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"You mean to a commission?" "Yes. You see, I did not understand then the impossibility, the great gulf fixed. I dreamed that good fortune might give me something to do worth while." "And fate has been unkind?" "In a way, yes," and he laughed rather grimly. "I had my chance twice; honorable mention, and all that, but that ended it. There is no bridge across the chasm.
"You and Sara would never get along in business together," said Pen, with one of her far-seeing looks. "Sara would tie you in a bowknot in business, and the older you two grow the more you are going to develop each other's worst sides." "Nevertheless, Sara shall never get you," said Jim grimly. Penelope gave Jim an odd glance. "Sara is my fate, Still Jim," she said soberly.
This is Pringle, who was so kind to me, uncle, when I was at the office." "Yes," said Uncle Richard, rather grimly; "Mr Pringle has already introduced himself, and ahem! told me of the friendly feeling which existed between you." The clerk, who had evidently been very uncomfortable, had brightened up a little at the sight of Tom, but his countenance fell again at Uncle Richard's words.
After a pause Worth continued: "I am going to start back to-night on the ten-thirty. When are you figuring on going back?" The engineer smiled grimly. "I can't figure on anything definite just now, Mr. Worth. I might as well tell you, I suppose, that I am no longer connected with the Company."
"You've been too good a friend to her," he went on somewhat grimly, "and you're not made of the right stuff for that sort of thing. I'm sorry for the kid because she's a bit of a pagan too, and it's hard to have to embrace respectability whether you want to or not." "Oh, damn!" Saltash exclaimed, suddenly and violently. "What more could any man have done? What the devil are you driving at?"
His hands were blistered, his legs felt weak, and a terrible thirst burned in his throat. All day he had gone grimly ahead, thankful for every physical discomfort, every throb of his strained, tired muscles. In his weariness and in his efforts to keep pace with the others he had forgotten Colonel Tom and Mary Underwood. All during that month and into the next Sam stayed with the old man's gang.
He retired early, to Duncan's surprise, and the next morning, without announcing his plans to anyone, saddled his pony and rode away toward the river trail. He took a circuitous route to reach it, riding slowly, with the air and manner of a man who is thinking deep thoughts, smiling much, though many times grimly. "Dakota isn't square," he said once aloud during one of his grim smiles.
My wife gasped and clutched at my elbow, little Jane screamed, and for a few seconds even I thought that the game had been played and that serious business was about to begin. Dawson gave us a few seconds of apprehension, and then laughed grimly. From his waistcoat pocket he drew a key, and the fetters were removed almost as quickly as they had been clapped on. "Tit for tat," said he.
"And I've about broke my back in the garden this summer. But boys are noisy, careless creatures I don't know as I could stand a boy around me." "Oh, Mickey is nice," Sister hastened to explain. "He's going to grow up and support his mother. He won't make any more noise than he can help." Miss Putnam smiled grimly. "I guess that's true," she said.
"Oh," he continued, a satirical note running now through his tempestuous voice, "it is a fine thing to cozen each other with honeyed words, with smirks and with grimaces. But we have done with that, madame." He towered grimly above her, shaking a threatening finger in her very face. "We have done with that. We shall resort to deeds, instead."
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