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How he has made me cry tears which I did not show him; for he would tell all his adventures to me to me, monsieur without understanding how it hurt me to listen." "But what was his business?" "That's so. I forgot to tell you. He was the foreman at Martel's a foreman such as they never had had an artist who averaged ten francs an hour." "Martel? who is Martel?"
For revising other men's work his fees would have varied between thirty and forty pounds, modern currency, and for his own plays he may well have averaged twice as much, or even more. The "benefit" system was already in vogue, and a dramatist could command an extra fee if the first-night audience proved very appreciative of his efforts.
What did the land cost an acre?" "Averaged a dollar and seventy-five cents." "Huh!... Not so bad. Now tend to Crane and his quiet friend." They arrived in due time, accompanied by their lawyer. "Mr. Bones," said the lawyer, "you have certain options that my clients wish to purchase.
For more than two hours the hard work was kept up until a dozen or more of the huge bulls were dead upon the prairie within the radius of a couple of miles. The Indians had averaged more than a buffalo apiece, while Captain Williams' men had signally failed to bring down a single bull, because they were unable to handle their rifles while riding.
"Well," replied the Honourable Hilary, again, "that won't have any influence on the Railroad Commission." "No," said Mr. Flint, "but it all goes to increase this confounded public sentiment that's in the air, like smallpox. Another jackass pretends to have kept a table of the through trains on the Sumsic division, and says they've averaged forty-five minutes late at Edmundton.
Rainey gained an increasing respect in her prowess, and a swift conversion to the equality of the sexes. There were times when he doubted his own equality. Had she met him on his own ground, in his own realm of what he considered vaguely as culture, he would have known a mastery that he now lacked. As it was, she averaged higher, and she had an attraction of sex that was compelling.
To attack this place our Government assembled the most powerful fleet ever sent on such an expedition. Over seventy-five men-of-war, including six monitors, and carrying six hundred guns, assailed it with a storm of shot and shell that averaged four projectiles per second for several hours; the parapet was battered, and the large guns crushed as one smashes a bottle with a stone.
Much of this amount goes to the maintenance of the frontier force. Within the last few years also the annual income for the city of Monrovia for the payment of the mayor, the police, and all other city officers has averaged $6000. In any consideration of social conditions the first question of all of course is that of the character of the people themselves.
The losses during the most favorable seasons have averaged from one to five per cent., while the same cattle in a severe season will lose from ten to twenty-five, all depending on the condition of the stock with the beginning of cold weather.
He meant to remain in London as long as his welcome lasted, and when he perceived a falling off in his audience, would close his season and go to the continent. His receipts averaged about three hundred dollars a night, whilst his expenses were not fifty dollars. "This, mind you," he used to say, "is in very hard cash, an article altogether superior to that of my friend Charles Reade."
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