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"Oh, if you only can!" she murmured, as she held out a friendly hand. It was Sunday afternoon, and we were in conclave in the Schuyler library. Fleming Stone was summing up his results of the past few days and, though it was evident he had done all that mortal man could do, yet he had no hint or clue as to where Vicky Van might be.
Came farewells at the gangway farewells of tears, of heart-aches, of quivering lips and moist lids of laughter quavering and smiles unreal of the good hand clasp that good men know the touch of wet, clinging lips. Schuyler came rushing down the deck, keeping to that part of the ship that lay nearest to the dock.
Half were not born in the State they vociferate about, are not certain of ending their days in it, nor of which their children may adopt as intemperately." "Travel is not the only cure for provincialism," said General Schuyler. "Dr.
Madam Schuyler smoothed an imaginary pucker across the shoulders and again pronounced the work good. “I picked berries and got the cloth,” confessed Marcia. Madam Schuyler smiled benevolently and patted Marcia’s cheek. “You needn’t have done that, child. Why didn’t you come to me for money? You needed something new, and that is a very good purchase, a little light, perhaps, but very pretty.
In May he once more led his army out, and while the forces in the north, under Schuyler and then Gates, were defeating Burgoyne, he was holding his own against Howe's far more formidable army further south. Howe had spent the winter at New York, which from the time of its capture to the end of the war, remained the British headquarters.
As I was very fond of music, Mary's coming was always hailed with delight. Her mother, too, was a dear friend of mine, a woman of rare intelligence, refinement, and conversational talent. She was a Schuyler, and belonged to the Dutch aristocracy in Albany. She died suddenly, after a short illness. I was with her in the last hours and held her hand until the gradually fading spark of life went out.
And then they whispered a little about him, and Joe was sent for, and a carriage came, and Phil was wrapped in a blanket and laid on pillows, and taken out for a drive alone with Miss Schuyler, who chatted with him, and got him more flowers; and when they came back there was a nice dinner on a tray, and ice-cream for his dessert, and Joe was to stay with him until Lisa came home; and before Lisa came there was a nice new trunk brought in, and several large parcels.
Reeves had put it, I was only too willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. Though I couldn't feel any real doubt that she had killed Schuyler. As Bradbury said, she didn't know a Mr. Somers, but she may have known the millionaire Schuyler.
But there were some sixteen miles of forest yet to be traversed; Burgoyne waited for his baggage and stores, and meanwhile General Schuyler, who was in command of the American forces, took such steps as would necessarily put a stop to the rapid approach of the enemy.
Please telegraph when you will leave. SCHUYLER HAMILTON, Brigadier-General and Aide-de-Camp. I accordingly returned to St. Louis, where I found Mrs. Sherman, naturally and properly distressed at the continued and reiterated reports of the newspapers of my insanity, and she had come from Lancaster to see me. This recall from Sedalia simply swelled the cry.
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