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Darrow called for writing materials and room was made at her elbow for the parched ink-bottle and saturated blotter of the Parisian restaurant; but the mere sight of these jaded implements seemed to paralyze Miss Viner's faculties. She hung over the telegraph-form with anxiously-drawn brow, the tip of the pen-handle pressed against her lip; and at length she raised her troubled eyes to Darrow's.
He handed her the thin, white submarine telegraph-form with its streaks of adhesive text. "Relief entirely successful. Meredith Joseph returned Loango. Meredith bad health." Jocelyn drew a deep breath. "So that's all right eh?" said Maurice heartily. "Yes," answered Jocelyn, "that is all right." Angels call it heavenly joy; Infernal tortures the devils say; And men? They call it Love.
Gallilee. "But tell me," Mr. Mool insisted, greedy for encouragement "does my suggestion relieve your mind?" "It's the first happy moment I've had to-day!" Mr. Gallilee's weak voice piped high: he was getting firmer and firmer with every word he uttered. One of them produced a telegraph-form; the other seized a pen. "Shall we send the message in your name?" Mr. Mool asked. If Mr.
That morning a big packet of those typed reports in French had arrived in the usual registered, orange-coloured envelope, and after she had read them over to the Baronet, he had given her the key, and she had got out the code-book. Then, at his instructions, she had written upon a yellow telegraph-form a cipher message addressed to the mysterious "Meteforos, Paris." It read, when decoded:
There is still much to be said on both sides of the argument." "Has there been one?" "Besides, I promised you news from Antwerp." "To be sure," Lanyard said, and paused, his curiosity at length engaged. Wertheimer delved into the breast-pocket of his dress-coat and produced a blue telegraph-form, handing it to the adventurer.
Which Austin, much relieved, forthwith proceeded to do. Then he stumped off as hard as he could go to the Post-Office near by, to despatch the telegram which should set Aunt Charlotte's mind at ease; and by dint of carefully observing what all the other people did managed to get hold of a telegraph-form and write his message. "Documents all safe in the Bank. Your affectionate Austin."
More serious bulletin." The scourge and fear of influenza was upon the town, upon the community, tangible, oppressive, tragic. In the evening calm of the shabby, gloomy post-office, holding a stubby pencil that was chained by a cable to the wall, he stood over a blank telegraph-form, hesitating how to word the message.
It had been like a dream, a beautiful dream, and as soon as I came to myself in the hall, with the visitors calling at the bureau and the page-boys shouting in the corridors, I found that my telegraph-form, crumpled and crushed, was still in the palm of my left hand. I tore it up and went in to breakfast. During our first day in London my husband had many visitors, including Mr. Eastcliff and Mr.
Yes.... Wait a second." He took a telegraph-form with almost indecent haste, addressed it to John Kirkby, Barham, Yorks, and wrote below: "Certainly; will expect you dinner and sleep. Then, when the boy had gone, he read again the telegram he had received: "Have received letter from Frank; can probably discover address if I come to town. Can you put me up to-night? JACK KIRKBY, Barham."
Why, Dad, that's more than you make in a month from your job as Mayor." "Well, that isn't a bad retainer. It's an opening wedge. However, it would be mere chicken-feed in San Francisco." "Read this," Henry urged, and thrust a yellow telegraph-form under the Mayor's nose. The latter adjusted his glasses and read: Imperative building operations commence immediately.
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