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We could now hear the bell tolling quite distinctly, and the driver pointed with his whip, and I could see the cross above the fir-trees. "And there," he said, "is Bridget Coyne," and I saw a blind woman being led along the road.
Then "Sir Roger" having remarked that he was "nearly stifled," Lady Tichborne directed Coyne to "take off her son's coat and undo his braces;" which duties the faithful domestic accomplished with some difficulty, while at the same time he "managed to pull him over as well as he could." Upon this Mr.
Wood, describing the Narragansets in 1634, says they "are the most curious minters of the wampompeage and mowhakes which they forme out of the inmost wreaths of periwinkle shels. The northerne, easterne, and westerne Indians fetch all their coyne from these southern mint- masters.
Coyne had taken his departure the pair sat a long while in silence, their solitary candle flickering an the table between them. "You spoke out very bold," said Mr. Adams at length. "Did I?" said Mr. Jope. "I didn't feel it." "What cuts me to the quick is the thought o' them adders outside." "Ye dolt! There ain't no real adders outside. They're what the chap invented to frighten the women." "Sure?
At this moment Lady Bassett looked up and saw a woman watching her over the rail of a corridor on the first floor. She recognized the face directly. The woman made her a rapid signal, and then disappeared into one of the rooms. "Would there be any objection to our going upstairs, Mr. Coyne?" said Lady Bassett, with a calm voice and a heart thumping violently. "Oh, none whatever.
Willis you would probably find that and every thing else out without a hint from him or any one else." "Yes; but I will make a note of it, for all that." "That is very kind of you. It will flatter the doctor, the more so as he has so high an opinion of you. But now, Mr. Coyne, I suppose if I am very good, and promise to soothe him, and not excite him, I may see my husband to-day?"
They mill them, that is, put on the marks on both sides at once with great exactness and speed, and then the money is perfect. They now coyne between L16 and L24,000 in a week.
They mill them, that is, put on the marks on both sides at once with great exactness and speed, and then the money is perfect. They now coyne between L16 and L24,000 in a week.
Coyne appeared, a little oily, bustling man, with a good-humored, vulgar face, liable to a subservient pucker; he wore it directly at sight of a fine woman, fine clothes, fine footmen, and fine horses. "Mr. Coyne, I believe," said Lady Bassett, with a fascinating smile. "At your service, madam." "May I have a word in private with you, sir?" "Certainly, madam." "We have come a long way.
"We didn't see that he was in trouble till one of the boys discovered you chasing his pony. Then we saw you rope the critter and pack the boss on your own cayuse." "Was was anybody killed?" asked Tad hesitatingly. "No. Mary got a bullet through the calf of his right leg, and Bat Coyne lost a piece of an ear. Guess that's about all." "Yes; but what of the others? Were any of the cowmen killed?"
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