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And then I showed my great mince-pie in a bag of tissue paper, and I told them how the mince-meat was made of golden pippins finely shred, with the undercut of the sirloin, and spice and fruit accordingly and far beyond my knowledge. But Lorna would not touch a morsel until she had thanked God for it, and given me the kindest kiss, and put a piece in Gwenny's mouth.

Have you been plaguing him, Helena?" The laughing shot was fired purely at random. But the slight start and flush it produced in Helena struck him. "I see nothing wrong with him," said Helena, a touch of defiance in her voice. "But of course it's extraordinarily difficult to get on with him." "With Philip! the jolliest, kindest chap going! What do you mean?" "All right.

"That child is ill with the cold; we must stop somewhere to warm her, or she will hardly hold out till we get to the inn at C ." We were just entering the little village of A , in the vicinity of the court-house, and we stopped at a pretty green cottage, and asked permission to warm the children. A stout, middle-aged woman came to the sleigh, and in the kindest manner requested us to alight.

Two winters in the Northern University, with the seamy side of school life left behind, among the kindest of professors Mr. Sellar, Mr. Ferrier, Mr. Shairp in the society of the warden, Mr. Rhoades, and of many dear old friends, are the happiest time in my life. This was true literary leisure, even if it was not too well employed, and the religio loci should be a liberal education in itself.

It was the season for fruit when I arrived at the Azores, and there was soon more of all kinds of it put on board than I knew what to do with. Islanders are always the kindest people in the world, and I met none anywhere kinder than the good hearts of this place. The people of the Azores are not a very rich community.

"D'you know, I think you're the kindest human being I ever met, except one, that priest up there on the mantelpiece." "Forgive me," she said, making allowance for herself to-day because of Heath's evident desire to talk intimately, a desire which she believed she ought to help, "but are you a Roman Catholic?" "Oh, no! I wish I was!" "But I suppose you can't be?" "Oh, no!

A wall-enclosed lot about two hundred feet square was "the kindest sod in all the world to an O'Hara," and here we placed our dear friend at rest with the "lucky ones" of his race. No one of the race ever deserved more "luck" than did our Sir Tom.

But at present any one can purchase them from me at $2 each, which 'should be appreciated by every man in the county. With kindest regards, very truly yours. "Well, how did you fix him?" said the shoe man. "Fix him? How did you know I did?" "Oh, that was too good a chance to overlook." "You bet it was.

They chatted on about the view and the beauties of the neighborhood, and they all laughed often at some sally of Cora's no one could resist her joyous, bubbling good-fellowship. She had all the sparkle of her clever nation, and the truest, kindest heart.

Certainly, he was one of the kindest, most amiable, and most unpretending gentlemen I ever met.