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It was quite true that Sally Nutter was to hear from Charles and Mr. Gamble that morning; for about the time at which Toole was in conference with those two gentlemen in Dublin, two coaches drew up at the Mills. Mr. Gamble's conducting gentleman was in one, and two mysterious personages sat in the other. 'I want to see Mrs. Nutter, said Mr. Gamble's emissary. 'Mrs.
Through the kindness of a friend, an ownerless piano found in one of the stores was moved to my room, and, although not a good one, contributed largely to the pleasure of the soldiers, also serving for sacred music when needed. Mr. Blandner's lute, my piano, and Mrs. Gamble's soprano voice, joined to that of a Confederate tenor or bass, or my own contralto, made delicious music.
Observations on the State of Ireland, principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population; in a Series of Letters written on a Tour through that Country. In 2 vols. By J. C. Curwen, Esq., M.P. London, 1818. Gamble's Views of Society in Ireland. These are all the late publications that treat of Irish interests in general, and none of them are of first-rate importance. Mr.
It is several days since I wrote to you, and many more since I received a letter from you. That from Fayetteville is still the last. "Gamble's" protegee could not be found. You will probably gain by the exchange. That whom I shall send you is a good, steady-looking animal, agee vingt trois. From appearance, she has been used to count her beads and work hard, and never thought of love or finery.
"Suppose he did?" she demanded. "Everybody knew it." Constance immediately took possession of the indignation and made it her own. "They had no business to know it!" Polly smiled. "Every place I went that day I heard the same thing," continued Constance much aggrieved "Johnny Gamble's million, and me, and Gresham, and the million dollars I would have to forfeit if I didn't marry Paul.
Gamble's conducting clerk had gone up stairs to Mrs. Nutter's door, and being admitted, had very respectfully asked leave to open, for that lady's instruction, a little statement which he was charged to make.
They had a wholesome regard for United States soldiers, particularly under Curtis, who at Pea Ridge had given them the worst drubbing they ever received west of the Mississippi, but they cared little for "Gamble's militia," into which a good many of their friends were mustered, and when the pressure of Curtis's strong hand was removed they at once aroused to pernicious activity.
Gamble's private affairs," said Loring reprovingly as he came into the box. "Aside from a mere detail like that, I don't mind saying that Johnny Gamble has just bet the last hundred dollars he has in the world on an absolutely criminal long shot." "I hope he wins!" stated Polly heartily. "I think he's the only real gentleman I ever knew." "Well, I like that!" protested Val Russel, laughing.
So I nursed and watched her constantly: till the foolish folks on board began to say I was her son: ah! me, for your sake I wish it had been so. "And at length, just as some among the sailors were hinting at a mutiny for spirits, and our last case of Gamble's meat was opened for the sick, our look-out on the jury-mast gave the welcome note of 'Land! and soon, to us on deck, the heights of St.
There was that in Gamble's change of countenance which startled Toole, who, seeing that his glance was directed through an open door at the other end of the room, skipped from his chair and peeped through it. There was nothing, however, visible but a tenebrose and empty passage. 'What did you see eh? What frightens you? said Toole. 'One would think you saw Nutter like like.
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