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He did not answer for an instant, then he said slowly, "Do you remember just putting your name on a paper I asked you to sign for me with my stylographic pen in the train this afternoon? Well, you thought it was merely an order for letters to be sent on to your new address, but it was something rather more important than that.
No stylographic pens were used in those days, but instead, a carefully prepared quill; and the ink was made of ink-cake or ink-powder dissolved in water; or, more troublesome still, home-made ink, tediously prepared with nutgalls, walnut or swamp maple bark, or iron filings steeped in vinegar and water, or copperas. Special pains were taken in writing a name in a book.
Look here, Mr Baltic, I've done one bit of business to-day with the parson, and now I'm goin' to do another bit with you. 'Ave you pen and paper? 'Yes! Baltic produced his pocket-book and a stylographic pen. 'Are you going to confess? 'I'spose I may as well, said Mosk, scowling.
Many an idea has escaped while the author was dipping his pen in the inkstand. But with the stylographic pen, in the hands of one who knows how to care for it and how to use it, unbroken rhythms and harmonious cadences are the natural products of the unimpeded flow of the fluid which is the vehicle of the author's thoughts and fancies.
Many an idea has escaped while the author was dipping his pen in the inkstand. But with the stylographic pen, in the hands of one who knows how to care for it and how to use it, unbroken rhythms and harmonious cadences are the natural products of the unimpeded flow of the fluid which is the vehicle of the author's thoughts and fancies.
All the paper that I possess consists of five old note-books and a lot of scraps, and I have only the one stylographic pencil; but so long as I can move my hand I will continue to set down our experiences and impressions, for, since we are the only men of the whole human race to see such things, it is of enormous importance that I should record them whilst they are fresh in my memory and before that fate which seems to be constantly impending does actually overtake us.
You can write here." He drew out a note-case and one of the new stylographic pens. "I've even got an envelope you see how everything's predestined! There steady the thing on your knee, and I'll get the pen going in a second. They have to be humoured; wait " He banged the hand that held the pen against the back of the bench. "It's like jerking down the mercury in a thermometer: just a trick.
But it seemed a burning inspiration, and I knew that I must act upon it at once or never. I subsided into my chair again, and softly, very softly, hitched it closer to the table which pretended to be a writing-desk. Inside a blotting-pad were a few sheets of hotel stationery and envelopes. My stylographic pen glided noiselessly over the paper.
"Well, here's paper and a stylographic pen, if the ink isn't frozen no, it's all right write a cheque quickly for the amount payable to bearer. Hurry up, or the ink will freeze." There was a smile of satisfaction on the face of Staples as he wrote the check. "There," he said, with a counterfeited sigh. "That is the amount." The check was for 480,000 dollars.
Dean remained behind, and presently sitting down in a retired corner of the garden alone, he took out a small pocket-book and stylographic pen and occupied himself for more than half an hour in busily writing till he had covered two or three pages with his small, neat caligraphy.
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