you don't cut down the old fellow to make room for the flower beds but lay out your beds so as to take advantage of the tree
well and how is your land doing
but one's work is thrown in for nothing
oh well one does it what would you have
and once more the landowner went on leaning his elbows in the window and chatting on my son i must tell you has no taste for it
so there will be no one to keep it up and yet one does it
we walked about the fields and the garden no said he step on this livvich everything's well looked after but your garden's neglected
to my thinking i'd cut down that laundry
here you have thousands of limes and each would make two good bundles of pork
you're married i heard said the landowner
yes it's rather strange he went on
the landowner chuckled under his white moustaches
why don't we cut down our box for timber
11 returning to a thought that had struck him
there's a class instinct too of what one ought and ought not to do
there's the peasants too i wonder at them sometimes any good peasant tries to take all the land he can
without a return 2 add a simple loss
i swear answered sancho
i say so continue don quixote because i hate taking away anyone's good name
i say replied sancho that i swear to hold my tongue about it till the end of your worship stays and congrat i may be able to let it out tomorrow
though your worship was not so badly off having in your arms the incomparable beauty you spoke of but i what did i have except the heaviest wax that i think i had in all my life
unlucky me and the mother that bore me
didn't i say so worst luck to my lines said sancho
it cannot be the more answered don quixote for those under enchantment do not let themselves be seen by anyone
if they do not let themselves be seen they let themselves be felt sits oncho if not let my shoulders speak to the point
mine could speak too said don quixote but that is not a suspicion of reason for believing that what we see is the enchanted more
the officer turned to him and said well how goes it good man
sontre got up with pain enough in his bones and went after the inkkeeper in the dark and meeting the officer who was looking to see what had become of his enemy he said to him signor whoever you are do us the favor and kindness to give us a little rosemary oil salt and wine for it is wanter to cure one of our best knights errant on earth who lies on yonder bed wounded by the hands of the enchanted more that is in this inn
to be brief he took the materials of which he made a compound mixing them all and boiling them a good while that until it seemed to him they had come to perfection
sancho ponce who also regarded the amendment of his master as miraculous begged him to give him what was latin epican which was no small quantity
don quixote consented and he taking it with both hands in good faith and with a better will gulped it down and drained out very little less than his master
if your worship knew that returned satcho well betide me in all my kindred why did you let me taste it
search your memory and if you find anything of this kind you need only tell me of it and i promise you by the order of nighthood which i have received to procure you satisfaction and reparation to the utmost of your desire
then this is an in said danki horei
and a very respectable one said the innkeeper
the cries of the plurblanketed wretch were so loud that they reached the ears of his master who halting to listen attentively was persuaded that some new adventure was coming until he clearly perceived that it was his squire who uttered them
he saw him rising and falling in the air with such grace and nimbleness that had his rage allowed him it is my belief he would have left
sancho took it and as he was raising it to his mouth he was stopped by the cries of his master exclaiming sancho my son drink not water drink it not my son for it will kill thee see here i have the blessed bosom and he held up the flask of liquor and with drinking two drops with thou wilt certainly be restored
lobsters and lobsters
when is a lobster not a lobster when it is a crayfish
this question and answer might well go into the primer of information for those who come to san francisco from the east for what is called a lobster in san francisco is not a lobster at all but a crayfish
the pacific crayfish however serves every purpose and while many contend that its meat is not so delicate in flavor as that of its eastern cousin the californian will extraneously insist that it is better but of course something must always be allowed for the patriotism of the californian
a book could be written about this restaurant and then all would not be told for all its secrets can never be known
it was here that most magnificent dinners were arranged it was here that extraordinary dishes were concocted by chefs of worldwide fame it was here that lobster alla newburg reached its highest perfection and this is the recipe that was followed when it was prepared in the domonico
lobster ellen newberg
1 pound of lobster meat 1 teaspoon full of butter 12 pint of cream yolks of 4 eggs 1 wine glass of sherry lobster fat
put this in a double boiler and let cook until thick stirring constantly
serve in a chafing dish with a thin slice of dry toast
king of shelfish
one has to come to san francisco to partake of the king of shelfish the mammoth pacific crab
i say come to san francisco advisedly for while the crab is found all along the coast it is prepared nowhere so deliciously as in san francisco
gobi's past with the fire and the little restaurant bearing his name and in charge of his widow in union square avenue has not attained the fame of the old place
it is possible that she knows the secret of preparing crab as it was prepared in the gobeys of before the fire but his perceived did not descend to her
gobi's crab stew
take the meat of one large crab scraping out all the fat from the shell
soak the crab meat in the sherry 2 hours before cooking
chop fine the onion sweet pepper and tomato with the rosemary
heat this in a stew pan and when simmering add the sherry and crabme and let all cook together with the slow fire for 8 minutes
serve in a chafing dish with toasted crackers or thin slices of toasted bread
lobster in miniature
so far it has been used mostly for garnishment of other dishes and it is only recently that the whole brow has been making a specialty of them
all of the betterclass restaurants however will serve them if you order them
this is the recipe for 8 people and it is well worth trying if you are giving a dinner of importance
bisc of crawfish
take 30 crawfish from which remove the gut containing the gall in the following manner take firm hold of the crawfish with the left hand so as to avoid being pinched by its claws with the thumb and forefinger of the right hand pinch the extreme end of the central fin of the tail and with a sudden jerk the gut will be withdrawn
mints are cut into small dice of carrot an onion one head of celery and a few parsley roots and to these add a bay leaf a sprig of thyme a little minnet pepper and two ounces of butter
put these ingredients into a stew pan and fry them 10 minutes then throw in the crawfish and pour on them half a bottle of french white wine
allow this to boil and then at a core of strong consomme and let all continue boiling for half an hour
pick out the crawfish and strain the broth through a napkin by pressure into a basin in order to extract all the essence from the vegetables
pick the shells of 25 of the crawfish tails trim them neatly and set them aside until wanted
reserve some of the spawn also half of the body shells which were to make the crawfish butter to finish the soup
this butter is made as follows place the shells on a baking sheet in the oven to dry let the shells cool and then pound them in a mortar with a little lobster coil and 4 ounces of fresh butter thoroughly bruising the hole together so as to make a fine paste
there was once of the time a widower who had a son and a daughter by his first wife
from the very day that the new wife came into the house there was no peace for the men's children and not a corner to be found where they could get any rest so the boy thought that the best thing he could do was to go out into the world and try to earn his own bread
but his sister who was still at home fared worse and worse
kiss me girl said the head
and when the king entered and saw it he stood still as if he were in fetters and could not stir from the spot for the pictures seemed to him so beautiful
the youth promised to make all the hasty good and set forth from the king's palace
at last they came inside of land
well if my brother says so i must do it said the man's daughter and she flung her casket into the sea
what is my brother saying asked his sister again
on the first thursday night after this a beautiful maiden came into the kitchen of the palace and begged the kitchen maid who slept there to lend her a brush
she begged very prettily and got it and then she brushed her hair and the gold dropped from it
out on the ugly bushy bride sleeping so soft by the young king's side on sand and stones my bed i make and my brother sleeps with a cold snake unpity'd and unwept
i shall come twice more and then never again said she
this time also as before she borrowed a brush and brushed her hair with it and the gold dropped down as she did it and again she sent the dog out three times and when they dawned she departed but as she was going she said as she had said before i shall come once more and then never again
no one can tell how delighted the king was to get rid of that hideous bushy bride and get a queen who was bright and beautiful as day itself
wilt thou serve me and watch my seven foals as the king
the youth thought that it was very easy work to watch the foals and that he could do it well enough
has thou watched faithfully and well the whole day long said the king when the light came into his presence in the evening
yes that i have said the youth
he had gone out once to seek a place he said but never would he do such a thing again
then the king promised him the same punishment and the same reward that he had promised his brother
when he had run after the foals for a long long time and was hot and tired he passed by a clef in the rock where an old woman was sitting spinning with a distiff and she called to him
come hither come hither my handsome son and let me comb your hair
the youth liked the thought of this let the foals roam where they chose and seated himself in the clout of the rock by the side of the old hag
so there he sat with his head on her lap taking his ease the live long day
on the third day sid doolaid wanted to set out
the two brothers laughed at him and his father and mother begged him not to go but all to no purpose when cinderladd set out on his way
i'm walking about in search of a place that's under that
i would much rather have the princess at cinderella
and let's take journey downwards a long long way
when they had gone us for a long long way the fool again asked 'doesst i see anything now'
yes now i see something that is white so it's in the lab
it looks like the trunk of a great thick birch tree
cinderlad tried but could not do it so he had to take a draw from the pitcher and then one more and after that still another and then he was able to wield the sword with perfect ease
for we are brothers of the princess whom now are to have when thou canst tell the king what we even drink but there is a mighty troll who has cast a spell over us
when they had traveled a long long way the fool said does that see anything
and now i'm quiet and full see you stuff nothing now
now then said the four does that not see anything now
that is a river said the foal and we have to cross it
i've done my best reply to the lad
once upon a time there was a king in the north who had won many wars but now he was old
the old king went out and fought bravely but at last his sword broke and he was wounded and his men fled
but in the night when the battle was over his young wife came out and searched for him among the slain and at last she found him and asked whether he might be healed
so he asked the queen how do you know when the dark of night whether the hours are wearing to the morning and she said
then the old man said drive all the horses into the river and choose the one that swims across
he is no bigger than other dragons said the tudor and if you were as brave as your father you would not fear him
then the person who had killed otter went down and caught the dwarf who owned all the treasure and took it from him
only one ring was left which the dwarf wore and even that was taken from him
so regan made a sword and sigurd tried it with a blow on a lump of iron and the sword broke
then sigurd went to his mother and asked for the broken pieces of his father's blade and gave them to regan
so sigurd said that sword would do
then he saw the track which the dragon had made when he went to a cliff to drink and the track was as if a great river had rolled along and left a deep valley
but sigurd waited till half of him had crawled over the pit and then he thrust the sword graham right into his very heart
sigurd said i would touch none of it if by losing it i should never die
but all men die and no brave man lets death frighten him from his desire
die thou fafner and then fafner died
then sigurd rode back and met regan and regan asked him to roast waffner's heart and let him taste of it
so cigar put the heart of fafnir on a steak and roasted it
there is sigurd roasting fafner's heart for another when he should taste of it himself and learn all wisdom
that let him do then ride over hinfeld to the place where brunnhild sleeps
there must she sleep till thou combs for her waking who rise up and ride for now sure she will swear the vow fearless of breaking
then he took the helmet off the head of the sleeper and behold she was the most beautiful lady
then sigurd rode away and he came to the house of a king who had a fair daughter
when bernhild's father told gunner that she would marry none but him who could ride the flame in front of her enchanted tower and that they rode and gunner said his horse set the flame but he would not face it
for one day when bernhild and gundren were bathing bernhild waded farthest out into the river and said she did that to show she was gundren's superior
for her husband she said had ridden through the flame when no other man dared face it
not long to wait he said till the bitter sword stands fast in my heart and now will not live long when i am dead
general observations on preserves confectionery ices and dessert dishes
the expense of preserving them with sugar is a serious objection for except a sugar is used in considerable qualities the success is very uncertain
fruit gathered in wet or foggy weather will soon be mildewed and be of no service for preserves
but to distinguish these properly requires great attention and considerable experience
if you dip the finger into the serve and apply it to the thumb the tenacity of the serve will on separating the finger and thumb afford a thread which shortly breaks this is the little thread
let it boil up again then take it off and remove carefully the scum that has risen
it is considered to be sufficiently boiled when some taken up in a spoon pours out like oil
before sugar was in use honey was employed to preserve many vegetable productions though this substance is now given way to the juice of the sugarcane
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boil them up three days successively skimming each time and they will then be finished and in a state fit to be put into pots for use
the reason why the fruit is emptied out of the preserving pan into an earthen pan is that the acid of the fruit acts upon the copper of which the preserving pans are usually made
from this example the process of preserving fruits by syrup would be easily comprehended
they should be dried in the stove or oven on a sieve and turned every six or eight hours fresh powdered sugar being sifted over them every time they are turned
in this way it is also that orange and women's ships are preserved
marmalades jams and fruit pegs serve the same nature and are now in very general quest
marmalades and jams differ little from each other they are preserves of half liquid consistency made by boiling the pulp of fruits and sometimes part of the rinds with sugar
that they may keep it as necessary not to be sparing of sugar 1503
in all the operations for preserve making when the preserving pan is used it should not be placed on the fire but on a trivet unless the jam is made on a hot plate when this is not necessary
confectionary 1508
in speaking of confectionery it should be remarked that all the various preparations above named come strictly speaking under that head for the various fruits flowers herbs and recent juices which when boregles sugar were formally employed in pharmacy as well as for sweet meats were called confections from the latin word confirse to make up but the term confectionery embraces a very large class indeed of sweet food many kinds of which should not be attempted in the ordinary cuisine
