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The sighing of the wind, if wind it was that made that curious sound, was more pronounced now, and as the blast came down the chimney it scattered ashes and embers about, and at times rose to an uncanny wail. "Oh, but that gives me the shivers!" exclaimed Miss Pennington, tossing aside the novel in which she had tried to become interested. "This is positively awful!
We have already met three times, and I trust we may meet once more. If we do, it will be our last, for one or the other of us will die. I know of your damnable treatment of the Osbornes. Be assured it will be avenged. Sincerely yours, CALHOUN PENNINGTON, Lieutenant, Morgan’s Command. Captain Haines was no coward, but his hand trembled like a leaf when he laid the letter down.
I've heard that name before ah, yes! Dad spoke of him last night. He's Pennington's woods-boss " He paused. An enemy had done this thing and in all the world John Cardigan had but one enemy Colonel Seth Pennington. Had Pennington sent his woods-boss to do this dirty work out of sheer spite? Hardly.
"You would care for it," said Pennington stoutly. "You'd miss at first the clear rivers and creeks, but then the spell of it would take hold of you. The air you breathe isn't like the air you breathe anywhere else." "We've got some air of our own in Vermont that we could brag about, if we wanted to," said Warner, defiantly. "It's good, but not as good as ours.
He hurried away to his automobile, leaving a lieutenant in charge of the squad. "Also in the meantime, young man," Colonel Pennington announced, "you will pardon me if I take possession of my locomotive and flat-cars. I observe you have finished unloading those rails." "Help yourself, Colonel," Bryce replied with an assumption of heartiness he was far from feeling. "Thank you so much, Cardigan."
Mathews went up to Conway, and speaking in a low tone, said: “You fool, do you want to be killed? Pennington will kill you as sure as fate, if you insist on the second shot. Now you are out of it honorably.” Conway mumbled something, and Mathews turning around, said: “Gentlemen, my principal acknowledges himself satisfied.
Marks for efficiency or good conduct, which increase a midshipman's standing, are called "grease-marks" or "grease" in midshipman slang. Hence a midshipman who is accused of currying favor with his officers in order to win "grease" is contemptuously termed a "greaser." "I don't want to talk with you any more, Mr. Darrin," Pennington went on bitterly, "or walk with you, either.
"Just waltz in and show him," whispered Dalzell, as the call sounded. Pennington entered the sixth round with more confidence. He began, at the outset, to drive in heavy blows, nor did Dave do much dodging. Bump! Twenty-five seconds only of this round had gone when Darrin landed his right fist with fearful force upon the high point of Pennington's jaw. Down went the larger midshipman again.
Get somebody. Do something, for heaven's sake! You know about medicine a little, don't you?" "Take her inside and put her to bed," Pennington commanded shortly. "I'll take your motor-cycle and go for Mother O'Mara. I can get a doctor from there by to-morrow, perhaps." Francis gathered the limp little body up again without a word. Only he turned at the door for a last appeal.
You're too much hardened now to be hurt seriously by wet clothes." Dick sat down with his back against the tree, and, despite his soaked condition, slept as soundly as Pennington. When he awoke in the morning the hot sun was shining again, and his clothes soon dried on him. He felt a little stiffness and awkwardness at first, but in a few minutes it passed away.
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