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"Let me have your tickets," said the baggage-window man. "I guess you can still make the ten-forty-five." Well, though, as Mr. Horton expressed it, they "had to hustle," they did make the ten-forty-five. They went down in an elevator to board the train and the ticket man at the gate would not let Mr. Horton through.
Quayle was married in 1835, to Eleanor Cannon, of the Isle of Man, by whom he has had eleven children, of whom seven are living. The eldest son, Thomas, is ship builder by trade, and is still connected with the vessel interests, though not building them. W. H. is also of the same trade as his father, and engaged with him, as is also Geo. L. Chas. E. has been a number of years with Alcott & Horton.
"It's the hand of the law. Here's a warrant for Roger Damer, and it's his body we've come for. You will put the handcuffs on him, Constable Andersen, and if he tries to stop you Tom has full authority to pound the wickedness out of him." "Hold on," said the big man. "That's your way of it. Now has it struck you that there are things we might do?" "Oh, yes," said Horton with undiminished gravity.
Then he crossed to the telephone, rang up a number, and ordered his car to be at the house in half an hour. Then he rang for Horton, who brought me a liqueur glass of old brandy, which at my host's suggestion I swallowed. Mr. De Gex, standing upon the thick Turkey hearthrug with his cigar between his lips, watched me closely.
"It is a tobacco factory," he replied. "Be jabers, we have come to the right place. I want about half a ton of it. We are not robbers, and I will pay for what we take." Then another idea struck him. "Wait a moment, I will be back again in no time. Horton, do you stay here and take charge of the men. I am going back to the colonel."
Horton, when he was told of her ladyship's desire to see Steadman, 'and that cannot be allowed, not for some little time at least. 'She is very angry with us for refusing to obey her, said Lady Mary. 'Naturally, but it is for her own welfare she is disobeyed. She can have nothing to say to Steadman which will not keep till she is better. This establishment goes by clockwork.
But this colored guest was treated with all that courtesy and attention to which his intelligence, worth and accomplished manners so justly entitle him. About noon, we left Edgecome, and drove two miles farther, to Horton an estate owned by Foster Clarke, Esq., an attorney for twenty-two estates, who is now temporarily residing in England.
Horton, who was down at the gate with Grandma inspecting the garden, was startled. "Sunny Boy!" she cried, and came running toward them. "What happened? Are you hurt?" "He's all right," Grandpa assured her cheerfully. "Just fell into the brook and got a little damp, that's all. Mercy, Olive, don't look like that brooks were made for boys to fall into.
Before the mountain roads were mired with the coming of the rains, and while the air held its sparkle of autumnal zestfulness, Samson South wrote to Wilfred Horton that, if he still meant to come to the hills for his inspection of coal and timber, the time was ripe.
Miss Starland stood beside her brother, her instrument leveled, while he used only his unaided eyes. After a time he remarked: "That boat seems to be moving slowly." "It isn't moving at all." She handed the binocular to him, and a moment after pointing it, he exclaimed: "You are right; it looks as if they did not care for a closer acquaintance." Mate Horton joined them.
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