the thousand and one ornamental dishes that adorn the tables of the wealthy should be purchased from the confectioner they cannot profitably be made at home
however as late as the reign of our two last georges fabulous sums were often expended upon fanciful desserts
the shape of the dishes varies at different periods the prevailing fashion at present being oval and circular dishes on stems
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at desserts or at some evening parties ices are scarcely to be dispensed with
this battle is generally made of copper kept bright and clean
they should be taken immediately after they're passed or some hours after because the taking of these substances during the process of digestion is apt to provoke indisposition
his followers rushed forward to where he lay and their united force compelling the black knight to pause they dragged the wounded leader within the walls
it was on their journey to that town that they were overtaken on the road by cedric and his party in whose company they were afterwards carried captive to the castle of torquilstone
as he lay upon his bed wracked with pain and mental agony and filled with the fear of rapidly approaching death he heard a voice address him
what art thou he exclaimed in terror
leave me and seek the saxon witch ulrika who was my temptress let her as well as i taste the tortures which anticipate hell
exclaimed the norman ho
rememberest thou the magazine of fuel that is stored beneath these apartments woman
they are fastrising at least said eureka and a signal shall soon waive to warn the besiegers to press hard upon those who would extinguish them
meanwhile the black knight had led his forces again to the attack and so vigorous was their assault that before long the gate of the castle alone separated them from those within
the defenders finding the castle to be on fire now determined to sell their lives as dearly as they could and headed by the bracey they threw open the gate and were at once involved in a terrific conflict with those outside
the black knight with potentor strength forces where inward in despite of the bracey and his followers
two of the foremost instantly fell and the rest gave way notwithstanding all the leader's efforts to stop them
the black knight was soon engaged in desperate combat with the norman chief and the vaulted roof of the hall rang with a furious blow
at length the bracey fell
tell me thy name or work thy pleasure on me
yet first let me say said the bracey what it imports thee to know
exclaimed the black knight prisoner and parish
the life of every man in the castle shall answer it if a hair of his head be singed show me his chamber
raising the wounded man with ease the black knight rushed with them to the post and gate and having there delivered his burden to the care of two young men he again entered the castle to assist in the rescue of the other prisoners
but in other parts the besiegers pursued the defenders of the castle from chamber to chamber and satiated in their blood the vengeance which had long animated them against the soldiers of the tyrant from the booth
as the fire commenced to spread rapidly through all parts of the castle ureka appeared on one of the turrets
before long the towering flames had surmounted every obstruction and rose through the evening skies when huge and burning beacon seen far and wide through the adjacent country tower after tower crashed down with blazing roof and rafter
at length with a terrific crash the whole turret gave way and she perished in flames which had consumed her tyrant
when the outlaws had divided the spoils which they had taken from the castle of torkelstone cedric prepared to take his departure
he left the gallant band of foresters sorrowing deeply for his lost friend the lord of conningsburg and he and his followers had scarce departed when a procession moved slowly from under the greenwood branches in the direction which he had taken in the centre of which was the car in which the body of adelstein was laid
the brazi bowed low and in silence threw himself upon a horse and galloped off through the wood
here is a bugle which an english yeoman has once worn i pray you to keep it as a memorial of your gallant bearing
so saying he mounted his strong war horse and rode off through the forest
during all this time isaac of york sat mournfully apart grieving for the loss of his daily loved daughter rebecca
and with his epistle then happy old man set out to procure his daughter's liberation
the templar is flared said the bracey in answer to the prince's eager questions from the berth you will never see more and he added in a low and emphatic tone richard is in england i have seen him and spoken with him
he appealed to the bracey to assist him in his project and became at once deeply suspicious of the knight's loyalty towards him when he declined to lift hand against the man who had spared his own life
before reaching his destination he was told that lucas the bourmanois the grandmaster of the order of the templars was then on visit to the preceptory
he had not until then been informed of the presence of the jewish maiden in the abode of the templars and great was his fury and indignation on learning that she was amongst them
poor isaac was hurried off accordingly and expelled from the preceptory all his entreaties and even his office unheard and disregarded
the assurance that she possessed some friend in this awful assembly gave her courage to look around and to mark into whose presence she had been conducted
she gazed accordingly upon a scene which might well have struck terror into a bolder heart than hers
at his feet was placed the table occupied by two scribes whose duty was to record the proceedings of the day
the preceptors of whom there were four present occupied seats behind the superiors and behind them stood the esquires of the order roped in white
and laura had her own pet plans
she meant to be scrupulously conscientious in the administration of a talent and sometimes at church on a sunday when the sermon was particularly awakening she mentally debated a serious question as to whether new bonnets and a pair of ruban's gloves daily were not sinful but i think she decided that the new bonnets and gloves were on the whole a patternable weakness as being good for trade
one morning laura told her husband with a gay laugh that she was going to victimize him but he was to promise to be patient and bear with her for once in a way
i want to see all the pictures the modern pictures especially
i remember all the rubens says at the louvre for i saw them three years ago when i was staying in paris with grandpapa
she returned in a little more than ten minutes in the freshest toilet all pale shimmering blue like the spring sky with peargray gloves and boots and parasol and a bonnet that seemed made of azure butterflies
he was drawing towards the close of this delightful honeymoon tour and it was a bright sunshiny morning early in february but february in paris is sometimes better than april in london
but she fixed upon a picture which she said she preferred to anything she had seen in the gallery
philip jocelyn was examining some pictures on the other side of the room when his wife made this discovery
how i wish you could get me a copy of that picture philip laura said entreatingly
i should so like one to hang in my morningroom at jocelyn's rock
she turned to the french artist presently and asked them where the elder mr curstle lived and if there was any possibility of seeing him
they have said that he is even a little imbecile that he does not remember himself of the most common events of his life
but there are some others who say that his memory has not altogether failed and that he is still enough harshly critical towards the works of others
i don't think you will have any difficulty in finding the house
you will be doing me such a favor philip if you'll say yes
when it was the seven hundred and eighteenth night
but he answered needs my thigh half zaynabal's so now suddenly there came a wrap at the door and the maid said who is at the door
the knocker replied kamah daughter of azarayah the jew say me izali of cairo with you
rip like the broker's daughter o thou daughter of a dog
and having thus islamised she asked him two men in the faith of islam give marriage portions to women or to women dower men
and she threw down the jew's head before him
now the cause of her slaying her sire was as follows
then he set out rejoicing to return to the barricade of 40
so he ate and fell down senseless for the sweet meats were drugged with bang whereupon the casi bundled him into the sack and made off with him charger and chest and all to the barricade of forty
presently hasan shuman came out of a closet and said to him how's thou got in the gear o ali
so he told him what had befallen him and added if i know whether the rascal is gone and where to find the knave i would pay him out
know as thou whither he went
ansad hasan i know where he is and opening the door of the closet showed him the sweetmeat cellar within drugged and senseless
so i went round about the highways of the city till i met a sweet meat seller and buying his clothes and stocking tray and gear for ten dinars did what was done
quotha rashid whose head is this
so ali related to him all that had passed from first to last and the caliph said i had not thought thou wouldst kill him for that he was a sorcerer
he replied i have forty lads but they are in cairo
the strides of a lame man are like the ogling glances of a oneeyed man they do not reach their goal very properly
cosette had waked up
jean valjean had placed her near the fire
you will wait for me at a lady's house i shall come to fetch you
everything is arranged and nothing is said for chlévoin
i have permission to bring you in but before bringing you in you must be got out
that's where the difficulty lies
it is easy enough with the child you will carry her out
and she will hold her tongue i answer for that
thorsch levant grumbled more to himself than to jean vajon
you understand father madeleine the government will notice it
gervaisra stared him straight in the eye and thought that he was raving
fush live on went home
it is tomorrow the time to bring you in the prioress expects you
then he explained to jean vajon that this was his recompense for a service which he for chelouvant was to render to the community
that the nun who had died that morning had requested to be buried in the coffin which had served her for a bed and interred in the vault under the altar of the chapel
that the prioress and the vocal mothers intended to fulfil the wish of the deceased
that he for chelouvant was to nail up the coffin in the cell raise the stone in the chapel and blow the corpse into the vault
and then that there was another the empty coffin
what is that empty coffin
ask jeanvarjean foch levin replied
what coffin what administration
vosch levant who was seated sprang up as though a bomb had burst under his chair you
you know françois levant what you have said mother crucifixion is dead
and i add and father madeline is buried
you are not like other men father madeline
this offers the means give me some information in the first place
how long is the coffin six feet
it is a chamber on the ground floor which has a grated window opening on the garden which is closed on the outside by a shutter and two doors one leads into the convent the other into the church what church
the church in the street the church which anyone can enter
have you the keys to those two doors
no i have the key to the door which communicates with the convent the porter has the key to the door which communicates with the church
only to allow the undertakers meant to enter when they come to get the coffin
who nails up the coffin i do
who spreads the pool over it
not another man except the police doctor can enter the dead room that is even written on the wall
could you hide me in that room tonight when everyone is asleep
about three o'clock in the afternoon
i shall be hungry but i will bring you something
you can come and nail me up in the coffin at two o'clock
fochlevolver are coiled and cracked his finger joints but that is impossible
bah impossible to take a hammer and drive some nails in a plank
jean valjean had been in worse straits than this
any man who has been a prisoner understands how to contract himself to fit the diameter of the escape
what does not a man undergo for the sake of a cure
to have himself nailed up in a case and carried off like a bale of goods to live for a long time in a box to find air where there is none to economise his breath for hours to know how to stifle without dying this was one of jean valjean's gloomy talents
you surely must have a gimlet you will make a few holes here and there around my mouth and you will nail the top plancon loosely good and what if you should happen to cough or to sneeze
a man who is making his escape does not cough or sneeze
who is there who has not said to a cat do come in
the over prudent cats as they are and because they are cats sometimes incur more danger than the audacious
but jean valjean's coolness prevailed over him in spite of himself he grumbled
if you're sure of coming out of the coffin alright i am sure of getting you out of the grave
an old fellow of the old school the gravedigger puts the corpses in the grave and i put the gravedigger in my pocket
i shall follow that is my business
the herds halts the undertaker's men not a rope around your coffin and lower you down
the priest as the prayers makes the sign of the cross sprinkles the holy water and takes his departure
one of two things will happen he will either be sober or he will not be sober
that is settled father frosche levant all will go well
on the following day as the sun was declining the very rare passes by on the boulevard du min pulled off their hats to an oldfashioned hearse ornamented with skulls crossbones and tears
this hearse contained a coffin covered with a white cloth over which spread a large black cross like a huge corpse with drooping arms
a morning coach in which could be seen a priest in his surplus and a choir boy in his red cap followed
behind it came an old man in the garments of a labourer who limped along
the grave diggers being thus bound to service in the evening in summer and at night in winter in this cemetery they were subjected to a special discipline
these gates therefore swung inexorably on their hinges at the instant when the sun disappeared behind the dome of the invalid
dampness was invading it the flowers were deserting it
the bourgeois did not care much about being buried in the vosjechart it hinted at poverty père l'aché if you please
to be buried in pérklashes is equivalent to having furniture of mahogany it is recognised as elegant
the interment of mother crucifixion in the vault under the altar the exit of cozette the introduction of jean valjean into the deadroom all had been executed without difficulty and there had been no hitch let us remark in passing that the burial of mother crucifixion under the altar of the convent is a perfectly venial offence in our sight
it is one of the faults which resemble a duty
the nuns had committed it not only without difficulty but even with the applause of their own consciences
in the cloister what is called the government is only an intermeddling with authority an interference which is always questionable
make as many laws as you please men but keep them for yourselves
a prince is nothing in the presence of a principal
vrishlava limp'd along behind the hearse in a very contented frame of mind
jean valjean's composure was one of those powerful tranquilities which are contagious
what remained to be done was a mere nothing
he played with father mestian
he did what he liked with him he made him dance according to his whim
the permission for internment must be exhibited
he was a sort of labouring man who wore a waistcoat with large pockets and carried a mattock under his arm
the man replied the grave digger
the grave digger yes
you i
father miss chen is the grave digger he was
foshlevard had expected anything but this that a grave digger could die
it is true nevertheless that grave diggers do die themselves
he had hardly the strength to stomach
but he persisted feebly father mestien is the grave digger
do you know who little father lenora is he is a jug of red wine
but you're a jolly fellow too
are you not comrade we'll go and have a drink together presently
the man replied
he limped more out of anxiety than from infamity
the gravedigger walked on in front of him
vochelacvon passed the unexpected crivier once more in review
françois levin who was illiterate but very sharp understood that he had to deal with a formidable species of man with a fine talker he muttered
but so father mestien is dead
the man replied completely
the good god consulted his notebook which shows when the time is up it was father mestien's turn father mestien died
stammered frosch levoin it is made
you are a peasant i am a parisian
first you have all thought i am lost
there were only a few turns of the wheel distant from the small alley leading to the nuns corner
