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If you see me carry my cane on my shoulder, that will mean that we must meet accidentally in some open space which you will point out to me." "I see you are a prudent man, bent on success," said old Hochon. "I shall succeed, monsieur.
It had come without warning, in the winking of an eye, and for a moment it seemed to Jimmie Dale that he could not grasp the full significance of what had happened that Slimmy Jack, his sleeve catching on the hinge of the safe as he had finally succeeded in jerking his revolver from his pocket, had, a grim, ironical trick of fate, accidentally shot himself!
"I want nothing with you, except to know whether you have seen Benson." "Where should I see Benson? What do I know of Benson's doings?" "Of course not such a secret old fist as he is! I want some one to tell him to order Lady Blandish's carriage to be sent round to the park-gates. I thought he might be round your way over there I came upon him accidentally just now in Abbey-wood.
Through some whim of fate it happened that the young king was accidentally killed one morning as he was at play in the courtyard of the palace, and Berenguela, as the only lawful heir, became the Queen of Castile in her own right. In this trying moment, clear-headed as usual, she gave further proof of her astuteness.
By the way, you remember when she was lost that day on the road to San Mateo?" "Yes." "Well, she was with your son, John Milton, all the time, and they lunched together at Crystal Spring. It came out quite accidentally through the hotel-keeper." Harcourt's brow darkened. "Did she know him before?" "I can't say; but she does now." Harcourt's face was heavy with distrust.
I replied that I had done my duty, in communicating that which came accidentally to my knowledge, and if they had not prudence enough to benefit by the information, it was their business and not mine. I then retired through the immense multitude, mounted on my beautiful grey horse, Model, the populace making way for and cheering me as I passed.
Francois about the middle of summer. La Perriere, with the French Mohawks, crossed Lake Champlain. The place of rendezvous was Lake Nickisipigue. On the way a Huron accidentally killed one of his companions; whereupon the tribe insisted on halting and holding a council.
They thought it wiser to keep both alight at a time, in case one should accidentally go out, and they should be unable to light it again with a match. With feelings of intense curiosity they approached the smugglers' store. The goods, as far as they could judge, were English. There were many bales of linen and cloth.
About this time, quite accidentally, he was present at Woodrow Wilson's inauguration as president of Princeton University. The professor appealed to the editor, why, one can only conjecture. Perhaps it was a common abhorrence of machine politics, a passion for phrase turning, for there is a similarity in the methods of the two which separates them from the rank and file of ordinary politicians.
On the 4th of February of that year some workmen, while engaged in digging away an embankment in Jackson Street, Brooklyn, near the Navy Yard, accidentally uncovered a quantity of human bones, among which was a skeleton having a pair of iron manacles still upon the wrists.
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