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Murray was a good deal touched with purse-pride the most offensive and contemptible description of pride in the world and would never have suffered an intimacy, were it not for the reason I have alleged.
What's the chances for some grub now, on account? I'm going to ship that sacked ore." "Danged poor with me," answered Bunker with decision. "You'd better try your luck with Murray." "Oh, boosting for Murray, eh?" remarked Denver sarcastically. "Well, I may take you up on that, but it's too far to walk now and I've been living on beans for a week. I guess I'm good for a few dollars' worth."
The nearest waiter, who chanced not to be Jimmy, who was then in the kitchen, came hurriedly forward. "Open up some wine," commanded Murray. "Come on, boys! Bring your chairs over here," he continued, addressing his companions; "let's have a little party." Elizabeth Compton rose. "You will oblige me," she said, "by leaving our table." Steve Murray laughed uproariously.
"Get out of this park, Charlie Finnegan, where us thieves and tramps and boozers are your betters; and take your dirty money with you." Finnegan drifted out by another walk. The Captain returned to his seat. "I couldn't avoid hearing," said Murray, drearily. "I think you are the biggest fool I ever saw." "What would you have done?" asked the Captain. "Nailed Pickering to the cross," said Murray.
The town went into bat first, and by the time their innings was finished, so were the refreshments. When returning from the Court House with my £20 deposit after the nomination, I was way-laid by Sergeant Murray, of the police, who in oily sentences of congratulation suggested that I should give half of the money towards the erection of a Roman Catholic church, then about to be built.
Instant preparations were made for war; the musters were called out, the fleet was manned, troops were raised in readiness to embark for Flushing; and immediate overtures were made to Mar the second Regent in Scotland since the murder of Murray for handing Mary over to him to be executed.
However, Elizabeth was not the woman to be satisfied with useless vengeance: she soon released the countess, and turned her eyes towards Murray, the most discontented of the nobles in opposition, who by this marriage was losing all his personal influence. It was thus easy for Elizabeth to put arms in his hand.
Poor Wasser had lingered on from day to day, it appearing that each hour would prove his last, when, just at daybreak on the fourth morning, after leaving harbour, he called Murray, with a faint voice, to his side. "Me go, massa! me go up dere, good-bye," he whispered, and with his hand pointing upwards, he fell back. His arms dropped by his side, and Murray saw that the faithful lad was dead.
Carter's gate, and asked me to look out a reference which he thought I might find in one of Mr. Murray's books." Mrs. Murray smiled, and said: "Do you intend to receive him in that calico dress?" "Why not? I am sure it is very neat; it is perfectly new, and fits me well." "And is very suitable to wear to the Parsonage, but not quite appropriate when Gordon Leigh takes tea here.
Some Iroquois, of the Five Nations, informed M. de Vaudreuil at Montreal, that General Amherst was marching to invade Canada with a very considerable army by the rapids and Lake Ontario, whilst General Murray had orders to come up the river with his army from Quebec, and join Gen. Amherst at Montreal.
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