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But he would make only a front office kind of business man. The business must get on by itself pretty soon. Perhaps that idea for a selling company would not be a bad thing. And that would be the end of Parrott and Price.
The first thing I hear of him is that he's digging holes in the clay of Chickasaw Bluff, and his cap is fanned off by the blast of a Parrott six feet above his head. Next thing he turns up on that little expedition we took to get Porter to sea again. When we got to the gunboats, there was Brice's company on the flank. He handled those men surprisingly, sir surprisingly.
I had a battery of four twenty-pound Parrott guns, commanded by Captain Silversparre.
My name is Professor Diamond, and I am the inventor of the Telauto " But Hiram's curiosity did not extend to the professor's science. "The idee is," he broke in, eagerly, "did Ferd Parrott say anything about a morgidge and bill of sale bein' on this property, and be you prepared to clear off encumbrances?" "I am," declared the professor promptly.
"Die!" exclaimed Hooper, finding his voice. "She won't die with that young one here," he added, in scorn. "Now may I dance?" pleaded Rachel, plucking Miss Parrott's sleeve. "Do let me; you said I might." "Yes," said Miss Parrott, wrenching herself away from the operatic strains, to begin on a little old-fashioned jig.
While this scene was occurring in Doctor Harpe's office, Andy P. Symes in his office was toying impatiently with an unopened letter from Mudge as Mr. Percy Parrott, hat in hand, stood before him. "It's not that I'm worried at all, Mr.
Jackson's scarf about her shoulders with a gallantry that turned Jackson green, a neat compliment sent Mrs. Percy Parrott off in a series of the hysterical shrieks which always followed when Mrs. Parrott found herself at a loss for words. Long before Dr.
He viewed the welcoming throng through misty eyes as, with an entire appreciation of the imposing figure he presented, he bared his massive head in deference to Mrs. Terriberry, Mrs. Percy Parrott, Mrs. Starr and her two lovely daughters whose shrill shrieks were audible above the grinding of the car-wheels upon the rusty track.
To Rachel, powerless to stop her, it seemed the most terrible thing in all this world, and she burst out in her misery: "I'll stay here forever if you'll stop." That word "forever" did what nothing else could have achieved. It brought Miss Parrott to herself.
"Quite right," returned Harpending. "That's where you come in, Benito. We want you to draw us a bill and lobby it through the Legislature...." "The thing is to make it a law. Then the Governor must appoint a commission. The Latham and Parrott properties will be condemned and we can acquire them at a fair price." "Very well," Benito answered. "It's a go."
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