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She does run south, for a piece, but she turns and goes down a valley to the east." "Then it's hard to see your object for playing the crook with Stormont, though I don't suppose he'd have done the square thing if you had put him on the right track," Scott remarked. "However, that's not our business. You'll find room and some blankets in the bunk-house."
Even the wit of "the old fox," as he was called in England, appealed strongly to that nation of esprit. So, for instance, when asked if a certain story of American defeat told by Lord Stormont, the British ambassador, was a truth, he answered: "No, monsieur, it is not a truth; it is only a Stormont." And straightway "a stormont" became the polite word for a lie.
"You know that Uncle Stormont would like nothing better than to be as nice to you as he is to us." "Uncle Stormont!" Mrs. Dabney's repetition of the words was surcharged with hostile sarcasm. "But his name was Stormont as much as it was Joel," broke in Alfred, from his dark corner. "He has a perfect right to use the one he likes best."
"Get away from here at once, and as far as possible keep to the lakes; water carries no trail. Then Stormont has decided a point that has been bothering me since he's gone east, we must go north or west." "Yes. Unless it's possible that his clue is better than ours." "I thought about that," Thirlwell replied. "We don't know if he has a clue, but we'll stick to ours and take the risk.
He reflected that it was his own middle name and, on the instant, fancy engraved for him a card-plate on which appeared the legend "Mr. Stormont Thorpe." It was an inspiration! "Joel" he had not used for so many years that now, after six months' familiarity with it on his sister's lips, he could not get accustomed to it.
If you don't approve them all, we'll meet you where we can." He gave George a paper, but Agatha interposed: "You can take it for granted that we will not make the combine." Stormont smiled, deprecatingly. "I'm afraid you cannot help yourselves, Miss Strange." Agatha looked at George, whose face got red. "I can understand the Adventurers being anxious to take us in. Your property is worthless, Mr.
She could see nothing in the way matters were going that warranted his humorous twinkle. It looked as if Stormont would win, and she felt that she was being robbed to satisfy his greed; but the mine meant more to her than the money she had expected to get. She had resolved to make it famous as a monument to her father; its success was to prove that his life had not Been wasted in empty dreams.
After studying it for a few moments Thirlwell nodded. "Yes; I think he's right." Drummond turned to Agatha with a sparkle in his eyes. "I quit now, Miss Strange. You've got there ahead of Stormont; I guess I've made good!" "You made good when you found the broken range," Agatha replied, giving him a grateful look, and Drummond's dark face flushed with color as he turned away.
Philip Vankoughnet, one of the members for Stormont, was constrained to admit that he had stripped off his coat, and threatened to knock somebody down. Captain Matthews, among others, called for "Hail Columbia" and "Yankee Doodle," but the general opinion among the more sober of the party appeared to be that he had done so "in derision."
You seem to take it for granted that Strange never found the lode, but I'm not sure. Anyhow, it looks as if Stormont didn't agree with you." "But how did he hear about the lode?" "It's not very plain, but I have a suspicion. There's a curious thing; I don't see much difference between Stormont's object and the burglar's. Both seemed to want the letters Strange wrote to the girl."
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