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It was an incongruous assembly in the first place. The officers of the British Navy attended in the splendor of their uniforms, glittering in braid and gold. Even Doctor McLaughlin made brave display, as was his wont, in his regalia of dark blue cloth and shining buttons his noble features and long, snow-white hair making him the most lordly figure of them all.
Her white cashmere frock was simply made, with a lace frill about the neck and at the edge of the short sleeves. Her broad blue satin sash was elegant. Miss Cynthia came and plaited her beautiful hair in a marvellous openwork sort of braid, and she had two white roses and a silver arrow in it.
Her face was swarthy, partly Hebrew, partly Gipsy in type; her eyes were small and black beneath thick brows which almost met, her nose was straight, slightly up-turned, her lips were thin with a beautiful but sharp curve; she had a huge braid of black hair, which was heavy even to the eye, a low, impassive, stony brow, tiny ears ... her whole countenance was thoughtful, almost surly.
A cousin of Lady Glenthorn's assured me that she was present one day, when her ladyship expressed a wish for a gold chain to wear round her neck, or braid her hair, I forget for what; but that very hour Lord Glenthorn bespoke for her a hundred yards of gold chain, at ten guineas a yard.
Mullen at your house to-day, Abel?" she asked suddenly, turning her face from the lamp. "Yes, he comes to see Blossom now, but she doesn't appear to care for him. I thought she did once, didn't you?" "Yes, I thought she did, but that was when he was in love with Molly, wasn't it?" For an instant he gazed at the bit of braid, as though his soul were intent upon unravelling the intricate pattern.
As Paul left the room she snatched something white from a bureau-drawer, stripped the worn, patched old cotton nightgown from the skeleton-like body, and, handling the invalid with a strong, sure touch, slipped on a soft, woolly outing-flannel wrapper with a curious trimming of zigzag braid down the front. Mrs.
A long black braid of hair swung with the motion of the coach; the child held her hat in one hand and with the other made ineffectual attempts to stab the driver with her microscopic sunshade. "Please let me speak!" she called. Mr. Cobb drew up the horses obediently. "Does it cost any more to ride up there with you?" she asked.
Rebellion was in the ascendant. She thrust her fingers under the band and essayed to wrench off the offending necklace, but the stout fastening held and the flexible braid printed its woof on the back of the soft neck. Almost in tears she undid the clasp and flung the collar away. It struck the earth with a musical ring, and the green of the wheat hid all but a faint ray of the red metal.
For connecting up the different pieces of apparatus of the transmitter it is a good scheme to use copper braid; this is made of braided copper wire in three sizes and sells for 7,15 and 20 cents a foot respectively. A piece of it is pictured at J. The Panel Cut-Out. This is used to connect the cord of the 110-volt lamp socket with the transmitter.
He stood behind General San Martin's chair and looked proudly at us all. He had a round blue cap edged with silver braid on his head, and we all could see a large white scar on the nape of his sunburnt neck. "Somebody asked him what he had done with the captured Spanish officers. "He shrugged his shoulders scornfully. 'What a question to ask!
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