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"You remember we passed the 'Porcupine' in the Indian Ocean?" "Yes, I know that very well," she said, with a shade of meaning. "But" here I thought her voice had a touch of breathlessness "but who is the officer? I mean, what is his name?" "He stands in the group near the door of the captain's cabin, there. His name is Galt Roscoe, I think." A slight exclamation escaped her.
Even those boys who have once experienced the same malady are half ashamed of it, and, if they remember it at all, remember it as a mark of weakness. There was but one boy who made friendly approaches to Tommy, and this was Hector Roscoe.
Madness was upon me a delicious, an all-consuming fire burned within me. I forgot that I was a guest beneath her roof, enjoying the hospitality of her beloved and revered relative. I forgot the meed of respect I owed to her, forgot the responsibilities imposed upon me. I forgot all else except that I, Roscoe T. Fibble, loved Hildegarde Hamm.
They would have a wonderful wedding dozens of clergymen, scores of organs playing 'The Voice that Breathed o'er Eden, platoons of bridesmaids, wagonloads of cake. And then they would go back to Detroit and live happy ever after. And it might be that in time to come there would be given to them little runabouts. I'm going to a life Of misery and strife, So good-bye, boys! Hang Roscoe Sherriff!
Warble's tongue always misbehaved when she was excited or embarrassed, but Petticoat didn't notice her. "I can send Roscoe Rococo after that Courtyard," he mused, "he'll know. The last man I sent to Spain for a casemented facade, brought home a temple! But Roscie knows, and he'll do it proper. I don't want to run over just now " The baby was coming.
They carried it through the rain back to the ditch and placed it away. Then Frank and Bart led Mr. Roscoe through the woods to the foot of the cliff where the boat was fastened. Ned and Fenn took their positions under the tree-shelter to wait for morning, when they could start back for camp. "All aboard!" called Frank, as he helped Mr. Roscoe into the canoe.
Devlin, whose big heart split itself in humanity and compassion. "The price of the big mill for the guarantee of his life!" he said over and over again. "We can't afford to let him go." Although I should have been on my way back to Toronto, I determined to stay until Roscoe was entirely out of danger. It was singular, but in this illness, though the fever was high, he never was delirious.
She had no idea as to how much he knew of what had passed between herself and Nick. "I say, Miss Roscoe," he blurted out suddenly, "do you hate talking about these things very badly, I mean?" She looked up at him, and was surprised to see emotion on his face. It had an odd effect upon her, placing her unaccountably at her ease with him, banishing all her stiffness in a moment.
Another face the bearded face red-eyed, almost animal-like in its fierce questioning, bent over him. "Where's your grub, pardner?" The question was like a stab. Roscoe did not hear his own voice as he explained. "Got none!" The bearded man's voice was like a bellow as he turned upon the others. "He's got no grub!" "We'll divvy up, Jack," came a weak voice.
Roscoe, who was then one of the members for Liverpool; by Mr. Lushington, Mr. Fawkes, Lord Mahon, Lord Milton, Sir John Doyle, Sir Samuel Romilly, Mr. Wilberforce, and Earl Percy, the latter of whom wished that a clause might be put into the bill, by which all the children of slaves, born after January 1810, should be made free. General Gascoyne and Mr. Hibbert opposed the bill. Mr.
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