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The habitues of three or four great American houses transferred themselves to the Scotts, who had three hundred persons at their first Wednesday. Their circle increased; there was a little of everything to be found in their set Americans, Spaniards, Italians, Hungarians, Russians, and even Parisians. When she had related her history to the Abbe Constantin, Mrs.
It puzzles you to think, what an avalanche of talent will fall upon the country at the graduation of those Seniors! You will find however that the country bears such inundations of college talent with a remarkable degree of equanimity. It is quite wonderful how all the Burkes, and Scotts, and Peels, among college Seniors, do quietly disappear, as a man gets on in life.
His father, of the same name as himself, was a Writer to the Signet; his mother was Anne Rutherford, and the future poet and novelist had much excellent Border blood in him, besides that of his direct ancestors the Scotts of Harden. He was a very sickly child; and though he grew out of this he was permanently lame.
I knowed Captain Bonneville and he's told me how he stood on the top of Scotts Bluffs and seen the country black with 'em millions of 'em. That's twenty-five years ago and he ain't seen no more than I have on these plains not two seasons back. Out as far as your eye could reach, crawlin' with buffalo, till you couldn't see cow nor bull, but just a black mass of 'em, solid to the horizon."
She and the scout had a pleasant visit about old times in Cherry Valley where they had spent a part of their childhood, and she was most thoughtful and generous in providing for their comfort. The Scotts had lost two children and another, a baby, was lying asleep in the cradle. Scott was a hard working, sullen sort of a man who made his living chiefly by selling rum to the Indians.
He also shewed us several letters of the old Lord of Leicester's, in Queen Elizabeth's time, under the very hand-writing of Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Mary, Queen of Scotts; and others, very venerable names. But, Lord! how poorly, methinks, they wrote in those days, and in what plain uncut paper. Thence, Cocke having sent for his coach, we to Mrs.
Realizing the necessity of military to protect the construction forces, the Government established numerous forts or posts along the line, viz: Fort McPherson, Neb. Established February, 1866. Fort Sedgwick, Colo., about four miles from the town of Julesburg, Colo. Fort Mitchell, near Scotts Bluffs, Neb., a temporary proposition occupied only during the construction period.
She was going for this week-end to the little house the Scotts had been loaned in Belvedere for the season, and she dressed and packed her suitcase very soberly.
After a dull sermon of the Scotchman, home, and there I found my brother Tom and my two cozens Scotts, he and she, the first time they were ever here. And by and by in comes my uncle. Wight and Mr. Norbury, and they sat with us a while drinking, of wine, of which I did give them plenty. But the two would not stay supper, but the other two did.
The Scotts began by buying a house in Paris for 2,000,000 francs, it is near the Parc Monceau." "Yes, Rue Murillo," said Paul; "I tell you I went to a ball there. It was " "Let Monsieur de Larnac speak. You can tell us presently about the ball at Mrs. Scott's." "Well, now, imagine my Americans established in Paris," continued M. de Larnac, "and the showers of gold begun.
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