and he added with the satisfaction of a serious man who is turning a phrase well
fortunately the soil which was light and wet with the winter rains clogged the wheels and retarded its speed
my father was a porter at the britoneum town hall
but he had reverses he had losses unchanged i was obliged to renounce the profession of author but i am still a public writer
so you are not a grave digger then
returned for schlowvo clutching at this branch feeble as it was
here a remark becomes necessary
official of whatever his anguish offered a drink but he did not explain himself on one point who was to pay
the gravedigger went on with a superior smile
one must eat
all mr buzzard grinned
this sounded like another story
he was curious about that blackheaded cousin of old mr buzzard very curious indeed
anyway he would find out
please mr buzzard please tell us the story he bagged
now all mr buzzard is naturally goodnatured and accommodating and when peter bagged so hard he just couldn't find it in his heart to refuse
way back in the days when grandpa buzzard had his little fallingoutwithold king eagle and then flies so high he scorched the feathers off in his head he had a cousin did grandpa buzzard and this cousin was just naturally lazy and no count
like most nocount people he used to make a regular nuisance of himself poking his nose into everybody's business and never tending to his own
wasn't anything going on that this troubling member of the buzzard family didn't find out about and meddle in he could ask more questions than peter rabbit can and anybody that can do that has got to ask a lot
everybody looks at peter and laughs
so we are set on the chimney tops whenever old jack frost gets to straying down where he have no business
one day this nocount trifling cousin of grand pop buzzard gets cold in his feet
it was on the little old house a little old tumble down house
why he just stretch his full head as far down the chimney as he can and listen and listen
but he don't mind that
will you all please speak a little louder he hollered down the chimney just like that
yes ah she surely was plumscared
they like to choke that no con buzzer to death
when he gets home he tries to brush his suit off but it doesn't get into the skin and it stays there
a little sigh of satisfaction went round the circle of listeners
it was just as good as one of grandfather frogs
the duke comes every morning they will tell him when he comes that i am asleep and perhaps he will wait until i awake
yes but if i should already ask for something what
well do it for me for i swear to you that i don't love you as the others have loved you
there are bolts in the door wretch
i don't know how it is but it seems to me as if i do
now go i can't keep my eyes open
it seems to me as if this sleeping city belongs to me i searched my memory for the names of those whose happiness i had once envied and i could not recall one without finding myself the happier
education family feeling the sense of duty the family are strong sentinels but there are no sentinels so vigilant as not to be deceived by a girl of sixteen to whom nature but the voice of the man she loves gives the first castle of love all the more ardent because they seem so pure
the more a girl believes in goodness the more easily will she give way if not to her lover at least to love for being without mistrust she is without force and to win her love is a triumph that can be gained by any young man of five and twenty see how young girls are watched and guarded
then how surely must they desire the world which is hidden from them how surely must they find it tempting how surely must they listen to the first voice which comes to tell its secrets through their bars and bless the hand which is the first to raise a corner of the mystery veil
with them the body has worn out the soul the senses have burned up the heart dissipation has blunted the feelings
they love by profession and not by instincts
when a creature who has all her pasts to reproach herself with is taken all at once by a profound sincere irresistible love of which she had never felt herself capable when she has confessed her love how absolutely the man whom she loves dominates her
they know not what proof to give
in order to disturb the laborers in the field was one day devoured by a wolf because those whom he had so often deceived no longer believed in his cries for help
this is the same with these unhappy women when they love seriously
but when the man who inspires this redeeming love is great enough in soul to receive it without remembering the past when he gives himself up to it when in short he loves as he is loved this man drains at one drought all earthly emotions and after such a love his heart will be closed to every other
but to return to the first day of my rehearsal
when i reached home i was in the state of magicity
the woman becomes the man's mistress and loves him
how why
my whole being was exalted into joy at the memory of the words we had exchanged during that first night
here are my orders tonight at the vadaville
calm during the third entrant
the box is filled one after another
only one remains empty the stage box
at the beginning of the third act i heard the door of the box on which my eyes had been almost constantly fixed open and marguerite appeared
does she love me enough to believe that the more beautiful she looks the happier i should be
what is the matter with you tonight said marguerite rising and coming to the back of the box and kissing me on the forehead
you should go to bed she replied with that ironic air which went so well with her delicate and witty face
where at home
you still love me can you ask
because you don't like seeing him
nonetheless i was very unhappy all the rest of the evening and went away very sadly after having seen prudence the count and marguerite get into the carriage which was waiting for them at the door
i have not come to hinder you from leaving paris
you and the way marguerite but how
well you might have had a woman here said prudence and it would hardly have been amusing for her to see two more arrive
during this remark marguerite looked at me attentively
my dear prudence i answered you do not know what you are saying
yes but besides not wishing to put you out i was sure that if you came as far as my door you would want to come up and as i could not let you i did not wish to let you go away blaming me for saying no
because i am watched and the least suspicion might do me the greatest harm
is that really the only reason
if there were any other i would tell you for we are not to have any secrets from one another now
honestly do you care for me a little a great deal
i fancied for a moment that i might give myself that happiness for six months you would not have it you insisted on knowing the means
well good heavens the means were easy enough to guess
i listened and i gazed at margarite with admiration
when i thought that this marvelous creature whose feet i had once longed to kiss was willing to let me take my place in her thoughts my part in her life and that i was not yet content with what she gave me i asked if man's desire had indeed limits when satisfied as probably his mind had been it reached after something further
truly she continued we poor creatures of chance have fantastic desire and inconceivable loves
we are not allowed to have hearts under penalty of being hooded down and of ruining our credit
we no longer belong to ourselves
we stand first in their self esteem last in their esteem
never do they give you advice which is not lucrative
it means little enough to them that we should have 10 lovers extra as long as they get dresses or a bracelet out of them and that they can drive in our carriage from time to time or come to our box at the future
such a man i found in the duke but the duke is old and the old age neither protects nor consoles
i thought i could accept the life which he offered me but what would you have
what i loved and knew was not the man who was but the man who was going to be
margarite tired out with this long confession threw herself back on the sofa and to stifle a slight cough pulled up her handkerchief to her lips and from that to her eyes
margarite do with me as you will i am your slave your dog but in the name of heaven tear up the letter which i wrote to you and do not make me leave you tomorrow it would kill me
marguerite drew the letter from her bosom and handing it to me with a smile of infinite sweetness said
here it is i have brought it back
i tore the letter into fragments and kissed with tears the hand that gave it to me
look here prudence do you know what he wants said marguerite
he wants you to forgive him
one has to but he wants more than that what then
i embraced mark reed until she was almost stifled
as i thought that this was due to some fault in the earth i wanted to make these first experiments before i undertook my perseus
when i saw this bust came out sharp and clean i said it wants to construct a little furnace in the workshop erected for me by the duke after my own plans and design in the house which the duke had given me
it was an extremely difficult task and i was anxious to observe all the niceties about which i had learned so as not to lapse into some error
i in my turn feel the same desire and hope to play my part like them therefore my lord give me the leave to go
but beware of letting bandonello quit you rather bestow upon him always more than he demands for he goes into foreign parts his ignorance is so presumptuous that he is just the man to disgrace our most illustrious school
i ask no further reward for my labours up to this time than the gracious favour of your most illustrious excellency
then i thanked him and said i had no greater desire than to show those envious folk that i had it in me to execute the promised work
i had better look to my conduct for it had come to his ears that i relied upon his favour to take in first one man and then another
i begged his most lustrous excellency to name a single person who i had ever taken in
i said my lord i thank you and beg you to condescend so far as to listen to four words it is true that he lent me a pair of old scales two anvils and three little hammers which articles i begged his workmen giorgio de cortona fifteen days ago to fetch back
georgia came for them his health
i hope to prove on what account that scoundrel tries to bring me into disgrace
when he had heard this speech the duke rose up in anger and sent for bernadone who was forced to take flight as far as venice he and antonio landy with him
you had better put this to the proof and i will go at once to the bargello
i am willing to enter into competition with the ancients and feel able to surpass them for since those early days in which i made the medals of pope clement i have learned so much that i can now produce far better pieces of the kind i think i can also outdo the coins i struck for duke alessandro which are still held in high esteem in like manner i could make for you large pieces of gold and silver plate as i did so often for that noble monarch king francis of france thanks to the great conveniences he allowed me without ever losing time
after several months were wasted and pietro wouldn't either work nor put men to work upon the piece i made him give it back
among artists certain enraged sculptors laughed at me and called me the new sculptor
now i hope to show them that i am an old sculptor if god shall grant me the boon of finishing my perseus for that noble piazza of his most illustrious excellency
having this excellent resolve in heart i reached my home
but the middle son was little and lorn he was neither dark nor fair he was neither handsome nor strong
throwing himself on his knees before the king he cried o royal sire bestow upon me also a sword and a steed that i may up and await all of my brethren
but the king laughed him to scorn thou a sword he quote
insuth thou shalt have one but it shall be one befitting thy maiden size and courage it so small a weapon can be found in all my kingdom
fourth with the grinning jester began shrieking with laughter so that the bells upon his motley cap were all set ajangling
i did but laugh to think the sword of ethelred had been so quickly found responded the jester and he pointed to the scissors hanging from the tailor's girdle
one night as he lay in a deep forest too unhappy to sleep he heard a noise near at hand in the bushes
thou shalt have thy liberty he cried even though thou shalt run me in pieces the moment thou art free
it had suddenly disappeared and in its place stood a beautiful fairy with filmy wings with shawing like rainbows in the moonlight
at this moment there was a distant rumbling as of thunder tis the ogre cried the fairy we must hasten
scissors grow a giant's height and save us from yoga's might
he could see the ogre standing powerless to hurt him on the other side of the chasm and gnashing his teeth each one of which was as big as a millstone
the sight was so terrible that he turned on his heel and fled away as fast as his feet could carry him
thou shalt not be left a prisoner in this dismal spot while i have the power to help thee
he lifted the scissors and with one stroke destroyed the web and gave the flies freedom
a faint glimmer of light on the opposite wall shows me the keyhole
the prince spent all the following time until midnight trying to think of a suitable verse to say to the scissors
as he uttered the words the scissors leaped out of his hand and began to cut through the wooden shutters as easily as through a cheese
in a very short time the prince had crawled through the opening
while he stood looking around him in bewilderment a firefly alighted on his arm flashing its little lantern in the prince's face it cried this way my friend the fly sent me to guide you to a place of safety
what is to become of me cried the poor peasant
my grain must fall and rot in the field from overripeness because i have not the strength to rise and harvest it then indeed must we all starve
the grand dame whom he supplied with faggots the merchant whom he rescued from robbers the king's counselor to whom he gave aid all became his friends up and down the land beggar or lord homeless wanderer or highborn dame he gladly gave unselfish service all unsought and such as he helped straight away became his friends
to him who could bring her back to her father's castle should be given the throne and kingdom as well as the princess herself so from far and near indeed from almost every country under the sun came knights and princes to fight the ogre
among those who drew back were ethelrede's brothers the three that were dark and the three that were fair
but ethel reid he did not their taunts
so they all cried out long and loud long live the prince prince cisole
he felt what the earth may possibly feel at the moment when it is torn open with the iron in order that grain may be deposited within it it feels only the wound the quiver of the germ the joy of the fruit only arrived later
he had but just acquired a faith must he then reject it already
he affirmed to himself that he would not he declared to himself that he would not doubt and he began to doubt in spite of himself
to stand between two religions from one of which you have not as yet emerged and another into which you have not yet entered is intolerable and twilight is pleasing only to batlike souls
marius was cleareyed and he required the true light
the halflights of doubt pained him
whatever may have been his desire to remain where he was he could not halt there he was irresistibly constrained to continue to advance to examine to think to march further
he feared after having taken so many steps which had brought him nearer to his father to now take a step which would estrange him from that father
his discomfort was augmented by all the reflections which occurred to him
in the troubled state of his conscience he no longer thought of certain serious sides of existence
they soon elbowed him abruptly
request coferac to come and talk with me said marius
what is to become of you said kerferak
what are you going to do i do not know
silver gold here it is
you will then have only a pair of trousers a waistcoat a hat and a coat and my boots
that will be enough
no it is not good what will you do after that
do you know german no
it is badly paid work but one can live by it
the closed dealer was sent for
he paid 20 francs for the castoff garments they went to the watchmakers
he bought the watch for 45 francs
hello i'd forgotten that sidmaris
the landlord presented his bill which had to be paid on the spot
i have ten francs left sid marius
that will be swallowing a tongue very fast or a hundred sue very slowly
one morning on his return from the law school murray's found a letter from his aunt and a sixty pistol that is to say six hundred francs in gold in a sealed box
marius sent back the thirty louis to his aunt with the respectful letter in which he stated that he had sufficient means of subsistence and that he should be able thenceforth to supply all his needs
at that moment he had three franks left
