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Updated: June 29, 2025
There were few signs of jewellery in Reuben Murgatroyd's window some cheap clocks, some foreign-made watches of the five-shilling and seven-and-six variety, a selection of flashy rings and chains were spread on the shelves, equally cheap and flashy bangles, bracelets, and brooches lay in dust-covered trays on the sloping bench beneath them.
"Compose yourself, sir," rejoined the other, smiling; "without doubt there is in your purse a five-shilling piece which you picked up in the road, and which I hid knowing my dog would bring it back. This is the cause of the robbery which he has committed upon you." The stranger acknowledged the truth of the tradesman's statement, delivered up the coin, and departed. Musical Seals.
He went out to post the letter, and buying a five-shilling order enclosed it to the little barber, Carolan, as a reward for delivering his note to Ferrand. He omitted to send his address with this donation, but whether from delicacy or from caution he could not have said. Beyond doubt, however, on receiving through Ferrand the following reply, he felt ashamed and pleased.
Now I am going to give you each a shilling to buy picture post cards with, and I want you each to buy them separately in different shops if you like and then bring them back to me, and I'll give the five-shilling piece to the one who has what I think the best collection. Now off you go." So they hurried off.
"Now, if you'll just leave one of your squires here aboard, and he'll come aft by-and-by, I'll try if I can fish out a five-shilling piece from the bottom of my chest, to buy you and your good man some baccy and rum, to cheer you when you get back to your own fireside." "Well spoken, like a true son of the Ocean!" exclaimed Neptune, patting me on the back.
"Hey! what be this?" cried the Waggoner, staring down at the bright five-shilling piece in his palm. "Well, I rather think it's five shillings," said Bellew. "It's big enough, heaven knows. English money is all O.K., I suppose, but it's confoundedly confusing, and rather heavy to drag around if you happen to have enough of it "
She couldn't sorrow yet that he had hurt his foot; it seemed as if all happiness lay in his being alive. A Love-Scene Poor Tom bore his severe pain heroically, and was resolute in not "telling" of Mr. Poulter more than was unavoidable; the five-shilling piece remained a secret even to Maggie.
All this flashed through my mind, but I saw a moment later that it was not of my complexion that Bindon thought, for on a plate before the chair behind which he stood, lay a small dark gray wad about the size of a five-shilling piece. I hesitated, and Bindon said in an undertone, "Miss Betty made it." Not a muscle of his face moved. I sat down and gazed at the awful result of my present to Betty.
And he showed him a guinea, a sovereign, a half-sovereign, a half-guinea, a five-shilling piece, a half-crown, a two-shilling piece, a shilling, a sixpence, a fourpenny piece, a threepence, a twopence, a penny, a halfpenny, a farthing, a half-farthing. Said the Gipsy, "This is all bad money." "No," said the other man; "it is all good and sound. Toss it in your hand and hear it ring!"
And this is just what happened; for when he got his measure back, three new silver five-shilling pieces were sticking to it. What does this mean? said Big Klaus, and he ran off at once to Little Klaus. 'Where did you get so much money from? 'Oh, that was from my horse-skin. I sold it yesterday evening.
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