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When Mildred entered, on that Saturday morning, at exactly half-past ten, Jennings in a plain if elegant house-suit looked at her, looked at the clock, stopped a girl in the midst of a burst of tremulous noisy melody. "That will do, Miss Bristow," said he. "You have never sung it worse. You do not improve. Another lesson like this, and we shall go back and begin all over again."
"Aw, quit your kiddin'," laughed Greenleaf. "What do you want to do, get me up there to hear another of your theories about " "This is no joke," snapped Bristow. "I tell you one of the women in Number Five has been murdered. Come " But the chief, recognizing the urgency in the summons, had left the telephone and was on his way. As Bristow turned toward the living room, Mrs.
When the state of this administration was such as seemed to admit of the appointment of Mr. Bristow to the Residency of Lucknow without much diminution of my own influence, I gladly seized the occasion to show my readiness to submit to your commands; I proposed his nomination; he was nominated, and declared to be the agent of my own choice.
Bristow limped to the typewriter and sat down. Braceway opened the drawer of the typewriter stand and saw that it contained nothing but sheets of yellow "copy" paper cut to one-half the size of ordinary letter paper. Every trace of agitation had left Bristow. Colour crept back into his cheeks. Braceway and Greenleaf watched him closely.
It was evident that the decisive moment had come. As the roll-call advanced, other candidates were withdrawn and it became a contest between Hayes and Blaine. A large majority of the supporters of Morton, Conkling and Bristow went to Hayes. Pennsylvania gave 28 votes for Hayes and 30 for Blaine. The ballot as concluded stood, Hayes 384, Blaine 351, and Bristow 21.
It was your desire to clear Withers. But you know as well as I do that Withers isn't guilty. So, why worry?" Braceway sprang to his feet. "Morley isn't out of the woods yet," he said grimly. "This case isn't settled yet, by a long shot. I'm going to stick right here." He made no reference to Withers. Bristow went to his room, paid and dismissed Miss Martin, and began to undress.
The events were of 1849, and the record is expanded, by Mr. Bristow, a spectator, from an account written by him in 1854. The scene was Swanland, near Hull, in a carpenter's shop, where Mr. Bristow was employed with two fellow workmen. To be brief, they were pelted by odds and ends of wood, about the size of a common matchbox. Each blamed the others, till this explanation became untenable.
As he passed through the hall he glanced at the list he held in his hand, and saw that it was headed by the names of Bristow and Gus Robbins. "This is about the easiest job I have had yet, and these fellows are just as good as captured already," said he to himself.
Braceway asked sharply. Bristow scowled at the interruption. "What struggle?" Morley retorted, vacant eyes turned toward Braceway. "You know! The struggle between two men at the foot of the steps of Number Five." "I didn't see a struggle," said Morley. "There wasn't any." "You might as well tell it straight now as later. Give me the truth about that struggle. Were you in it?" "No."
Davis and I aren't on speaking terms, personally or politically. I'll send the stuff down to a laboratory at Charlotte. It will reach there tomorrow morning if I get it off on the midnight train. We can get the telegraphed report on it late tomorrow or the day after." "All right; I guess that will do," agreed Bristow.
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