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Gordon shook his fat paunch in silent laughter, nearly displacing the board. "I was just telling Robie," pursued Brown, still retaining his reminiscent intonation, "that this storm takes the cake over anything" At this point Steve Roach and another fellow entered. Steve was Ridings' hired hand, a herculean fellow, with a drawl, and a liability for taking offense quite as remarkable.
From this they immerged into a series of ridings cut through the extensive woods of Tre Mawr; and, as they approached the end of one of these alleys, Bertram saw before them a wide heath stretching like a sea under the brilliant light of the wintry moon which had now attained her meridian altitude.
But there are few readers who will not have been struck by the simplicity with which the themes now pathetic, now humorous, now romantic are handled, and by the easy unconsciousness with which the Professor wears his "singing robes." The same qualities, perhaps in a yet higher degree, appear in the dialect poems, written during the last three years of his life: Songs of the Ridings.
Shortly afterwards, Cuthbert started as arranged, and soon arrived at the house of the mayor, Sir John de Cahors. Upon the prior making known to this knight whom he had brought with him, the mayor exclaimed, "Pest! young gentleman; you have caused us no small trouble and concern. We have had ridings to and fro concerning you, and furious messages from your fiery king.
There were shows, in which the prince could see the Infanta among the spectators; and they arranged tiltings and ridings at the ring, and other athletic sports, such as Charles excelled in, and let him perform his exploits in her presence. His rivals in these contests did not have the incivility to conquer him, and his performances excited expressions, at least, of universal admiration.
The poor fellow slouched back to his chair by the stove as if dazed, and before he could speak again the doctor was gone. Mrs. Ridings was just coming up the walk as the doctor stepped out of the door. "O doctor, how is she?" "She is a dying woman, madam." "Oh! don't say that, doctor. What's the matter?" "Cancer." "Then the news was true " "I don't know anything of the news, Mrs. Ridings, but Mrs.
Amos Ridings assumed practical direction of it. "Now we don't want a candidate to go out not once. Every man stay at home and not open his head. We'll do the work. You tend your knittin' and we'll elect yeh." The boys went out on Friday nights, to electioneer for the Granger ticket, as it was called. "It's boss fun," Milton said to his father. "It's ahead o' husking corn.
He wound up with a chuckle, as the thought struck him that this great piece of business, of disposing of their only child, had been concluded while his wife was away. 'A'm noan so sure as t' missus 'll like it, said he; 'tho' whativer she'll ha' to say again it, mischief only knows. But she's noan keen on matterimony; though a have made her as good a man as there is in a' t' Ridings.
I am sure they belie baith Cuddie and me sair, if they said he wadna fight ower the boots in blude for your leddyship and Miss Edith, and the auld Tower ay suld he, and I would rather see him buried beneath it, than he suld gie way but thir ridings and wappenschawings, my leddy, I hae nae broo o' them ava. I can find nae warrant for them whatsoever."
When challenged in parliament the government gave its reasons. The question of Confederation had, in one form or another, been before the country for years. During 1864 there had been elections in eleven ridings for the Assembly and in fourteen for the Legislative Council. The area of country embraced by these contests included forty counties.
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