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Another lost or mislaid comet is one found by De Vico at Rome, August 22, 1844. It was expected to return early in 1850, but did not, and has never since been seen; unless its re-appearance as E. Swift's comet of 1894 should be ratified by closer inquiry.
It was Isobel who found all the things which, manlike, he so constantly mislaid, who tramped over the fields with him, interesting herself in all the outdoor side of his life, and she was almost as good at landing a trout as he himself.
"Somebody has taken te monish, and, py Cot! I vill find out who has got it." "Don't be so hasty in your conclusions, sir," said the clerk. "Let us search the room carefully, and see whether it has not been mislaid by you. It will never do," he added, "to charge anybody with having taken the money, when it may be lying about the room." "Vere can it pe lying?" asked Mr. Swartz angrily.
The tools seemed never so easily mislaid; it surely was a longer task than ever to inflate the tube, and then to fit on the wheel-rim. Finally, however, the three rose, grimy and dusty, but triumphant, and ready to set forth once again. The accident came just at the edge of Blackheath, amid very historic surroundings.
Soon after the car started the conductor came around to collect the fares. Frank paid his, and the conductor held out his hand to the lady. She put her hand into her pocket to draw out her purse, but her countenance changed as her hand failed to find it. Probably no situation is more trying than to discover that you have lost or mislaid your purse, when you have an urgent use for it.
This talisman was one of the most picturesque features of Ward's reign over the "Gideonites," as his men were called all through the great north country. He never intrusted money to woodsmen, for he deemed them irresponsible; he found that writings and orders were too easily mislaid.
Must have been mislaid while I was ill. What's up? Has he got a command?" "Yes. And better than that. He is going to be married." "By Jove! That's first-rate. Good old Dick! But what was it he said to you?" "I'll show you the letter. Such a charming one. He began, 'Dear Friend, which wasn't like him. It puzzled me.
Absorbed in his own feeling for her all these weeks, he had mislaid that possibility. The corners of his mouth drooped, his hands felt clammy. Fleur with the pick of youth at the beck of her smile Fleur incomparable! It was an evil moment. Jon, however, had a great idea that one must be able to face anything. And he braced himself with that dour reflection in front of a bric-a-brac shop.
One of these was to attend to the drawing-room; another was to find uncle Jay-Jay's hat when he mislaid it often ten times per day. I assisted my grandmother to make up her accounts and write business letters, and I attended to tramps. A man was never refused a bit to cat at Caddagat.
When that was settled, it appeared that the skipper had mislaid his keys and could not produce the ship's papers and so on. By these devices the belief of the officers that they had caught the offender they were after was increasingly confirmed every minute, while several hours passed before they were allowed to realise that they had discovered a mare's-nest.
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