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I had a disguise; if I bore any superior earmarks my leather coat obliterated them; and I could drive; even Dario Resta could not have sniffed at my technic. Better still, my French, learned even before my English, would not betray me. As nurse and as mecanicien, we stood a fair chance in our masquerade. I might have to pay my shot, but I was enjoying it.
All the thieves wanted of the horses was to set the outfit afoot for the time being a trick which bears the earmarks of the bunch that got in their work on us. They had turned the horses loose a mile or so away, and I found them grazing together. When I'd brought them in I got a bite to eat and came on about my own business.
You have all the earmarks of a fugitive from justice." Spurlock grew limp in his chair. "If you thought that, why did you give me this job?" his voice faint and thick. "The doctor and I agreed to give you a chance for her sake. Without realizing what she has done, she's made a dreadful mess of it. A child as innocent as a child!
The Happy Family would have been surprised to see him lay down kings and refuse to draw to them which he did once, with a gesture of disgust that flipped them face up so that all could see. He turned them over immediately, but the three had seen that this tall stranger, who had all the earmarks of a cowpuncher, would not draw to kings but must have something better before he would stay.
I will go further, and declare that a manuscript which has all the earmarks of being by a professional is not only more carefully read, but also is likely to be treated with more consideration when a decision is to be made upon its value to the publisher in dollars and cents. Put yourself in the editor's place and you will quickly enough grasp the psychology of this.
The man had many of the earmarks of a demagogue, which Selwyn readily recognized, and he therefore concluded to try him first. Accordingly he went to the capital of the State ostensibly upon private business, and dropped in upon the Governor in the most casual way.
To distinguish the cattle of different owners a system of earmarks and brands has been devised by which each ranchman can identify and claim his own stock. The branding is usually done during a round-up when every calf found is caught and branded in the brand of its mother.
Yet it was also well to be courted by one who bore the earmarks so to speak of prosperity. Sundown was made heartily welcome. After they had had dinner, Chico Miguel would return at night as usual, Sundown mentally besought his stars to aid him, lend him eloquence and the Señora understanding, and found excuse to follow the Señora to the kitchen where he offered to wipe the dishes.
Coldstream itself for years had amounted to little more than a post-office address. From the time of its building in the days of a boom which had no foundation, and therefore no permanence, it had retrogressed steadily. Now it was picking up. But although times were beginning to improve, it still bore many of the earmarks of an abandoned camp.
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