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But he could not explain the parting to the child, though death is such a common thing out there. Yet it is hard to believe our own can die. We are never ready for that. How you will manage " The customs officers had come. Captain Corwin went out to meet them. Chilian Leverett dropped into the well-worn leather-covered chair that had been fine in its day. A heavy burthen had been laid upon him.
The camp was situated 200 yards from the buildings, and covered a good space of ground, the camels always being curled round into a circle whenever we camped; the huge bags and leather-covered boxes and pack-saddles filling up most of the space. On this Sunday afternoon a number of women, and girls, were escorted over by the housekeeper.
We ought to have a trumpeter to herald his arrival but the white and red ensign with the golden crown it's in the leather-covered trunk in my room the one with the most steamer labels on it go bring it, Claiborne, and we'll throw it to the free airs of Virginia. And be quick they ought to be here by this time!"
"So you think I am making a mistake with Archibald?" she asked quietly; and growing tired of standing, she sank instinctively into one of the capacious leather-covered chairs by the table. "But the question is are you able to judge?" "Well, I'm a man, and I hate to see a boy coddled. It's going to be devilish hard on the kid when he grows up."
It added increased bitterness to the humiliation of my errand. I had left that room defiantly expressing my independence. I had come back to it "Sit down," ordered Colton, pulling forward the big, leather-covered chair. "Have a cigar?" "No thank you." "Humph! That's what you said when you were here before. You're young, Paine.
She read in a gentle, fervent voice some of the ancient miracles of healing from the English columns of the leather-covered German and English Testament, while the exhausted Wilhelmina still held her hand and wrestled for the breath of life. Then Phillida knelt by the well-worn wooden-bottom chair while Mrs.
The Phoenix strutted up and down the leather-covered table, looking over its shoulder at its pretty back. 'You see what a convincing manner I have, it said proudly. And now a new gentleman came in and said, bowing low 'Everything is prepared we have done our best at so short a notice; the meeting the ceremony will be in the board-room.
He was ushered into the parlor by Wang Kum, who assured him that Louise would soon be at home, and rolled out the great leather-covered chair from its accustomed corner, in order that the Reverend Gabriel might be as comfortable as possible, while he awaited her coming. Then he withdrew, leaving the guest to his meditations. They were not altogether enjoyable ones, however.
There, pulling me down beside him upon a leather-covered sofa, he exclaimed, "What have you done? Great God! Do you know what you have done? Corruption of a minor, abduction, kidnapping! You have got yourself into a nice mess! You have simply rendered yourself liable to a sentence of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years." "Mercy on us!"
He had some thought of looking at the collections for his history, but, after pulling open one of the drawers in which they were stored, he pushed it to again, and sank listlessly into his leather-covered swivel-chair, which stood in its place before the wide writing-table, and seemed to have had him in it before he sat down.
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