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If he once learns to speak English, he will soon forget all his native cunning and pride of race." Let us see how this theory worked with Charley Bent. As soon as the educated half-breed set his foot on his native heath he readily found enough ambitious young bucks of his own age who were willing to look on him as their leader.
They reached a village where her leader deemed it adviseable to drive for the remainder of the distance up the valley to the barrier snow-mountain. She assented instantly, she had no longer any active wishes of her own, save to make amends to her brother, who was and would ever be her brother: she could not be robbed of their relationship.
It is no small tribute to his singleness of mind and lofty character that in the "dreary intercourse of daily life," lived in that primitive, communal fashion, which admits of no illusions and scarcely any secrets, he retained by the force of personality the reverence of the faithful, and ever in this hour of defeat and negation remained their leader and lord the symbol, in fact, of their loyalty to Allah, and their supreme belief in his guidance and care.
What are the results of the directions of this wise, loving leader who can come so close to God that He teaches her to help us to come, too. Oh, father, this obstacle, this foolish argument, meets nearly every one in the path you are treading, and tries to turn him back. I do hope, for your sake, you will decline to give that very flabby error-fairy a backbone, or let it detain you longer.
It would seem that Elimelech, who of course was a different person from Malchiel, was their leader, and as Elimelech is a Canaanitish name, we may conclude that the majority of his followers were also of Canaanitish descent. The scene of their hostilities was to the south of Jerusalem.
Her ladyship's disgust was heightened when she found the best piece of all a magnificent white mantilla in the possession of a rival leader of fashion, who refused to say where she had got it, or how.
There was one child so young that his squadron leader would not let him go out across the battle-lines to challenge any German scout in the clouds or do any of the fancy "stunts" that were part of the next day's program. He went to bed sulkily, and then came back again, in his pajamas, with rumpled hair. "Look here, sir," he said. "Can't I go? I've got my wings.
"Signed. ROSE ASHLEY TUTTLE, First Lieutenant Co. There were grave faces all about her as she read what she had written and then pushed the paper from her. Presently a voice remarked: "Girls, good soldiers always follow their leader." Then another figure glided to the table and a third signature was appended to the document.
Hundreds of citizens stood about, but they needed a leader. "Come on, men!" roared Jack. "Help me off with this longest ladder." A dozen pair of hands reached for it at once. Off came the ladder with a bound, while other men pressed up to aid. "Right up to the sill of the window where that woman is!" shouted young Captain Benson.
Nat belonged to them, so they felt he was the son of their dead founder and leader and they determined the Regulars should not have him all to themselves. They had come to bid him welcome on behalf of the worshipers at the chapel.
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