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"The man will work at it until it is. You can keep an eye on him and see that the work is done to suit you." "You see," objected the burnisher's wife, "I would want to move in right away. I don't want to wait all week for the man to get through." "But he is going to be through with this house to-night," exclaimed Geary delighted.
Everybody seems to be on to it. I heard it oh, nearly a month ago." "Oh," said Vandover with a short laugh, "that's it, is it? I was wondering." "Yes, that's it," answered Geary. "You see they don't know for sure; no one knows, but all at once every one seemed to be talking about it, and they suspect an awful lot. I guess they are pretty near right, aren't they?"
"Oh, well now," retorted young Haight, "you know that all the girls are not like that." "Most of them that you meet in society are." "But they are the best people, aren't they?" demanded Geary.
"Well, what do you say if we go right down to a notary's office and put this thing right through," Geary suggested. "Come on, then." "Have you got your abstract here, the abstract of the block?" Vandover nodded. "Better bring it along, then," said Geary.
Lumsden's battery assisting by placing a few shells in the gap on the right of the attacking Division. Geary reported a loss of 200 to 300 men, and that it was impossible to take the position by assault.
It was finally settled, however, that Wild Bill, a half-breed called Little Geary, and three other scouts should carry the dispatches, and they accordingly took their departure next day, with instructions to return to the command as soon as possible. For several days we scouted along the Canadian River, but found no signs of Indians.
Children do not usually refuse the asylum which their father's door opens to them. I am willing to take you into this house as a son would it not be a little ungrateful to argue with me? From what I know of him, Alban Kennedy is not so foolish. Let Mr. Geary show you the house while I am dressing. We shall meet at breakfast and resume this pleasant conversation."
The Quebec letters fly under their fingers and leap into the docketed racks, while both captains and Mr. Geary satisfy them selves that the coach is locked home. A clerk passes the way-bill over the hatch coaming. Captain Purnall thumb-marks and passes it to Mr. Geary. Receipt has been given and taken. "Pleasant run," says Mr.
Even the governors, all Democrats, appointed by Pierce, acknowledged this, some of them, to all appearance, being removed as a punishment for the admission. Governor Geary, in office from September, 1856, to March, 1857, and Governor Walker, in office from May, 1857, were just and able men, and their decisions, in most things favorable to the free-state cause, had much weight with the country.
The Channel squadron fell into the hands of men respectable, indeed, but in no way eminent, and advanced in years, whose tenures of office were comparatively short. Hardy was sixty-three, Geary seventy; and on both Hawke, who was friendly to them, passed the comment that they were "too easy."
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