United States or Western Sahara ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !


"He's all right, lad," said Mr Braidwood, coming up at that moment, and laying his hand kindly on the youth's shoulder; "he's only choked with smoke, and will be better in a minute. Any more in the house?" he added quickly. Young Auberly leaped up with a shout. "My sister! is she not saved? Are all here?" He waited not for a reply, but in another moment was on the fire-escape.

In a short time, the captain came down. "How are you getting on, lad? All in the dark, eh? "Steward, light the lamp, and bring me a tumbler of hot grog. Keep the water boiling; the other officers will be down, directly. "Well, what do you think of it, young gentleman?" "I don't like it, at all," Bob said. "I thought I should like to see a storm, but I never want to see one, again."

He was not content with hoping for an opportunity. He made his opportunity. "In spite of his getting into trouble so often, Al was a most likable lad, and a real boy, earnest, honest and industrious. He had a big stock of horse sense and a great fund of humor. Though his life seemed to be 'all work and no play, he took great pleasure in his work.

This day everything seemed to go against him, and in despair he threw himself down in the dark alley, with his papers by his side. Gather around me closer boys. I cannot talk so loud. I can kinder see the angels holding out their hands for me to come to that beautiful place called heaven. Goodbye, boys. I am to meet father and mother." And, with these last words on his lips, the poor lad died.

"John," he then said, "if your mother is in trouble, it may be in my power to relieve her." "O sir!" exclaimed the lad eagerly, coming up to Mr. Everett, and, in the forgetfulness of the moment, laying his small hand upon that of his employer, "if you will, you can." Hard indeed would have been the heart that could have withstood the appealing, eyes lifted by John Levering to the face of Mr.

"What did my father mean about the red glare over at the settlement?" "Hah!" he ejaculated, and he was again silent for a minute or two. Then in a quick whisper, "I was just thinking about that, Master George, when you spoke, and that it was the enemy we had to fear the most." "What do you mean?" I asked. "Fire, my lad, fire.

"Thank you, lad," a man, who went up the companion ladder with him, said as they stepped on to the deck. "You have done my missis a good turn by taking care of those three young ones while we straightened up a bit, and I saw you helping others too. You are the right sort, I can see. There ain't many young chaps as puts themselves out of the way to do a bit of kindness like that.

Do these words seem likely ones to fall from the lips of a lad who had been at the tail of his class ever since his primer days? Well, Anthony was seventeen now, and he was "educated," in spite of sorry recitations educated, the Lord knows how! Yes, in point of fact the Lord does know how!

The lad said that Dalrymple was wanted immediately, as the abbess was very ill. That was all he knew. He was rather a dull boy, and he repeated mechanically what he had been told. The Scotchman started and was about to speak, when he checked himself. He asked the boy two or three questions, in the hope of getting more accurate information, but could only elicit a repetition of the message.

That gentleman had taken a lease of a fine run some thirty miles from George. He had written George that he was to go and look at it, and if he liked it better than his own he was to take it. Mr. Winchester could make no considerable use of either for some time to come. George hesitated. He felt himself so weak-handed with only Robinson, who might leave him, and a shepherd lad he had just hired.