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In 1823, he was appointed Cashier of the Romney Branch of the Valley Bank of Virginia, which position he held until his death, with distinguished ability. After he joined the church, he sobered down to great calmness and evenness. He was always exceedingly neat in his person, courteous in his manners, and kind and charitable to the poor.
He grinned sheepishly and made a last feeble attempt to stick to his guns. "I mean it. You know I'm not in love with you or you with me, of course. But we are such a pair of waifs, and I thought we might get along. Lord knows I need some one to look after me!" "And Emma?" "There is no Emma. I made her up." Harmony sobered at that.
"Winter is here!" said Helen, a little sobered at the sight of the white pall. "Yes," he answered. "You found this hut just in time." No more snow fell for over a fortnight, and during that time, despite the cold, Stane spent many hours practising walking without crutches.
If there be virtue, all the vices are known as such; they confess and flee. Their once flaming regard is sobered by time in either breast, and losing in violence what it gains in extent, it becomes a thorough good understanding.
Believe, be honest, be true, and the world holds naught but joy for you and Kala Pandapatan's people." A silence fell upon them all. The solemn words had sobered Piang, and he gazed into the eyes of the wise man. "Begone, boy. The sun rises, and you have many miles to go.
The change was instantaneous: the red face became mottled with yellow; a thick-fingered, tottering hand made a clutch at the tell-tale ribbon. "Medal!" the man cried, wonderfully sobered. "I have no medal." "Pardon me," said the Prince. "I will even tell you what that medal bears: a Phoenix burning, with the word Libertas."
Forrest, sobered in a moment by the accusation, sprang up from his chair as though stung by the lash of a whip. "What's that," he cried, "what do you say?" "That you are not the son of Sir John Forrest at all. Your real name is Weston your father was a jockey and you were born at Royston near Cambridge. That's what I say.
"The deuce!" exclaimed Andrews, "the policy is incontestible!" As he turned to us in disgust, his eyes fell on Anginette Phelps, sobered down by the terrible tragedy and nearly a physical wreck from real grief. "Still," he added hastily, "we'll pay without a protest." She did not even hear him. It seemed that the butterfly in her was crushed, as Dr. Forden and Miss Tracy gently led her away.
As they wound in and out among the hills and rocks, now ascending, now going down steep pitches, the silence of their surroundings and the realization that they were bent on a dangerous mission sobered the boys and few words did they speak. Once or twice the line halted as the leaders heard some sound that roused their suspicions, and several times Sandy and Nails dropped back.
Beyond Chester Nelia had left no trace, and there was nothing even to indicate whether she had taken the river steamer, the railroad train, or gone into flight with someone who was unknown and unsuspected. When Carline, sobered and regretful, began to make searching inquiries, he learned that there were a score, or half a hundred men for whom Old Crele had acted as a hunter's and fisher's guide.
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