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But at first Happy Rest was unblessed and uncursed by the presence of any one who did not wear pantaloons. On the fifth day of its existence, however, when the arrival of an express agent indicated that Capital had formally acknowledged the existence of Happy Rest, there was an unusual commotion in the never-quiet village.
The helm was put up, the yards were squared, and on she stood towards a collection of rocky islands, islets, and shoals, apparently to destruction. The never-quiet ocean was sending dense masses of spray and foam over the rocks. The old pilot stood calm by the Captain's side.
I told her I had never found it so. "But then you have your friend. Has Mr. Halifax any brothers or sisters?" "None. No relatives living." "Ah!" a compassionate ejaculation, as she pulled a woodbine spray, and began twisting it with those never-quiet fingers of hers. "You and he seem to be great friends." "John is a brother, friend, everything in the world to me." "Is he? He must be very good.
His heath was excellent, and he never appeared to greater advantage. Tall and portly, yet graceful in movement, his wealth of white hair set off his mobile, expressive features, with their never-quiet dark eyes. The new house built by Mr.
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