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It did not require a great stretch of imagination to convince her that the Lorrys were hurrying off to scenes of intrigue, strife and bloodshed, and that not only Graustark but its princess was in jeopardy. Miss Calhoun's most cherished hopes faded with the announcement that trouble, not pleasure, called Yetive to Edelweiss.
It is the desolated, ruined south; nearly the whole generation of young men between seventeen and thirty destroyed or maim'd; all the old families used up the rich impoverish'd, the plantations cover'd with weeds, the slaves unloos'd and become the masters, and the name of southerner blacken'd with every shame all that is Calhoun's real monument." October 3.
The formidable rebellion which is now happily suppressed, and which attempted to justify itself by the doctrine of State sovereignty, has thrown, in many minds, new light on the subject, and led them to re-examine the historical facts in the case from a different point of view, to see if Mr. Calhoun's theory is not as unfounded as he had proved Mr. Webster's theory to be.
Military and governmental officials would come to the eminently sane conclusion that while Calhoun could not well take active measures against blueskins, as a sane and proper citizen of the galaxy he would be on the side of law and order and propriety and justice, in short, of Weald. So they ordered sample anti-contagion suits made according to Calhoun's directions, and they had them tested.
It was as though only our minds talked, one with the other. I was sorry when at last came the Grand Vizier James to take Mr. Calhoun's order for his own carriage, that brought me home my second and more peaceful arrival there that night. The last I saw of Mr. Calhoun was with the Grand Vizier James putting a cloak about him and leading him by force from his study to his bed, as I presume.
The northerner who happened to be with her on such occasions usually found himself doing likewise before he could escape the infection. Miss Calhoun's face was one that painters coveted deep down in their artistic souls.
Dyck Calhoun's letter was never ended. It was only a relic of the years spent in Jamaica, only a sign of his well-being, though it gave no real picture of himself. He did not know how like a tyrant he had become in some small ways, while in the large things he remained generous, urbane, and resourceful.
To such we say, Remember the Missouri Question, and the fate of those who then sold the North, and their own birthright! Passing by the resolutions generally without remark the attention of the reader is specially solicited to Mr. Clay's substitute for Mr. Calhoun's fifth resolution.
"The death list out of the oblivion of the past but four names have been found John Morgan, Capt. George Calhoun's Co., 4th Pa., Nov. 6, 1778; James Tryer, Capt. "Some doubt may exist as to two of these, but as the hospital is named, an error may exist in copying the original record."
Twice her lips parted as if to speak again, but then she went into the other cabin and closed herself in. Murgatroyd blinked at the place where she'd disappeared and then climbed up into Calhoun's lap, with complete assurance of welcome. He settled himself and was silent for moments. Then he said; "Chee!" "I believe you're right," said Calhoun.
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