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Smithson, staring straight before him, nodded. "As I was saying," resumed Mr. Clarkson, in the low tones of confidence, "Digson was after her money. Of course her money don't make any difference to me, although, perhaps, I may be able to do something for friends like you. It's from an uncle in America on her mother's " Mr.
After leaving Lexington, it was ascertained that they had not given up all arms, but still held possession of a great number of bowie knives and pistols, which were probably secreted while the search was going on at Lexington. At Leavenworth City, Captain Clarkson, with twenty-five men, went on board of the boat and demanded the surrender of all the arms in the possession of the Abolitionists.
You must read those letters of Governor Hammond to Clarkson, the English Abolitionist.
Seeing the maid next door making great wet curves on her steps with a sort of stone, he called to her to ask how she did it. "Same as other people, saucy," she retorted at once. "Is that a bath-brick you are manipulating?" Mr. Clarkson asked. "Bath-brick, indeed! What do you take me for?" she replied, and continued swirling the stuff round and round. After a further search in the cupboard, Mr.
Manners to-morrow," he said. Getting ready for bed that evening was almost of a sensational nature, and Mr. Clarkson had to keep all his wits about him to respond with sufficient agility to the sallies of his master. Usually it was all a very somber ceremony, with a good deal of groaning and snarling in asides. But to-night it was as cheerful as possible.
Crawley, the eminently respected provision-merchant round the corner, invites all competitors to supper at twelve o'clock to-night, without distinction of personal appearance." "Jolly good blow-out!" said Albert's girl, with satisfaction. "Rather a gross reward for beauty," Mr. Clarkson observed.
By Jove, I asked him something about Clarkson the other day; and if you'd seen his face, you'd believe he enjoyed the fight." "Well, that's not unlikely. He's a great brute, that Clarkson. I should not mind pitching into him myself." "I should, though," said George laughing; "the chances of his pitching into me in return would be too strong." Harry shrugged his shoulders.
Standing stiffly erect behind Ruth's chair, Nurse Smith repeated all that the doctor and Mrs Clarkson had said. "And I think myself, sir," she added, "that Miss Ruth will be all the better of a cheerful change. She worrits herself with fancies." Ruth looked earnestly up at her father's face, but said nothing. "Worries herself?" repeated Mr Lorimer, with a puzzled frown.
The man was a terrible nuisance to him, and he was beginning to think that he had better undertake to pay the debt by degrees. It was, he knew, quite on the cards that Mr. Clarkson should have him arrested while at Saulsby. Since that scene in the lobby Mr. Clarkson had been with him twice, and there had been a preliminary conversation as to real payment. Mr.
The committee, in order to strengthen themselves for the prosecution of their great work, elected Sir William Dolben, Bart., Henry Thornton, Lewis Alexander Grant, and Matthew Montagu, Esqrs., who were members of parliament, and Truman Harford, Josiah Wedgewood, jun., Esq., and John Clarkson, Esq., of the royal navy, as members of their own body; and they elected the Rev.
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