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All at once John's face saddened and he said, "It's a pity, though!" "A pity!" "I suppose the man who carries the flag always gets 'potted,'as they say. But somebody must carry it." Glory felt her tears gathering. "It's a pity that I have to go before you, Glory." She shook her head to keep the tears from flowing, and then answered gaily: "Oh, that's only as it should be.
At the further end of the hotel lobby was a doorway before which stood a folding screen. Past that was a clump of potted palms. Behind the palms stood a man who, once seen, was not likely to be forgotten. He was not a handsome man. About fifty years of age, he was unusually stout; and, though his clothing was of expensive texture, it fitted him badly.
All the dainties an aspirant to gout could wish for were, according to our "Official Gazette," to be had for the asking. Iced beer was on tap; the champagne was sparkling; the wine needed no bush. Cakes, hams, jams, biscuits, potted fish, flesh, and good red herring were, so to speak, all over the shops.
There was a ham, succulent and tender; a tongue, fresh, not tinned, boiled, not stewed, of most eloquent silence; a packet of sausages, a jar of marmalade, and, most delicious of all, some potted shrimps. Harry knew, but did not tell, that every one of those shrimps had been stripped of its shell by the hands of Trix, who plumed herself, with unquestionable justice, upon her shrimp-potting.
"So, you're the fellow who potted me twice to-day, are you?" demanded the fat boy sternly. The prisoner made no reply, but he gazed up at his tormentor so savagely that Stacy instinctively took a step backward. "He is the man, but we landed him," answered Rector proudly. "Is there any objection to my giving the ruffian a good hard kick for luck?" asked Stacy.
When done, pour the whole on the bottom of a sieve; and with a fork lay the pieces into potting pots, some of each sort, with the seasoning about it. When cold, pour clarified butter over, but not hot. It will be good the next day; but if highly seasoned, and well covered with butter, it will keep some time. Potted lobster may be used cold, or as a fricassee, with a cream sauce.
But no bridegroom stood to greet her on the terrace-steps between the potted orange and citron-trees. Countess Ammiani extended kind hands to her at arms' length. "You have come," she said. "I hope that it is not too late." Vittoria was a week without sight of her lover: nor did Countess Ammiani attempt to explain her words, or speak of other than common daily things.
Scott motioned the servants aside and did the piloting himself up a broad stone stairs, east along a wide sunny corridor full of nooks and angles and antique sofas and potted flowers. "Not that way," he said; "Dysart is in there taking a nap. Turn to the left." "Dysart?" repeated Duane. "I didn't know there was to be anybody else here." "I asked Jack Dysart because he's a good rod.
During their prancing, Sally, in her Will-o'-the-Wisp costume, had been darting in and out between the tall potted plants and bowers constructed of Autumn leaves, her luminous tatters fluttering and her dancing light blinding every dancer into whose face she flashed it.
The ordinary type of school-house primary, grammar or high school is, in its barren ugliness and its barbarous "efficiency," a very real outrage on decency, and a few Braun photographs and plaster casts and potted plants avail nothing.
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