wilder was rather surly after the ladies had floated away from the scene and he drank his liquor doggedly
it was his fancy i suppose to revive certain sentimental relations which had it may be once existed between him and miss lake and he was a person of that combative temperament that magnifies an object in proportion as its pursuit is thwarted
the story of fridolin enretches pretty outlines
sit down beside me and i'll tell you the story
he assisted at it but took no part and in fact was listening to that other conversation which sounded with its pleasant gable and laughter like a little musical tinkle of bells in the distance
but honest mark forgot that young ladies do not always come out quite alone and jump unassisted into their vehicles
there's iron they say in all our blood and a grain or two perhaps is good but his he makes me harshly feel has got a little too much of steel anon
margaret said mr hale as he returned from showing his guests downstairs i could not help watching your face with some anxiety when mr thornton made his confession of having been a shop boy
you don't mean that you thought me so silly
i really like that account of himself better than anything else he said
his statement of having been a shop boy was the thing i liked best of all
you who were always accusing people of being choppy at halston
i don't think mr hale you have done quite right in introducing such a person to us without telling us what he had been
i really was very much afraid of showing him how much shock i was at some part of what he said
his father dying in miserable circumstances
why it might have been in the workhouse
his father speculated wildly failed and then killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace
all his former friends shunned from the disclosures that had to be made of his dishonest gambling wild hopeless struggles made with other people's money to regain his own moderate portion of wealth
no one came forwards to help the mother and this boy
at least no friend came forward immediately and miss thornton is not one i fancy to wait till tardy kindness comes to find her out
so they lift milton
how tainted asked a father
opa pa by that testing everything by the standard of wealth
when he spoke of the mechanical powers he evidently looked upon them only as new ways of extending trade and making money
and the poor men around him they were poor because they were vicious out of the pale of his sympathies because they had not his iron nature and the capabilities that it gives him for being rich
not vicious he never said that
improvident and selfindulgent were his words
margaret was collecting her mother's working materials and preparing to go to bed
just as she was leaving the room she hesitated she was inclined to make an acknowledgement which she thought would please her father but which to be full and true must include a little annoyance
however out it came
papa i do think mr thornton a very remarkable man but personally i don't like him at all
and i do said her father laughing
personally as you call it and all
i don't set him up for a hero or anything of that kind
but good night child
there were several other signs of something wrong about mrs hale
she and dixon held mysterious consultations in a bedroom from which dixon would come out crying and cross as was accustomed when any distress of her mistress called upon her sympathy
once margaret had gone into the chamber soon after dickson lifted and found her mother on her knees and as margaret stole out she caught a few words which were evidently a prayer for strength and patience to endure severe bodily suffering
but though she received caresses and fond words back again in such profusion as would have gladdened her formally yet she felt that there was a secret withheld from her and she believed it bore serious reference to her mother's health
she lay awake very long this night planning how to lessen the evil influence of their milton life on her mother
a servant give dixon permanent assistance should be got if she gave up the whole time to the search and then at any rate her mother might have all the personal attention she required and had been accustomed to her whole life
visiting register offices seeing all manner of unlikely people and very few in the least likely absorbed margaret's time and thoughts for several days
one afternoon she met bessie higgins in the street and stopped to speak to her
well busy how are you
better and not better if you know what that means
not exactly replied margaret smiling
i'm better at not being torn to pieces by coughing at nights but i'm weary and tired of milton and longing to get away to the land of bula and when i think i'm farther and farther off my heart sinks and i'm no better i'm worse
margaret turned around to walk alongside of the girl in her feeble progress homeward
but for a minute or two she did not speak
at last she's set in a low voice
bessie do you wish to die
bessie was silent in her turn for a minute or two then she replied
not worse than many others i reckon
but what was it
you know i'm a stranger here so perhaps i'm not so quick at understanding what you mean as if i'd lived all my life in milton
i had forgotten what i said for the time continued margaret quietly
i should have thought of it again when i was less busy may i go with you now
the sharpness in her eye turned to a wistful longing as she met margaret's soft and friendly gaze
as they turned up into a small court opening out into a squalled street bessie said
you'll not be daunted if father's at home and speaks a bit gruffish at first
but nicholas was not at home when they entered
gasp i see it lost
bessie took a long and feverish draught and then fell back and shut her eyes
margaret bent over and said bessie don't be impatient with your life whatever it is or may have been
remember who gave it to you and made it what it is
now i'll not have my wench preach too
but surely said margaret facing round you believe in what i said that god gave her life and ordered what kind of life it was to be
i believe what i see and no more
that's what i believe young woman
i don't believe all i hear no not by a big deal
but who's come at last and who's welcome as long as he'll keep from preaching on what he knows not about
it's simple and not far to fetch nor hard to work
but the girl and he played it the more with margaret
don't think hardly on him he's a good man he is
i sometimes think i shall be merped with sorrow even in the city of god if arthur is not there
the feverish colour came into her cheeks and the feverish flame into her eye
but you'll be there father you shall oh my heart
she put her hand to it and became ghastly pale
margaret held her in her arms and put the weary head to rest upon her bosom
presently the spasm that foreshadowed death had passed away and bessie roused herself and said
i'll go to bed it's best place but catching that margaret scoundrel you'll come again i know you will but just say it
i will come tomorrow said margaret
margaret went away very sad and thoughtful
she was late for tea at home
have you met with a servant dear
no mama that anne buckley would never have done
s'pose i try said mr hale
everybody else has had their turn at this great difficulty now let me try
i may be the cinderella to put on the slipper after all
what would you do papa how would you say it about it
well i would apply it to some good house mother to recommend me one known to herself or her servants
very good but we must first catch our house mother
the mother of whom he spoke to us said margaret
mr thornton the only mother he has i believe said mr hale quietly
i shall like to see her she must be an uncommon person her mother i did
perhaps she may have a relation who might suit us and be glad of our place
she sounded to be such a careful economical person that i should like anyone out of the same family
my dear said mr hell alarmed probably don't go off on that idea
i'm sure at any rate she would not like strangers to know anything about it
take notice that this is not my kind of haughtiness papa if i have any at all which i don't agree to though you're always accusing me of it
i don't know positively that it is hers either but from little things i've gathered from him i fancy so
they cared too little to ask in what manner her son had spoken about her
they went down to their quarters first
guess mr finney went to his quarters i don't remember seeing him cross the deck or come over that way at all
next ned silly was relieved of the helm by albert jones who took over ned went on down
it looks to me as if it could have been one of several people and i'll be switched if i know who look at my eyes open
the mirror bell was nearing to heady
we've water and fresh stalls to tick on there
chris lost no time as soon as he could do it without being noticed and hurried down to his cabin
certainly my boy boomed out the captain his blue eyes abruptly keen and penetrating
mr finney wouldn't be some time on deck we cannot be heard in here
his face froze with nervousness that this might not do as an answer and he stood stiff and still before captain blizzard
the captain sat forward in his chair looking at him for a long moment considering
then he said well i do not care for it i cannot say that i do
this ship is more to me than wife or mother or family
and paused fingering his lower lip looking sideways in a reflective fashion at chris standing before him
we shall say no more but i trust you understand the responsibility you have
the ship its cargo and its men will be in your hands
yes sir i think i can do it safely or i should not try sir
captain blizzard's round pink face creased in its winning smile
he then went on to describe what else was to follow the covering of the ship with leaves to make it blend with its surroundings
the camouflage was not a word the captain or anyone else of his time yet understood
what can be said during that time sir christaunt asked
i am somewhat skilled in medicaments i have to be as a captain of a ship and the crew know it
i shall say that you are in my own cabin so that i can care for you
not since he had left mr wicker and chris felt such confidence as he did in the words and actions of captain blizzard
he knew now that his absence for as long as he had to be away would be covered up and satisfactorily accounted for
their conversation had taken some of the while
the learning of magic was by no means easy
he told his master at once about simon gosler his horde of money and his hiding places for it
christ therefore threw himself into all the prime limanaries in his task
one afternoon when he had returned after a rest to mr worker's study he saw that there was something new in the room a bowl with a goldfish in it stood on the table but mr worker was not to be seen
what should i do first
how you've improved my boy he'd exclaimed it is now time for you to try and this is as good a change as any
suppose i change and catch james back
mr walker waited patiently beside him for a few moments for chris to get up his courage
then as nothing happened with a voice like a whip mr wicker said start it once
this sensation spread faster and faster
his head swam and he felt faint and a little sick but he persisted through the final words
he thought not without a feeling of pride and commenced experimenting with his tale and fins with such enthusiasm and delight that some little time elapsed before mr worker's voice boom but oh spy
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the figure's shoes carved in some eastern style at curro duck pointing toes
then all that once the idea came to chris
if he was to be a magician could he make this boy come to life
he squatted on his haunches examined the carved wooden figure attentively and felt convinced that once alive the boy would be an ideal and happy companion
but how did one change inanimate to animate
chris got up and stole back to mr worker's door
you hear that magician going up the spiral staircase to his room above and after changing himself to a mouse to slip under the door and see that the room was really empty mr dooms proper shape and opened the doors of the cupboard at the far end of the room
the afternoon rainy before increased in storm
thus came two hours before its time thunder snarls in the sky
certain elements were to be mixed and poured at the proper time
mr worker began moving about upstairs the floorboards creaked creeeeek creeeeek and still chris could not leave until the fortune fumed and glowed
with infinite caution chris closed the door silently behind him and running light beforeward reached the figure of the negro boy
it was as if the stiffness melted
under his eyes wettened folds of cloth became rich silk embroidery gleamed in its reality upon the coat and oh the face
the wooden grin loosened the large eyes turned the hand holding the hard bouquet of car flowers moved the bouquet fall
say you know something
chris looked for a nickelplated flashlight to a car jack and spark plug
no one needs a job ban that's jakey harris
okay he said
only why didn't you ask him yourself
mike became uneasy and fished an elastic band out of his pocket made a flick of paper and sent it soaring out into m street
well he admitted i did
chris asked and for the first time that day the heavy weight he carried within him lifted and lightened a little
i think he really needs it in pursuit
he would have liked to get the job for jakey who needed it but somehow the task of facing mr wicker especially now that the light was going and dusk edged into the streets was not what chris had intended for ending the afternoon
mike's expression changed at once to one of triumph but chris was only partially encouraged
bitcher ain't going after all just turn to him
mike was standing on the corner
aw shucks
chris started off once more passing a bleak little victorian church perched on the hill above mr worker's house
an empty lot cut into by church lane gave a look of isolation to the lshaped brick building that served mr wicker's both house and place of business
the longer wing toward the back got a back door that opened on a water street the space between the house and wisconsin avenue had been made into a neat oblong flower garden fenced off from the sidewalk by box shrugs and a white picket fence
a livid yellow stained the horizon beyond the factories and grey clouds lowered and tumbled above
the arab is growing chill and chris decided to finish the job
all at once he wondered how his mother was and everything in him impinged and tightened itself
at the foot of the hill he reached the house
there were three things that always caught his eye amid the litter of dusty pieces
on the left the coil of rope in the center the model of a sailing ship in a green glass bottle and on the right the wooden statue of a negro boy in baggy trousers a turkish jacket and white turban
but the name still showed at the prow and many a time chris safe at home and bed had sailed imaginary voyages in the mirabelle
he had never seen anyone go into mr worker's shop now he thought about it
how then did he live and what did he ever sell
a sudden car horn welcome from the stream
of the many times he examined mr worker's window and poured over the rope the ship and the nubian boy he had never gone into mr worker's shop
so now alone until someone should answer the bell they looked eagerly if uneasily around him
well with the one window in the lower end day outside the long narrow shop was somber
heavy hand you and beams crossed it from one side to the other
mr walker's back being toward the source of light chris could not see his face
the double fans and minute wrinkles breaking from eye corner to temple and joining with those over the cheekbones were drawn into the horizontal lines across the domed forehead
little tufts of white fuzz above the ears were all that remained of the antiquarian's hair but what drew and held chris's gaze with the old man's eyes
chris blington looked again yes they were still there
chris swallow his voice came back to him
yes sir he said
i saw your sign and i know a boy who needs the job
he's a schoolmate of mine
jakey harris' name is and he really needs the job
i i just wondered if the place was still open
what he saw was a fresh cheeked lad tall for thirteen sturdy with sincerity and good humor in his face and something sensitive and appealing about his eyes
he guessed there must be a lively fire in that room beyond
would that interfere with jakey geeks getting the job sir
but even as he slowly turned the thought pierced his mind why had he not seen the reflection of the headlights of the cars moving up around the quarter of wallouter street not the hill toward the traffic signals
the rome seemed overly still
then in that second he turned and faced about
the wide bow wind that was there before him and three objects he liked best showing frosty in the moonlight that poured in from across the water
across the water where was the freeway
it was no longer there nor were the high walls and smokestacks of factories to be seen
the warehouses were still there
flabbergasted and breathless chris was unaware that he had moved closer to peer out the window in every direction
