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Updated: May 3, 2025
Howes goes to a certain doctor, professedly to consult him about the method of making a cement for earthen vessels, no doubt crucibles. His account of him is amusing, and reminds one of Ben Jonson's Subtle. This was one of the many quacks who gulled men during that twilight through which alchemy was passing into chemistry.
If it depended on us, the cause would be as good as ended, but they are beaten, thanks to their dirty politics, before they even face us." "I don't understand." "'T is simple enough when one knows the undercurrents. Germaine was against appointing the Howes, and has always hated them.
Betsy's personal appeal did not, therefore, touch his heart to any great extent. He surmised also that for Seth Howes and his wife to ask help for some person other than themselves premised a darky in the woodpile somewhere. But for the daughter of Emily Richards to be suggested as a possible housekeeper at the Cy Whittaker place that was interesting, certainly.
Or if he did, he might perhaps leave the wall to crumble into extinction, so that the rancor and bitterness of the Howes and Websters would come to an end, and the enmity of a hundred years be wasted! Would not such an inglorious termination of the feud go down to history as a capitulation of the Websters? Why, the broil had become famous throughout the State.
To hear the fellow, you would fancy that there was scarce any appointment made in which he had not a share. He told me, for instance, of Charles Fox being turned out of his place a day before poor Charley himself was aware of the fact. He told me when the Howes were coming back from America, and who was to succeed to the command there.
John gazed at her in puzzled surprise. "Deny it?" he repeated. "Deny what?" Before Miss Howes could answer Heman Daniels spoke. "Kendrick," he said, importantly, "Miss Howes has heard something concerning you which she doesn't like to believe." "Indeed? Did she hear it from you, may I ask?" "She did." "And that is why she doesn't believe it? Daniels, I'm surprised.
She went into Boston with one of the high-school girls and bought a charming little plaid woollen frock for Mattie Howe and a beautiful doll to fill the little mother's arms when they were not occupied with a real baby. For Charles Augustus, she selected an harmonicon, and toys for the other three Howes.
We'll settle for passage tomorrow mornin'. Now, ma'am," turning to Thankful, "you and your relation want to make yourselves as comf'table as you can. This is Miss Parker, Kenelm's sister. Hannah, this is Mrs. Barnes, Eben Barnes' widow. You've heard me speak of him. And this is Miss Howes. I cal'late they're hungry and I know they're wet.
Towards evening I took them out to the New Exchange, and there my wife bought things, and I did give each of them a pair of Jesimy Edmund Howes, Stows continuator, informs us that sweet or perfumed gloves were first brought into England by the Earl of Oxford on his return from Italy, in the fifteenth year of Queen Elizabeth, during whose reign, and long afterwards, they were very fashionable.
Well, if you hear me holler you'll know I'm goin' under for the third time, so come quick. Here goes!" Lantern in hand, she splashed out into the wet, windy darkness. Miss Howes, left to share with General Jackson the "sociability" of the shed, watched that lantern with faint hope and strong anxiety.
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