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"Lunch with half a dozen of the cleverest and most strenuous men I ever met and not at Hofer's house, by the way, but out at the Cliff House, up in a tower, where we had a superb view of the ocean and Golden Gate; then motored about the city for three hours, then down to Burlingame for dinner, then back to supper at one of the restaurants.
He motored up to the scene of the catastrophe and addressed the crowd at the pit's mouth. Many of those present were the relatives of the entombed miners. 'It is very difficult, he said, 'for us to understand why God should let such an awful disaster happen, but we know Him, and trust Him, and all will be right. I have at home, the Bishop continued, 'an old bookmarker given me by my mother.
We were next whizzed to the Outrigger Club, and if everyone had seen how hard Warren Shannon paddled to reach the crest of a wave before it broke, they would all be convinced that he was the hardest working supervisor we have. John H. Wilson, the mayor of Honolulu, motored our party around the island and gave us a luncheon at a hotel near one of the beaches.
"They are coming back and she has not started," said Belle, who had the marine glasses. "But she will," declared Cora. "Yes, there she comes! Oh isn't it exciting! To have the queer girl beat all those who pride themselves on their skill. I wonder who or what she can be?" queried Hazel. "Here come our boys," said Belle, as the beautiful golden Peter Pan motored over to the smaller Petrel.
"Where have you been?" cried Elise, but Azalea ignored the question and quickly spoke to some one else. Mona and Roger Farrington were there, and Philip Van Reypen and Chick Channing. This quartette had motored up from New York to dine, and Patty had already persuaded them to say they would stay over night. "I'm crazy for a house party," she said, "haven't had one for 'most a week! Oh, yes.
He determined to investigate that possibility as soon as he returned to the moat-house. He reached his destination only to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Weyne had motored over to the moat-house to pay their condolences to the family. He remounted his bicycle and rode back as fast as he could, chagrined to think that he had wasted the best part of an afternoon in a fruitless errand.
Lunched at Martingale's with man and woman unknown to me Martingale's," he repeated with a sneer "'Motored through Park with Mrs. Wilmer until five. Mrs. Wilmer," he exclaimed, "there's a woman I've positively forbidden her to speak to." Jimmy only shook his head and Alfred continued to read. "'Had tea with Mr. and Mrs.
Winifred, coming down at last, found that she had come too late. Maxwell told her as they motored up from the station. "Wish me happiness, Win. I am going to marry little Anne." It did not enter his head for a moment that the woman by his side loved him. He had thought that if she ever married him it would be a sort of concession on her part, a sacrifice to her interest in his future.
Lady Meade and two or three visitors had motored out from Hartleytree to assist, and Manning had come in with his tremendous confirmation of all that the morning papers had foreshadowed. "Have you any news?" asked Mr. Britling. "It's war!" said Mrs. Britling. "They are in Luxemburg," said Manning. "That can only mean that they are coming through Belgium." "Then I was wrong," said Mr.
While we were at Wiesbaden we seldom spent much time at the dinner table, as J. P. usually took his choice between walking in the garden of the Kurhaus and listening to the orchestra and going to the opera. One night we motored over to Frankfort to hear Der Rosenkavalier, but the excursion was a dismal failure.
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