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On these occasions he reckoned up on one page of his account-book the oxen bought, and on the other side sketched them, together with the meadows, mountains, and glaciers.
One week and five days later he had built a mud fire-place in the clearing, and the fat account-book was overflowing. He said that God created few Englishmen of my kind, and that I was the incarnation of all human virtues. He offered me some of his sweets as tribute, and by accepting these I acknowledged him as my feudatory under the skirt of my protection.
Some grave-digger! For the great U. P. R. buried the dead it left in its bloody tracks! With strange, numb hands Stanton searched the pockets of her dressing-gown, to find, at length, a little account-book with pencil attached. Then, with stiffened fingers, but acute mind, she began to write to Neale.
When searching for the account-book for her uncle, it had, as it were, offered itself to her; and though so far from being green, with "Garden" marked on it, it was Russia leather, and had J. B. upon it. She had peeped in and read "Magnum Bonum" within the lid.
'Let's make a solemn covenant that we shall meet in this very room on the 25th of October 1911, with the wedding-day fixed for to-morrow again. 'Where is your Bible? said Peter. 'If you haven't one in your pocket or under your pillow, will it do if I kiss your account-book? 'The whole thing can be just as we intended it to be, said Toffy cheerfully.
"If you will sit down now I will direct you," continued Madame, authoritatively. The Prophet sat down at the table, holding a lead pencil upside down in one hand and an account-book wrong side up in the other. "Let's see what's to-day?" inquired Madame, of her husband. "The seventeenth, my dear," replied Mr. Sagittarius, looking at his wife with almost sickly adoration. "To be sure.
To be sure she said her prayers every night, as properly and methodical as clockwork, and was very particular about always kneeling down, as though position could atone for any lacking earnestness; for she was just as apt to be thinking of her account-book, or Mr. Dane's last order, as of anything, in the hurried words that slid over her lips.
I stopped his worrying over blots and errors, by saying, "You are of more account than the account-book, and will learn by practice to be as accurate as any one." My wife and Mousie also started another book of household expenses, that we might always know just where we stood and what our prospects were. Weeks would elapse before our place would be food-producing to any great extent.
Wagner was not quite satisfied to take it for granted that he had made a mistake even on the plain evidence of the ledger. A reference to the duplicate entry, in her private account-book, would at once remove even the shadow of a doubt. The last day of the old year was bright and frosty; the clear midday light fell on the open page before her.
I opened the big account-book; it contained a great many accounts, some long, some short. I began at the beginning, and searched through for any belonging to Walker of Bombay. At length, after about twenty pages, I found an entry dated December 30th last year.
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