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Wrenn felt lonely at finding himself so completely outside Morton's own world that he was not thought of. He hastened to claim a part in that world: "Say, Mr. Morton, I wonder if you've ever heard of a cattle-boat called the Merian?" "I Say! Is this Bill Wrenn?" "Yes." "Well, well, well! Where areyou? When'd you get back?" "Oh, I been back quite a little while, Morty.
Duncan understood, thoroughly, that Morton's sole desire was to announce himself as prepared to protect, to the last ditch, the young woman with whom he had fallen so desperately in love; and for this Duncan respected and esteemed the man.
He was again mounted and ready to go when the Ranger rode up from the barn on the chestnut. When they reached the point where the road to Morton's ranch leaves the main canyon road, Brian Oakley said, "It's barely possible that she went on up to Carleton's. But I think we better go to Morton's and see the Doctor first. We don't want to miss him. Did you meet any one as you came up?
General Lee's army was located in its winter quarters behind intrenchments that lay along the Rapidan for a distance of about twenty miles; extending from Barnett's to Morton's ford.
The real Comte de la Tremouille, remember, had never found it difficult to get money out of his wife during their brief married life, whatever Mr. Morton's subsequent experience in the same direction might have been. And, secondly, why should he have typewritten his letters to his wife?" "Because " "That was a point which, to my mind, the police never made the most of.
Morton's case there might be peculiarly mitigating circumstances." "What do you mean?" "When I met him first at Mrs. Bowen's I used to think that it was Miss Graham in whom he was interested " "I can assure you," interrupted Colville, "that she was never interested in him." "Oh no; I didn't suppose that," returned the old man tranquilly. "And I've since had reason to revise my opinion.
Macbriar had come, and Kettledrummle, though a heavy traveller, might, he was informed, be instantly expected. Burley then dispatched a messenger to Morton's quarters to summon him to an immediate council. The messenger returned with news that he had left the place.
Probably the fact that he had raised his wife from that condition kept the hydra-headed system continually before him. To the credit of Marion be it said, she used every means to obtain the freedom of her mother, who had been sold to Parson Wilson, at Natchez. Her efforts, however, had come too late; for Agnes had died of a fever before the arrival of Dr. Morton's agent.
The winter of 1850 and of 1851 passed without result, until finally in December of the latter year, Bissel, of Illinois, made a speech in Doctor Morton's favor, calling attention to the fact that the government had been pirating his patent, and proposing that the subject be referred to a committee. Robert Rantoul seconded the motion, and the step was taken.
From Morton's Injunctions." "State of the Abbey of St. Albans in 1489 shows that Froude was well acquainted with that subject many years before he wrote his Short Study on it.
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