no electric signs no laplets streets
where the people's drugstore had stood but half an hour before rose the roofs of what was evidentially an inn
a courtyard was firstly lit by a flaring torture tube showing a swinging sign hung on a post
the post was planted at the edge of what was now a broad and money road
a coach with its top piled high with luggage stamped to a halt beside the flying courtyard
they moved into the end the coach rattled off to the stable
my window has a power for those few who are to see
a thousand blessings from a grateful heart
perusil said the pondroker that's the way to pronounce it
his books told him that treasure is best hidden under loose boards and as of course your house has a secret panel which his had not
he got it up and pushed his treasures as far in as he could along the rough crumbly surface of the lass and plaster
when dickie came down his aunt slightly slapped him and he took the half penny and limped off obediently
he had never seen one before and it interested him extremely
he looked about him and knew that he did not at all know where he was
what's up matey lost your way dickie explained
when he said have i been asleep
here we offset them in
not exactly said the man but it's alright
when it was over the man asked dickey if he could walk a little way and when dickey said he could they set out in the most friendly way side by side
and the tea and all and the egg
and this is the prettiest place ever i see
i should catch it a fair treat as it is
she was waiting for the water boy the kettle when he came out mother
and bad when she's in a good temper
that end what you'll be in when you get back
i got a ticket said dickie sadly i'd best be getting home
i wouldn't go home not if i was used to the men
no satiki oh no no i never
i had it here have i like what you aren't too
well that'll show you the sort of man i am
the man's manner was so kind and hearty the whole adventure was so wonderful and new is it country where you're going
the sand shot long golden beams through the gaps in the hatch
a bird passed in its flight on the branch quite close and clung their swing
he took out of his pocket a new envelope a new sheet of paper and a new pencil ready sharpened by machinery
and i ask you let me come along with you got that
cut it short down then done
then he folded it and put it in his pocket
now we're square he said
they could put a man away for less than that
i see that they're in the books i think it's sound
he reward the wake the last of the english and i wondered what it stood for
white ones and a half size la
adventures i should think so
ah sad diggy and a full silence fell between them
that was charming but it was pleasant too to wash them out of on the wet grass
dickie always remembered that moment
so you shall said mr biel a regular wash all over this very night i always like a wash myself
some looks think it pays to be dirty but it don't
if you're clean they say honest poverty and if you're dirty they say serve you right
you are good said dickie i do like you
i know you will satiki with enthusiasm i know how good you are
bless me said mr beale uncomfortably well there
step out sunny or we'll never get there this side of christmas
well you'll know all about it presently
if called to a case supposed or suspected to be one of poisoning the medical man has two duties to perform to save the patient's life and to place himself in a position to give evidence if called on to do so
he should make inquiries as to symptoms and time at which fruit or medicine was last taken
he should notice the position and temperature of the body the condition of rigor mortis marks of violence appearance of lips and mouth
in making a postmortem examination the elementary canal should be removed and preserved for further investigation
the gut and the gullet being cut across between these ligatures the stomach may be removed and tired without spilling its contents
if the medical practitioner is endowed on any point he should obtain technical assistance from someone who has paid attention to the subject
in a case of attempted suicide by poisoning is it the duty of the doctor to inform the police
the best dramatic is that which is at hand
the days for nadalt is 10 minutes
epimorphine is not allied in physiological action to morphine and may be given in cases of narcotic poisoning
tickling the forces with a feather may excite vomiting
in using the elastic stomach tube some fluid should be introduced into the stomach before attempting to empty it or a portion of the mucus membrane may be sucked into the aperture
the tube should be examined to see that it is not broken or cracked as accidents have happened from neglecting this precaution
antidotes are usually given hypothetically or if their mouths in the form of tablets
in the absence of the hypodermic syringe the remedy may be given by the rectum
notice the small color and general appearance of the matter submitted for examination
for the separation of an alkaloid the following is the process of starr's auto
this process is based upon the principle that the salts of the alkaloids are soluble in alcohol and water and insoluble in ether
the pure alkaloids with the exception of morphine in its crystalline form are soluble in ether
2 cool the mixture and filter wash the residue with strong alcohol and mix the filtrates
the residue may be set aside for the detection of the metallic poisons of suspected expel the alcohol by careful evaporation
on the evaporation of the alcohol the resinous and fatty matter separate
evaporate the filtrate to a cyrip and extract with successive portions of absolute alcohol
separate the ethereal solution and evaporate
5 a part of this is serial solution is poured into a watch glass and allowed to evaporate
to purify it add a small quantity of dilute sulfuric acid and after evaporating to ¾ of its bulk add a saturated solution of carbonate of potash or soda
boil the finely divided substance with about 18 its bulk of pure hydrochloric acid add from time to time potassium chloride until the solids are reduced to a straw yellow fluid
the residue of the material after digestion with hydrochloric acid and potassium chloride may have to be examined for silver lead and barium
the singing and laughing went on long after he had fallen asleep and if later in the evening there were loudvoiced arguments or quibbles even dickie did not hear them
what's on that there dickie asked pointing to the odd knobbly bundles of old swords and shapes tied onto the perembrillator's front
tell your watchmate looks to me as if i took a fancy to you
swab me he said helplessly
oh look sadigi the flowers
there are only weeds said bill
but i shall have them while they are alive said diggie as he had said to the pondbroker about the moonflowers
hi there goes the rabbit
sim quest vote sim
how beautiful said dickey wriggling with delight
this life of the rabbit as described by mr beale was the child's first glimpse of freedom i'd like to be a rabbit
how am i to wear the room in prem if you go sound like us if you was a pack of fields
i like you next to my own daddy and mr bex the next door
that's alright said mr biel awkwardly
dickie quick shimmytate touch this
poor little man said to the lady you miss your mother don't you
oh well done little one said mr bute to himself
the two travelers were left facing each other the witcher by a penny and oh wonderful good fortune a whole half crown
no i never said to key yes the stevele
you stick to that said biel radiant with delight you are a fair masterpiece you are you earned it honest if ever a kid done
they went on up the hill as happy as anyone need wish to be
please do not be too shocked
remember that neither of them knew any better
to the other tramp lies and begging where natural means of livelihood
but you said the bed was the green curtain's urge to key
which this end not by no means
the night is full of interesting little sounds that will not at first let you sleep the rustle of little white things in the hedges the barking of dogs in distant farms the chirp of crickets and the croaking of frogs
the new game of bagging and inventing stories to interest the people from whom it was worthwhile to bag went on gaily day by day and week by week and dickie by constant practice grew so clever at taking his part in the acting that mr beale was quite dazed with admiration
blessed if i ever see such a nipper he said over and over again
clever as a train dog is in all autos oh net
i am sure as i add in better stick to the road and keep away from old ends like you jim
i hope he's clever enough to do what he's told keep his mug shut that's all
if he's straight he'll do for me and for the end i'll do for him see
see that bloke just now said mr beal yes sir diggy
well you never see him
if anyone asks you if you ever see him you never said eyes on him in all your born not to remember him
dickie was full of questions but mr beale had no answers for them
nor was it sunday on which they took a rest and washed their shirts according to mr beale's rule of life
they did not stay there but walked out across the downs where the skylarks were singing and on a dip of the downs came upon great stone walls and towers very strong and grey
what's that there satyaki
with that notorious failing of his he was not the sort of person one wanted in one's house
well the failing still exists doesn't it said the husband or do you suppose a reform of character is entailed along with the estate
besides cynicism apart his being rich will make a difference in the way people will look at his failing
when a man is absolutely wealthy not merely welltodo all suspicion of sordid motive naturally disappears the thing becomes merely a tiresome melody
wilfred pigeoncoat had suddenly become heir to his uncle sir wilfred pigeoncoat on the death of his cousin major wilfred pigeoncoat who had succumbed to the aftereffects of a poloaccident
alvillfrid fijoncote had covered himself with honors in the course of malbrose campaigns and the name lilfrid had been a baptismal weakness in the family ever since the new heir to the family dignity and estates was a young man of about 5 and 20 who was known more by reputation than by person to a wide circle of cousins and kin spoke
and the reputation was an unpleasant one
from his late school days onward he had been possessed by an acute and obstinate form of kleptomania he had the acquisitive instinct of the collector without any of the collector's discrimination
the search usually produced a large and varied yield this is funny said peter pigeon to his wife some half hour after their conversation here's a telegram from wilfred saying he's passing through here in his motor and would like to stop and pay as his respects
signed wilfred pigeon code
i suppose he's bringing us a present for the silver wedding good gracious
the talk fitted nervously and hurriedly from one impersonal topic to another
in the drawing room after dinner their nervousness and awkwardness increased
oh we haven't shown you the silver wedding presents said mrs peter suddenly as those struck by a brilliant idea for entertaining the guest here they all are
such nice useful gifts a few duplicates of course
seven cream jugs put in peter
we feel that we must live on cream for the rest of our lives
of course some of them can be changed
i put it done by the chlorage egg said wilfred busy with another object
vigilance was not completely crowned with a sense of victory
after they had said goodnight to their visitor mrs peter expressed her conviction that he had taken something
how on earth are we to know said peter the mean pig hasn't brought us a present and i'm hanged if he shall carry one off
it's the only thing to do
wilfred was late in coming down to breakfast and his manner showed plainly that something was amiss
it's an unpleasant thing to have to say he blurted out presently but i'm afraid you must have a thief among your servants something's been taken out of my portmanteau
it was a little present from my mother and myself for your silver wedding
i should have given it to you last night after dinner only it happened to be a clean jug and you seemed annoyed at having so many duplicates so i felt rather awkward about giving you another
this nature had been an orphan this many years
lady ernestine pigeoncote his mother moved in circles which were entirely beyond their compass or ambitions and the son would probably one day be an ambassador
husband and wife looked blankly and desperately at one another
it was mrs peter who arrived first at an inspiration how dreadful to think there are thieves in the house we keep the drawing room locked up at night of course but anything might be carried off while we are at breakfast
she rose and went out hurriedly as though to assure herself that the drawing room was not being stripped of its silverware and returned a moment later bearing a cream jug in her hands
the pitch and coats had turned paler than ever mrs peter had a final inspiration
peter dashed out of the room with glad relief he had lived so long during the last few minutes that a golden wedding seemed within measurable distance
mrs peter turned to her guest with confidential kindness
peter's little weakness it runs in the family good lord
do you mean to say he is a kleptomaniac like cousin snatcher
brave little woman said peter with a gasp of relief i could never have done it
unfortunately there could be no doubt our misconception as the platterbath's guilt
he had not only pleaded guilty but had expressed his intention of repeating his escapade in other directions as soon as circumstances permitted throughout the trial he was busy examining a small model of the free trade hall in manchester
the jury could not possibly find that the prisoner had not deliberately and intentionally blown up the albert hall the question was could they find any extenuating circumstances which would permit of an acquittal
of course any sentence which the law might feel compelled to inflict would be followed by an immediate pardon but it was highly desirable from the government's point of view that the necessity for such an exercise of clemency should not arise
a headlong pardon on the eve of a byelection with threats of a heavy voting defection if it were withheld or even delayed would not necessarily be a surrender but it would look like one
hence the anxiety in the crowded court and in the little groups gathered round the tape machines in white hall and donning street and other affected centers
the jury returned from considering their verdict there was a flutter an excited murmur a deathlike hush
the foreman delivered his message
the jury find the prisoner guilty of blowing up the albert hall
the jury wished to add a writer drawing attention to the fact that a byelection is pending in the parliamentary division of nemesis on hand
and may the lord have mercy on the pole a junior council exclaimed irreverently
1500 said the prime minister with a shudder it's too horrible to think of
our majority last time was only 2007
730 amended the prime minister we must avoid any appearance of precipitancy
not later than 730 then said the chief organizer i have promised the agent down there that he shall be able to display posters announcing platterbaff is out before the poll opens
he said it was our only chance of getting a telegram red rapids in tonight
despite the earliness of the hour a small crowd had gathered in the street outside and the horrible menacing treelawn refrain of the 1500 voting men came in a steady monotonous chant
he exclaimed won't go
he says he never has left prison without a breastband to play him out and he's not going to go without one now
said the prime minister we can hardly be supposed to supply a release prisoner with a brass band how on earth could we defend it on the estimates
anyway he won't go unless he has a band
paul opens in 5 minutes
is splatter buff out yet
in heaven's name why
the chief organizer rang off
this is not a moment for standing on dignity he observed bluntly musicians must be supplied at once
can't you get a strike permit as the organizer
i'll try said the home secretary and went to the telephone
8 o'clock struck the crowd outside chanted with an increasing volume of sound we'll vote the other way
a telegram was brought in
it was from the central committee rooms at nemesis
without a band he would not go and they had no band
a quarter past ten half past
have you any band instruments of an easy nature to play
demanded the chief organizer of the prison governor drums symbols those sort of things
the warders have a private band of their own said the governor but of course i couldn't allow them and themselves
land us the instruments said the chief organizer
the popular song of the moment replied the agitator after a moment's reflection
it was a tune they had all heard hundreds of times so there was no difficulty in turning out a passable imitation of it to the improvised trains of i didn't want to do it the prisoners strode forth to freedom
the word of the song had reference it was understood did they incarcerate the government and not to the destroyer of the albert hall
