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A look at Benjy, contained and cheery, restored him. Ah, the lucky devil! He would not have to come here any more! and the thought of the last evening he himself would be spending before long flooded his mind with a sweetness that was almost pain. "Benjy, I'll play you a hundred up!" said young Bill Dennant. Stroud and the racing man went to watch the game; Shelton was left once more to reverie.

The Range-taker took the ranges from the trenches to all prominent objects in front, with an instrument called the "Barr and Stroud." He then made these figures known to the four section commanders of the platoon, who in turn communicated them to their men.

Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, with the Merry Humour of Tom Stroud, the Norfolk Yeoman, several times publicly acted by the Prince's Servants; printed in 4to. London, 1659; for the plot, as far as it concerns history, consult the writers in the reign of King Henry VI. Humour out of Breath, a Comedy, said to have been writ by our author, but some have doubted his being the real author of it.

The general was rather taken by surprise and his final plans were not ready, but it was arranged that at four o'clock each regiment should advance, and that orders containing further details would be sent to them by six o'clock at the latest. Burton remained in the general's tent to perfect the orders, and Sam went to the tent which he occupied with Major Stroud to enjoy a few hours' sleep.

But, oh, at that minute, Rickham, was there anything on earth I wouldn't have given to have Stroud alive before me, and to hear him say: 'It's not too late I'll show you how'? "It WAS too late it would have been, even if he'd been alive. I packed up my traps, and went down and told Mrs. Stroud. Of course I didn't tell her THAT it would have been Greek to her.

Call and see us. Morgan & Stroud, Four-hundred-and-fifteen Clay Street." He lowered the paper and once more fixed the slate-blue eyes on Hiram. "There you are, ol'-timer pick yer road to wealth and prominence." His smile brought Hiram's chair closer. "How d'ye get any o' these jobs?" he asked.

He was such an inflexible hermit." "I didn't till after.... She sent for me to paint him when he was dead." "When he was dead? You?" I must have let a little too much amazement escape through my surprise, for he answered with a deprecating laugh: "Yes she's an awful simpleton, you know, Mrs. Stroud. Her only idea was to have him done by a fashionable painter ah, poor Stroud!

He didn't sneer, you understand, poor Stroud he just lay there quietly watching, and on his lips, through the gray beard, I seemed to hear the question: 'Are you sure you know where you're coming out? "If I could have painted that face, with that question on it, I should have done a great thing. The next greatest thing was to see that I couldn't and that grace was given me.

"Ay have I," answered the man; "through our stable, through the garden, lead the horse down the steps, and then away to Stroud. There's no missing the way." "Well then, sir," said Wilton, grasping the Duke's hand, "this is your only chance for safety.

But, oh, at that minute, Rickham, was there anything on earth I wouldn't have given to have Stroud alive before me, and to hear him say: 'It's not too late I'll show you how'? "It was too late it would have been, even if he'd been alive. I packed up my traps, and went down and told Mrs. Stroud. Of course I didn't tell her that it would have been Greek to her.