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Covington, who had fallen back a little to watch them pass, felt strangely isolated. They hurried on without seeing him, as if he were merely some spectral bystander. Yet the significant fact was not that a thousand strangers should pass him without being aware of his presence, but that he himself should notice their indifference. It was not like him.
No trains had gone out of the city except south to Kentucky by way of Covington, and rail and telegraph communications were still badly demoralized, but fair, warm weather which had continued since Thursday had greatly helped the complex situation. It was predicted that the river would reach its greatest height at Cincinnati on Monday.
I'm training been training ever since I arrived." In his first bewilderment the latecomer might have unwittingly betrayed his friend had not Jean suddenly inquired: "Where is Roberta?" "Roberta!" Covington tripped over one of his crutches. "Roberta who?" "Why, Roberta Keap, of course! She's chaperoning us while mother is away."
Glancing down, I saw Jasper, Jr., at the edge of the wagon road. He was waving his cap and, even at that distance, I could see the radiance in his good-looking young face. A young and attractively dressed woman stood beside him. I waved my hand and shouted a greeting. "I thought you said he'd gone to Covington to see her off," I said, turning to the young man's father with a grin.
Brady has been good enough to respond to my request," Gorham began, "and is here to supply me with fuller details concerning the matter which was brought up at the meeting of the committee yesterday. As it interests you even more than it does me, I have asked you to be present during our interview." Covington seated himself in silence. "Now, Mr.
In spite of all this, our naval losses have been gratifyingly small. Only three American troopships the Antilles, the President Lincoln, and the Covington were sunk on the return voyage.
His absurd statements regarding Covington were easily explained, but what he had said of the business was an honest expression, even though groundless in fact and resulting from an inexperienced interpretation of matters far beyond his present knowledge. Gorham contrasted in his mind the changes which these few months had wrought in him.
He shot one man dead and wounded two or three others, and I was called upon to extract a ball from the shoulder of one man." During this conversation, and much more not recorded, I was writing a letter home, directed to a friend in Covington, Kentucky. There was an understanding, while in Cincinnati, that Levi Coffin was to take my letters from our Covington friends, and mail them home.
Speed spoke up brightly: "Well, let's go back to the house and wait for Covington." "But you were getting ready to go running," said Helen. "No more running for me! I'm in good enough shape, eh, Larry?" "Great! Barring the one thing." "What's that?" queried Fresno. "A little trouble with one of his nerve-centres, that's all.
Miss Chapin blushed prettily. "Oh, I see! I thought myself that this affair had something to do with you and Culver Covington, but I didn't know it had lapsed into a sort of matrimonial round-up. Suppose Miss Blake shouldn't care for Speed after he gets here?" "Oh, but she will! That's where Berkeley Fresno comes in.
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