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"I dare not stir up the antagonists against the government to give you a story, and aside from the antagonists it is dull." "I will find the story in the present instance," said I. And in the fewest words possible I laid before him the object of my visit. "This is a very strange story," he said, making a pyramid of his fingers and contemplating the task with a careful air.

The latter believed that the savages had returned, if the actions of Angel were any indications; but as the sun came up and a careful scrutiny was made, nothing alarming was in sight. An early breakfast was prepared, and the yaks yoked up, preliminary to a start for the south.

I examined these minutely and, by careful measurement and close scrutiny of some peculiar markings suggestive of the grain of wood, satisfied myself that the depressions in the gravel were made by two, and not, as I had at first thought, by one small piece of wood.

De Peyster's second maid. "Say, that was certainly one close shave," Mr. Pyecroft whispered at the door of her room. "Perhaps we'd better beat it from here. If that Judge ever places me! And you, if those people ever get a fair look at your face, they'll see your likeness to Mrs. De Peyster and they'll guess what our game is sure! You'll promise to be careful?" Mrs. De Peyster promised.

There was no immediate answer, and he thought that he should have to repeat the question. The fact was that Mordecai had heard the words, but had to drag his mind to a new subject away from his passionate preoccupation. After a few moments, he replied with a careful effort such as he would have used if he had been asked the road to Holborn "I know the reason.

"Earning a living." Arbroath turned sharply on Mary. "Is that true?" "Of course it is true," she replied "Why should he tell you a lie?" "Does he lodge with you?" "Yes." Arbroath paused a moment, his little brown eyes sparkling vindictively. "Well, you had better be careful he does not rob you!" he said.

"We thought him an ass at Eton." "He has done pretty well, however." "Oh yes, in a way." "Somebody has told me that he is a careful man about his property." "I believe he is all that," said Silverbridge. "Then I don't see why you should think him a fool." To this Silverbridge made no reply; partly perhaps because he had nothing to say, but hindered also by the coming in of Tregear.

In estimating the conduct of the minister, in relation to the provinces, we are met upon the threshold by a swarm of vague assertions which are of a nature to blind or distract the judgment. His character must be judged as a whole, and by its general results, with a careful allowance for contradictions and equivocations.

"I was sure he was going to nab us," he said. "Careful," whispered Hal. "We must do all our talking in German, and we must do very little of that concerning our private affairs. Remember, walls have ears, and I guess that will apply to a railroad car as well as a house." "Right, Herr Block," said Chester with a smile.

The devils had an inconvenient habit of appearing in the guise of an ecclesiastic at least, so the churchmen were careful to insist, especially when busying themselves about acts of temptation that would least become the holy robe they had assumed.