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The same company probably supplied hundreds of mines with the five-pound boxes in which dynamite is packed, and, if the stamp were the only clue, none could possibly say when or where it had been issued for use. But miners are apt to be careless; men accustomed to dynamite will handle it with an astounding disregard for danger. And here was a case in point.
What the stricken William gathered from this it is impossible to state with accuracy; probably he mixed some perplexity with his emotions. Certainly he was perplexed the following evening at dinner. Jane did not appear at the table. "Poor child! she's sick in bed," Mrs. Baxter explained to her husband. "I was out, this afternoon, and she ate nearly ALL of a five-pound box of candy."
Ye maun vote for the five-pound vote if ye are to be oor man," said Sandy Pringle. "We thocht ye would be for a baulder step than a five-pound vote," said Jamie Howison; "ye're said to be the puir man's friend. Is it fair that the like o' huz, that mak the country what it is, should hae nae voice in the elections?
While he addressed his clerk in these words, Mr Brass was, somewhat ostentatiously, engaged in minutely examining and holding up against the light a five-pound bank note, which he had brought in, in his hand. Mr Richard not receiving his remarks with anything like enthusiasm, his employer turned his eyes to his face, and observed that it wore a troubled expression.
He looked confused for a moment, then he said: "But not with these notes not with these notes! They're valuable, and the book is cheap." "Very well, dear," she responded; and she went to the antique bureau and, unlocking it, took a five-pound note from a cedar box. He watched her covertly, with a painful eagerness.
Leamy himself, by the by, is still to be seen, clad in a noble uniform, guarding the door of a well-known London restaurant. He has not had any more five-pound notes for carrying bags, but knows London too well now to expect it.
On her feet were the silk stockings and the dainty shoes which she had so coveted a week ago, and yet her heart felt heavy, heavy as lead. Her mother pushed the five-pound note towards her, but she did not touch it. "Look here, Mummy," she said, "we will exchange the third-class fare for a first-class one, and then you shall have the balance of the five pounds.
Lizzie gave over the five-pound note, the identical bit of paper that had come from Frank; and Mrs. Carbuncle, no doubt, did do what she pleased with it. There was almost a quarrel because Lizzie, after much consideration, declared that she did not see her way to get a present from the Duke of Omnium. She had talked so much to Mrs. Carbuncle about the duke, that Mrs.
He dared not risk the anguish he would suffer if he proposed to come and she made excuses to prevent him. He wrote to her next day, sent her a five-pound note, and at the end of his letter said that if she were very nice and cared to see him for the week-end he would be glad to run down; but she was by no means to alter any plans she had made. He awaited her answer with impatience.
The rules of this office apply just as much to you as to anyone. 'I'm sorry, Henry put in coldly, 'if I've put you to any inconvenience. 'Sorry be d d, sir! exclaimed Sir George. 'Where on earth do you go for your lunch? 'That concerns no one but me, Sir George, was the reply. He would have given a five-pound note to know that Foxall and the entire staff were listening behind the door.
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