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"Oh, her husband owns about half the tenth ward," said Mrs. Cranston the elder, city bred, "and," hesitatingly, "you've often seen her in church." "At church yes," answered her daughter-in-law, "but no one ever sees her anywhere else. She has never called on me, has she?" "No," said the elder lady.
Cranston said he had been rob'd in his way to town of his Money & Portmanteau & seem'd in great distress. That the Examt. by the Direction of Capt. Hamilton bought for Capt. Cranston such necessaries as he wanted & Capt. Hamilton went to Lord Ancrum to borrow Twenty pounds to defray the expence of the Journey & repay the Examt. the money he had expended. That upon his return he told Capt.
He asked him out to dinner two weeks later, Captain and Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Davies, and Mr. Hastings being invited to meet him, for almost his first question had been for that soldierly young officer, the hero of the riot on the train. Mrs. Davies pleaded previous engagement, but Captain and Mrs. Cranston took the trouble to call and explain that this Mr.
"Well, just as soon as that wagon gets back I wish to examine that man, and I wish you, gentlemen, to be present, also Doctor Burroughs. You see to it, Mr. Leonard." "I'll give instructions at once," said Leonard, rising quickly, and then, with significant glance at Cranston, taking his cap and quitting the office.
Cranston when the excitement in the hall broke loose?" "Yes," I nodded, as we moved over under the shadow of the wall. "I wrote on a sheet from my note-book," said Kennedy, "and told her to be ready when she heard a pebble strike the window; and I gave her a piece of string to let down to the ground."
"We have also information," he continued gravely, "from Wood Norton Hall from your mother, in fact, Lady Cranston that no college friend of your brother, of that name, has ever visited Wood Norton." "Go on," Philippa begged, a little faintly. "Did I ever live there myself? Was Richard ever at Magdalen?"
I'll stay at the sanatorium tonight, and then, perhaps, I'll know a little better what we can do." It was his tone rather than his words which gave me the impression that he was more interested in being with Miss Giles than with Mrs. Cranston. I wondered whether it was a plot of Cranston's and Miss Giles's. Had he been posing before Kennedy, and were they really trying to put Mrs.
"We are very pleased to see you at any time, Captain Griffiths," Philippa said hospitably. "Do sit down, please." Captain Griffiths bowed but remained standing. "It is very near your dinner-time, I know, Lady Cranston," he continued apologetically. "The fact of it is, however, that as Commandant here it is my duty to examine the bona fides of any strangers in the place.
Sanders hailed the lonely figure with characteristic levity. "Hello, Parson! Up for all day and meditating a sermon?" Davies ignored the question and went straight to business. "I want to see Captain Cranston as soon as possible. Does he go to stables this morning?" "Never misses 'em. What's up? Hope Mrs. Davies isn't ill." "Mrs.
Then everybody'll be satisfied. We got to split up anyhow," Mac said. Bad Bill looked at Blackwell and nodded. "That's right. We don't all want to pull a blue streak. That would be a dead give away. Let the kids stay if they want to." "So as they can round on us if they're nabbed," Blackwell sneered. Cranston called him down roughly. "That'll be enough along that line, Lute.
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