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The gentlemen who were near him were talking about the rockets the same rockets that Rollo had seen when he went back to the stern of the ship to look out at the sea, on the day of the storm.

"Girls can't get married if they're shabby and old-fashioned." "That's true," said Susan gravely. "I think," continued her sister, "it's the meanest feeling, the sheep-ish-est" Gertrude syllabled the word to make sure of her hold on it "in this world to know that the gentlemen are ashamed to show you attention.

A secret watch had been kept over her correspondence, and Babington's letters and her own answers had fallen into Walsingham's hands. There it all was in her own cipher, the key to which had been betrayed by the carelessness of a confederate. The six gentlemen who were to have rewarded Elizabeth's confidence by killing her were easily recognised.

I passed back again into the room where the before-named gentlemen were discussing some paper which lay before them, and was going to pass out, when Captain Folsom, who was an officer of the army, a class-mate and intimate friend of mine, handed me the paper the contents of which they were discussing.

"Perhaps not; is my face still blue?" "Not so; you are very pale. Are you not well?" "Yes, it is with anger." "Oh I then you have also some one who annoys you?" "Yes, monsieur." "And I also," said Maugiron. "Really, gentlemen, you all look very gloomy." "You forget me," said D'Epernon, planting himself before Bussy.

"Judge," said the Captain, instantly, "I'm not the only one in this town who will have to decide whether my sympathies are wrong. My sympathies are with the South." "It's not a question of sympathy, Captain," answered the Judge, dryly. "Abraham Lincoln himself was born in Kentucky." They had not heard a step without. "Gentlemen, mark my words.

"You see, gentlemen," she said, "that I have opened the door; that I am embarking once for all with you in a war against the King of Spain. Very well, I am not anxious about the matter. I hope that God will aid us, and that we shall strike a good blow in your cause.

The truth is, the ride seemed agreeable to both gentlemen, because they found amusement in each other's conversation, although their characters and habits of thinking were in many respects totally opposite. Edward, we have informed the reader, was warm in his feelings, wild and romantic in his ideas and in his taste of reading, with a strong disposition towards poetry. Mr.

Leonard, and several gentlemen, some from Keyport, others hailing from Allandale and Belleville. It was soon decided that the officials should be chosen as far as possible from neutral territory. There were to be a referee, an assistant referee, two goal umpires, as many timekeepers, and a pair of penalty timekeepers.

D n me, if it shall pass!" said the shorter ruffian; "do ye think gentlemen are to hazard their lives on the road to be cheated in this way? We'll have every farthing you have got, or we will strip you to the skin, curse me."