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Altogether, a trim, well-found yacht which might have voyaged round the world without mishap. The dinghy was sent off with the mate and a couple of seamen, and entered the harbour to enquire for Rivière at the harbour-master's office, according to arrangement. "Pleased to meet you, sir," said the mate. "Mrs Matheson's compliments, and will you come aboard?" "Is Mr Larssen on the yacht?" "No.
Every word fell clean-cut upon their ears, every note was rich with feeling, as Brown in this strange fashion made his plea, took his stand with George Matheson's deathless words of passionate loyalty: "Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, And I shall conqueror be.
In my case, at least, the Chinese did not forget their precept, "deal gently with strangers from afar." I left Shanghai on Sunday, February 11th, by the Jardine Matheson's steamer Taiwo. One kind friend, a merchant captain who had seen life in every important seaport in the world, came down, though it was past midnight, to bid me farewell. We shook hands on the wharf, and for the last time.
One was Fox's "Gradus ad Parnassum," a treatise on composition and counterpoint; the other Matheson's "The Complete Capellmeister." Happy in the possession of these books, Josef used every moment outside of school and choir practise to study them. He loved fun and games as well as any boy, but music always came first.
Fortunately Matheson's weapon was shivered by coming in contact with a metal button on his opponent's coat. Explanations were then offered, and the two adversaries became friends indeed, close friends afterward.
The letter was in handwriting, and had not been press-copied. Larssen noted that point at once with satisfaction. But the letter itself gave him uneasiness. It explained nothing of Matheson's motives. From the 'phone conversation with Olive, it was clear that she had no suspicion that her husband wanted to withdraw from the Hudson Bay deal.
"Great little dance," he said. "My last in Prospect for a spell, I guess." "Why?" asked Joan wonderingly. "Oh, I'm going to take a run down to South America in Matheson's schooner. Lord knows when I'll come back. This old place has got too deadly dull to suit me. I'm going to look for something livelier." Joan's lips turned ashen under the fringes of her white fascinator.
What could be learnt from the pathological condition of an amoeba might lay the foundations for the conquering of cancer in man, and a hundred other diseases as well. Matheson's idea was a revolutionary one a master-idea like a master-patent. It held limitless possibilities for the alleviation of human pain and suffering.
Another shot was fired, but this missed them, and before it could be repeated they had wrested the pistol from the hand of Matheson's wife. She was firmly secured, and they then entered the kitchen, where, crouched upon the floor, lay some seven or eight negro men and women in an agony of terror.
But Shenac Bhan looked very much as if she did not intend to do even that, till the door opened again, and Mr Rugg walked in, followed by Dan, and between them they carried a spinning-wheel. "A big wheel, just like Mary Matheson's!" exclaimed Shenac Bhan. "No; a decided improvement upon that," said Mr Rugg, preparing to put on the rim and the head.
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