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To listen, knee pressed to knee, to the carriages rolling along the Rue de Babylone; To gaze upon the same planet in space, or at the same glowworm gleaming in the grass; To hold their peace together; a still greater delight than conversation; Etc., etc. In the meantime, divers complications were approaching.
The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet Capture of Santiago.% Meantime a second Spanish fleet, under Admiral Cervera, sailed from the Cape Verde Islands. The narrow entrance to the harbor was so well defended by forts and submarine mines that a direct attack on Cervera was impossible. The gallant little band escaped with life, but were made prisoners of war, and in time were exchanged.
His drawing was not neglected meantime, but seemed to get stronger. "I don't know what there is about your stuff, Witla, that gets me," Mathews said to him one day, "but you do something to it. Now why did you put those birds flying above that smokestack?" "Oh, I don't know," replied Eugene. "It's just the way I feel about it. I've seen pigeons flying like that."
In other words," continued Barbican, "in it we return from the differential coefficient, to the function from which it was deduced." "Clear as mud!" cried Ardan, with a hearty laugh. "Now then, let me have a bit of paper and a pencil," added Barbican, "and in half an hour you shall have your formula; meantime you can easily find something interesting to do."
As they stopped soon afterwards to watch some boats, and had been silent in the meantime, Florence, who had risen when she heard her name, and had gathered up her flowers to go and meet them, that they might know of her being within hearing, resumed her seat and work, expecting to hear no more; but the conversation recommenced next moment.
Meantime, over yonder at Montmartre, Guillaume had spent his morning in preparing some of that mysterious powder, the cartridges of which he concealed upstairs in Mere-Grand's bedroom. Great danger attended this manufacture.
Their distracted mothers meantime were weeping and wringing their hands at the farm, while all the men in the neighborhood were out looking for the lost boys. The hunter on his return to the hotel had reported meeting the runaways and his effort to send them home in good season; so people knew where to look, and, led by the man and dog, up the mountain went Mr. Mullin with his troop.
Middleton had sat perfectly still; but meantime his wrath had waxed warmer and warmer, until at last it could no longer be restrained, but burst forth in such a storm of fury as made Fanny stop her ears. She, however, caught the words, "And I was fool enough to promise not to say a word. Well, thank the Lord, I didn’t promise not to shoot the puppy.
There they made a settlement, and called it Plymouth; which, though now a part of Massachusetts, was for a long time a colony by itself. And thus was formed the earliest settlement of the Puritans in America. Meantime, those of the Puritans who remained in England continued to suffer grievous persecution on account of their religious opinions.
"Strong measures must be taken to get this man Gaffin and his son out of the way," he remarked. "As soon as Harry returns we will see what can be done. In the meantime I will ride down to the cottage and ascertain that your young friend has reached it in safety, and will wait to escort her back." He soon caught sight of her at about half-way to Adam's cottage.
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