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He is a pleasant-faced man, as I see him, neatly dressed, brushed, anointed, polished at the extremities for his boots vie with his hair in this particular. If he has a fault it is that of jingling half-crowns in his trouser-pocket; but he works hard for them, pays his rent with them, and gives one occasionally to a nephew. That youth, at any rate, likes the cheerful sound.
As they came up to the Edwardine Gate-house, a pleasant-faced, quietly-dressed gentleman came riding out alone. "Why, here he is!" said Mr. Buxton, and greeted him with great warmth, and made Anthony known to him. "I am delighted to know Mr. Norris," said Sidney, with that keen friendly look that was so characteristic of him. "I have heard of him from many quarters."
King saw a pleasant-faced gentleman of middle age, whose keen gray eyes seemed to note everything with lightning-like rapidity "business all right?" "Yes, sir," said Jasper. "Very well; you may come to me in a quarter of an hour and report. I shall be through with these gentlemen," indicating one sitting by his side at the desk, and another awaiting his turn.
Aunt Betsey, of whom he had spoken, was the landlady, a little dumpy, pleasant-faced, active woman, equally in her element bending over the steaming gridiron, or smoothing the pillows of the sick-bed, where her powers of nursing had won golden laurels from Others than Jerry Langley.
"Sounds just like a brother!" laughed Joy, looking up at the pleasant-faced boy beside her. Bob and Phil were introduced to Kit and were quite startled at the vision of the Colonial maid. "Having a masquerade?" asked Phil. "Nothing like that," answered Bet. "Lady Betty Merriweather decided to come out of her frame, and here she is."
As we entered, a pleasant-faced, elderly gentleman rose and came forward to meet us, shaking Mr. Bellingham's hand cordially and saluting Miss Bellingham with a courtly bow. "This is Mr.
As I approached the quiet village, whose pleasant-faced houses, great and small, looked like a congregation of old and young sitting reverently around the parish church and listening to the preaching of the belfry, I saw where these stones came from.
Much of the time of the Court of Special Sessions was absorbed in the trial of a case of some importance to ladies who make purchases. A pleasant-faced looking woman, named Ellen Whalen, was arraigned for petit larceny in having stolen an accordeon from the store of Ehrich's on Eighth Avenue.
A pleasant-faced young man stepped up to him and said, “Come in, Bill, and I will get you a good seat.” He mechanically followed the usher in. The singing was good, and he enjoyed it.
"You frien' of Hugo Ennis," he said. "Den you is velcome an' me glad for see you, mademoiselle." He was a pleasant-faced, stocky and broad-limbed man of rather short stature, and his manner was altogether kindly and pleasant. The simplicity and cordiality of his manner was entirely in keeping with the ways of his family.
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