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But now if, as he believed, the engagement was but of recent date, there would be a hardship in it, which even he could not bear patiently, a hardship, the endurance of which must be intolerable to her. If it were so, the man could hardly be so close-fisted, so hard-hearted, so cruel-minded, as to hold the girl to her purpose! "When did you promise to be his wife?" he said, repeating his question.
A grim landlord, hard creditor, close-fisted patron, and a smileless neighbor who neither gambled nor drank, "Old Hays," as he was called, while yet scarce fifty, had few acquaintances and fewer friends.
Elkins had started life as an entry clerk in a grocery store, had made money in the butter and egg business, had "struck oil" at Titusville in 1862, and had succeeded in exchanging his holdings for a block of Standard Oil stock. He too became a Philadelphia politician, but he had certain hard qualities he was close-fisted, slow, plodding that prevented him from achieving much success.
"You was in the other room and didn't show yourself when a man less 'n half my age and as strong as an ox was was " "T'wasn't my row, and this ain't yours," Hank growled. "I'll tell you that now, and be done with it. I won't take up any fight of yours over your close-fisted, hold-up deals, but I'll see mine through, and don't you forget it."
Returning from these strokes of trade, he would ship large quantities of the furs to London where they were sold at great profit. His marriage to Sarah Todd, a cousin of Henry Brevoort, brought him a good wife, who had the shining quality of being economical, and an accession of some means and considerable family connections. Remarkably close-fisted, he weighed over every penny.
At a table by herself sits the little signorina who controls the establishment, wide awake, pale of complexion, slightly hump-backed, close-fisted as the devil though sufficiently vulnerable to a bluff masculine protest. Our waiter is noteworthy in his line.
How far is it to the bottom of the sea, sir, if you please? I'm sure you know? Mr. Levi and you." "Crawley," said Meadows, suddenly turning the conversation, "the world calls me close-fisted, have you found me so?" "Liberal as running water, sir. I sometimes say how long will this last before such a great man breaks Peter Crawley and flings him away and takes another?" and Crawley sighed.
She fastened the fob in a buttonhole of her blouse, but removed it with a shake of the head. "I'll just keep it to look at, and only wear it with my black silk. It's out of place on this rusty alpaca." "What a close-fisted old girl the Circus must " "Oh, hush, hush! She might hear you." Abby rose hastily. "Let us walk in the garden."
"It is less because we club together," said Fräulein Vogel. Kitty might have suspected something if her new friend had not had the name of being so close-fisted.
"Say," he said, "you haven't been sick, have you?" Carrie nodded. "Well, now, that's a blooming shame, isn't it? You don't look very well. I thought you looked a little pale. What have you been doing?" "Working," said Carrie. "You don't say so! At what?" She told him. "Rhodes, Morgenthau and Scott why, I know that house over here on Fifth Avenue, isn't it? They're a close-fisted concern.
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