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On her part, Miss Huntington looked upon him as her preserver, and did not hesitate to accord him that confidence which the circumstances of her situation would so naturally lead to, being delighted and entertained by the sketches he gave her of sea life and wild adventure upon the ocean, elicited by her suggestion.
Being Selections from the Lyra Catholica, Apostolica, Germanica, and other Sources, with an Introduction by PROF. F.D. HUNTINGTON. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 1859. Square 8vo. pp. 300.
She had another struggle then, and the tears started in spite of all that she could do. But she conquered them. "Much blood?" "No. Little, only at first." "Thank you, Pete." Then, turning to Hillyer: "I want you, Robert, please, to drive home, and tell Mrs. Huntington to make up a bundle of the things I shall need. Wait! A pencil and a bit of paper, please."
He whirled, and confronted the silent row of men on the other side. "Is there anybody else here who thinks he can drive me out of Paradise Park?" Still no one replied; and Haig, with a shrug, thrust his revolver back in its holster. "Thompson!" he called out. "Here!" was the answer, in the same tone of readiness with which he had responded to Huntington.
"Legal right, maybe," Huntington went on. "But he didn't have any real right to more than his share. We organized, bunched our cattle, and stayed with 'em. That way we were stronger than he, and soon had his cattle starving. Then he disappeared, and we didn't see anything of him for three weeks. And what do you suppose the damned skunk "
Others bore testimony in similar words, so that we may regard it as proved that, both in 1835 and 1836, demonstrations were made which, uncouth though they were, compared to present-day perfection, proved that the electric telegraph was about to emerge from the realms of fruitless experiment. Among these witnesses were Daniel Huntington, Hon.
Two days later the following advertisement appeared in the Cincinnati papers: Wanted, information regarding Miss Violet Draper Huntington, who left her home, No. Auburn avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, to take a music lesson in the city.
Doctor Norris told me " He paused to look intently at Claire "Doctor Norris told me that nothing but the most careful nursing can save him." "Let the Chinaman do it!" Huntington blurted out. Hillyer shook his head. "No. Norris says he will not trust him. You see, Haig's pleading for water must be denied. He can command the Chinaman, and that Besides, all this is not to the point.
"I'll go there right enough!" he bellowed. "I'll go, when I get ready. I'll go when he's able to stand up and take what's coming to him. As for her you can take her things, and her trunks too, while you're about it." Hillyer gazed at him dumbfounded for just a breath of time. Then his own face flamed. "Quite right, Mr. Huntington!" he said, taking a step toward him.
"Indeed, I want to go!" she cried quickly, though there was a big lump in her throat. "You took me by surprise, that's all." "I should say so!" said Claire. "Think you're smart, don't you? We might have been all dressed for it if you'd only told us. When do we start, Big Boss?" Huntington recovered his good spirits quickly, assured that he had succeeded after all.
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