United States or South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Aldate's College, along with three guides, were making the ascent of the Piz Margatsch, in the Bernina Alps, this morning, one of the party happened to slip near the great gulley known as the Gouffre. Mr. Oswald and two of the guides were precipitated over the edge of the cliff and killed immediately: the breaking of the rope at a critical moment alone saved the lives of Mr.
When Edie returned from her walk that afternoon, Mrs. Oswald went up into her bedroom to see her daughter. She knew at once from Edie's radiant blushing face and moist eyes what had taken place, and she kissed the pretty shrinking girl tenderly on her forehead. 'Edie darling, I hope you will be happy, she whispered significantly.
Oswald from this moment felt disturbed; it appeared to him that all was near to being revealed, that Corinne was about to be proclaimed an angel among women, that he should be forced to reveal his sentiments, that his claim would be disputed and the prize ravished from him a kind of dazzling cloud seemed to pass before his eyes he feared his sight might fail him he was ready to faint, and retired for some moments behind a pillar.
Oswald Carey, glancing from Mary's face to Dacre's, quietly resolved to keep these two from coming together that evening if she could prevent it. She now urged Mary to take her to her father while she "delivered Miss Windsor's message," a word adopted on the moment; and Mary had to go with her.
And she says to Oswald: "I'm going to make one little suggestion, because you seem so utterly helpless: You must get a nice doormat to lay directly in front of your trunk, and you must always keep the key under this mat. Lock the trunk and hide the key there. It's what people always do, and it will be quite safe, because no one would ever think of looking under a doormat for a key.
Oswald De Gex, the well-known international financier, is to be entertained on Thursday next to luncheon by the Lord Mayor and Corporation at the Mansion House. The Prime Ministers of Spain and the Netherlands, who are in London on official business, will be included among the guests. Mr. De Gex, though he has a house in London, is seldom here.
Chapel of S. Oswald, the Holy Trinity Chapel above it. Chapel of S. Benedict. Chapel of SS. Kyneburga and Kyneswitha, sisters of Peada and Wulfere, the original founders of the monastery. Choir. Sacristy. Choir-screen. Front of rood-loft. Nave. Gate to grave-yard. Gate to Prior's lodging. Minster close. Gatehouse to Abbot's lodging, with the Knights' chamber above.
Challoner no longer wondered at his daughter's choice. "Thank God!" fell from the sick man's lips, and then there was a silence during which their two hands met. It was some minutes before either spoke and then it was Oswald who said: "I must confide to you certain facts. I honoured your daughter and realised her position fully.
They then perceived in the sea, the reflection of a torch carried by the unknown hand of one who traversed the shore, repairing secretly to a neighbouring house. "He is going to see the object of his love;" said Oswald. "Yes," answered Corinne. "And my happiness, for to-day, is about to end," resumed Oswald.
'Oswald, said Captain Ingram, 'the gale is breaking, and I think before morning we shall have had the worst of it. I shall lie down for an hour or two: call me if there be any change. Oswald Bareth, a tall, sinewy-built, and handsome specimen of transatlantic growth, examined the whole circumference of the horizon before he replied.
Word Of The Day