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"I see you look upon it in the best way. You are quite a model heir very different from most of your relatives Mrs. Pinkerton, for instance." "I supposed she expected more than I did." "She appeared to expect the bulk of the property. I am afraid her husband will have a hard time of it for a week to come," said the lawyer, laughing. He will have to bear the brunt of her disappointment.
For he was an explorer of the Arctic, a trusted man on the job, an associate of witty Bohemians. He was an army lieutenant who had, with his friend the hawk-faced Pinkerton man, stood off bandits in an attack on a train. He opened and closed the door gaily. He was an apologetic little Mr. Wrenn.
Pinkerton," he said, "I have heard a great deal about you from various sources, and I little thought that I should ever require your services; but, lately, while consulting Mr.
When Pinkerton organized the Secret Service division of the army in '61, I went with him, thinking I could follow my chosen profession and serve my country at the same time. Besides," with a trace of bitterness in his voice, "I owe society nothing; nor do I desire to associate with society people." Goddard gazed sorrowfully at his friend. "Hasn't the old wound healed, Lloyd?" he asked softly.
During the presidential campaign of 1892 a violent strike at the Carnegie Steel Company's works in Homestead, Pennsylvania, arose from a reduction in wages and a refusal of the Company to recognize the Iron and Steel Workers' Union. An important feature of this disturbance was the use of armed Pinkerton detectives by the Company for the protection of its buildings.
You must take good care of him," I added, laying my hand on his shoulder, "and keep him in good order, for he needs it." Pinkerton was much affected by this speech, and so, I fear, was Mamie. I admit it was a tactless performance. "When you know our friend a little better," was not happily said; and even "keep him in good order, for he needs it," might be construed into matter of offence.
"Well, that's neither here nor there," cried Pinkerton. "The point is, how about these dollars lying on a reef?" "Will it pay?" I asked. "Pay like a sugar trust!" exclaimed Pinkerton. "Don't you see what this British officer says about the safety? Don't you see the cargo's valued at ten thousand?
Josiah Pinkerton?" "Slightly," said Mrs. Carter, smiling. "Were they there?" "She was, and he was in attendance upon her. She didn't give him a chance to say much." "I have always heard she kept him in good subjection. How did they fare?" "They and their two children received a hundred dollars apiece. She was mad and wanted to break the will. Then there was a Mr.
Some one once said to him curiously, 'Don't you care that you are misleading so many millions? To which he replied, in his dry little voice, 'I don't lead, or mislead, the millions. They lead me. Little Pinkerton sometimes saw a long way farther into what he was doing than you'd guess from his shoddy press. He had queer flashes of genius. But Hobart hadn't.
Even Miss Pinkerton, that austere woman, ceased scolding her after the first time, and, though she no more comprehended sensibility than she did capital Algebra, gave all masters and teachers particular orders to treat Miss Sedley with the utmost gentleness, as harsh treatment was injurious to her.
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