United States or Guatemala ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
After her marriage in 1882, to William Henry Blatch of Basingstoke, Harriot made her home in England for the next 20 years. Harper, Anthony, II, p. 549. Ibid., pp. 553, 558, 562. Miss Anthony spent a week with her old friends, Ellen and Aaron Sargent in Berlin where Aaron was serving as American Minister to Germany. In Paris she visited Theodore Stanton and his French wife. Lydia Becker, Mrs.
"Monsieur Becker," said Wilfrid, "I swear to you that Seraphita exercises such extraordinary power over me that I know no language in which I can give you the least idea of it. She has revealed to me things known to myself alone." "Somnambulism!" said the old man. "A great many such effects are related by Jean Wier as phenomena easily explained and formerly observed in Egypt."
And I am amazed by the man's constancy, that, even while blows were going at the door of that German firm which he was in Samoa to protect, he should have stuck to his demands. Ten days before, Blacklock had offered to recognise the old territory, including Mulinuu, and Becker had refused, and still in the midst of these "alarums and excursions," he continued to refuse it.
Whilst the pinnace was in the midst of a series of irregular gyrations, a shrill scream suddenly rent the air, and at the same instant Fritz and Willis leaped overboard. Mary had fallen into the sea. Becker strained every nerve to stay the boat. Mrs. Wolston fell on her knees with outstretched hands, but, though in the attitude of prayer, not a word escaped her pallid lips.
You may just as well fancy that the monkey, in this case, came to pass the night at Falcon's Nest with a cigar in its mouth." "Then he must have been dreadfully annoyed to find neither slippers nor a night-cap." "There is, unquestionably, a wide field of supposition open for us," said Becker; "but that need not prevent us taking active measures to arrive at the truth.
They were at her front steps now, the hall light flickering out over them. "I just certainly have enjoyed this evening, Miss Becker." "Nice of you to put it that way, Mr. Penny," she said, trying to appear unconscious of the unmistakable suns in his eyes. "I I'm not much of a fellow for this kind of thing, but I see I've been making a mistake. A fellow like myself ought to get about more.
"It is not to be had for nothing, madam; there is the trouble of selecting it." "And the labor of rendering it productive," added Ernest. "But how do you manage for a lawyer to convey it?" "I was advising Ernest to adopt that profession," said Mrs. Becker; "wills and contracts would be in harmony with his studious temperament."
Trustees 1st Ward Charles C. Rogers, Silas Merchant. 2d Ward Ansel Roberts, Peter Diemer. 3d Ward Amos Townsend, J. C. Shields. 4th Ward Maurice B. Clark, Proctor Thayer. 5th Ward William Heisley, Thomas Purcell. 6th Ward John Huntington, Edward Hart. 7th Ward Christopher Weigel, Charles B. Pettingill. 8th Ward William H. Truscott, Joseph Houstain. 9th Ward John Martin, F. W. Pelton. 10th Ward Reuben H. Becker, William Wellhouse. 11th Ward Robert Larnder, Charles E. Gehring.
These men will surely be heard from again, and may even be freed eventually." "Yes, yes, you are right, doctor; your views are eminently sound," said Lieutenant Carl von Leyden. Captain Becker removed his meerschaum from his lips, and shook himself in his chair until his sword clanked on the floor. "Now listen," he cried.
Hardly had the echoes of their voices died away when the sentry wheeled about hastily and said: "Captain, something comes down the river. It has just rounded the bend. It looks too large for a boat." Captain Becker rushed down below, hurried back with a pair of glasses, and took a long survey. "It is a raft," he cried, turning to his companions.
Word Of The Day