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Again Mark thought of the "ghoses," but still he said nothing, and the opening of the door was finally credited to the wind. That afternoon Mr. Bevil came over to make a call, and was much interested in the improvements already made and proposed.
Don't you know the Princess? Still there are other kinds of proposals than those of marriage which a rich Russian prince may venture to make to a pretty novelist brought up for the stage." "Bevil!" cried Graham, grasping the man's arm fiercely, "how dare you?" "My dear boy," said Bevil, very much astonished, "I really did not know that your interest in the young lady was so great.
"A ferry?" said Mark; "what sort of a ferry steam-power, horse-power, or boy-power?" "I expect it will be mostly boy-power," said Mr. Elmer, laughing. "You see I kept thinking of what Mr. Bevil told us last Sunday, that what Wakulla needed most was a bridge and a mill. I knew we couldn't build a bridge, at least not at present; but the idea of a ferry seemed practicable.
Elmer made careful inquiries concerning the mill about which Mark had told him, and found that it was the only one within twenty miles of Wakulla. He was told that it used to do a very flourishing business before the bridge was carried away, and things in that part of the county went to ruin generally. Both Mr. Bevil and Mr.
I see we are bound to the same place; there will be a good gathering to-night." "What do you mean, Bevil? I am going nowhere, except to my own quiet rooms." "Pooh!
Sir Bevil Granville, the most beloved man of that country, Sir Ralph Hopton, Sir Nicholas Slanning, Arundel, and Trevannion undertook as their own charges to raise an army for the king; and their great interest in Cornwall soon enabled them to effect their purpose.
Bevil was at present on a very short stay at Paris, and, naturally wishing to make the most of his time, he did not tarry beside Savarin, but, after being introduced to Isaura, flitted here and there through the assembly. "Apis Matinae More modoque Grata carpentis thyma" The bee proffers honey, but bears a sting.
I see we are bound to the same place; there will be a good gathering to-night." "What do you mean, Bevil? I am going nowhere, except to my own quiet rooms." "Pooh!
The same Gazette which announced that the Houses were about to meet contained a notification that Sir Edward Hales, who, as a Papist, as a renegade, as the foremost champion of the dispensing power, and as the harsh gaoler of the Bishops, was one of the most unpopular men in the realm, had ceased to be Lieutenant of the Tower, and had been succeeded by his late prisoner, Bevil Skelton, who, though he held no high place in the esteem of his countrymen, was at least not disqualified by law for public trust.
Elmer was much interested in all this, and mentally resolved that he would do all that lay in his power to revive the old-time prosperity of the place in which he had established his home. "What we most need here now," concluded Mr. Bevil, "is a bridge over the river and a mill. It ought to be a saw-mill, grist-mill, and cotton-gin all in one." The next morning Mr.
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