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There are not a few reminiscences associated with the name and history of Mr. Robert Dalglish, the senior representative of Glasgow, that must tend to render a record of his life peculiarly interesting to his constituents. Born at Glasgow in 1808, he is now in his sixty-third year. His father was emphatically one of the pioneers of Glasgow's industrial prosperity.
"He's going to the Duchess of Glasgow's bazaar, because I said I should most likely be there: and I will go " "But he won't." "How can you know anything about it?" "I do know, everything. And I'll tell you what I know, if you'll promise me two things." "What things?" "That you won't ask me how I found out, and that you'll swear never to give me away to anybody."
The Clyde is narrower and more difficult to keep in order than the Christine, and Glasgow's facilities for getting materials for shipbuilding are not as great as Wilmington's. The difference in the cost of production of iron ships in Wilmington and on the Clyde, exclusive of the premium on gold, is at this time about ten per cent. only.
The car rolled out of the station down the declivity into the Square, thence into Glasgow's longest street, then swarming with pedestrians and traffic. "Damn it!" exclaimed Bullard, "the air's frosty. We'll meet with fog presently." He was right. They met it before they were clear of the city, and over the twenty miles that followed it lay thick, blanketing the river and countryside.
Suddenly Edwards, who stood forward on The Hawk, caught the peculiar fluttering of the signal flags aboard the Glasgow. "Glasgow signalling, sir," he reported to Lord Hastings. Lord Hastings quickly drew the attention of Commander Thompson to the Glasgow's signals, at the same time deciphering them for Frank and Jack. The first signal read: "Small vessel dead ahead."
This was the voice of the British battleship Queen Mary, which, taking directions from the Glasgow's aviator, had fired the opening shot, telling the Germans that their approach had been discovered and that the passage of the Skagerak would be contested. Immediately the German fleet slowed down; for the German admiral had no means of knowing the strength of the British fleet at that point.
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