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The town constable, vastly excited, came up the street, accompanied by two or three stern-visaged citizens. "Well, by thunder!" growled the officer, wiping his forehead. "Somebody's been making a wholesale job of it. Dick Hurdle's 'Jackie' and Bert Little's 'Prince' are dead as doornails. That makes three. Now, who the hell, "
Then the voice of the preacher was heard invoking the blessing of God upon the assembled worshipers, and his pardon of their offenses; and then followed his exhortation to seek from God the pardon of their many sins; and as he, with heartfelt earnestness, "reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and a judgment to come," many a stern-visaged miner trembled for his condition, and went away a better and a more honest man ten thousand times more improved than if he had presented a crown of gold to the Virgin Mary.
He opened them again at the sound of voices, and drew himself up as he saw the second officer coming along with a stern-visaged man of about fifty. "Are you the master of this vessel?" inquired the doctor, stepping to his friend's side. "What the blazes has that got to do with you?" demanded the skipper. "Look here, my lads; don't you play any of your little games on me, because they won't do.
A proud, soft-hearted, though somewhat stern-visaged, caustic and indignant young gentleman. Apt to be caustic in speech, having sorrows of his own under lock and key, on this and subsequent occasions. Excellent Tobias; he has, little as he hopes it, something considerable by way of mission in this Expedition, and in this Universe generally.
The Boston of stern-visaged, sad-garmented, scripture-quoting men and women, of unpaved streets and mean houses, was gone; Boston in the first quarter of the Eighteenth Century was a city a place of gayety, fashion and almost luxury.
The next morning Ludwig was entirely recovered. He rose, and, as was his wont, drank six tumblerfuls of water his usual breakfast. Of the events of the past night he spoke not one word. At ten o'clock the occupants of the Nameless Castle were to be seen out driving as usual the white-haired groom, the stern-visaged gentleman, and the veiled lady. That same morning Dr.
The secret may have been that Secretary Stanton middle-aged, well-built, stern-visaged man had brought in his budget good news from Grant." After saluting his little circle of callers, they were seated and attended to in turn. First in order was a citizen of Washington, praying for pardon in the case of a deserter.
One of Christian's captains was a stout old Marylander, of Welsh blood, named Evan Shelby; and Shelby's son Isaac, a stalwart, stern-visaged young man, who afterwards played a very prominent part on the border, was a subaltern in his company, in which Robertson likewise served as a sergeant.
It was to be a fight, not so much against danger from unscrupulous dandies like the Duke of Lyonesse and his acolyte, my Lord of Wargrove, as between Stair and himself. Louis de Raincy himself was "of as good blood as the King, only not so rich," as say the Spaniards. But this restless, stern-visaged Stair Garland, with his curious Viking fixity of gaze, what was his position towards Patsy?
Fearful of the hate of the guard, of treachery among themselves and of the townsfolk in other places, they tramped across the hills, followed closely by the stern-visaged riders. Several miles north of Sterling they disbanded. When a company of infantrymen arrived in Sterling they found several cowboys sluicing down the court-house steps with water hauled laboriously from the river.
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