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He did not even take the trouble to ask the baker to excuse him for a few days; he went away, and did not return to finish the interrupted work for a whole week. This conduct was the more inexcusable as his children received bread, and even butter, twice a week from the baker. I was fortunate enough to experience similar treatment.

Grey was fortunate in having the first picture she sent to London sold, and has continued to find purchasers for her exhibited works, which are now in many private collections and number about one hundred and fifty. "Empty," a child study in oils, 1897, and a water-color, "A Silver Latch," 1900, are among her important works.

All that Cortez has we have in double proportion I say it with pride. Cortez is no longer the metropolis of the region. Hope Well, I may say that Cortez is, of all Alaskan cities, the most fortunate, since it has realized its Hope." He laughed musically. "This town has come to stay; we intend to annex Cortez eventually.

Nothing could have been more fortunate than our meeting with this wrecker, for New Providence was at such a distance that we never could have reached it in our boat. The island of Abbico was much longer than we expected; and it was not till after sailing for three or four days that we got safe to the farther end of it, towards New Providence.

He shook her deliberately by the hand without appearing to notice her blank looks. "So I came south and shall finish up at Biarritz, which they say is going to be fashionable. I hope it is not inconvenient for you to give me a bed a solid one for a night or two." "Oh no!" answered Mrs. St. Pierre Lawrence, who had charming manners, and was one of those fortunate persons who are never at a loss.

But as the visit might be renewed, and with a less fortunate result, as soon as they were gone I dismissed the workmen, buried the press, and had all the proofs taken to my own house." "And you did well, count," cried the Cardinal de Polignac. "But what are we to do now?" asked Madame de Maine. "Have the press taken to my house," said Pompadour. "Or mine," said Valef.

Very likely you may be so fortunate as to find your sister, for a crafty woman succeeds in many things which are too difficult for a wise man. Go on, and if they seek for you old Krates will not betray you." He nodded kindly at Klea, and had already half turned his back on her when he once more looked round, and called out to her: "Wait a minute, girl you can do me a little service.

And at the inauguration of a work, the cut through the Isthmus , he, with a loud voice, amidst the assembled multitude, uttered a prayer, that "the undertaking might prove fortunate for himself and the Roman people," without taking the smallest notice of the senate. XXXVIII. He spared, moreover, neither the people of Rome, nor the capital of his country. Somebody in conversation saying

Their stay here was particularly fortunate, for as they were certain of a cordial welcome, and an abundance of that which they much wanted wholesome food the pressure of immediate distress was removed.

I should have been a happy and fairly good woman, as far as women go, if you had been true, or rather if everything about you had not been utterly false and despicable. You think it fortunate after reading this, I daresay, that we are separated for ever, BUT WE MAY MEET AGAIN, Richard Marston.