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In a curious sort of way it reminded him of other days, and he wondered what some of his old-time friends would say if he could, by some magic endowment, assemble them here for a feast on the trail. He wondered especially what Mignon Davenport would say and do. P-f-f-f! He could see the blue-blooded horror in her aristocratic face! That wind from over the Barren would curdle the life in her veins.
To-morrow is Saturday, and I can't be spared at the store; there is always more doing, you know, on Saturday than any other day." "I don't feel like giving any advice, Ben. Do as you please." The next day, on his way home to dinner, Ben met his young rival of the evening previous, Tom Davenport. "How are you, Tom?" said Ben, nodding.
He followed nevertheless. He saw at once where his unaccountable visitor had made his bed. A big cane davenport had been dragged into the bay window, its velvet cushions neatly stacked on the piano bench, and the composer's coat, rolled with his deftness of experience, had served him for a pillow. Not a bad bed for such a night as this that John himself had sweltered through so unsuccessfully.
Wellington, with the forest of Soignies behind him, at Waterloo, was not half so confident of wearing out Napoleon, as Davenport was of beating back King Charles the Second, in his presumptuous attempt to govern his Puritan colonies.
Very likely my successor may want you." "That depends on who he is. Do you mind telling me, or is it a secret?" "Oh, no; it will have to come out, of course. Squire Davenport has bought the business." "The squire isn't going to keep the store, is he?" asked Ben, in amazement. "No; though he will, no doubt, supervise it. He will employ a manager." "Do you know who is to be the manager, Mr.
Otis, were merely such as form the ordinary conversation of cultured Americans of the better class, such as the immense superiority of Miss Fanny Davenport over Sarah Bernhardt as an actress; the difficulty of obtaining green corn, buckwheat cakes, and hominy, even in the best English houses; the importance of Boston in the development of the world-soul; the advantages of the baggage check system in railway travelling; and the sweetness of the New York accent as compared to the London drawl.
"You may trust me to believe nobody but yourself, if the subject ever comes up in my presence," said Larcher. "I can certainly testify to the cool, unimpassioned manner in which you speak of it." "I find little in life that's worth getting warm or impassioned about," said Davenport, something half wearily, half contemptuously. "Have you lost interest in the world to that extent?"
"She will to help her move." "Step in, sir." Squire Davenport, with the air of a master, followed Ben into the sitting room. Mrs. Barclay sat quietly at the table with her sewing in hand. "Good-day, widow," said the squire patronizingly. He was rather surprised at her quiet, unruffled, demeanor. He expected to find her tearful and sad. "Good-day, Squire Davenport," she said quietly.
Wind south-east. Distance, twenty miles. Wednesday, 30th May, The Davenport Range. I find this water will not last more than three days. I have determined to remain here to-day, and have sent Kekwick in search of more water. As I am now a little better, I must get my plan brought up. It has got in arrear, in consequence of my hands being so bad with the scurvy.
This was rather hard, since none of the magistrates perished, and the popular feeling was strongly in favor of the victims of their severity. But Davenport gallantly captures these Quaker guns, and turns them against the enemy himself.
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