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The Turk, who was evidently a renegade Briton, made no reply whatever to this address; but, after casting the lashings loose, returned to his former occupation. Foster proceeded to thank the captain for his courtesy and make him acquainted with the state of his appetite, but he was evidently not in a conversational frame of mind.
Now that James had written these conciliatory letters to the States, recommending toleration, letters destined to be famous, Barneveld was anxious that the retiring ambassador should foster the spirit of moderation, which for a moment prevailed at the British court. But he was not very hopeful in the matter. "Mr. Winwood is doubtless over there now," he wrote to Caron.
We on the force call it the 'Yellow Streak. The car belongs to Senator Randall Foster; when he's at the wheel, the Lord help the pedestrians!" "So it would seem," dryly. "Where are you going, Mitchell?" observing the detective's rather shaken appearance. "To the Municipal Building."
"Well, you know it now." "What shall I do?" "'Do'? Do nothing. Just attend to your own business and let everything else go." "I thought I was attending to my own business," said Peter John woefully. "Oh, well, never mind, Peter John," broke in Will with a laugh. "It's all over now and no bones broken." "I wish it was all over," said Foster in a low voice to Will. "I wish it was too.
The function of education is to foster growth. By some of my readers this statement will be regarded as a truism; by others as a challenge; by others, again, when they have realised its inner meaning, as a "wicked heresy." I will begin by assuming that it is a truism, and will then try to prove that it is true. The function of education is to foster growth.
I will relate an anecdote of which I can guarantee the authenticity, and which, perhaps, may foster the weakness of persons subject to the same superstitions as the Princess of Wurtemberg. One day at Florence, being present at a family dinner, she perceived that there were exactly thirteen plates, suddenly grew pale, and obstinately refused to take her seat.
And Miss Foster said that one of her guardian's vessels would have to win the race, and my cousin Nell said that the Johnnie Duncan would have to win. There was a lot depending on it, she said. It meant a lot to Will Somers, I suppose Nell meant.
"You've made a mistake," he said unsteadily. Then: "Why don't you take it to her yourself, Hollis?" he asked. Tisdale was silent. He turned back to the window, and after an interval, Foster went over and stood beside him, looking down on the harbor lights.
The result of my conference was learning that Foster had been the agent of Sefton in a conspiracy against my wife. Foster had of late years made a precarious livelihood by occasional engagement on the stages, and a few weeks since had strayed to this city.
Why, there she is, hitched a little out, there by the landing." And Dabney did not seem to guess the meaning of Ham's queer, quizzical smile. There was a sort of council at the breakfast table of the Foster family that morning, and Ford and Annie found themselves "voted down." "Annie, my dear," said Mrs.
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