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"And the nature of this er invasion?" stammered the bewildered writer of humorous tales. "There is no reason why I should not say at once that I do not yet quite know," replied Dr. Silence. "I may first have to make one or two experiments " "On me?" gasped Pender, catching his breath. "Not exactly," the doctor said, with a grave smile, "but with your assistance, perhaps.
"Do you know why they were dropped?" "Yes, Tom, but I don't want you to say anything about it." "There's a report around that they were found cutting loose in the village," put in Sam. "Well, as I said before, I don't want to speak about it," went on Dick. A few of the boys dared to question Flapp and Pender, but got no satisfaction.
"But now, tell me," he added, after a pause, handing to the perplexed author a pencil-drawing he had made of the dark countenance that had appeared to him during the night on Putney Hill "tell me if you recognize this face?" Pender looked at the drawing closely, greatly astonished. He shuddered as he looked.
Lane, meanwhile, was advancing astride the road; Archer and Pender, in accordance with Jackson's orders, were sweeping round through the forest, and Field and Stafford were in rear of Branch. A fresh brigade had come up to sustain the defeated Federals; but gallantly as they fought, the Northerners could make no head against overwhelming numbers.
Jared Pender, an old schoolmate of mine, and with whom I made several voyages abroad years ago," said Mr. Stormways. "He is in the employ of the Government now, and has to make visits all over the country, you know." Paul had once met a gentleman who was a post-office inspector, and somehow took it for granted that Mr.
"And where does it come in?" asked Kirk. "But wait a bit, now," said Aaron Sisson. "You take an educated man take Pender. What's his education for? What does he scheme for? What does he contrive for? What does he talk for? "For all the purposes of his life," replied the landlady. "Ay, an' what's the purpose of his life?" insisted Aaron Sisson.
It is a very deadly fire. In the darkness it may disorganize " The forage cap was gone. The blue eyes showed full and deep. "You must hold your ground, General Pender. You must hold out to the last, sir." "I will, general, I will," said Pender. A litter was found and brought, and Stonewall Jackson was laid upon it. The little procession moved toward Dowdall's Tavern.
"A gold mine, perhaps," said Flapp. "I need one just now. Betting on Jackson nearly cleaned me out." "It's no gold mine, but it may prove useful to us," answered the other cadet. The crowd started off, and Pender led the way through the woods and partly around the rocky hill in the center of the island. "I ran into it quite by accident," he said.
"I don't pretend to understand," Pender said, when the account was finished, "but I and my wife are intensely relieved to be free of it all. Only I must say I should like to know something of the former history of the house. When we took it six months ago I heard no word against it." Dr. Silence drew a typewritten paper from his pocket.
Pender saw this he nodded his head, and declared that because Solus had shown that he possessed a tender heart, for all his assumed fierceness, he would make it as easy for him when the case to trial, as he could. After Mr. Pender had searched the place, and accumulated what evidence he needed, all of them got into the car, Willie still sound asleep. Then they started over the road for Stanhope.
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