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Mr. Devine then lays out for the economist a task in the discharge of which the innocent bystander will sincerely wish him a pleasant trip and a safe return. "It is the present duty of the economist," says Mr.
"I could get her out in one day." These words, from a man who was known to mean all he said, made an impression on a bystander, who reported them to the anxious agent of the Society. The agent called upon him. "What did you mean, Captain, by saying that you could get out the ship in one day?" "Just what I said." "What will you get her out for?" "One hundred dollars." "I'll give it.
Deborah assented to his request, partly because the weather was fine, and the distance short, partly, it may be, from a lurking desire to take her chance as a bystander of a dish of fish; they who need such windfalls least, being commonly those who are most desirous to put themselves in their way. Mr. Adolphus Lynfield's reasons were obvious enough.
"That's what I went to 'Frisco to look for," explained Tom, to the staring bystander, "but I couldn't find out a word about her." "Don't wonder yer looked glum, then," said Cairo Jake; "but but it's jest your luck!" "Dominie here was going down to hurry you back," said Sunrise; "but " "But we'll give him a different job now, my dear," said Tom, completing the sentence. And they did.
So saying, the Judge departed, and the young man, with a faint suspicion of the truth, turned to a bystander, and asked, in some confusion, "Who is that polite old gentleman who brought home my turkey for me?" "That is John Marshall, the Chief Justice of the United States," was the reply. "Why, then, did he bring home my turkey?" stammered the fop.
"He'll be all right in a minute, mate," said a bystander to Joe, anxiously; "don't run away." "'Tain't so likely," said Joe, scornfully. "Wot did you 'it me for?" demanded the victim, turning a deaf ear to two or three strangers who were cuddling him affectionately and pointing out, in alluring whispers, numberless weak points in Joe's fleshly armour.
They talked in low voices, and any shrewd bystander would have perceived the mood of agitated expectancy in which they approached the house. "It's wonderful!" said little Miss Toogood, the lame dressmaker, as they turned a corner of the shrubbery, and the rambling south front rose before them, "wonderful! when you think of the people that used to live here!
He climbed the auction block before the gaping multitude, and leaped to show his suppleness. They were pleased with his still serious manner, the paleness of his skin, his thoughtful eyes, and the shining ringlets of his hair. Bids were bandied briskly upon him, and the auctioneer rattled glibly of the rare lot to be sold. "Who owns the boy?" cried a bystander.
"What nobleman?" cried a bystander. "The Earl of Rochester," replied Leonard. "He has robbed Stephen Bloundel, the grocer of Wood-street, of his daughter, and has concealed her, to avoid pursuit, in the vaults of the cathedral." "I know Mr. Bloundel well," rejoined the man who had made the inquiry, and whom Leonard recognised as a hosier named Lamplugh, "and I know the person who addresses us.
They were neatly made, and the heather of which they were composed being in bloom they looked very pretty. How it did rain on these dripping creatures! Being shut up by the weather I took an interest in the besom merchants and their load, which was such a heavy one that a good-natured bystander had to help to lift the load off the ass's back. It was a long while before a customer appeared.
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