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Griggs told her that he had come back to stay through the year and perhaps longer. She took a kindly interest in the young man, and was glad to hear that he had improved his position and prospects during his absence. He rarely found sympathy anywhere, and indeed needed very little of it. But he was capable of impulse, and he had long ago decided that Francesca was good, discreet, and kind.
I never mentioned it before because well you know I've never liked Mignon La Salle since she nearly broke up basket ball at Sanford High last year, and I was afraid it might sound hateful on my part, but the girls of Mignon's squad are as tricky as can be. Twice, in the first practice game we played, I had my own troubles with them. Once Daisy Griggs nearly knocked me over.
We've got to subdue him, somehow or other." "Why not let the chloroform work while we go out and get a couple of policemen?" "Well, you see, it doesn't seem to be working, Griggs. Don't know why, but phew! Did you hear that rip?" I had heard it. I had also seen the silhouette of a long arm appear against the dim light of the window. "Oh, Lord!" gasped Hawkins. "It's given somewhere!
By Mary Griggs Van Voorhis It was an ideal Christmas day. The sun shone brightly but the air was crisp and cold, and snow and ice lay sparkling everywhere. A light wind, the night before, had swept the blue, icebound river clean of scattering snow; and, by two o'clock in the afternoon, the broad bend near Creighton's mill was fairly alive with skaters.
We stand ready to furnish ample evidence of the absolute correctness of each and every portrayal to be found in "The Hindered Hand." SUTTON E. GRIGGS, No. 610 Webster St., Nashville, Tenn. A Review of the Anti-Negro Crusade of Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr.
"There is one witness," I exclaimed, "who overheard my uncle and Mr. Allen talking of South River and Griggs, the master of the slaver, in the stables at Carvel Hall." "And who is that?" demanded Mr. Swain, with more excitement than I believed him capable of. "Old Harvey." Your grandfather's coachman? Alas, he died the day after Mr. Carvel, and was buried the same afternoon.
Something of this kind passed through my mind, in all probability, and, combined with the delightful sensation any strong man feels in the pause after great exertion, disposed me well towards my fellows and towards mankind at large. Besides we had won the last game. "You look pleased, Mr. Griggs," said Miss Westonhaugh, who had probably been watching me for a moment or two.
IN spite of all that Griggs could do, and he did his utmost, it was hard to live in anything approaching to comfort on the meagre remuneration he received for his correspondence, and his pride altogether forbade him to allow Gloria to contribute anything to the slender resources of the small establishment.
There was a bookcase between the windows filled with choicely bound books. Beside it stood a little table with a very dainty work-basket on it. By the basket Mrs. Griggs saw a pair of tiny scissors and a silver thimble. A wicker rocker, comfortable with silk cushions, was near it. Above the bookcase a woman's picture hung a water-colour, if Mrs.
But once, when he was deeper in his cups than common, he let me know that Griggs was to sell me to a certain planter. You may well believe that this did not serve to liven my spirits. At length, one morning, Captain Griggs came out of his cabin and climbed upon the poop, calling all hands aft to the quarterdeck.
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