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He was forced to do a great many things in the following months that he hated; but he had to do them or be left out of the proposition altogether. Mrs. Bates and Adam administered the Bates estate promptly and efficiently. The girls had their money on time, the boys adjusted themselves as their circumstances admitted. Mrs.
Bates found one seated alone on a branch, at no great elevation, uttering at intervals, in a complaining tone, its usual cry of "quaqua." It appeared to be a dull, inactive bird, and even when approached seemed very unwilling to take flight. Among the characteristic members of the feathered tribe in these forests are the jacamars, as they are found in no other part of the world.
Westerfelt heard the beat of hoofs behind him. He was sure Bates and Harriet were approaching, but he dared not look around. Through the trees came the sound of singing from the camp-ground. The horse behind got nearer and nearer, till it stopped with its nose in the back part of Westerfelt's buggy, Westerfelt did not turn his head.
In this I find you a valuable ally, and have cited from the Reports of your Museum of Comparative Zoology in support of my own claims for space. I was glad to hear from Mr. Bates that the Megatherium had not gone to the bottom, but had been rescued, and that it was probably ere this in your Museum at Cambridge. I trust it may be so.
At a table behind him sat the Artful Dodger, Master Charles Bates, and Mr. Chitling: all intent upon a game of whist; the Artful taking dummy against Master Bates and Mr. Chitling. The countenance of the first-named gentleman, peculiarly intelligent at all times, acquired great additional interest from his close observance of the game, and his attentive perusal of Mr.
For a time I was the only officer with them, but shortly before we started for California, Lieutenant Francis H. Bates, of the Fourth Infantry, was placed in command. We embarked for the Pacific coast in July, 1855, and made the journey without incident via the Isthmus of Panama, in due time landing our men at Benecia Barracks, above San Francisco.
"Maurice," asked she suddenly, "what became of the other man?" "Which other man?" "The man who was with us; the other one, you know." "Poor Bates?" "No, not Bates. The prisoner. What was his name?" "Oh, ah the prisoner," said Frere, as if he, too, had forgotten. "Why, you know, darling, he was sent to Port Arthur." "Ah!" said Sylvia, with a shudder. "And is he there still?"
"Fired!" gasped Molly. "Yes, at Grandoken. I wanted to kill him " "But Theo you might have hit Theodore, Jordan." "But I didn't, I tell you! I'm sure I didn't. If I hit any one, 'twas Bates or the cobbler.... Get back near the veranda for fear Theodore 'phones." No sooner had the words left his lips than a bell sounded from the house. Molly ran up the steps.
"But I have that; and as ye'll be naturally concerned at me leaving the logs, I'll tell ye what it is, if ye'll give me your word as an honest man that ye'll not repeat it at any time or place whatsoever." He looked so like a man seeking courage to confess some secret sin that Trenholme drew back. "I'll not tell, but " Bates took no heed.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Ex-Governor Bates, who were to have spoken for suffrage, could not get into the room. The constitutional amendment was debated March 23. The galleries were reserved for women, yet many were turned away. The vote stood 171 noes to 54 ayes, including 11 pairs. The hearing February 23 on a constitutional amendment was unusually impressive.
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