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Munroe," said William Blight, and Charles had lost the honor of making the motion. "Second the motion," added Fred Harper. Those in favor of giving our money to Mr. Munroe will signify it." "Vote against it," said Tim, and Charles accepted the suggestion.

Then, too, in the years that lead up to this moment Mae Munroe had taken on weight the fair, flabby flesh of lack of exercise and no lack of chocolate bonbons. And a miss is as good as a mile, or a barbed-wire fence, only so long as she keeps her figure down and her diet up. When Mae Munroe ran for a street-car she breathed through her mouth for the first six blocks after she caught it.

Munroe in his misfortunes, his eyes dilated, and his gestures were as apt and energetic as though he had been an orator all his lifetime. "I see what you have done with your money," said Frank, as the speaker paused at the close of the narrative. "It was like you, Tony noble and generous!" "We gave all our money for the relief of Mr. Munroe; but I didn't even suggest the thing to the fellows.

Handbook of Railroad Construction, for the Use of American Engineers. By GEORGE L. VOSE, Civil Engineer. Boston: James Munroe & Co. 1857. 12 mo. pp. 480. All who trust their persons to railroad cars, or their estates to railroad stocks, will welcome every effort to enlighten that irresponsible body of railroad builders and managers in whose wits we put our faith.

Canning, the British Minister, at once offered reparation, but he objected to any reference to the general question of impressments from neutral vessels being mixed up with an affair so unfortunate. Mr. Munroe was not authorized to treat these subjects separately, and further negotiation between the two ministers was suspended.

Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe & Company. 1857. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Reports, from 1830 to 1850. BENJAMIN H. LATROBE, Chief Engineer. Railways and their Management, being a Pamphlet written by JAMES M. WHITON, ESQ., late of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad. 1856.

I have told Mr. Thompson that after all this time the letter is perfectly worthless, but he does not seem to be of that opinion. Accordingly I am troubling you by this request. Mr. Thompson will be at the Munroe Hotel, Cincinnati, from the twelfth to the fifteenth, and for the week following at the Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland. "Yours truly, "Enid Randolph. "Warren, New York."

About a quarter of a mile further, on the left, is the Munroe Tavern, headquarters and hospital of Earl Percy, now the property of the Lexington Historical Society. The granite cannon by the High School marks the site of one of the field-pieces placed by Earl Percy to cover the retreat of the British troops.

He declared that he would suffer anything rather than deprive the boys of the gratification which their money would purchase. "We are a little selfish about it, sir," said Tony. "We want to keep Paul among us." "That's the idea," added Henry Brown, who was his colleague on the committee. "I can't take your money, boys," replied Mr. Munroe, firmly. "You will oblige us very much by taking it.

The school children gathered about them, seated on the hard boards, with their feet sticking out through the holes in the stocks, and discussed their crimes and punishment, and made bets as to the number of nails in the soles of their shoes. William Munroe, the blacksmith, came over from his shop with his leather apron on.