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"And I, also," agreed Dick, in response to a glance from Bascomb. The two gentlemen adventurers, when appealed to for their opinion, at once agreed that the experiment was quite worth trying; and Bascomb's proposal was accordingly agreed to nem. con. "That matter, then, is disposed of," remarked Bascomb.
Bascomb gets a bit hard-headed, and he is inclined to give orders that others of us wouldn't approve. I judge that you and he were having some dispute when I happened along." "I didn't regard it as a dispute, sir," Reade rejoined. "In the first place, I had discharged, for incompetency and faithlessness, a foreman named Evarts. "And Evarts is a pet of Mr. Bascomb's," smiled Mr. Prenter.
Marshall's and Bascomb's talk, especially, of cloudless skies of richest blue, out of which the sun darted his flaming rays by day, and in which the stars blazed like jewels at night; of tranquil seas of sapphire in which creatures of strange forms and brilliant hues disported themselves; of tropic shores, coral fringed and clothed with graceful feathery palms backed by noble forest trees of precious woods, made glorious by flowers of every conceivable hue and shape, amid which hovered birds of such gorgeous plumage that they gleamed and shone in the sun like living gems; of rich and luscious fruits to be had for the mere trouble of plucking; of fireflies spangling the velvet darkness with their fairy lamps; and of the gentle Indians who at least when not brought under the malign influence of the cruel Spaniard regarded white men as gods; all these appealed with singular force and fascination to Stukely, who sat listening breathlessly and with glowing eyes to everything that the two sailors said about these wonders.
The fellows are not very fond of pets." "That's all right. The only thing I ask of you is that you let Davis alone." "Perhaps I will, and perhaps I won't." "You will if you know what is good for you." Again the big fellow glared through the gathering darkness, but Frank met the gaze squarely, and Bascomb's eyes dropped. "That's all I have to say," came quietly from Frank. "You may go now, Mr.
I won't have him around the work at all. Now what is the second proposition, sir?" As Tom spoke he looked straight into Mr. Bascomb's eyes. The other glared at him unbelievingly but angrily. "Young man, you don't appear to understand that I am president and head of the Melliston Company." "I quite understand it, sir," Reade answered.
Evidently Baby has heard of George, and seeks to emulate the Father of his Country, for he also finds it extremely difficult to tell a lie. Gentlemen, you may, at this very moment, be regarding a future president of the United States. The thought should overcome you with awe." Bascomb's friends snickered, and the big yearling proceeded to address himself directly to Davis.
The authorities ashore had been given until sunrise of the following morning in which to find someone capable of interpreting Bascomb's letter, and to come to a decision as to whether or not they would accede to the terms of the said letter; and the first light of dawn revealed a large boat putting off from the shore, pulled by twelve oarsmen, and flying a white flag at the stern.
Lieutenant Bascomb's command pursued some Apaches, who had been raiding in Sonora, into the Whetstone Mountains, where they called a parley. The Apaches were summoned to camp under a white flag; and feeling perfectly innocent of having committed a crime against the Americans, fearlessly presented themselves before Lieutenant Bascomb and his boys in blue.
Merriwell had been touched very few times with Bascomb's left, for he had constantly been on the guard for any blow that might come from that point, and he had thumped the big plebe most aggravatingly all through the affair.
"If I were in Bascomb's place," Dick declared positively, "I would go before the board of directors and tell them the whole story. Then no one else could ever hold any power over me." "I guess that's the way all of us think we would act if we'd meet a blackmailer," nodded Reade.
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