United States or Sudan ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
With these, by the light of a candle, he washed the wound, dipped the rag in hazeline, and applied it. This done, he touched the creature's head, nodded a good night and retired. "She smiled at me very prettily," he says. "That was the first time she did it." There was no blood on the handkerchief which he had removed. Early in the morning following upon the adventure Beckwith was out and about.
But, apart from the formation of a large and influential committee in London, by which considerable sums of money were raised "to assist the Vaudois in maintaining their ministers, churches, schools, and poor," he was the means of invoking the sympathy and aid of one who consecrated his life, strength, and means in one almost unbroken series of efforts for their amelioration I mean General Beckwith.
We remained here two weeks, after which time Uncle Kit's wound getting considerable better Jim Bridger, Uncle Kit and myself concluded to go on to the waters of Green river and trap the coming winter. While here, Jim Beckwith fell in with a man by the name of Reese, who said he had trapped on the headwaters of Snake river the winter previous, and that trapping was good there.
Meantime Colonel Poe had reconnoitred and laid off new lines of parapet, which would enable a comparatively small garrison to hold the place, and a heavy detail of soldiers was put to work thereon; Generals Easton and Beckwith had organized a complete depot of supplies; and, though vessels arrived almost daily with mails and provisions, we were hardly ready to initiate a new and hazardous campaign.
Philip Beckwith's eyes were intense and wide. The Fairfield eyes, brown and brilliant, their young fire was concentrated on his mother's face. "Do you mean that money is buried down there, yet, mother?" he asked solemnly. Mrs. Beckwith caught at the big fellow's sleeve with slim fingers. "Don't go to-day, Phil wait till after lunch, anyway!" "Please don't make fun, mother I want to know about it.
It was the end of the smooth walk; he destroyed it in the action, and it will soon be seen that his use for it was past. Beckwith went on: 'Whenever you left here, I left here. Although I understood that you found it necessary to pause in the completion of that purpose, to avert suspicion, still I watched you close, with the poor confiding girl.
By Jupiter, I never thought of that! Mr. Adams was opening the morning's letters in the outer office. 'What is the name, Mr. Slinkton? I asked. 'Beckwith. I looked out at the door and requested Mr. Adams, if there were a proposal in that name, to bring it in. He had already laid it out of his hand on the counter. It was easily selected from the rest, and he gave it me. Alfred Beckwith.
The servant thought it was all over with his master, but the sad thought had hardly entered his mind when Beckwith sprang up and cried out, "All right, John," and by a quick movement escaped beyond reach of the enemy's fire. On the return of Napoleon from Elba, Beckwith rejoined the standard of Wellington, and took a prominent part in the battle of Waterloo.
"Miss Beckwith offered to take him out to walk with her, so I let him go. He'll be back at twelve." While Paul is making a calculation, a few words of explanation and description may be given, so that the reader may understand better how he is situated. The rooms occupied by Paul and his mother were three in number. The largest one was about fourteen feet square, and was lighted by two windows.
He himself could see nothing in the gorse, though the dog was undoubtedly in a high state of excitement. It made frequent rushes forward, but stopped short of the object that it saw and trembled. It did not bark outright but rather whimpered "a curious, shuddering, crying noise," says Mr. Beckwith.
Word Of The Day