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When Miss Peppy made her appearance she was evidently not among the latter class. She was accompanied by Kenneth, and attended by Mrs Niven. Neither mistress nor maid had ever been in a railway station before. They belonged to that class of females who are not addicted to travelling, and who prefer stage-coaches of the olden times to railways.
He rounded on us, o' course, an' got off easy." "Excep' for what we gave him in the steerin'-flat when we came out o' cells. 'Eard anything of 'im lately, Pye?" "Signal Boatswain in the Channel Fleet, I believe Mr. L.L. Niven is." "An' Anstey died o' fever in Benin," Pritchard mused. "What come to Moon? Spit-Kid we know about." "Moon Moon!
Old Corporal Christy, bear-hunter of the North-West, who could "shoot the eye off an ant," as Niven said, leaned out over the parapet, or what was left of it, because he could take better aim lying down and the Germans were so thick that he could not afford any misses. Corporal Dover had to give up firing his machine-gun at last.
Having thus let off a little steam, the worthy lady rushed out of my house, entered the dining-room of Seaside Villa, where she found Kenneth and his father seated at breakfast, and related to them in wild surprise how that Bella and Kenneth had run away together the night before, and that she had come in hot haste to tell them so, but how it happened that Kenneth was there and Bella not there, she could not understand at all; and concluding that the incomprehensibilities of the world were culminating, and that the sooner she prepared for the final winding up of all terrestrial things the better, she ran to her own room, embraced the wondering Emmie, burst into a flood of tears, rummaged her pocket for her thimble, scissors, and key, and, not finding them there, fell into the arms of Mrs Niven, and fainted dead away for the second time that morning.
Of the six hundred and thirty-five men who had begun the fight at daybreak, one hundred and fifty men and four officers, Niven, Pappineau, Clark and Vandenberg, remained fit for duty. Vandenberg is a Hollander, but mostly he is Vandenberg. To him the call of youth is the call to arms. He knows the roads of Europe and the roads of Chihuahua.
The dirty clerk ushered the visitor into the presence of Mr Black, whose presence was more repulsive than it used to be. He received Mr Jack rather gruffly, and asked his business. "Oho! an eccentric character, gruff but honest," thought Mr Jack, who began by saying that he had just come from visiting his friend Mrs Niven.
"Ah! to be sure; well then . But you must never mention it, Niven." Miss Peppy said this with much solemnity, as if she were administering an oath. "On my honour, ma'am; trust me. I never mentions hanythink." "Well then, you must know," resumed Miss Peppy, with a cautious glance round the room, "my brother-in-law, Colonel Crusty, who lives in the town of Athenbury, is a military man "
When her old lodger made his appearance in her parlour, Mrs Niven exhibited symptoms which caused Peggy to glide swiftly forward and receive her in her arms, whence she was transferred to an easy-chair. Recovering, she gave Jack what, in the circumstances, was a hearty welcome. "Losh me, laddie, ye'll be the death o' me!"
Mr Black happened to have a female relative in the city named Mrs Niven the same Mrs Niven who had been landlady to Philosopher Jack. It was one of the root-principles of Mr Black's business character that he should make hay while the sun shone.
At that moment Mrs Niven entered, and handed a letter to Mr Stuart. "Niven," said Miss Peppy, who spoke so fast, all in one tone, that no one had a chance of interrupting her, "Niven, will you be so good as to go up-stairs and inquire whether the girl no, the boy I I mean the young human being, that " "La! ma'am," exclaimed the housekeeper in surprise, "why do you call her a boy?
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