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"Second the motion," said Mrs. Norton. "Moved and seconded that the young lady and her escort be invited to dinner at the home of the President, and that Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Norton include themselves. Are you ready for the question?" "Question." The motion was carried. "Mrs. President," said Mrs.

"If they were chums like you and me I am sure he would," answered Master Sunshine promptly. "And do you think Tommy did right to sell his mug?" asked Mr. Norton, much interested as to what his son would say. "The mug was his own, so I don't think it was stealing to take it," said Master Sunshine slowly; "but of course it was not right for him to take it away without letting his people know.

Her left arm was hanging over the sofa, the scar being visible enough. John took the hand, and pressed his lips to the place where the wound had been. "Poor little hand blessed little hand!" he murmured. "May God bless it evermore!" III. The Rise of John Halifax After John Halifax had returned to Norton Bury he was seized with fever, and for a time his recovery seemed doubtful.

"Philip is strong enough and smart enough to earn his own living," said Frank. "That is true. I will myself give him his board and clothes if he will stay with me and work on the farm." "I wish he would. He would be a splendid companion for me; but I think he wants to leave Norton, and try his fortune in some larger place." "I can't blame him.

Then there was much waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The engineer caught the spirit of the occasion, and genially blew a series of frantic toots, and with the smile of his father and the face of his mother as the last things in his vision, and with North Eagle's scarlet blanket rocking at his elbow, young Norton Allan hit the trail for the heart of the Blackfoot country.

Lady Norton, a very good kind of well-bred little woman, was a nonentity in conversation; but she never interrupted it, nor laid the slightest restraint on any one by her presence, which, indeed, was usually forgotten by Ormond. His conversation with Lady Millicent generally took a sentimental turn.

Since, when they first met, he had thrown his big body to one side, his left boot loose in its stirrup while his weight rested upon his right leg, his gun pocket was clear of the saddle, to be reached in a flash. "You'll never get another chance like this, Galloway," said Norton crisply. "I'd say, at a guess, that my hand has about eight times as far to travel as yours.

"There is a pretty high vacuum in that aluminum case," went on Norton. "There's very little friction on that account. The power to rotate the flywheel is obtained from this little dynamo here, run by the gas-engine which also turns the propellers of the aeroplane." "But suppose the engine stops, how about the gyroscope?" I asked sceptically. "It will go right on for several minutes.

Norton, looking like a queen, and Lord Brougham flirting desperately with a lovely woman, 'his mouth going with the convulsive twitch that so disfigures him, and his most unsightly of pug-noses in the strongest relief against the red lining of the box. He breakfasted with 'Barry Cornwall, whose poetry he greatly admired, and was introduced to the charming Mrs.

In the first place, the case will come before Judge Norton and Judge Hazen, both of whom you will acknowledge are honest. In the second place, this case will be in my hands as Assistant District Attorney. I myself shall do the prosecuting, and I promise you on my honour that every effort will be made for a deserved and speedy conviction.