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Updated: May 10, 2025
"I see what it is those boys want; they're trying to get me back to the railroad in time for the six-forty train. I'd a heap rather stay here with you, but " he glanced from Johnnie and Uncle Pros down to the men in their attitude of anxious waiting "I reckon I'll have to go." He had made the first descending step when Johnnie's hand on his arm arrested him.
If some 'Chairwoman of Progress' were to grab off the Princess, does it take science to give 'em 'Fresh Evidence that Woman was Evolved from a Higher Order of Quadrumanous Ape than Man? We all know what the clubs want, and if they get it, they'd vote any one of us as bright a light as Haeckel. Pros., you saved any clippings for the Princess?"
Five minutes of quick discussion; rapid weighing of the pros and cons as to the best way to keep from the ears that which would serve as a whetstone to the tongues of the scandalmongers; a sharp, clear understanding and decision.
"The Emperor?" asked the girl with quivering lips. "Yes, child," was the reply, "and your old godfather had thought of bringing this evil cause before our royal master. He gladly exercises mercy, but only after carefully investigating the pros and cons. In this case there is but one person in whom he has full confidence, and who is also in a position to tell him the exact truth."
I'll be back in an hour," he added, moving hastily, as Reid entered, toward the door. Could I let him shoulder the responsibility of concealment? And if I refused? Publicity an inquest? At last I was alive to the situation; in silent gratitude I wrung Upton's hand, but he took no notice of me. As he passed Reid he growled: "Your wife's a good woman to tie to, Pros. She's all right.
But her mind scarcely registered the impression, for a rifle ball struck the shaly edge of a bluff under which the road at this point ran, and tore loose a piece of the slate-like rock, which glanced whirling into the tonneau and grazed Gray Stoddard's temple. He fell forward, crumpling down into the bottom of the vehicle. "On go on, honey!" yelled Pros, motioning vehemently to the girl.
And then I cried, almost, and felt so lonely, for even Kitty had gone off with Pros.; and so far away and so happy, and a good deal troubled with it all; for John had sent me some roses and a ring, and I knew I should find him at my Aunt's, eager to see whether I wore them. John's such a problem.
Ah! so you thought of Gamba to bring influence to bear on his Holiness? That's an idea, no doubt; one must see one must see." He repeated these words again and again as if to secure time to see into the matter himself, to weigh the pros and cons of the suggestion.
Himes started so violently that he disturbed the equilibrium of his chair and brought the front legs to the floor with a slam, so that he sat staring straight ahead. Shade Buckheath whirled and saw Pros Passmore standing at the foot of the steps the moving speck come to full size. The old man was a wilder-looking figure than usual.
Captain Nemo already knew the pros and cons of this question, and it amused him to see you flying off into impossible fantasies! Nevertheless, he didn't waste an instant. At his signal, the chief officer appeared.
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