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"Oh," said Rita, "do not fear all away." "Come, my dear," said Russell; "sit down here by my side; I want to talk with you." Russell seated himself on an oaken bench, and Rita promptly seated herself by his side. She sat by him, and looked at him with a smile, and with the same fervid admiration. "The pretty child!" thought Russell, as he caught the glance of her glowing eyes.
Will you accept ten thousand dollars?" "No, I won't," answered Denver, "nor a hundred thousand, either. I'm a miner I know what I've got." "Very well, Mr. Russell," replied Colonel Dodge crisply and, bowing haughtily, he withdrew. Denver looked after him laughing, but something about his stride suddenly wiped away the grin from Denver's face the Colonel was going somewhere.
"Russell, 'shall not the righteous Judge of all the earth do right?" "Shall the rich and the unprincipled eternally trample upon the poor and the unfortunate?" "Who has injured you?" "A meek-looking man who passes for a Christian, who turns pale at the sound of a violin, who exhorts to missionary labours, and talks often about widows and orphans.
Order was thus restored after a time, and at last the moment arrived for Lord John Russell to introduce the Reform Bill. That was indeed a moment of genuine historical interest. The descriptions given at the time by listeners tell us that Russell began his speech in tones which were unusually quiet, low, and reserved even for him.
"An' remimber, there's the crown av Spain, an' the power, an' the glory, an' the dignity, an' the pomp, an' the splindor av the Spanish throne, all to be had wid a wink av one av your lovely eyes, so it is. Remimber that." "Ah, sire!" said Mrs. Russell, languishingly. "Oh, Your Gracious Majesty! Ah, what shall I say?"
In November, 1861, Lord John Russell writes to the British minister at Mexico in these unmistakable terms: "You must be careful to observe with strictness Article Two of the Convention, signed yesterday between Great Britain, France, and Spain, by which it is provided that no influence shall be used in the internal affairs of Mexico, calculated to prejudice the right of the Mexican nation freely to choose its own form of government.
Mr. Russell, a man of integrity, and well known for the uprightness of his dealings, and who had for upwards of thirty years transacted all the legal business and had the management of the estate of the late Sir Jasper, declared that, to the best of his knowledge no will had been made.
Clark Russell is captain on his own deck, whether he sail a coffin or a princely Indiaman of the old time. Sir Walter Besant is lord of his own East End, and of that innocent seraglio of delightful and eccentric young ladies to which he has been adding for years past Sir Walter Besant is chiefly remarkable as an example of what may be done by a steadfast cheerfulness in style.
She never makes a mistake, and everybody looks up to her oh, yes, we all fairly adore her! She's like some big, noble, cold statue 'way above the rest of us and she hardly ever does anything mean or treacherous. Of all the girls I know I believe she's played the fewest really petty tricks. She's " Russell interrupted; he looked perplexed.
Russell Edmonds is largely responsible for keeping it up. You should hear his theory. It's ingenious. I'll send for him." Edmonds, who chanced to be at his desk, entered the editorial den with his tiny pipe between his teeth, and, much disconcerted at finding a lady there, hastily removed it until Miss Van Arsdale suggested its restitution. "What? The society page?" said he.
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