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In the autumn of 1909 I was attending my law lectures in Dublin when it was conveyed to me that a raid on my constituency was contemplated, that the officials at the League headquarters in Dublin were, without rhyme or reason, returning the affiliation fees of branches which were known to be friendly to me, and that a Divisional Conference of my enemies was summoned for the purpose of "organising" me out of Mid-Cork.
If I had had to choose between earning ten dollars a week in tuition fees and a hundred dollars as wages or profits I should, without the slightest hesitation, have decided in favor of the ten dollars, and now, behold! that coveted source of income seemed nearer at hand than I had dared forecast.
"First suffer me to be admitted to the charming Cour des Fées, but for a moment."
Berringer, also a director, on the bonds and preferred stock he sold. Mr. Paret, who entered both companies on the ground floor, likewise got fees. Everybody was satisfied except the trouble makers, who were ignored. In short, the episode of the Riverside Franchise is a triumphant proof of the contention that business men are the best fitted to conduct the politics of their country.
No; I will wait till I receive news from home, and get to my own position again; besides, with a shrug, 'after all, it is experience. 'Experience, said Madame, quietly, 'is a good schoolmaster, but the fees are somewhat high. 'Ah! said Vandeloup, with a pleased look, 'you know Heine, I perceive, Madame. I did not know he was read out here.
To return to our examination: we all passed but the second mate, who hung in his halter, and was pronounced to be incorrigible. Certificates of naturalization were delivered on the spot, the fees were paid, and the schooner left us. That night it blew a gale, and we had no more visitors until the following morning.
"On a banni les demons et les fees, Le raisonner tristement s'accredite: On court, helas! apres la verite: Ah! croyez moi, l'erreur a son merite!"
And he ain't going to, because the Dad's paying double fees, and he's scared stiff he'll lose me if there's any trouble. 'You seem to have a grasp of the position. 'Bet your life I have. I looked at him as he sprawled in the chair. 'You're a funny kid, I said. He stiffened, outraged. His little eyes gleamed. 'Say, it looks to me as if you wanted making a head shorter.
Thus Dame Fripp, in addition to 'property' supposed to yield her no less than half-a-crown a-week, was in the receipt of professional fees, the gross amount of which was vaguely estimated by her neighbours as 'pouns an' pouns'. Moreover, she drove a brisk trade in lollipop with epicurean urchins, who recklessly purchased that luxury at the rate of two hundred per cent.
"Uncle doesn't wish me to go to school." "Maybe he don't want to pay the fees," said Mary Ann. Marjory said nothing. "I learn French and German and music. I'm getting on fine with the piano, and papa's going to buy me one of my own soon. You haven't got a piano at Hunters' Brae, have you?" "No," said Marjory shortly.
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