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Money's tight, and I've got bills to pay in the city." "I've got a little money for you on account," said Grant, watching Tudor's face anxiously. "How much?" asked the storekeeper, his countenance changing. "Eight dollars." "Eight dollars!" ejaculated Tudor, indignantly. "Only eight dollars out of sixty-seven!
"Andy is a good boy, but I am afraid the family is doing poorly now." "So I fear. The, fact is, there doesn't appear to be much opening for a lad like Andy in this village." "I hear that Mr. Graves, the storekeeper, who is getting old, wants to get a boy, or young man, with a small capital to take an interest in his business, and, eventually, succeed him."
Hardy was stationed, by dog team and komatik, Willie Ikey, an Eskimo employed by Monsieur Duclos, the manager of the French trading post across the Northwest River, acting as my driver. Upon my arrival I was cordially welcomed by Mr. Sidney Cruikshanks, the lumber "boss"; Mr. James McLean, the storekeeper, and Dr. Hardy.
Fourteen days later Jan returned, and from his face I saw at once that something had gone wrong. "What is it, husband?" I asked. "Did not the mealies sell well?" "Yes, yes, they sold well," he answered, "for that fool of an English storekeeper bought them and the hides together for more than their value." "Are the Kaffirs going to rise again, then?"
Hotter it grew and drier and, though such a thing had not seemed possible, altogether more repellent and hostile to life. He climbed a ridge to get his bearings and to locate in the grey distance the black peak which the storekeeper had indicated on his map as the first landmark and steering-point.
The latter may try as hard as he pleases, he simply cannot achieve real acquaintanceship with a "storekeeper," as we call them, any more than the clerk can achieve real acquaintanceship with him. Lack of any elements of common life form as impassable a barrier as lack of a common language, whereas with us in Hillsboro all the life we have is common. Everyone is needed to live it.
Cap'n Abe clamped his jaws shut for a minute and his eyes blazed. Only the mild and inoffensive Amiel was left of his audience. "Huh!" he growled. "Ain't goin' to waste my breath on you, Amiel Perdue. Go git me a scuttle of coal." Then, when the young fellow had departed, the storekeeper grinned ruefully and whispered in his niece's ear: "Hi-mighty!
I thought it was all right, an' that ye kept 'most everything here." "Well, I don't, and never expect to. Now, look at this, for instance," and the storekeeper touched the paper with the forefinger of his right hand. "A kimona, just think of that! I never had a call for such a thing before." "Is that down thar?" the captain enquired, reaching for the list. "Sure, ye can see for yourself.
They grinningly told the storekeeper they would return in "two moons" with more horses. The Fort Riley Soldiers Go to Fort Larned to Horse Race With Cheyennes, Comanches and Kiowas. The Indians are great people for sport and amusement and it would be difficult to imagine a more inveterate gambler. Their greatest ambition is to excel in strength and endurance.
A passenger, who was thoroughly ducked before being picked up, caused much amusement on this ship, soon after the doctors were through with him, by demanding a bath. Storekeeper Prentice, the last man off the Titanic to reach this ship, was also soon over the effects of his long swim in the icy waters into which he leaped from the poop deck.
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