this seat was lost after all by a narrow maturity
the local trade unionists took offense at the fact of cabinet ministers having personally acted as strike breakers and even the release of platterbath failed to pacify them
evidently the intention was to make things present for the royal folk at the back hall during his visit
the probits in the regulizing quote that was spoken in st mary's church referred it may be noted to the act which was held therein
sometimes tobacco is used in church for disinfectant or deodorizing purposes
blackburn archbishop of york was a great smoker
on one occasion he was at st mary's church nondinham for a count for mates
another 18thcentury clerical worthy the famous dr parr an inveterate smoker was accustomed to do what mr disney prevented archbishop blackburn from doing he smoked in his vetsry at hatton
parr was such a continuous smoker that anyone who came into his company if he hadn't never smoked before had to learn the use of pipe as a means of selfdefense
one sunday says mr dittsfield he and a natural pipe and joshua the clerk told him that the people were getting impatient
them sing another song they cure it
they have served with panther clerk
then let them sing the hundred and nineteen be part of the curate
6 arms the nurse within reach presented with an obedient start as many tobacco pouches to the man of office
david dean saverd denied at all and proved this irreverence
going to church at hayes in those days must have been quite an exciting experience
when these men in the course of my remonstrance found out that i was not going to continue the custom they no longer cared to be communicants
the moses was afraid and said surely the thing is known
hold on hold fast hold out patience is genius
let us have faith that right makes right and that faith that is there to do our duty as we understand it
the egyptian background of the bondage
everyone whose turbulent has been found by king mernat's path the testimony of the oldest biblical narrative regarding the sojourn of the hebrews in egypt is also in perfect accord with the picture which the contemporary egyptian inscrutians give of the period
the absence of detailed reference to the hebrews is therefore perfectly natural
it seems probable that not all but only part of the tribes which ultimately call us into the hebrew nation found their way to egypt
the stories regarding joseph their traditional father ephraim and manasseh inclined that these strong central tribes possibly together with the southern tribes of benjamin and judah were the chief factors in its opening scene in israel's history
the biblical narratives apparently disagree regarding the duration of the sojourn in egypt
the latter deductions tend to extend the period
he would have found several inscriptions bearing the egyptian name of the city patum also the god atom
a contemporary inscription arts the states that he founded near pithom the house of ranzes a city with the royal residence in tynporce
that the hebrews were relative under this surname was naturally inevitable
was any other procedure to be expected from it that sponic roar of that land in bay
the making of the loyal patriot
the story of moses' birth in early childhood is one of the most interesting chapters in biblical history
wismo's it's just finding resets and the gypsum tax master
his opinion is always disastrous not only to its victims but also to the government imposing it
natury you inches and land a median
the wilderness to the east of egypt had for centuries been the place of refuge for egyptian fugitives
from about 2000 bc
on the borders of the wilderness he found certain b'doan herdsmen who received him hath spitibuy
these serendipity wanderers sent him on from time to time until he reached the land of qidam each of the dead sea where he remained for a year and a half
later he found his way to the court of one of the local kings in central palestine where he married and became in the time of prosperous local prince
the score of the word in it
the story of moses is in many ways closely parallel to that of sinaiwet
the priest of the subtribe of the canite receded him into his home and gave him his daughter and marriage
note the care of a realistic oriental idea of mirrors
here moses learned the lessons that were essential for his training as a leader and the deliverer of his people
after the capture of jericho certain of them went up with the southern tribes to conquer southern palestine
many modern scholars draw the conclusion from the biblical narrative that it was from the kenites that moses first learned of yahweh or as the distinctive name of israel's guide was translated by later jewish scribes jehovah
do the early at sea bird traditions imply that the ancestors of the israelites were worshipers of jehovah
the title of his funding law implies that this preach ministered at some wood in its sanctuary
moses in the home of the mendean priests was brought into direct and constant contact with the jehovah's worship
the cruel fate of his people and the painful experience in egypt that had driven him into the wilderness prepared his mind to receive this training
his quest was for a jut in strong gun able to deliver with their press
the wilderness with its lurking foes the everpresent dread of hunger and thirst deepens a sense of need and of dependence upon the power able to guide the death's needs of men
the presence of the vats and towing in plain of central asia minor still will call every life given spring god have given
the constant necessity of meeting the dangers of the wilderness and of defending the flocks and trouts of jemos' care developed his courage in power of leadership and action
parots in that quarter were usually distrusted by the sipset is true but the cs4s them and far more are innocent than are guilty of any acts of violence
now right after the sun had set the wind fell to a lot of air that just kept the steerage away on the ship
fortunately the john was not only fat but she minded her helm as the lightfooted girl turns in a lively dance
i never was in a better steering soup mostly spritzy and moderate weather
mr marble here i do believe was fairly snushing on the handcoops being like the sailors as one might say very asleep
at that moment out of noise went familiar to see men that of an oar of falling in the boat
i say yeah sell whole and close abroad
he was too much of a seaman to require a second look in order to assert and was to be done
although they went 3 feet to r2 this gave us a moment of freezing time
src's were offline forward and remained so for a few minutes he gave me a leisure truck about
i soon saw both procs and quite enough was i to perceive that they had not approached materially near
mr kite deserved this also in remark that our movements had been so prompt as to take the rascals aback
a breath of its stillness succeeded
the prox did not alter the course but neared its fast
i heard the rattling of the boarding pipes too as they were cut adrift from the spanker boom and fell upon the decks
kite went out and returned with three or four muskets and as many pikes
the stillness that wrangled both sides was like that of death
the giant behaved beautifully and came round like a tiger
the question was now whether we could pass them or not before they got nearing up to grample
the captain behaved perfectly well in his critical instant commanding a dead silence and he closed its intents into his orders
now i'm so bored that john was hurt
on our side we gave the gentleman the four sixes two at the nearest and two at the stern most proa which was still near a cable's length that it sent
they were like the yells of fiends in english
i doubt if we touched the man in the nearest parer
in this state the ship parts ahead all of her canvas been full leaving the proemotionalists in her wake
but excuse me then you'll figure out on doing some detecting and giving up vision
and shag with the freedom of an old servant stood looking at his master as if not quite understanding the new twist the affairs had taken
i'm going off fishing i may not catch anything i may not want to after i get there
get ready shag yes sir colonel
and having put himself in a fair way as he'd hoped to solve some of the problems connected with the darcy case colonel ashley went down to police headquarters to learn more facts in the connection with the murder of the east indian
pinkus and donovan haven't they carol yep
carol was too much engaged in watching the blue smoke curl lazily upward from his cigar just then to say more
are you going to work on that case colonel
but he hadn't any more to do with it colonel than that cat
perhaps not admitted colonel ashley
we've got our man and that's all we want
you're on the darcy case they tell me in a way yes
i'm working in the interest of the young man
it's just one of them coincidences like
busted his head in with a heavy candlestick one of a pair
gad explained the colonel
the very pair i was going to buy
look here colonel do you know anything about this
and the detective's professional instincts got the upper hand of his friendliness not the least in the world not as much as you do was the cool answer
i happened to see those candlesticks in the window of shingafut's shop the other day and i made up my mind to buy them when i had a chance
now i'm afraid i won't but how did it happen
but i don't know whether that's his first or his last name anyhow he had a partner named cher ali
anyhow he and futt didn't get along very well it seems
neighbors often heard them scrapping a lot and this afternoon they went at it again hot and heavy
to our dark a man went into by a lamp
he found the place without a light in it stumbled over something on the floor and there was ali's body with the head busted in and this heavy candlestick near it
sure held so tight we could hardly get it out
maybe the fight was about who owned the watch for the daggers talked in their foreign lingo and none of the neighbors could tell what they were saying i see
and the watch have you it yes it's here
that's the watch announce the headquarters detective reaching in for it going yet see
you're not a scrimmage as all that are you just because it was in a dead man's hands and a woman's
and donovan's voice was plainly skeptical
yes it may have some rough edges on it
and i've read enough about germs to know the danger i'd advise you to be careful
if you don't mind i should like to examine this a bit
before the big wind in ireland suggested thong with the nod of desiree's compatriot slightly he'll have the colonel
that's right agreed the colonel as he continued to move his magnifying glass over the surface of the still ticking watch
and a close observer might have observed that he did not touch his bare fingers to the timepiece but poked it about and touched it here and there with the end of a lead pencil
and donovan take a friend's advice and don't be too free with that watch too free with it
that's the surprise detective yes
don't scratch yourself on it whatever you do why not
simply because this watch
someone out here to see you
all right be there in a second
shingda futt was the painting answer
i want to talk over darcy's case with you the colonel had said and the two had talked had thought had talked again and now were silent for a time
what are the chances of getting him off legally if we go at it from a negative standpoint ask the colonel
rather a hypothetical question colonel but i should say it might be a 5050 proposition
at best he would get off with a scotch verdict of not proven but he doesn't want that nor do i
and you i don't want it either
but i want to know just where we stand now i know
but i need to do a little more smoking out first now i want to think
if you'll excuse me i'll pretend i'm fishing and i may catch something
in fact i have a feeling that i'll land my fish
i'd recommend him to you instead of blackstone thanks slapped kenneth
what is it perhaps i can help you
the old adage of two heads you know
yes it still holds good
no alimony replied the colonel puzzled yes just that
and there's no reason you shouldn't know
chuckled the colonel as he skillfully played the luckless trout now struggling to get loose from the hook
and when the fish was landed panting on the grass and shag had been roused from its slumber to slip the nowlimp fish into the creel colonel ashley gave a sigh of relief and remarked i think i see it now
the reason she asked no alimony inquired kenneth
no i wasn't thinking of that
however don't think i'm not interested in your case i've finished enough for today
well i don't know that you can
it isn't generally known when on the lawyer that the hotel keeper's wife has left him
it was one of what at first might be called refined cruelty on her husband's part degenerating gradually into that of a baser sort
you don't mean that large strucker that there was physical abuse do you has the colonel that's what he did
the colonel did not disclose the fact that it was no news to him
aaron grafton's statement was being unexpectedly confirmed
he remembered that cynthia and grafton had once been in love with each other
she said he had struck her more than once and she could stand it no longer
because larch made no defense
larch by refusing to appear practically admitted the charges against him and did not oppose the separation
so i had to let her have her way and we did not ask the court for money though i had no such squeamish feelings when it came to my counsel fee
no but he will or i'll sue him and get judgment oh he'll pay all right
and it takes all sorts of persons to make it up
still i would like to know
the murder of mrs darcy had some time ago been shifted off the front page though it would get back there when the young jeweler was tried
it had a double reputation so to speak
grave and even reverend the conventions assembled in its ballroom and politicians of the upper if not better class were frequently seen in its dining room or cafe
larch himself was a peculiar character
in a smaller place he would have been called a saloon keeper
and it was this man rich it was said handsome certainly that cynthia ratchford had married
to this was the answer whispered money
and in a way it was true
she also saw an opportunity of paying old debts and reaping some revenges
after the marriage which was a brilliant and gay one if not happy the larch hotel it could hardly be called a home became the scene of many festivations
then it was said of large that soon after the echoes of the wedding chimes had died away he had begun to treat his wife with a refined cruelty that hidden away from the public underneath his habitual manner there was the rawness of the brute
but it was noticed that the older and more conservative families were less often represented and when they were it was by some of the younger members whose reputations were already smirked or who had not yet acquired any and were willing to take a chance
it wouldn't do you know after that story came out for me and the vice chancellor who sat in the case as well as other judges and members of the bar to be seen there kenneth explained to the colonel
meanwhile colonel ashley was a very busy man and to no one did he tell very much about his activities he saw darcy frequently at the jail and to that young man's pleadings that something to be done always returned the answer
don't worry it will come out alright
i'm going to rectify them but it will take time
it's hard for miss mason too although she's bearing up like a major
so king god bail who put it up
it was high large
they took harry away a while ago
but his are pretty uncertain shoes to be in just the same
only that i darshy hesitated and grew red
good evening colonel he called gn lee will you join me in a welsh rabbit
thank you no
i'm afraid my digestion isn't quite up to that as i've had to cut out my fishing of late
now as to certain matters in the store on the morning of the murder
the stopped clocks for instance have you any theory
there were three of them the center figure being that of harry king and he was very much intoxicated
that is not always but sometimes it happened to be so now
i beg your pardon he said in the cultured tones he knows so well how to use yet of which he made so little use of late
i said where have you been remarked the other we've missed you
i said i was golfing he went on exceedingly distinctly though with an effort
why polonia someone ask
because dear friend replied king softly he somewhat resembles a certain person here who talks too much but who is not so wise as he thinks
there was a rattle of coins on the mahogany bar as king sought to disentangle a single bill from the waddedup currency in his pocket
it's an odd coin an old roman one that mrs darcy had in her private collection kept in the jewelry store safe was the whispered answer
i went over them the other day and noticed some were missing though i saw them all when i paid a visit to her just a short time before she was killed
that was hers when on the jaw
now harry king has exclaimed colonel ashley
then should anything appear to merit a more minute examination albert amorcev could follow up his researches by means of a small gate similar to that close to the concierge's door and which merits a particular description
