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Gregory kept on, till he came to the huts occupied by the fishermen, and men who cultivated small plots of ground. He found several who had lived at Khartoum, when it was captured; and who had escaped the general massacre, by hiding till nightfall, and then making their way up the river, in boats.
"Oh, what if what if what if!" cried Joseph testily. "Gregory, what a casuist you might have been had not nature made you a villain! You are as full of "what if s" as an egg of meat. Well what if some day he should return? I fling your question back what if?" "God only knows." "Then leave it to Him," was the flippant answer; and Joseph drained his glass. "Nay, brother, 'twere too great a risk.
Then came the two Germans, complacently smoking their meerschaums, and attending to their dray and horses, which latter, unlike their masters, were of a very restless turn of mind. After these came a party of six, among whom was Gregory and two lively Frenchmen, who kept up an incessant chattering.
Well-nigh in the middle of the church is an altar set and hallowed in name of St. Gregory, on which every Saturday their memory and decease are celebrated with mass-song by the mass-priest of that place. On St.
"Say, what are these blue stones in here?" queried Katie, turning the locket curiously. "Turquoises," Polly answered, eyeing with fear Katie's rough handling. "Whose picture is this?" was the next question. "Stop, you Gregory you'll break it! Mamma, shant' he stop pulling it so?" "Yes, Gregory, you just wait, like a good boy, till your sister's seen it; then you can take it." Polly trembled.
Altogether her soul was in an agreeable flutter, notwithstanding that her neighbor Flossy had recently received invitations to two or three large balls, and been referred to in the society columns of the newspapers as the fascinating and clever wife of the rising banker Gregory Williams. The Littletons were promptly given by Flossy the opportunity to make the acquaintance of the Parsons family.
From what the manager said to me the other day, if a vacancy occurred in the office, I should have the offer of the berth. Of course, it would be a step; for I know, from the books, that Hardman gets two hundred a year, which is forty more than I do." "I should like you to get something else, Gregory.
Nor were his followers less animated than he, and from the same cause. We see also from the same story, that Gregory was not an artful and crafty impostor, but a man spurred on by a genuine enthusiasm. And this indeed is necessary to account for the whole of his conduct.
What could it mean where was the sturdy head of the post, the Scotchman, who, despite his age, had seemed to the boys so like an oak was it possible, after all, there could be something fiendish back of this conflagration, and that Alexander Gregory had been first of all stricken in his house before the match was applied?
Ernest was a good bit down-daunted and said he felt cruel sure evil had over-got his uncle, and Amos didn't like it neither, for a more orderly man than Joe Gregory and one more steadfast in doing what he promised couldn't easily be found. However, they had to suffer till morning, and Ernest went back to Vitifer, which stood not quarter of a mile away.
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