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"Hell beneath! might be a more appropriate exclamation," the doctor laughed. "But, seriously, Mr. Pender, this is what I propose to do with your permission." "Of course, of course," cried the other, "you have my permission and my best wishes for success. I can see no possible objection, but " "But what?" "I pray to Heaven you will not undertake this experiment alone, will you?"
Pender might be engaged in some similar business; at any rate it concerned him not at all he concluded, just what the gentleman's private affairs might be, and he gave the subject little thought. After supper the two boys once more ascended to the snuggery near the roof.
This came to me as a certainty in the middle of my noisy laughter and distressed me." "Any impression who it could have been?" asked the doctor, now listening with close attention to every word, very much on the alert. Pender hesitated and tried to smile. He brushed his hair from his forehead with a nervous gesture.
Pender shifted his chair a little closer to the friendly doctor and then went on in the same nervous voice with his narrative. "After making some notes of my impressions I finally got upstairs again to bed. It was four o'clock in the morning.
While in Paris, Edison had met Sir John Pender, the English "cable king," and had received an invitation from him to make a visit to his country residence: "Sir John Pender, the master of the cable system of the world at that time, I met in Paris.
What brought them to Oakville?" "We had better not let them see us with this stuff," said Pender hurriedly. "We'll get into hot water if they do." They lost no time in putting their purchases out of sight. Then they walked out on the street and stood leaning against the posts of a wooden awning. "There is Flapp and his crowd now," said Tom, catching sight of the trio.
Pender; but the occupants were plainly desirous of obtaining information of some sort, and had selected him and Jack as the ones most likely to give it. As he hurried on, he tried to control himself. It would never do to show more than natural curiosity in his actions.
"Meetings are meetings, Senator." Crane ticked it off on his fat fingers. "Pender of the Army, Bright of the Navy, Jones of the Air Force, Hagen of the FBI, Wilson from Treasury they all trooped through here into your private conference room." He pointed pompously at his own chest. "But Crane of the Senate " "You forgot Birch of the State Department," Brent cut in. "Or hasn't he arrived yet?"
"I am going down to Cedarville this evening," he said. "I want you to go along and invite Jackson and Pender and Rockley." "Going to have a good time?" asked Ben Hurdy. "Yes and you can tell the others so, and tell them if they know some others who want a good time, and can keep their mouths shut about it, to bring them along. But mind, Hurdy, we want no blabbers."
"Lew Flapp stepped on my right foot, and he did it just as hard as he could," said Dick. "I I didn't," growled Flapp. "I say you did and what is more, I think you did it on purpose." "He did it to lame you, so you couldn't jump against Pender," came from Tom. "Flapp, did you step on Rover's foot on purpose?" demanded George Strong. "No, sir didn't step on it at all." "It is very strange.
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