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It is true that the name of this town in all old charts is spelt Gordon; but, inasmuch as it is a compound of two Celtic words meaning raven's rock, it might as feasibly have been handed down by the Gaelic Scotch as by the Cadurcians. The Plantagenets came to be termed 'the devil's race' by the people of Guyenne.
One end of the field was sown with barley, the other with spelt, and the middle with flax. During the operation the chief celebrant recited the ritual chapter of "the sowing of the fields." At Busiris on the twentieth of Khoiak sand and barley were put in the god's "garden," which appears to have been a sort of large flower-pot.
Her English was fair enough, as a general thing though, being of New York origin, she had the fashion peculiar to many natives of that city of pronouncing saw and law as if they were spelt sawr and lawr. Petroleum was the agent that had suddenly transformed the Gashlys from modest hard-working country village folk into "loud" aristocrats and ornaments of the city. The Hon.
Stepan began to read it, comparing the letters he knew with the familiar sounds. And all of a sudden the mystery of the syllables was revealed to him, and he began to read. This was a great joy. From that moment he could read, and the meaning of the words, spelt out with such great pains, became more significant. Stepan did not mind any more being alone.
Just at that moment voices were heard calling Alexander from a neglected spot behind the dainty little house built for the children, and the boy exclaimed peevishly: "There, now, I showed you the little nest, so I forgot. Agatha fell asleep and Smerdis went away, so we were alone. Then they sent me to Horus, the gate-keeper, to get some of his spelt bread.
There must have been occasions, I feel sure, when it cost her a pang to find her photograph omitted from the local paper's account of a club meeting or a church bazaar; but if she ever suffered on that score, she never let it be known. I can truly say that, without her, my life work would have spelt failure."
The letter was evidently in a feminine hand; but the characters were rudely and inartistically formed, while every here and there a heavy down-stroke or flourish marred the beauty of the page. Wherever such thick lines occurred the ink had run and formed an illegible smear. Such as it was, with great difficulty, and after frequent trials, we spelt out the letter as follows:
"And Snakes Island is a very pretty object; they say there used to be snakes there," said the Doctor, enlightening the visitor. "Ah! that's a mistake," said the dejected guest, making his first original observation. "It should be spelt Snaiks. In the old papers it is called Sen-aiks Island from the seven oaks that grew in a clump there." "Hey? that's very curious, egad!
"I do not quite take Lady Holmhurst's point," he said plaintively. "Then you must be stupid," said Eustace, "Don't you see the joke? 'mesne profits, mean of them?" "Ah," said James, with satisfaction; "I perceive. Lady Holmhurst does not seem to be aware that although 'mesne' a totally erroneous word is pronounced 'mean, it is spelt m-e-s-n-e."
'He never seemed anxious to be released while he was at work, said Jane, after she and the captain had spelt the symbolling in turns. 'And never thirsted to fly till he flew, I warrant him, said Con. A repeated sketch of some beauty confused them both; neither of them could guess the proud owner of those lineaments.
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