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Partridge did not long survive the resuscitation of his Almanac. What had been fiction became fact on June 24th, 1715, and his virtues and accomplishments, delineated by a hand more friendly than Swift's, were long decipherable, in most respectable Latin, on his tomb in Mortlake Churchyard. The Partridge hoax has left a permanent trace in our classical literature.
"It's a long story," said the ragged man, while the younger members of the party looked on in astonishment, "but I can tell you that Gene Mortlake has reached the end of his tether. I've heard all you said about him, and my interest in him you know already." "I know that you were swindled out of your fortune by some man years ago, and then disappeared," said Mr. Bell.
Harding came puffing up. "Oh, so you got the boy, hey?" he cackled, but Mortlake shut him off with a quick word. "No. This is the real Roy Prescott. It seems that a trick has been put up on us all. The lad we mistook for Roy Prescott was some one impersonating him. This lad has been the victim of a vile plot.
No revolution, so far as we are aware, has distracted modern England, and Sir Richard and Lady Burton still sleep in sepulchral pomp in their marmorean Arab Tent at Mortlake.
"You remember he went out after me; at least, so Mrs. Drabdump said at the inquest." "That last conversation he had with you, Tom," said Denzil. "He didn't say anything to you that would lead you to suppose " "No, of course not!" interrupted Mortlake, impatiently. "Do you really think he was murdered, Tom?" said Denzil. "Mr.
I was anxious to inspect the Prescott type of monoplane before visiting another aeroplane plant in this neighborhood, the the " The officer drew out a small morocco covered notebook and referred to it. "The Mortlake Aeroplane Company," he concluded. "Oh, yes. They are just down the road, within a stone's throw of here.
You are dreaming," scoffed Fanning. A dull flush overspread Jimsy's ordinarily placid face. "After a while I'll wake up, maybe," he said, "and then ." He stopped. "Well, let's see about getting Roy home," he said, "Peggy, you can drive the Blue Bird and Fanning and Miss Mortlake can sit in the other machine as soon as we get the wheel back.
When I heard her name was Regina, and on the top of that heard you mention the name of Mortlake, I knew that fate, in its strange whirligig, had brought my daughter back to me." "To-night, with Mr. Bell, I sought her, and she has consented to forgive me for my years of neglect. The rest of my life will be spent in atoning for the past. That is all."
General Read found record of a Henry Hudson, mentioned by Stow as a citizen of London in the year 1558, who may also have been a son of the alderman; of a Captain Thomas Hudson, of Limehouse, who had a leading part in an expedition set forth "into the parts of Persia and Media" by the Muscovy Company in the years 1577-81; of a Thomas Hudson, of Mortlake, who was a friend of Dr.
He spoke quite distinctly; Mortlake must have heard every word. Cynthia looked nonplussed for a moment; then she laughed. "Come any time you like, my dear boy. . . . I am always pleased to see you any afternoon, you know." She smiled and nodded. Jimmy felt that he had been dismissed. After a moment he walked away. His heart was a dead weight in his breast. He sat down again beside Christine.
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