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That afternoon, which was Saturday, the boy came thoughtfully and with an air of much importance. Delving into a pocket he produced an envelope, somewhat crumpled in transit. It was addressed, "The Man on the Hill." Grant tore it open eagerly and read this note: "DEAR MAN-ON-THE-HILL, That is the name Wilson calls you, so perhaps you will let me use it, too.
In her own glowed a dark appeal; she seemed to be delving in the secret recesses of his heart. "David," she cried, forgetful of everything else in the world, "does it mean that you you still care for me? You haven't changed? I have been wondering oh, how I have been " The plaintive note drove all doubt from his mind. He was suddenly exalted. Speech was beyond him. His dream had come true.
Thomas and I, who had forgotten much we had learned the previous winter, were still delving in Æsop's Fables. But Addison, Theodora and Catherine were going on with the first book of Cæsar's Gallic War. Ellen, two years younger, was still occupied wholly by her English studies. Study hours were from seven till ten, with interludes for apples and pop-corn.
It is with grim satisfaction he reflects that the hand of fate has removed every obstacle to his control. His fiery energy is shown by the rapidity with which hundreds of men swarm on ditch and flume. They are working at mill and giant water-wheels. They are delving and tracing the fat brown quartz, gold laden, from between the streaks of rifted basalt and porphyry.
A fair answer to the question can be found in the reply to another, whether delving in Kettell, or in any other anthology, reveals treasures dropped by Fame as precious as those she carries. There are two ways in which authors survive: one by the constant reading of his works, the other by his name. Is Milton a forgotten author? But how much is he read, compared with the contemporary singers?
May it not be that science, while delving among the wrecks of vanished ages, may stumble upon some new principle, or combination of the elements of which these old rocks are composed, that shall give them a value beyond that of the richest lowlands, and make them the centre of a dense and cultivated population?" "Your question," answered Spalding, "is suggestive.
Beulah, her pretty face shaded by a large sun-bonnet, was superintending the labours of Jamie Allen, who, finding nothing just then to do as a mason, was acting in the capacity of gardener; his hat was thrown upon the grass, with his white locks bare, and he was delving about some shrubs with the intention of giving them the benefit of a fresh dressing of manure.
He referred to the time when Andy and his two friends had sought an intruder down the corridor, and had only found Mortimer delving in a storeroom. "No, not this time," laughed Andy. "But the freshman team is going to get together, so I thought I'd get out my fishing tackle, so to speak." "I see. I guess the varsity indoor practice will start soon.
A marvel! Look here to think I have passed this stone a hundred times and never noticed!" He rose, brushed his muddy knees, still gazing at the gate-post, then took a trowel from his bag and began to cut away the turf about the base of it. "Let that bide!" called out the master sharply. "What be 'bout, delving theer?" "I forgot you didn't know. I was coming to see you on my way to the Moor.
He rendered the little man every assistance in his power in the work which had been so suddenly thrust upon his shoulders. So it was that more than one-half of the winter was passed in delving into the accounts of the enterprise Allan and his partner had built up, while the other, the second half, was spent by Mrs.
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