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I have never seen such an expression upon any man's face as that upon Perry's when he recognized me. I have no words wherewith to describe it. There was not time to talk then scarce for a greeting. I thrust the full, loaded revolver into his hand, fired the last shot in my own, and reloaded. There were but six Sagoths left then.
For myself, I wish with all my heart that I had Perry's power; I wish that those throngs of young men would feel impelled to come in and talk to me, easily and simply. I have, it is true, several faithful friends, but very few of them will come except in response to a definite invitation; and really, if they do not want to come, I do not at all wish to force them to do so.
But at times you seem so indifferent, and you can't understand how it hurts. I haven't anybody but you, now, and it's in your power to make me happy or or miserable." Later on I tried to explain my point of view, to justify myself. "All I mean," I concluded at length, "is that my position is a little different from Perry's and Tom's.
"Will the test show whether it's a white person's skin or a nigger's?" "Of course. There's no pigment in a white person's skin." "Is that so? That's something I never knew before. Anyway, it certainly will nail him, won't it? But, you don't feel anyways sure Perry's the guilty man, do you?" "No, I can't say I do.
Again he wondered where he could be, but Perry's cold nose against his cheek reminded him of what had happened before he fell asleep, and, sitting up, he looked around to see if he was right. Everything in the yard was just as he had seen it before his nap, and the empty newspaper by his side brought to his mind the humble lunch that had been given him by his mother.
The fact is, men look very differently to their wives or sweethearts than they do to older people and to boarding-house keepers. There was nothing vicious about George Perry's face, but if he'd been a boarder of mine, I'd have insisted on my board promptly not for fear of his trying to cheat me, but because if he saw anything else he wanted, he'd spend his money without thinking of what he owed.
His fame among naval men outshines Perry's, and he is rated as the greatest fighting sailor who flew the American flag until Farragut surpassed them all. The battle of Plattsburg Bay was contested straight from the shoulder with little chance for such evolutions as seeking the weather gage or wearing ship.
Perry's excellent book, 'The Franks. It suffices now to say, that in the days of Luitprand these Franks, after centuries of confusion and bloodshed, have been united into one great nation, stretching from the Rhine to the Loire and the sea, and encroaching continually to the southward and eastward.
"Utmost Emphasis" Brief Tales That Are Not Short-Stories Short-Stories That Are Not Brief Bliss Perry's Annotations The Novelist and the Writer of Short-Stories The Short-Story More Artistic Than the Novel The Short-Story Almost Necessarily Romantic.
The old man must have rubbed it in pretty strong, for those fierce warriors nearly came to blows in their efforts to be among the first of those to kneel before me and kiss my hand. When it came to kissing Dian's I think they enjoyed it more; I know I should have. A happy thought occurred to me as I stood upon the little deck of the Amoz with the first of Perry's primi-tive cannon behind me.
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