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"More than a year ago, when I was driven past this place to the northward, I took advantage of a calm to land a supply of food, and a few stores and medicines, to be a stand-by in case my ship should be wrecked to the northward. Ever since the wreck actually took place I have looked forward to this cache of provisions as a point of refuge on my way south.
Plaisted was staying with the Sherwoods, Gussie had been very cool to Hugh McNeil. As the former was about to leave the city, Gussie thought it time to recall her old "stand-by," and was surprised to find that Hugh was less ready to return to her side than formerly. A feeling of jealousy arose in her heart when she saw that Hugh's attentions were transferred to Dexie.
"Please elucidate their nature and origin," said Mr. Romayne. "Let me show you," said Kathleen. She sprang up, dived into the cabin and returned with a large, round, hard biscuit in her hand. "This is Hudson Bay hard tack, the stand-by of all western people Hudson Bay freighters and cowboys, old timers and tenderfeet alike swear by it.
The eyes behind the blue goggles were hidden from her, the voice to her ear had merely its usual warm ring of comradeship, and she did not note the fact that upon the smooth, dark cheek a touch of unwonted colour spoke of feeling deeper than that hinted at in the simple words. "I know you're my stand-by, and you know I appreciate it.
Have marked a tree JH/27 and raised cairn No. 3. We are able to celebrate Christmas Day with a good basin of tea and our stand-by of beans cooked in fat. I was right about them: they have great sustaining power. To-morrow we will start at ten o'clock. The writing done, Jaspar Hume put his book away and turned towards the rest. Cloud-in-the-Sky and Late Carscallen were smoking.
There was one man awake, on stand-by watch. A radio glowed beside him a short-wave unit, tuned to the frequency used by all the bases of all the nations on Antarctica English, French, Belgian, Danish, Russian. The stand-by man yawned. There was nothing to do. "There's no story in my work," said Soames politely. "I work with this wave-guide radar. It's set to explore the sky instead of the horizon.
And here he spoke aloud into the darkness the ancient and homely formula that is man's stand-by in face of the untried, the unknown. "If God wills.... God knows best." Part III The house stood not far from the Great Swamp.
Rip's voice hoarsened into a croak, calling out the data. Dane, though he had had basic theory, was completely lost before Shannon had finished the first set of co-ordinates. But Jellico replied, hands playing across the pilot's board. "Stand-by for snap-out " the croak went down to the engines where Ali now held Stotz's post. "Engines ready!"
A small tin plate may be added to the list of utensils if desired, but we are now confining ourselves to the "lowest limit" of absolute necessities. That wholesome dish known as "boiled mush," may come under the above bill of fare; and fried mush is an old stand-by to the rough and ready trapper. In the first case the Indian meal is slowly boiled for one hour, and then seasoned as eaten.
That faithful stand-by, King Leopold, came over to stand as chief sponsor at the christening of the Princess Royal, which took place at Buckingham Palace, on the anniversary of her mother's marriage. The little girl, who received the names of Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, is said by her father to have behaved "with great propriety and like a Christian."
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