United States or Puerto Rico ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
I was amazed at the interest and knowledge which all these great people showed about the ring, for they not only had the deeds of the principal men of the time Belcher, Mendoza, Jackson, or Dutch Sam at their fingers' ends, but there was no fighting man so obscure that they did not know the details of his deeds and prospects.
Belcher was sitting at his desk, with the forged document before him, the latter said: "Phipps, did you ever see this paper before?" "Yes, sir." "Now, think hard don't be in a hurry and tell me when you saw it before. Take it in your hand, and look it all over, and be sure."
You can do both, and if you don't reform this business, and set Tom Buffum at doing something else, and treat God's poor more like human beings, I shall get out of Sevenoaks before it sinks; for sink it will if there is any hole big enough to hold it." "Well, I'll think of it," said Mr. Belcher, deliberately. "Tell me you'll do it." "I'm not used to doing things in a hurry. Mr.
Don't you remember admiring his face? It put you in mind of Caiaphas those were your very words, and at the moment I didn't clearly recollect who Caiaphas was. It can't be three weeks since." "Three weeks less two days," said Miss Belcher; "for he called here and bought fifteen off me: gave me twenty-four shillings and sixpence apiece for all but one, which he swore was light. Who's murdered him?"
But even against Miss Belcher I had a card to play. "Captain Branscome may be an excellent leader," I would say; "but I beg you to remember that you gave me no vote in electing him. I will obey any leader I have my share in choosing, but until then I stand out." And I had an inkling that, though the public voice would be against me, I should establish my claim to be taken into any future counsels.
Since then, it has been reprinted, somewhat modernized, by the Tract Society, from an original copy, discovered by that ardent lover of Bunyan, the Rev. Joseph Belcher. Of this edition, four thousand copies have been printed.
Tom Belcher, make way for him. And, Tom, s'pose you put another stick of wood in that stove an' poke up the fire." He took off his glasses, blew on them, polished them with his handkerchief and readjusted them. Then, leaning back in his chair, he spoke. "Gentlemen, from the beginnin' of time, as fur back as records go, a dog's been the friend, companion, an' protector of man.
He had simply brought to him his friend, General Belcher, who, he believed, had a matter of business to propose. Then, telling Mr. Belcher that he should leave the coupé at his service, he retired. Mr. Belcher felt that he was already in court. Mr. Cavendish sat behind his desk in a judicial attitude, with his new client fronting him.
Belcher secured, without difficulty, a parlor and bedroom on the second floor. The arrogant snob was not only at a premium on the railway train, but at the hotel.
"To be sure," pursued Captain Branscome, "with such a company as he found on board, he can scarcely have suspected a treasure hunt. Still, when he does suspect it as sooner or later he must he will know our weakness." "He could scarcely have dealt with us more frankly than he did, at any rate," said Miss Belcher, with an air of simplicity; "for he assured us he was alone on the island."
Word Of The Day