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He did not speak for some time, but he allowed William to put his arm round him and draw him against his knees. Then fixing his eyes on the toes of his shoes he said somewhat abruptly, but confidentially "Are you really my father? No humbug, you know," he added, raising his eyes, and for a moment looking William searchingly in the face. "I'm not humbugging, Jack. I'm your father right enough.
The arrangement bore hard upon the American representatives, who, at European courts and upon European exchanges, had the embarrassing task of raising money. It was all very well to talk about negotiating a loan; the phrase had a Micawber-like sound as of real business; but in point of plain fact the thing to be done was to beg.
And suddenly raising his bow, the speaker discharged an arrow at Phil, which whizzed past within half an inch of that gentleman's ear. "Make as though you intended to run down that canoe," ordered Phil.
But I never had the vanity to think that your affection for me could bear the sacrifices it would cost you in marriage; that you, with your ambition, could bound your dreams of happiness to home. And then, too," said she, raising her head, and with a certain grave pride in her air, "and then, I could not have consented to share my fate with one whom my poverty would cripple.
They adjourned to Tom's "Buffeteria" to talk things over; they took possession of a couple of tables, and got their due quotas of coffee and sandwiches, or pie and milk, and had just got fairly started on the question of raising bail without the help of Comrade Dr. Service when suddenly something happened which drove all thoughts of the meeting out of their minds.
"I knew that he was to die," said she, raising her head after a time "he told me so; but, to think that I shall never hear him speak again that very soon I shall never see him more I must cry, William." "But your father is happy, Amber." "He is happy, I know; but he was not my father, William. I have no father no friend on earth I know of.
The duties of the elders of a church are heavy, and painful and and large. But they are discharged, they are always," said Mr. Dean, inflating his chest, and raising one hand, "discharged! The church expects it, and the church is not disappointed. Yet it is most terribly painful, sometimes most awful, and unpleasant." Here Mr. Dean stopped, and coughed behind his hand. Mr.
The president feigned to be occupied with his notes, purposely giving time for the importance of the last admission he had wrung from Etienne Rambert to sink into the minds of the jury. Then, without raising his head, he asked abruptly: "You were very surprised to hear of his death?" "No," said Rambert dully. "How did you part from each other?"
A few days later, a company of regulars under Captain Mackay joined us, together with near a hundred men of the regiment who had remained behind with Colonel Fry, raising our numbers to four hundred men, though many were wasted with fever and dysentery.
See you not that I should be thereby rendered very solitary and miserable?" And, raising up her favorite into her arms, she kissed her. Julia's bright eyes also filled with tears. "Think you, then, princess, that I could ever leave, ever be separated from you?" she tenderly asked.
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