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Long before, it had been a maxim with the chief that a good gambler should only lose by a small margin. That maxim McKeever, playing for the first time for what he felt were important stakes in the eyes of Fernand, followed too closely. Stacking the cards, with the adeptness which years of practice had given to him, he never raised the amount of his opponent's hand beyond its own order.
McKeever, "we never refuse collateral. I'll put the bonds with the note " His eye caught the edges of the bundle. "Great Scott, Tutt! What are you leaving all these bonds here for against that note? There must be nearly a hundred thousand dol " "I thought you never refused collateral, Mr. McKeever!" challenged Mr. Tutt sternly. Twenty minutes later the exquisite blonde that acted as Mr.
Next time I trust they'll put him in something stronger than that jail you Ohio boys had him in last time; he's a slippery one." "Haven't heard about that, sir. But his men are pretty well scattered. These aren't going to trouble any one for a while." McKeever nodded. "I've a stout barn you're welcome to use for a temporary lockup, Captain.
A missionary society had been organized in Indianapolis, in which Ovid Butler was the leading spirit, and such men as Joseph Bryant, and Matthew McKeever, brothers-in-law to Alexander Campbell, together with Jonas Hartzell, Cyrus McNeely, of Hopedale, Ohio, and Eld. John Boggs, of Cincinnati, and many others, were associated with him in the movement.
Boyd was on his feet now, making his manners with the speed of one harboring a guilty conscience. "What are you doing with this gang of cutthroats and banditti?" Mr. McKeever had an excellent voice to deliver such an inquiry; it could rattle the unaware into confusion, and sometimes even into quick confession, as he undoubtedly knew. "I'm with General Morgan, Mr. McKeever."
MCKEEVER: Farm Boys and Girls, pages 26-36. LEE: Constructive and Preventive Philanthropy, pages 123-184. FOLKS: Care of Destitute and Neglected Children. 64. =The Economic Function of the Home.= Up to this point the domestic function of the family has been under consideration. Marriage and parenthood must hold first place, because they are fundamental to the family and to the welfare of the race.
He's a friend of my grandfather; they used to visit back and forth a lot." "Then he'd know you." Campbell's fingernails rasped through the stubble on his chin. "So Rennie heah could be one of our prisoners, suh. That theah might convince Mistuh McKeever we's what we say " the trooper pressed his point. "Could be. It's gospel truth we ain't goin' to get far with our bellies flat on our backbones.
Things were going on thus satisfactorily, when his friend heard that constables were in pursuit of him, on account of a robbery committed the night before. He went straight to the mayor, and inquired why orders had been given to arrest Patrick McKeever. "Because there has been a robbery committed in his neighborhood," replied the magistrate.
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