shrubs and creeping plants covered the windows and hid from the garden and court these two apartments the only rooms into which as they were on the ground floor the prying eyes of the curious could penetrate
at a quarter to ten a valet entered he composed with a little room named john and who only spoke english all albert's establishment although the cook of the hotel was always at his service and on great occasions the count's chasseur also
wait then during the day tell rosa that when i leave the opera i will sup with her as she wishes
very well at half past ten
is the count as up yet
the valley leicester room
good morning lucien good morning said albert your punctuality really alarms me
you whom i expected last you arrive at five minutes to ten when the time fixed was halfpast
no no my dear fellow do not confound our plans
yes he has not much to complain of borsh is the capital of charles vii
it is for that reason you see me so early
i returned home at daybreak and strove to sleep but my head ached and i got up to have a ride for an hour
pests i will do nothing of the kind the moment they come from government you would find them execrable
besides that does not concern the home but the financial department
about what about the papers
in the entire political world of which you are one of the leaders
they say that it is quite fair and that sewing so much red you ought to reap a little blue
come come that is not bad said lucien
with your talents you would make your fortune in three or four years
france who seemed attracted by some invisible influence towards the count in which terror was strangely mingled felt an extreme reluctance to permit his friend to be exposed alone to the singular fascination that this mysterious personage seemed to exercise over him and therefore made no objection to arbott's request but at once accompanied him to the desired spot and after a short time
my very good friend and excellent neighbour replied the count with a smile you really exaggerate my trifling exertions
my father the cont de morcef although of spanish origin possesses considerable influence both at the court of france and madrid and i unhesitatingly place the best services of myself and all to whom my life is dear at your disposal
i am scarcely credited
then it is settled said the count and i give you my solemn assurance that i only waited an opportunity like the presence to realise plans that i have long meditated
shall we make a positive appointment for a particular day and hour inquired the count only let me warn you that i am proverbial for my punctilious exactitude in keeping my engagements day for day hour for hour said albert that will suit me to a dot
so be it then replied the count and extending his hand towards the calendar suspended near the chimneypiece he said today is the twentyfirst of february and drawing out his watch i said it is exactly half past ten o'clock now promise me to remember this and expect me that twentyfirst of may at the same hour in the four noon
i reside in my father's house but occupy a pavilion at the farther side of the courtyard and tile is separated from the main building
now then said the count returning his tablets to his pocket make yourself perfectly easy the hand of your timepiece will not be more accurate in marking the time than myself
that depends when do you leave
for france no for venice i shall remain in italy for another year or two
then we shall not meet in paris
i fear i shall not have that honour
well since we must part said the count holding out a hand to each of the young men allow me to wish you both a safe and pleasant journey
what is the matter asked albert of frans when they had returned to their own apartments you seem more than commonly thoughtful
i will confess to you albert replied france the count is a very singular person and the appointment you have made to meet him in paris fills me with a thousand apprehensions
did you ever meet him previously to coming hither
upon my honor then listen to me
he dwelt with considerable force and energy on the almost magical hospitality he had received from the count and the magnificence of his entertainment in the throttle of the thousand and one nights he recounted with circumstantial exactitude all the particulars of the supper the hashish the statues the dream and how at his awakening there remained no proof or trace of all these events save the small yord seen in the distant
then he detailed the conversation overheard by him at the coliseum between the count and vampa in which the count had promised to obtain the release of the bandit papino an engagement which as our readers are aware he most faithfully fulfilled
but set fans the caustic and bandits that were among the crew of his vessel
why really the thing seems to be simple enough
talking of countries replied france of what countries the count what is his native tongue whence does he derive his immense fortune and what were those events of his early life a life as marvellous as unknown that hath tinctured his succeeding years with so dark and gloomy a misanthropy
certainly these are questions that in your place i should like to have answered
my dear france replied albert when upon receipt of my letter you found the necessity of asking the count's assistance you promptly went to him saying 'my friend albert the morseth is in danger help me to deliver him'
what are his means of existence what is his birthplace of what countries are you native
i confess he asked me none no he merely came and freed me from the hands of senior vampire where i can assure you in spite of all my outward appearance of ease and concern i did not very particularly care to remain
and this time it must be confessed to that contrary to the usual state of affairs in discussions between the young men the effective arguments were all on albert's side
well said franz with a sigh do as you please my dearest count for your arguments are beyond my powers of refutation
and now my dear friends let us talk of something else
there done far said the schoolmaster in a low key to the sweat out with your vitriol and mind your eye
the two monsters took off their shoes and moved stealthily along keeping in the shadows of the houses
by means of this stratagem they followed so closely that although within a few steps of saren tom they did not hear them
sarah and her brother having again passed by the tapifranc arrived close to the dilapidated house which was partly in ruins and its open cellars formed a kind of gulf along which the street ran in that direction
in an instant the schoolmaster with a leap resembling in strength and agility the spring of a tiger seized seated with one hand by the throat and exclaimed your money or i will fling you into this hall
no set the old brood grumblingly no not wandering what a shame
tom seton did not lose his presence of mind during this scene rapidly and unexpectedly as it had occurred
oooh ah to lay a trap to catch us replied the thief
then addressing thomas seton you know the plain of st denis
did you see in the cabaret we had just left for i know you again the man whom the charcoal man came to seek
cried the schoolmaster a thousand francs and i'll kill him
vetch i do not seek his life replied sarah to the schoolmaster
let's go and meet him
all by you it will be for looking after
well my wife shall be there said the schoolmaster you will tell her what he wants and i shall see
in the plain of saint denis
between saintnoix and the road of la revolt at the end of the road agreed
he had forgotten the address of the selfstyled pan painter
the fiak has started
with her hat my lonesomeness called speigh he
my shadow call it me
what matter about my shadow
let it run after me i run away from it
the spades are too strait to his heart and ran away
verily my folly has grown big in the mountains
now do i hear six old fool's legs rattling behind one another
but those atustra need to be frightened by shadow
also we think that after all it had long old lives in mind
who when their two stresscruitonized him with his glance he was frightened as by a sudden apparition so slender swarthy hollow and worn out did his follower appear
as a twist of imagery what do we store here
and why call this doll that serves my shadow
the word not pleasing into me
must i ever be on the way
oh art thou hast become too round for me
when the devil casteth his skin it does not his name also fall away it is also skinned
the devil himself is perhaps skinned
sometimes i am meant to lie and behold
then only did i hit that truth
how have i still intonation
have i still a goal
i have it towards which my sale is set
for it too i ask and seek and have sought but have not found it
o eternal everywhere o eternal nowhere o eternal in vain
thou art my shadow
said he had lost sadly
the danger is not small thou free spirit and wanderer
they sleep quietly they enjoy their new security
beware lest in the end a narrow faith capture thee a hard rigorous delusion
for now everything that is narrow and fixed seduce it and tempt it the
thou hast lost their goal
thou poor rover and ramler thou tired butterfly
we'll have a rest at home this evening
and that's accomplished he excited the admiration of every silly quacket and the envy of every fluttering pockomb but by all young gentlemen and ladies of understanding he was heartily despised as a mere civilized monkey
that his soul might afterwards occupy such a station as would be most suitable to his character it was intense to inhabit the body of that finical grinning and michelle's little mimic with four legs which you now behold before you
once upon a time a brahmin who was walking along the road came upon an iron cage in which a great tiger had been shot up by the villagers who caught him
the brahmin answered no i will not for if i let you out of the cage you will eat me
o father of mercy answer the tiger in truth that i will not
i will never be so ungrateful only let me out that i may drink some water and return
then the brahmin took pity on him and opened the cage door but no sooner had he turned so than the tiger jumping out said i will eat you first and drink the water afterwards
so the brahmin and the tiger walked on till they came to a banyan tree and the brahmin said to it banyan tree banyan tree here and give judgment
on what must i give judgement as the benin tree
this tiger said the brahmin begged me to let him out of this cage to drink a little water and he promised not to hurt me if i did so but now that i have left him out he wishes to eat me
it's just that he should do so or no
let the tiger eat the man for men are in ungrateful race
sir kamal sir kamal cried the brahmin here and give judgment
at a little distance they found a bullock lying by the roadside
is it fair that he should do so or not
let the tiger eat the man for men have no pity
three out of the six and given judgement against the brahmin but still he did not lose all hope and determined to ask the other three
on what must i give judgment i ask the evil
the brahmin seated the case and the eagle answered whenever men see me they try to shoot me they climb the rocks and steal away multiple ones
then the tiger began to roar and said judgment of all is against you o brahmin
after this they saw an allocator and the brahmin related the matter to him hoping for a more favourable verdict
but the alligator said whenever i put my nose out of the water minne torment me and try to kill me
the brahmin gave himself up as lost but again he prayed the tiger to have patience and let him ask the opinion of the sixth church
now the sixth was a jackal
the brahmin told his story and said to him uncle jacko uncle jacko say what is your judgment
show me the pace
and the god there the jackal said now brahmin show me exactly where you stood
exactly there was it ask the jackal
exactly here replied the brahmin
where was the tiger then
why i stood so said the tiger jumping into the cage and my head was on this side
very good said the jacko but i cannot judge without understanding the whole matter exactly
shut and bolt it set the bra mail
then shut and bolt it set the jack hole
when the brahmin had turned this the jackals said oh you wicked and ungrateful tiger
when a good bramble opens your cage door it's to eat him the only return he would make
proceed on your journey friend ramen
your road lies that way in mind this
what has happened to me
he asked himself something warm and living quickeneth me it must be in the neighborhood
when however the two straws was quite nigh unto them then did he hear clearly that human voice peaked in the midst of the kind and apparently all of them had turned their heads towards the speaker
what do i here seek
answered he the same that thou seekest thou mischief maker that is to say happiness upon earth
for i tell thee that i have already talked half a morning unto them and just now were they about to give me their answer
he would not be rid of his affiliation
who had not at present his heart his mouth and his eyes full of disgust
dao also dao also
but behold is kind
the kind however gave it all and wondered
wanton avidity bilious envy came on revenge populist pride all this struck my eye
it is no longer true that the poor are blessed
the kingdom of heaven however is with the kind and why is it not with the rich
why does doubt tempt me
and so the other
thou knowest it thyself better even than i
thus baked the peaceful one and puffed himself and perspired with his words so then the kind wondered anew
thou doest worlds to die self thou preacher on the mount and thou usest such saviour worlds
they also abstain from all heavy thoughts which inflate the heart
well
saisarutra thou shouldest also see mine animals mine eagle and my serpent their like do not at present exist on earth
and talk to mind animals of the happiness of animals
now however take leave at once of their kind thou strange one
thou amiable one
for they are thy warmest friends and perceptors
now is this lecture
he perceived that it was no good talking to the old man and that the principal person in the house was the mother
before her he decided to scatter his pearls
the princess was distracted and did not know what to do she felt she had sinned against katie
well doctor decide our fate said the princess tell me everything
is there hope she meant to say but her lips quivered and she could not utter the question well doctor
as you please the princess went out with a sigh
the family doctor respectfully ceased in the middle of his observations
and there are indications malnutrition nervous excitability and so on
the question stands thus in presence of indications of tuberculosis process what is to be done to maintain nutrition
yes that's an understood thing responded the celebrated physician again glancing at his watch
big pardon is the yosuke bridge done yet or shall i have to drive her on
he asked ah it is
but well then i can do it in 20 minutes
and how about a tour abroad ask the family doctor
what is wanted is the means of improving nutrition and not for lowering it
the family doctor listened attentively and respectfully
but in favor of foreign travel i would urge the change of habits the removal from conditions calling up reminiscences
and then the mother wishes it
ah well in that case to be sure let them go only those german quacks are mischievous
oh time's up already and he went to the door
the celebrated doctor announced to the princess a feeling of what was due from him dictated his doing so that he ought to see the patient once more
oh no only a few details princess come this way
and the mother accompanied by the doctor went into the drawing room to get him
when the doctor came in she flushed crenzen and her eyes filled with tears
she answered him and all at once got up furious
excuse me doctor but there is really no object in this
this is the third time you've asked me the same thing
the celebrated doctor did not take offense
nervous irritability he said to the princess when kitty had left the room however i had finished
and the doctor began scientifically explaining to the princess as an exceptionally intelligent woman the condition of the young princess and concluded by insisting on the drinking of the waters which were certainly harmless
at the question should they go abroad the doctor plunged into deep meditation as though resolving a weighty problem
finally his decision was pronounced they were to go abroad but to put no faith in foreign quacks and to apply to him in any need
it seemed as though some piece of good fortune had come to pass after the doctor had gone
the mother was much more cheerful when she went back to her daughter and katie pretended to be more cheerful
educated people of the upper classes are trying to stighhold evergrowing sense of the necessity of transforming the existing social order
this is absolutely incorrect
in the social conception of life it is supposed that since the aim of life is found in groups of individuals individuals will voluntarily sacrifice their own interests for the interests of the group
