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"Then you can't come on board," replied Sampson dogmatically. "I am Christy Passford, and I have not heard about any word," protested the midshipman. "You can't pour molasses down my back again," replied Sampson, with a self-satisfied air. "Don't be a fool, Sampson," added Christy, as he climbed upon the steps, the lower part of which had been hoisted up.
My father and mother will stand by me, if the rest of you do not," said Percy. "That's enough; and you will go back to the army, whether or not you are willing," added the major, as he turned on his heel. Christy followed him to the forecastle of the tug, where a rather heavy gun was mounted, which took up most of the space. "Take a seat, Mr.
It was as dark as Egypt, and the scuttle could not be seen; but the operator had located it mathematically, and was confident as to its position. Flint was planted under the opening, with the shoes of both at his side. The master's mate was nearly six feet in his stocking feet as he stood, and Christy whispered to him the next thing in his scheme.
Horseback riding was the prevailing fad at Harding that fall, and every girl who could sit in a saddle was making frantic efforts to get a horse for an all-day ride among the hills. Betty was a beginner, but she had been persuaded to join a large party that included Eleanor, Christy, Madeline, Nita, and the B's.
When he realized that the scheme of his cousin, or whoever had devised it, was in a fair way to accomplish its object, Christy felt that he must do something. Though he was a prisoner and in disgrace, he did not feel that he was absolved from the duty of attempting to save the Bronx to the Union.
I hope you'll not refuse me that, if it's only to show me I don't lose your honour's good-will." The offer was made with so much earnestness, and even delicacy, that I could not abruptly refuse it at the moment, though one of these magnificent houses could be of no use tome with an income of 300l. per annum. "As to the annuity," continued Christy, "that shall be paid as punctual as the day: Mr.
"As your father has been kind to my boy, wounded and a prisoner in the midst of enemies, I ought to do something for you, Christy," continued Colonel Passford, looking on the floor. "Not at all, Uncle Homer; I am not wounded as Corny is, and there is no need of doing anything for me," interposed Christy, laughing in the serious face of the planter.
Christy, the huntsman, is another of the Squire's occasional attendants, to whom he continually refers in all matters of local history, as to a chronicle of the estate, having, in a manner, been acquainted with many of the trees, from the very time that they were acorns.
We may have lots of music after we get outside; but I reckon our steamer can outsail anything the Yankees have got on the blockade. Don't drink no more, Mr. Sandman; and when we git to Nassau you can have a reg'lar blowout." "I won't touch another drop before we get out of the bay, Cap'n Sullendine," protested Christy, without betraying the misdemeanor of the cook, as doubtless it was.
"I succeeded in persuading Captain Folkner that he had better come out by the main channel; and that is the way we did come out, and that explains how we happen to be here at this time in the morning," replied Christy, very cheerfully. "You must have very strong powers of persuasion, Captain Gilder," said Lonley, laughing.
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