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He urged a compliment upon her only once more that day; but she gratefully took it to bed with her: "You're just like this glade make a fellow feel kinda calm and want to be good," he said. "I'm going to cut out all this boozing and stuff Course you understand I never make a habit of them things, but still a fellow on the road " "Yes," said Una.
"Oh, but it does. I've told you about old Duncan McTavish, Moira's father, haven't I?" Ogilvy nodded, and Bryce continued: "When I fired the old scoundrel for boozing, it almost broke his heart; he had to leave Humboldt, where everybody knew him, so he wandered down into Mendocino County and got a job sticking lumber in the drying-yard of the Willits Lumber Company.
Balker," replied Bokes; and the heavy drink he had just taken appeared to have done nothing more than steady his nerves, for he seemed to have the full use of his faculties. "How do you feel this morning, my friend?" continued the engineer; and Christy thought he was making himself very familiar with the boozing seaman, who was at least fifty years old. "Fine's a fiddle-string," replied Bokes.
I found I was out by what might easily cover six months’ salary and profit, and I could have kicked myself all round the village to have been such a blamed ass, sitting boozing with that Case instead of attending to my own affairs and taking stock. However, there’s no use crying over spilt milk. It was done now, and couldn’t be undone.
He's taken to quiet boozing, and, Bobby, when the butt of a room goes on the drink, or takes to moping by himself, measures are necessary to pull him out of himself." "What measures? 'Man can't run round coddling his men for ever." "No. The men would precious soon show him that he was not wanted. You've got to
He steals my hard-earned money out of my dress-pocket and buys brandy with it. He has no shame left in him, although he always used to be so honorable in his way of life. And he can't stand his boozing as he used to; he's always falling about and staggering. Lately he came home all bloody he'd knocked a hole in his head. What have we ever done to the dear God that he should punish us like this?"
"If you take to boozing on the trip I'll fire you out," Massy cried. An obstinate silence followed that threat. Massy moved away perplexed. On the bank two figures appeared, approaching the gangway. He heard a voice tinged with contempt "I would rather doubt your word. But I shall certainly speak to him of this." The other voice, Sterne's, said with a sort of regretful formality "Thanks.
And now came this American man, this boozing Colonel, with none of Ralston's reticence, and apparently with none of his respect for the character of a lady whom he had known long and well, and the coarser accusation travelled on the same lines as the other, and only differed from it in going a good deal further.
Presently he came back to the stove and stood staring disgustedly down upon the effusively friendly Bill, leering up at him pacifically. "If I didn't feel so rotten," he said glumly, "I'd give you another licking right now, Bill you boozing old devil. I'd like to lick every darned galoot that stood back and let me in for this. You'd ought to have stopped me.
Norton brought her husband to book before the magistrates and got his license taken away. Dale openly expressed contempt for this boozing Gauntlet club, refused to take up his membership when elected, and had received a complimentary letter from the vicar thanking him for the fine example he had set for others.
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