the champions of the social conception of life usually try to connect the idea of authority that is of violence with the idea of moral influence but this connection is quite impossible
the man who is controlled by moral influence acts in accordance with his own desires
the basis of authority is bodily violence
the possibility of applying bodily violence to people is provided above all by an organization of armed men trained to act in unison and submission to one will
these bands of armed men submissive to a single will are what constitute the army
the army has always been and still is the basis of power
power is always in the hands of those who control the army and all men in power from the roman caesars to the russian and german emperors take more interest in their army than in anything in court popularity in the army knowing that if that is on their side their power is secure
indeed it could not be otherwise
only under those conditions could the social organization be justified
but since this is not the case and on the contrary men in power are always far from being saints through the very fact of their possession of power the social organization based on power has no justification
even if there was once a time when owing to the low standards of morals and the disposition of men to violence the existence of an authority to restrain such violence was an advantage because the violence of the government was less than the violence of individuals one cannot but see that this advantage could not be lasting
between the members of one state subject to a single authority the strife between the individuals seems still less and the life of the state seems even more secure
it was produced on one hand by the natural growth of population and on the other by struggle and conquest
after conquest the power of the emperor puts an end to internal dissensions and so the state conception of life justifies itself
but this justification is never more than temporary
internal dissensions disappear only in proportion to the degree of oppression exerted by the authority over the dissentient individuals
government authority even if it does suppress private violence always introduces into the life of men fresh forms of violence which tend to become greater and greater in proportion to the duration and strength of the government
and therefore the oppression of the oppressed always goes on growing up to the furthest limit beyond which it cannot go without killing the goose with the golden eggs
the most convincing example of this is to be found in the condition of the working classes of our epoch who are in reality no better than the slaves of ancient times subdued by conquest
so it has always been
footnote the fact that in america the abuses of authority exist in spite of a small number of their troops not only fails to disprove this position but positively confirms it
the upper classes know that an army of 50000 will soon be insufficient and no longer rely on pinkerton's men they feel that the security of their position depends on the increased strength of the army
the reason to which he gave expressions is essentially the same as that which made the french kings and the popes engage swiss and scotch guards and makes the russian authorities of today so carefully distribute the recruits so that the regiments from the frontier are stationed in central districts and the regiments from the center are stationed on the frontiers
the meaning of caprivi's speech put into plain language is that funds are needed not to resist foreign foes but to buy under officers to be ready to act against the enslaved oiling masses
and this abnormal order of things is maintained by the army
but there is not only one government there are other governments exploiting their subjects by violence in the same way and are always ready to pounce down on any other government and carry off the fruits of the toil of its enslaved subjects
and so every government needs an army also to protect its booty from its neighbour brigands
this increases contagious as montesquieu pointed out 150 years ago
every increase in the army of one state with the aim of selfdefense against its subjects becomes a source of danger for neighboring states and calls for a similar increase in their armies
the despotism of the government always increases with the strength of the army and its external successes and the aggressiveness of the government increases with its internal despotism
the rivalry of the european states and constantly increasing their forces has reduced them to the necessity of having recourse to universal military service since by that means the greatest possible number of soldiers is obtained at the least possible expense
and by this means all citizens are under arms to support the inequities practiced upon them all citizens have become their own impressors
this inconsistency has become obvious in universal military service
in fact the whole significance of the social conception of life consists in man's recognition of the barbarity of strife between individuals and the transitoriness of personal life itself and the transference of the aim of life to groups of persons
but with universal military service it comes to pass that men after making every sacrifice to get rid of the cruelty of strife and the insecurity of existence are called upon to face all the perils they had meant to avoid
but instead of doing that they expose the individuals to the same necessity of strife substituting strife with individuals of other states for strife with neighbors
the taxes raised from the people for war preparations absorbed the greater part of the produce of labor which the army ought to defend
the danger of war ever ready to break out renders all reforms of life's social life vain and fruitless
but the fatal significance of universal military service as the manifestation of the contradiction inherent in the social conception of life is not only apparent in that
governments assert that armies are needed above all for external defense but that is not true
they are needed principally against their subjects and every man under universal military service becomes an accomplice in all the acts of violence of the government against the citizens without any choice of his own
and for the sake of what am i making them
i'm expected for the sake of the state to make these sacrifices to run out everything that can be precious to man peace family security and human dignity
except for the state they say we should be exposed to the attacks of evildisposed persons in our own country
we now know that threats and punishments cannot diminish their number that that can only be done by change of environment and moral influence
so that the justification of state violence on the ground of the protection it gives us from evildisclosed persons even if it had some foundation three or four centuries ago has none whatever now
except for the state they tell us we should not have any religion education culture means of communication and so on
without the state men would not have been able to form the social institutions needed for doing anything
this argument too was well founded only some centuries ago
the great extension of means of communication and interchange of ideas has made men completely able to dispense with state aid in forming societies associations corporations and congresses for scientific economic and political objects
without governments nations would be enslaved by their neighbors
the government they tell us with its army is necessary to defend us from neighboring states who might enslave us
and if defense against barbarous nations is met one thousandth part of the troops now under arms would be amply sufficient for that purpose
the power of the state far from being a security against the attacks of our neighbors exposes us on the contrary to much greater danger of such attacks
even looking at it practically weighing that is to say all the burdens laid on him by the state no man can fail to see that for him personally to comply with the state demands and serve in the army would in the majority of cases be more disadvantageous than to refuse to do so
to resist would need independent thought and effort of which every man is not capable
so much for the advantages and disadvantages of both lines of conduct for a man of a wealthy class and a presser
for a man of the poor working class the advantages and disadvantages will be the same but with a great increase of disadvantages
the commons also voted that the new created pairs ought to have no voice in this trial because the accusation being agreed to while they were commoners their consent to it was implied with that of all the commons of england
in the government of ireland his administration had been equally promotive of his master's interest and that of the subjects committed to his care
the case of lord montenorys of all those which were collected with sewage industry is the most flagrant and the least excusable
the court which consisted of the chief officials of the army found the crime to be capital and condemned that nobleman to lose his head
where the token by which i shall discover it
it is now a full 240 years since treasons were defined and so long has it been since any man was touched to this extent upon this crime before myself
let us not to our own destruction awake those sleeping lions by rattling up a company of old rickords which are blamed for so many ages by the wall forgotten and neglected
however these gentlemen at the bar say they speak for the commonwealth and they believe so yet under favour it is i who in this particular speak for the commonwealth
my lords i have now troubled your lordships a great deal longer than i should have done
young vane falling upon this paper of notes deemed the matter of the utmost importance and immediately communicated it to pym who now produced the paper before the house of commons
the king proposes this difficulty but how can i undertake offensive war if i have no more money
your majesty having tried the affections of your people you are absolved and loosed from all rules of government and may do what power will admit
the guild of st elizabeth
immediately after dinner that evening leslie ran up to her room to make preparations for her visit to east hall
i'm not coming sydney
every student is to be an east hall at half past eight
it doesn't matter replied any whether it is an order or not i'm not coming say nothing about me please
it burned as if with fever
you don't know what a trial it is for me to have you here
i want to be alone go
i know you don't quite mean what you say said leslie but of course if you really wish me
you've fit me beyond endurance
wrapping a pretty blue shawl around her hidden shoulders she turned to annie
leslie was just closing the door behind her when annie called after her
i took it out seriously took it out
have the goodness to find it and put it back
but don't lock me out please annie
oh i won't lock you out she said but i must have the key
jane heriot's voice was heard in the passage
as she walked down the corridor she heard it being turned to the lock
what can this mean she said to herself
oh i won't press you replied jane
oh i shall never do that replied leslie
you see all the girls except eileen and marjorie laugh at her and that seems to me to make her worth
someday jane you must see her
if you are in london during the summer you must come and pay us a visit will you
that is if you care to complain me
i believe poor annie is dreadfully unhappy
that's just a chain that is what frightens me she refuses to come
refuses to come she cried
she'll get in an awful scrape
i am sure she is ill she works too hard and she but there i don't know that i ought to say anymore
i'll wait for you here see you at lisley
do come any do
skeously likely replied lizley she told me she was determined not to come to the meeting
but marjorie and eileen had already departed and leslie and jane found themselves among the last students to arrive at the great east hall
miss lorderdale was standing with the other tutors and principals of the different halls on a raised platform
then a raw call was gone through by one of the tutors the only absentee was any colchester
the physical part of your training and also the mental part are abundantly supplied in this great house of learning she continued but the spiritual part it seems to me ought now to be strengthened
hair hair and once again hair
she uttered her streamer mark standing up
marjorie and eileen were close to her
i will talk with you bell archison presently she said
the names of the proposed members are to be submitted to me before this day week
am i my brother's keeper
you ask she continued
god answers to each of you you are
the world says no i am not but god says yes you are
all men are your brothers
for all who sin all who suffer you are to a certain extent responsible
after the address the girls themselves were encouraged to speak and a very animated discussion followed
it was past 10 o'clock when she left the hall
just as she was doing so ms freya came up
any cultist is your roomfellow is she not she said
i see by your faceless skill roy that you were distressed about something are you keeping anything back
i'm afraid i am replied lizzie distressed now in her tone
i must see her myself early in the morning and i am quite sure that nothing will satisfy miss lauderdale except a very ample apology and a full explanation of the reason why she absent her to herself
excuses make no difference
the girl who breaks the rules has to be punished
i will tell her
any cultist had begun to make prints with lizley
leslie determined to try for honours in english language and literature
her tastes all lay in this direction her idea being by and by to follow her mother's profession of journalism for which she already showed considerable aptitude
she had no idea of allowing herself to break down
what do you mean replied leslie
why you will be parting from me you know
i would be the constant worry and plague of your life
this is this if by any chance you don't leave st wards any i hope you will allow me to be your room fellow again next term
sid annie a flash of light coming into her eyes and then leaving them
but she added abruptly you speak of something which must not take place
i must path an honour if i don't i shall die
a few moments later there came a tap at the door
leslie open the door
chain harriet stood without
these letters have just come for you and any cold chest does she said and as i was coming upstairs i thought i would leave them with you
leslie thanked her and eagerly grasped the little parcel
her eyes shone with pleasure at the anticipation of the delightful time she would have reveling in the home news the other letter was directed to annie colchester
here is a letter for you annie cried leslie
her face grew suddenly white as death what is a death
i have been starving or rather i have been thirsting
well read it in peace said liddensley i won't disturb you
i am truly glad it has come
leslie seated herself with her back to her companion and opened her own letters
don't notice me replied any
i must go into the grounds the air is stifling
but they are just shutting up
i shall go i know a way
just after midnight she rose with a sigh to prepare for bed
she looked around the room
now i remember she got a letter which upset her very much and went out
leslie went to the window and flung it open she put her head out and tried to peer into the darkness but the moon had already set and she could not see more than a couple of yards in front of her
she is a very queer erratic creature and that letter there was bad news in that letter
what can she be doing out by herself
leslie left the room but she had scarcely gone a dozen places down the corridor before she met any returning
annie's eyes were very bright her cheeks were no longer pale and there was a brilliant colour in them
she did not take the least notice of leslie but going into the room shut the door
don't begin see you rani
don't begin what do you mean
i mean that i don't want you to begin to ask questions
i walked up and down as fast as ever i could outside in order to make myself sleepy
don't talk to me leslie don't say a single word
i shall go off to sleep that is all i care for
don't see danny
now drink this at once she said in a voice of authority if you really wish to sleep
annie stared vacantly at the cocoa then she uttered a laugh
drink that she said
do you want to kill me don't talk anymore
i am sleepy i shall sleep
she got into bed as she spoke and wrapped the clothes tightly around her
can't you manage with a candle just for once
sessionally city days leave
she turned off the light and lit a candle which she put behind her screen then prepared to get into bed
ennismena was very mysterious
and he did not mean to confine anyone that night and the kindest thing was to leave her alone
tired out liseley herself dropped asleep
annie is that you she called out
there was no reply but the sound of hurrying steps came quicker and quicker now and then they were interrupted by a groan
oh this will kill me my heart will break this will kill me