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Updated: May 9, 2025
If you don't have a hangover this morning, will you please come here and look at this thing?" Rand laid down the Merril carbine he had been examining and walked over beside Karen. The man whom Rand judged to be some rural free-lance antique-prospector extended the object of the girl's repugnance. It was an African sword, all right, with a plain iron hilt and cross-guard.
"Why don't you get an assistant?" "That is what I mean to do, but where?" "I'm open to inducements," declared Alice seriously. "You see I am a free-lance in business. My job is doing publicity work for any and every concern that feels like paying me. I have nothing on hand just now, but am expecting a deal to come my way to-morrow.
"It was at your request that I went into the law. I have learned to like that profession. I have stuck to it as well as my wandering, Bohemian nature will permit, and while I do not expect you necessarily to feel any pride in such progress as I have made, I have hoped that you might feel an interest." The Honourable Hilary grunted again. "I suppose I am by nature a free-lance," Austen continued.
"Yes, I will," said the free-lance without a moment's hesitation. So there and then, on the field of battle, Bahaud-din Khan, late of the Kasilbash Horse, joined the Guides, and was made a non-commissioned officer on the spot. For two long years, through the many ups and downs of the campaign, through much severe fighting and many a hardship, he did good and valiant service.
Now, it happened that among these headmen was one named Saw Ka, who had been a free-lance in his day, but whose services were now enlisted on the side of order or, at least, we hoped so.
The most violent and vehement free-lance below the gangway sobers down in office to politeness, and peace with all men of good or bad will. Sir William, sitting on the Treasury Bench that night beneath the wild tirade of Mr.
Borrowing the word from India we called them gharries and Johnny Lockett removed from his skilled occupation of precision grinder was able to master his to the extent that he could drive around almost clutchless. Our drawing office was six strong, one from an architectural firm, four from engineering firms and one, a sergeant, a free-lance artist.
"The heart of you!" said Kenny, biting his lips. "I don't deserve it. Lad, dear, the sunsets are past. I'm understandin'. And if you want Whitaker's job, I I'm willing. If you'd rather come back to the studio and free-lance, I I want you to know " he gulped "that things are different. There's order there and the the chairs are cleared.
And then came Reggie Mann, who as free-lance and gossip-gatherer sat on the fence and watched the fun; Reggie wore a thin veil of sympathy over his naked glee, and brought them the latest reports from all portions of the battle-ground.
I'd quit and free-lance if I could break in with fiction, but a rotten bunch of log-rollers have got the inside track with all the magazines and book-publishers." "Ever try to write any fiction?" Una once heard S. Herbert retort. "No, but Lord! any fool could write better stuff than they publish. It's all a freeze-out game; editors just accept stuff by their friends."
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