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In accepting with gratitude the aristocratic title which the Emperor had bestowed upon him, Pierre Simon acted with that delicacy which receives from a friendly hand a perfectly useless gift, and estimates it according to the intention of the giver.
I have noticed that Master Simon seldom goes into any house without having a world of private talk with some one or other of the family, being a kind of universal counsellor and confidant.
Beside king Dick, and Simon, the priest, there was another black divine, named John. He had been a servant of Edward, Duke of Kent, third son of the present king of England; on which account, black John assumed no small state and dignity.
"Well, say," said young Keeler, "talking about Indians how about old Simon over there? Might try him." He pointed. Just above the dam an Indian sat on a pinto pony, gazing stolidly at the wreck. His hair streaked with gray, was braided, and fell below his shoulders on either side. His costume was that of ordinary civilization, save for a pair of new, tight moccasins.
The parson, he hated to have his trees gnawed, and Major here's a great horse for gnawing the bark offer trees. So I never go no nearer the house than this." "All right, Simon; you wait for me here." Aleck walked slowly along the country road, enjoying the fragrant fields, the quiet beauty of the place.
Since that time I have been able honestly to earn the money there; and in a few days more I will pay you the fifty dollars that my mother borrowed of you. So please give me my receipt." "And remember henceforth," said Arden, sternly, "that this lady has a protector." Simon was sharp enough to see that he was beaten, so he signed the receipt and gave it to Edith without a word.
"When I was riding down in the San Simon basin," spoke up Andy, rolling his second cigarette daintily between his finger-tips, "I had a kinda queer experience in a fog, once. It was thick as this one, and it rolled down just about as sudden and unexpected. That's a plenty wild patch uh country or it was when I was there.
Even then one man, who was known as Simon the Armorer, was heard to mutter that it might be land and then again it might not; for his part, he believed the whole world had been drowned in a flood, as in the days of Noah, and that the only land they should ever see would be at the bottom of the ocean.
For it would be remembered that Simon had said: "Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost." The true successor to the Apostles must be an Apostle himself. Jesus had seldom spoken literally, and the truths he sought to impress upon the world had of necessity been clothed in figures and symbols, for spiritual truths might be conveyed in no other way.
"We should make no sort of difference in our treatment of her, of course, but we must take great care not to let anything betray us in our manner. I am not good at concealment, I know, but I will undertake that she never suspects anything from mine." The fallacy of this assertion was so transparent that Simon could not forbear a smile. "Better make a clean breast of it at once," said he.
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