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As Rand went toward the rear, a young man rose from one of the chairs, laid aside a magazine, and advanced to meet him. He didn't exactly harmonize with all the lethal array around him; he would have looked more at home presiding over an establishment devoted to ladies' items.
Whatever of suffering yet remained, her boy would endure it in the shelter of her arms. "If he died this night," she said to Arthur, "I would still thank God that sent him back to die among his own; and after God, you, son dear, who have been more than a brother to him." Thus the items in his account with kinsman Livingstone kept mounting daily.
"Well, I'll tell you; it is taking us just a little longer for us to get on our feet than I had expected. Then, after your decision not to put any more money into the business, I found it necessary, in order to round out and complete our line, to add some new items which cost us quite a little. But we are in good shape now and the sales are increasing.
Chatterton had lost sight of, and a few other items just as acceptable. Polly read on and on, from one thing to another, not daring to look up to see the effect, until at last everything in the way of gossip was exhausted. "Is that all?" asked Mrs. Chatterton hungrily.
"I say, Alf," said I: "Styles, of Karowra, told me to let you know, if possible, that you were right about the boring rods; and he'll settle with you any time you call. Also there's a letter for you at Lochleven Station. Two items." "I'm very much obliged to you for your trouble, Collins," replied Alf, with a shade less of moroseness in his tone.
On the side of the reception of his items of knowledge this was called Assimilation, as will be remembered. This saves him enormous trouble and risk; for as soon as an object or situation presents itself before him with certain general aspects, he can at once take up the attitude appropriate to these general aspects without waiting to learn the particular features of the new.
First among its items appeared: "Critical state of Lord Lackington." He hardly knew how far she would allow him to have any further communication with her, but her pale exhaustion made it impossible not to offer to serve her. "It would be early to go for news now," he said, gently. "It would disturb the house.
She took such an interest in the new people who had moved in next door to the Galleghers', that I know the Gallegher girls were almost scandalized." Max ran his eye over Hannah's list of news items approvingly. "That's a fine start. Can't you do some more calls?" Catherine shook her head.
At the time of his death a correspondent of the 'St. Louis Republican' culled the following items from the diary 'In February, 1825, he shipped on board the steamer "Rambler," at Florence, Ala., and made during that year three trips to New Orleans and back this on the "Gen. Carrol," between Nashville and New Orleans.
Hume was a hard man to get along with," he said. "He seemed ready to quarrel at any time with anybody. I don't recall a customer ever coming into the store that he didn't have some kind of trouble with before they went out. But he had a great knowledge of the things he dealt in. People came from far and near to get his opinion on items in their collections.
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