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He lay on the sofa talking with cheery inconsequence, scarcely pausing for any response, till presently he worked round to the subject of his blindness a subject which by tacit consent they seldom discussed. "Max has had a look at me," he said. "He thinks they may be able to switch the light on again. They will have to tighten up a few screws, or something of the kind.
"Resembles the wound made by what reporters always refer to as 'some blunt instrument. The scalp is split but the flesh around the wound is swollen as from a blow. You have a nice lump on your head, Farrel." "Aches terribly," Don Mike murmured. "I had dismounted to tighten my cinch; going down hill the saddle had slid up on my horse's withers. I was tucking in the latigo.
You should choose some quiet, conservative man, and, if possible, one well known to the citizens of Frankfort, and held in good esteem by the people everywhere. He should be a man of middle age " Mayence's eyes began to close again, and his lips to tighten "and if he had some experience in government, that would be all to the good.
What was it." She bit her lip. Her eyes were full of sudden tears. "Tell me!" he said. And she answered, as if he compelled her: "It was because because you don't love me," she said with difficulty. She felt his hand tighten upon hers. "Ah!" he said. "And that was the only reason?" Molly was trembling. "It was the only reason that mattered," she said in a choked voice.
But how can the cultivation of the fine arts remedy, at the same time, these opposite defects, and unite in itself two contradictory qualities? Can it bind nature in the savage, and set it free in the barbarian? Can it at once tighten a spring and loose it; and if it cannot produce this double effect, how will it be reasonable to expect from it so important a result as the education of man?
It took only a moment to make secure the webbed shoes, to pull on and fasten the hood, to tighten the buckles of her gloves. Then she crept forward, shuddering as the water rose about her ankles. But Lur pushed on before her, his head disappearing fearlessly under the surface as he crawled through the jagged opening in the ship below.
Vermont seized the ear of the dwarfed jockey and dragged him to the light. "No, not drunk for a wonder. Well, you know what to do to-morrow?" The man nodded sulkily. "Tighten and choke off at the last hurdle. Mind you do it neatly, too. You can do it, I know; and it won't be the first little affair you've sold, eh?
The men's tempers were thoroughly spoiled, the horses were lathered and unquiet, and one and all prayed for the daylight. They set themselves to climb up the hill, each man leading his mount carefully. Before they had covered the lower slopes or the breastplates had begun to tighten, a thunderstorm came up behind, rolling across the low hills and drowning any noise less than that of cannon.
"I do, decidedly," laughed Gerald, as De Forest raised her deftly to the saddle and arranged bridle and girths to her liking, turning to tighten his own before mounting, and kicking away a small dog that had run up to sniff at his heels. "What did you bring along this ugly little beast of yours for, Jim? I abhor curs." "Tain't none of mine, Mister," said the stable-boy, grinning.
"Oh, no; there is no harm done, except to my riding skirt, which has been torn and muddied by the fall," said Cap, laughing and resuming her efforts to tighten the girth. "Pray permit me," said Craven, gently taking the end of the strap from her hand; "this is no work for a lady, and, besides, is beyond your strength."
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