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This meal consisted of very weak tea and dry bread for the majority, with an egg, or half-an-ounce of butter for the few who were supposed to be dangerously ill or dying.
The Patriarch's nephew, very white and very fierce to hear himself addressed in terms which out of respect for his august and powerful uncle had never been used to him before, demanded instant satisfaction. He got it next morning in the shape of half-an-ounce of lead through his foolish brain, and a terrible uproar ensued. To appease it a scapegoat was necessary.
Hogan had an easier time than before, but he hadn't money to gamble with unless he deprived himself of his customary supply of food, and this he was reluctant to do. "Lend me half-an-ounce of gold-dust, won't you?" he asked of Joe one evening. "What do you want it for to gamble with?" "Yes," said Hogan. "I dreamed last night that I broke the bank. All I want is money enough to start me."
It is the best tonic we know, and infinitely better than quinine and other costlier drugs. If a stronger mixture be desired, put half-an-ounce of senna leaf in the juice while being boiled. This may be increased to a whole ounce of senna if still stronger effect be desired.
Every letter was now to be prepaid by affixing the penny stamp. In this way a letter not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight could be carried to any part of the United Kingdom. In 1871 the rate was reduced to a penny for one ounce.
The shopman stated that three boys came into the shop for half-an-ounce of candied horehound, and that while he was getting down the glass which contained it, one of them contrived to purloin the weight in question.
It may with advantage be used in all cases where there is indication of the failure of the mucous membrane of the stomach and bowels. Where required as a stomach tonic, santolina should be infused with boiling water, as tea is. About half-an-ounce of the dried herb is infused, and a small teacupful taken as hot as can easily be drunk about an hour after each meal.
Once, twice it swished; the third time it alighted like thistledown on the surface. There was a tiny splash, a laugh, and the little greenheart rod flicked a trout high over his head. It was the merest baby half-an-ounce, perhaps and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream. "Little ass!" said Maynard. "That was meant for your big brother."
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