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For a brief space her truthful, angry eyes rested scornfully upon his face, her lips parted as though trembling with a sharp retort. Then she deliberately turned her back upon him without uttering a word. For what may have been the first and only occasion in Mr. Hampton's audacious career, he realized his utter helplessness.
So intent was he upon his own affairs that he did not notice Mrs. Hampton's absent-mindedness. "I may be away all night, mother," he told her, "so do not be uneasy. In fact, I might not be home until to-morrow night. You can get along, can you not? I know it isn't fair to leave you all the work to do, but I shall make up for it when I come back."
"Beg pardon, sir," said Bob Hampton's voice, "here's a deppytation from the chaps in the forksle." "What?" cried Mr Brymer, in alarm, "are they out?" "No, sir, not they. One of 'em's got up into the hatchway as spokesman, and he's been giving us a bit of his mind." "What does he say?"
Robert askin' me to meet him at Miss Hampton's apartment, and he adds that he's decided to duck the whole Crag Oaks proposition and do it his own way, I demands suspicious: "But how about Miss Elsa?" "She feels just as I do about it," says he. "Come up. She will tell you so herself." And she does. "I think it's the silly veil to which I object most," says she.
The Speaker was surrounded by Anthony, Morrill, Allison, Conger, and other leading Republicans. On the opposite side was Davis, of West Virginia, with a snowy white spot on his dark chin beard. Wade Hampton's military waxed moustache and haughty countenance was beside the genial face of Senator Pendleton, and next came the sagacious round head of Senator Beck, with close-cut, curling hair.
Hampton requested MacDonough to "swoop down on Isle au Noix" an insane request, compliance with which would have meant certain destruction to the American fleet. MacDonough's general instructions were: "Cooperate with the army, but at any price retain supremacy of the lake," and he declined to receive Hampton's order.
Now, sir, ready!" "Fire!" I cried; and I felt in agony, but had faith in Bob Hampton's words. Down went the hot poker. There was a flash, a fizz, and a puff of smoke from the touch-hole, and that was all. No, not all, for a puff of wind followed that of smoke, and the ship began to glide onward again, while the men gave a cheer, and Barney ran to the wheel. "Saved once more," cried Mr Frewen.
Custer, the moment he found himself in Hampton's rear, charged the led horses, wagons, and caissons found there, getting hold of a vast number of each, and also of the station itself.
I presume none of them analyzed the nature of his infectious gayety, nor thought of the pathos that lay so close to it, in the fact of his recent slavery, and the distinction of being one of Wade Hampton's niggers, and the melancholy mirth of this light-hearted race's burlesque of itself.
They would consider that because of our size we were acting the part of the bully in order to reap financial benefit. They call us the 'Dollar Republic, you know. Our interests in Central and South America would suffer a severe setback." Accordingly, it was distinctly up to the boys and Mr. Temple to effect Mr. Hampton's rescue themselves.
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