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Stryker will give us a fine chowder, no doubt." "Thank you, sir; I should enjoy the party exceedingly. I must not think too much of it, or I might be tempted to break my engagement with the Ramsays." "Have you really decided to go so soon? I was in hopes we should be able to keep you much longer," said Miss Wyllys.
Prepared as he had been for the shock, Kirkwood was able to pick himself up quickly, uninjured, Mulready's revolver in his grasp. On his feet, straddling Mulready's insentient body, he confronted Calendar and Stryker. The face of the latter was a sickly green, the gift of his fright.
Kirkwood quietly produced his cigar-case, a gold match-box, gold card-case, and slipped a signet ring from his finger. "Will you buy these?" he asked. "Or will you lend me five pounds and hold them as security?" Stryker examined the collection with exaggerated interest strongly tinctured with mistrust. "I'll buy 'em," he offered eventually, looking up. "That's kind of you "
What a flirt she is! And as artful as she is pretty, Mr. Stryker. But perhaps you are one of her admirers," continued the lady, laughing. "Of course, it is impossible not to admire her; but I am afraid of her," said Mr. Stryker, shrugging his shoulders. "I am horribly afraid of all pretty widows." "Mr. Hazlehurst does not seem afraid of her."
"It is Charlie Hubbard coming to join us; did we forget to mention that he came up the river with us?" said Harry, who was following Elinor, with Mrs. Creighton and Mr. Stryker. The young painter soon reached them, as they immediately stopped to welcome him; he was very kindly received by his old friends. "Well, Charlie, my boy," said Mr.
"Not that they are so brilliant in their beauty one sees beautiful women in every country; but they are so peculiarly feminine, and generally pretty, as a whole. By room-fulls, en masse, they appear to more advantage I think, than any other women; the general effect is very seldom broken by coarseness of face, or unmanageable awkwardness of form." "Yes, you are right," said Mr. Stryker.
Stryker, however, complained that the pomp and circumstance of sporting was wanted in this country. "So long as we have the important items of good guns, good marksmen, and real wild-game, we need not find fault," said Harry. Many lamentations succeeded, however, upon the rapid disappearance of game from all parts of the country. "There I have the best of it," said Mr. Stryker to his host.
The mechanician jumped as if shot, then hastily, retreated to the table, his sallow features working beneath the goggle-mask which had excited the fat adventurer's scorn. "Come right in, Cap'n," Calendar threw over one shoulder; "come in, shut the door and lock it. Let's all be sociable, and have a nice quiet time." Stryker obeyed, with a derisive grimace for Kirkwood.
The latter he shoved over to Kirkwood in company with a miscellaneous assortment of articles, which the American picked up piece by piece and began to bestow about his clothing. When through, he sat back, troubled and disgusted. Stryker met his regard blandly. "Anything I can do?" he inquired, in suave concern. "Why ... there was a black pearl scarfpin " "W'y, don't you remember?
Stannard, but I will go and see Colonel Whaling after he has had time to read all his mail. Miss Sanford was just asking me something about Mr. Stryker, she was admiring his photograph." "Bring the album out on the piazza. It is lovely and bright there now, and the wind is not blowing, for a wonder. I think we will all be better for fresh air, and Mrs. Truscott will be down in a moment." Mrs.
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