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Nothing, however, could take the curse of ugliness off the staring gray walls of the room, or from the horrible turkey-red and white canton-flannel quilt that bedecked the bed. Nan longed to spill the contents of her ink bottle over that hideous coverlet, but did not dare. The effort to make the big east room look less like a barn made Nan feel better in her mind.

Ancient and mighty empires in Europe raise armies, and build navies, and levy taxes, and spill the blood of their bravest sons like water in order to possess the harbours, and the rivers, and the mountains, and the woods amid which their besotted owners roam in utter ignorance of all the plots and preparations of the Western world.

George responded; but immediately laughed 'Harrington? 'Gad, if he takes the leap it'll be odd another of the name. That's where old Mel had his spill. 'Who? Drummond inquired. 'Old Mel Harrington the Lymport wonder. Old Marquis Mel, said Mr. George. 'Haven't ye heard of him? 'What! the gorgeous tailor! exclaimed Lady Jocelyn.

First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill, And the parson was sitting upon a rock, At half-past nine by the meet'n'-house-clock, Just the hour of the Earthquake-shock! What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground!

"I am so sorry, Miss Farrell," Amber put in. "If I had only been here...." The girl gave a little gasp and sat down abruptly in one of the veranda chairs, thereby threatening it with instant demolition and herself with a bad spill; for the chair was feeble with the burden of its many years, and she was a quite substantial young person.

Follow the path until you come to a cottage which is painted a purple color with white trimmings. When you stop at the gate of this cottage we will tell you what to do next. Be careful, above all, not to stumble and spill the water from the kettle, or you would destroy us and all you have done would be in vain."

She would actually insist on the gas being lighted with a taper; a paper spill, which was just as good and better, seemed to ruffle her benign placidity: and she was funnily economical with matches. Rachel had never seen a taper before, and could not conceive where the old lady managed to buy the things.

"You try to spill me off, besides making Grandmother Van Stark feel as though you didn't have enough to eat while you were visiting her!" There was another disturbing feature also, and that was sister, whose countenance kept peering above the phaeton top, and who shouted exceedingly unwelcome advice, until silenced and firmly seated by the maternal command.

There was a pretty little inkstand in one little compartment, with a silver top which screwed on so tightly that the ink could not possibly spill out when Ruby carried the desk around, and in the opposite compartment was a little silver box for stamps.

"Now where's the ink-bottle? Let me get it, Polly, do," he begged, running over to the corner cupboard. "No, you mustn't, Dave," said Polly in alarm, "you'll spill it. I'll get it," hurrying after him. "I won't spill it, Polly" but Polly was already on her tiptoes, and lifting down the old black ink-horn that had been Father Pepper's. "Isn't it nice that Mrs.