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Fresh buildings had been erected a storehouse, a house for the officers, and a shed covering the whole of the machinery and yard. By the time this was all ready and in place the valley below was deserted, the gravel having been washed out to the bed-rock.
The bridge itself is graceful and strong, swinging easily 30ft. above the current; it is built of powerful chains, carried from bank to bank and held by masses of solid masonry set in the bed-rock. It is 60 yards long and 10ft. wide, is floored with wood, and has a picket parapet supported by lateral chains.
Now, somebody, applesauce!" she called, and added politely, "please pass it." Berta regarded her sternly. "Beatrice Leigh, you are running this scheme pretty far into the ground. When you reach bed-rock, something is likely to get a bump. Take care! Remember!" "Thank you, yes, Berta. Half-past four at the swimming-tank in the gymnasium. I'll be there. Trust me!"
Transportation has been to Canada an integral part of her very national life which, perhaps, explains how with the exception of extravagance incident to a period of great prosperity her railroad systems have been founded on sound finance from bed-rock up.
Violet = Virtue the bed-rock of woman's influence. Indigo = Industry which means willing service. Blue = Beauty in its many and varied forms. Green = Generosity to give of our best to others. Yellow = Youth to offer our best years to God. Orange = Order which includes organization. Red = Radiation the Love Force going out to others. Fellowship
"One morning as I came to the shaft, I found a stranger waiting there. It was dark, I could not see his face; since he said nothing, I passed him and, descending to the bed-rock, commenced to scatter the last night's burning that I might get at the thawed-out muck. Presently I heard the sound of someone following, and the creak of the rope as he let himself down in the bucket.
"Laddie," said he gravely, "you must excuse me if I take a liberty; but I canna fit you into this environment." Doggie looked about him also. "Seems funny, doesn't it?" "It cannot be that you've come down in the world?" "To bed-rock," said Doggie. "No?" said Phineas, with an air of concern. "Man, I'm awful sorry. I know what the coming down feels like.
Brant, when you DO have to come down to the bed-rock and me and Jim McClosky, you may find out that him and me have discovered a better match for Susy than the son of old Ham Brant, who is trying to play the Spanish grandee off his father's money on a couple of women. Brant!"
The bed-rock in the bottom of this lead is worn into long smooth channels, and also has its roughness and crevices like other river beds. The lighter and poorer qualities of gold are found nearest to its edges, while the heavier and finer portions have found their way to the deeper places near the centre.
Few minds see their ideas crystallized into "Convictions." Convictions are permanent, unchangeable ideas: based on facts and supported by satisfactory evidence, they rest on the bed-rock of truth. Few minds indeed, particularly on the larger and fundamental issues, can claim the right to convictions. For, convictions demand a breadth of vision and grasp of detail which are given but to few souls.
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