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To the Club Mews he had come under the tragic name of Avenger, but such was the marvellous equine wisdom he displayed that at the finish of his third hunt in Lemon County, he was rechristened Solomon by his new owner soon shortened to Sol for tighter fit among sulphurous hunt expletives. At that night's dinner Sol and his deeds were the chief topic of conversation and also its principal toast.
The original name of the place had been Ford House, but the old had had to give place to the new in those days as in these, and Ford House had been rechristened Andalusia Cottage as a testimony and an homage. Mrs.
He descended and trod heavily on the General's toe. "To you, sir, as a man of understanding, I give my morning's labours. I have rechristened it. It symbolises 'Children at play in Epping Forest." Magnificently he thrust the lump of disintegrating dirt into the arms of his outraged superior. "It is yours, sir; I, Bendigo Jones, have given you my masterpiece." Then he departed.
"A dastardly lie. She's been down only twice. The first time was a collision, the second a coincidence." "But I thought she was the most up-to-date yacht in the world!" "So she is, as the Candace. That was the Marquis's name for her: gave it after a trip to Egypt. He bought her second hand, and rechristened her while she was being redecorated.
Since then you have simply amplified, on the scale of a Colossus, that single cheap ideal. You have exalted vandalism and rechristened it Conquest." Hamilton Burton's face worked in a paroxysm of wrath and his words hurled out fury to meet fury. "By Almighty God! I have listened to your damned insolence. Now you shall listen to me! I had meant to retire soon from the world of active business.
Turn your horses loose, I tell you, for I'm going to kill a nice fat stray, and towards evening, when the other herds come up, we'll have a round-up of Don Lovell's outfits. I'll make a little speech, and on account of the bloodless battle this morning, this stream will be rechristened Sheriff's Creek." The hospitality of a trail wagon was aptly expressed in the invitation to enjoy ourselves.
And, remote from the other ships, to the south, a tiny speck of blue-gray, almost invisible against the sky, and a smaller twinkle of reflected sunlight a garbage-scow, unflatteringly but somewhat aptly rechristened Hildegarde Hernandez, which had been altered as a bomb-carrier, and the gun-cutter Elmoran.
The poor child she was called Jessica Venning to begin with, but the doctor had rechristened her Sophia was grown by this time into a young lady of seventeen, pretty and graceful. She could play upon the harp and paint in water-colours, and her needlework was a picture, but not half so pretty a picture as her face.
Regulating the speed of the whole squadron by that of the slowest ship which happened to be the Tiger, the rechristened El Capitan the fleet went slowly to the East-South-East on its appointed course. In those days, as, of course, it is hardly necessary to remind the reader, charts were few, and those few were not to be relied upon as more than approximately accurate.
This name was afterwards dropped, but California should see to it that the island is rechristened in honor of the great sailor who sleeps there.
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