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He has sent nine or ten already; but I fear there isn't much chance for Sylvia Gray, and she doesn't think there is herself." "Why not?" asked the Old Lady spiritedly. "I am sure that there can be few voices equal to Miss Gray's." "Very true. But you see, these so-called scholarships are private affairs, dependent solely on the whim and choice of Andrew Cameron himself.
"I wouldn't object; no. Why should I? A girl like that deserves no clemency," Freda returned spiritedly. "The trouble is, I don't know her name. She is small and dark, with sharp black eyes and a pointed chin. She's very homely, but dresses beautifully. She " "Thank you. We know who she is," interrupted Judith. "Her name is Elsie Noble, and she lives at Madison Hall."
"It's my own business," declared Lucy, spiritedly. "And I guess they'd better let you alone." Slone shook his head mournfully. He was getting one of those gloomy spells that Lucy hated. Nevertheless, she felt a stir of her pulses. "Lucy, there won't be any doubt about my stand when I meet Bostil," said Slone. Some thought had animated him. "What do you mean?" Lucy trembled a little.
This evening I'll fetch another nice gentleman here; and if you cut up any of your tantrums with him, I'll bundle you out into the street this very night." "If you bring any man here to molest me," said Mrs. Raymond, spiritedly "I will stab him to the heart, and then kill myself." "Come out o' that," screamed the landlady, approaching Mrs.
He replied very spiritedly and pertinently that these dames were "not desiryable women as to temporal graces," which was certainly sufficient and proper reason for any man to give, were he Puritan or Cavalier.
On this the whole Scottish array turned back, and a siege of the castle began; but the Countess spiritedly held out, and Edward meanwhile drew nearer. Some of the Scotsmen were captured, and from them the Countess's nephew heard that Edward had reached Alnwick.
Northumberland House, now, and for a long while, the town residence of the Percys, stands on the Strand side, over the entrance a lion, very spiritedly sculptured, flinging out his long tail. On another side of the square is Morley's Hotel, exceedingly spacious, and looking more American than anything else in the hotel line that I have seen here.
The enemy was not slow to acknowledge our presence, and as a token of greeting sent some twelve-pound shells crashing among the trees about us. The firing now became brisk on our side, and the rebels replied spiritedly with their twelve-pounders. Hundreds of men were now called up from the rear brigades and detailed to build corduroy roads.
"Three hundred dollars was the last bid I heard from that young feller, and somebody who was biddin' agin him said, 'twas more'n 'twas wuth." "It wasn't either," spoke up Jenny, rather spiritedly, "It cost five hundred, and it's never been hurt a bit." "Mr.
By happy chance, which in a generous mood I ascribed to Janet's good nature, I came across them at a seven miles' distance. They were talking spiritedly: what was wonderful, they gave not much heed to me: they seemed on edge for one another's conversation: each face was turned to the other's, and after nodding an adieu, they resumed the animated discourse.
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