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Plain Mr. Alexander would have had small effect upon him; but Achilles Alexandrakis ! He mounted the long staircase, holding the syllables in his set teeth. "Alexandrakis?" His mistress turned a little puzzled frown upon him. "What is he like, Conner?" The man considered a safe moment. "He's a furriner," he said, addressing the wall before him with impassive jaw.
Harrison sent William Wells and John Conner to Tippecanoe to demand restitution of the stolen property. Four horses were delivered up, and a promise made by the Shawnee leaders to procure the remainder, but this was never done.
It was then a disgrace for a young woman not to know how to take the raw material the flax and cotton and, unaided, manufacture her own clothing. It is a lamentable fact that such is no longer the case. I formed a liking for Emily Conner. Emily was an orphan, and lived about four years at my aunt Charlotte's after her mother died, and until her father married again.
Another ornament of the mantel-piece was a square of silken needlework or embroidery, faded nearly white, but dimly representing that wearisome Bear and Ragged Staff, which we should hardly look twice at, only that it was wrought by the fair fingers of poor Amy Robsart, and beautifully framed in oak from Kenilworth Castle, at the expense of a Mr. Conner, a countryman of our own.
Without serious concern as to public opinion in the East or great deference to the President-elect, Tyler and Calhoun hastened messengers to Texas and ordered two regiments of troops, under the command of Colonel Zachary Taylor, to take position at Corpus Christi on the southern bank of the Nueces River, and sent a squadron of the navy, under Commodore Conner, to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Miles has written, why does she stay in Corinth, where no one will employ her, when she could so easily return to her work in the city, taking that Conner girl with her?" Dan could find no words to answer the Elder. He was stunned by the situation to which he had been so suddenly awakened by the old man's plain words.
WASHINGTON, February 11, 1825. To the House of Representatives of the United States: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of January 5, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with copies of the proceedings of the courts-martial in the cases of Lieutenants Weaver and Conner. WASHINGTON, February 14, 1825.
In those orders General Taylor was directed to communicate directly with the President of Texas upon the subject, and Captain Conner was instructed to communicate with the chargé d'affaires of the United States accredited to that Government.
"I am not looking for a way out," he growled. "Ah, but you should. You must consider your influence. Consider the great harm your interest in Grace Conner will do your church. You must remember your position in the community. You cannot afford to to risk your reputation." Under her skillfully chosen words, he again assumed an air of indignant reserve.
"There's two of 'em," whispered Gayner, "wouldn't know if you were to ask 'em." Thunderer came in third, and a couple of minutes afterwards, Diana; and Pat Conner, when he was laughed at as to his place, truly boasted that at any rate he was the only one that had been able to ride round the course without a fall.
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