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Updated: May 22, 2025
His mischief consisted, as usual, in such exploits as stopping up the keyhole of the door, upsetting the teacher's inkstand, or fixing something to his desk to make a noise and interrupt the school. It so happened that there was a standing feud between the boys of his neighborhood and those of another situated a mile or two from it.
You may add to my present unhappiness by pressing me, but you cannot change my purpose; it will be a comfort to me if you will let the matter rest": and, dipping his pen into the inkstand, he fixed his eyes intently on the paper.
"Cuthbert, simple and unsuspicious, and as easily deceived as a child, brought the laudanum to him and bid him adieu for the night. And it was in the interval between the last visit of the turnkey and the special visit of the governor that the prisoner drank the whole of the laudanum. And then to prevent suspicion he washed the label from the bottle and poured in a little ink from his inkstand.
The beauty of your gift quite overcame me. Allow me to thank you and express my appreciation of it." Marian smiled affectedly at the judge's words, in a manner so foreign to her former, blunt, good-natured self, that the girl chums watched her in silent amazement. But the judge's inkstand was merely the fore-runner of surprises. A sudden cry from Grace attracted the attention of the others.
"Writing is not easy for me," answered Martha, "and you could do it so much better than I can. It is a long time since I have written anything." "Just give it to me, Martha, and I'll write for you if you will only tell me what." Cornelli readily took hold of the pen and dipped it into the bottom of the inkstand.
Thorndyke examined it attentively, and then asked: "Did you break the inkstand yesterday?" The boy stared at him in amazement. "Yes, I did," he answered. "How did you know?" "I didn't, or I should not have asked. But I see that he has used his stylo to write this note." The boy regarded Thorndyke distrustfully, as he continued: "I really called to see if your Mr.
"Good evening," replied Rene Drucquer, meeting with some hesitation the slow, kindly glance. The Provincial leant forward and took from the tray of the inkstand a quill pen. With the point of it he followed the lines written in the book before him. "I understand," he said, in a modulated and business-like tone, "that you have been entirely successful?" "I believe so."
There isn't a law goes before Congress, there isn't a concession granted, there isn't an import duty levied but what H. P. Mellinger he cooks and seasons it. In the front office I fill the president's inkstand and search visiting statesmen for dirks and dynamite; but in the back room I dictate the policy of the government. You'd never guess in the world how I got my pull.
And when the hour of the birth was at hand, the sons said to Jannetella, "We will retire to the top of yonder hill or rock opposite; if you give birth to a son, put an inkstand and a pen up at the window; but if you have a little girl, put up a spoon and a distaff.
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