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Jimmie turned into Beak street, and pulled the bell of Number 324. He waited several minutes before the landlady came, and then she opened the door but a couple of inches, and peered distrustfully out. Jimmie craftily thrust a foot in, so that the door could not be closed. "You do not know me, madam," he said, "but I come as a friend. I wish to have a short conversation with you." Mrs.
The cowboy, known as "a good spender when flush," was made welcome. He said nothing about being out of employment, craftily anticipating the possibility of having to ask for credit later, as he had but a half-month's pay with him. He was discussing the probability of early rains with a companion when Will Corliss entered the place.
That's where the intelligent supervision comes in." "What do you intend to do about them?" "Watch over them a little more carefully. Regulate their servings craftily. Be sure of my tables. I have lots of schemes. I'll tell you about them sometime." "Sometime, for this relief much thanks," murmured Billy; "just now I've had as much of these matters as I can stand.
Realizing that this man is craftily fencing against some hazard, Sir Donald will await more definite disclosures. The stranger perceives this. He must confide in Sir Donald, and thereby secure his aid. "Suppose it should prove that you are right, what then?" "We all would be too happy," is the guarded reply.
That was the first indication of her weakening. Jim Wilson broke into gruff reply. "I'm not bossin' this gang." "But you're a man!" she importuned. "Riggs, you fetch along your precious firebrand an' come with us," said Anson, craftily. "I'm particular curious to see her brand you." "Snake, lemme take the girl back to Pine," said Jim Wilson. Anson swore his amaze. "It's sense," continued Wilson.
You bought them very gradually and craftily, only showing the deeds to those in charge as you did to Mike Sheehan, and not recording them. Sheehan's betrayal of you gave me the key; I know most of the poor creatures who are your tenants, too, you see, and that gave me an advantage because they have some confidence in me. My investigations have been almost as quiet and careful as your purchases."
Prendergast, hunting his fox ever so craftily, his fox whom he knew to be lying in ambush upstairs. It was of course possible that old Mollett should slip away out of the back door and over a wall. If foxes did not do those sort of things they would not be worth half the attention that is paid to them. But Mr. Prendergast was well on the scent; all that a sportsman wants is good scent.
Then, again, I made bridges, and drove mimic armies across them; and if they were enemies, craftily let them partly cross, to tumble them in at the moment when part of the forces were on one side of the stream and part on the other, and at the mercy of my men.
His narrowed eye gleamed craftily, a mere pin's point of expression in the direction of Charles, as though expecting a question. But Charles kept silence, so he went on with his story. He let it be understood that his luck on the fields was of the worst possible description never a solitary stone came his way. But he had no heart for digging.
She would refuse him, and then the man would be free; free to change his mind if he thought fit. Considering all these things, craftily in the exercise of her friendship, too cunningly, I fear, to satisfy the claims of a high morality, she resolved that the major had better not see Miss Crawley at the present moment.
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