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"Whoa! whoa!" cried Bart, in tones of distress and affright, still appearing to strain every nerve to hold in the ungovernable animal "whoa! whoa! help, or I shall be thrown!" "Help him there! stop her! seize her by the bits!" shouted Sturges, now riding up to the goal to claim the bet.
The decision of the majority, speaking through Justice Washington, laid down the principle that the obligation of a private executory contract cannot be said to be "impaired" in a constitutional sense by the adverse effect of legislative acts antedating the making of the contract; and thus the dangerous ambiguity of Sturges vs. Crowinshield was finally resolved in favor of the States.
But there was a black spot in her heart, and when Sturges left her for a moment to listen, it ached for the head of the priest. She had much bad as well as much good in her, this innocent Californian maiden; and the last week had forced an already well-developed brain and temperament close to maturity.
"You are a wonderful woman," he said; "and upon my word, I believe you get a good deal of it from your mother." Benito came running, leading the mustangs. Sturges wrapped Pilar in the long cloak, lifted her upon one of the mustangs, and sprang to his own. He ordered Tomaso and Benito to precede them by a few paces and to take the shortest cut for Monterey.
You may bet if you want to, and lose; for there's not a horse on the ground but would beat her." "Well, for all that, Mr. Sturges," responded Bart, banteringly, "I'll not take back what I've said about the nag.
Wellhouse. 11th Ward J. Coonrad, Thos. Dixon. Mayor Edward S. Flint. President of the Council I. U. Masters. Trustees 1st Ward J. J. Benton, C. C. Rogers. 2d Ward T. N. Bond. A. Roberts. 3d Ward A. C. Keating, H. S. Stevens. 4th Ward Henry Blair, E. Thomas. 5th Ward Joseph Sturges, N. P. Payne. 6th Ward Wm. Meyer, Jno.
Pilar ate and drank ravenously. She had found only stale bread and water in the cave. When she had finished, she looked at Sturges with a more intelligent light in her eyes, then thrust her straggling locks behind her ears. She also resumed something of her old dignified composure. "You are very kind, señor," she said graciously. "It is true that I should have been mad in a few more days.
John O'Neill, 5th Indiana Cavalry. "There appears to be no remedy for the evil referred to by General Sturges. "By command of "R. MOORE, Ass't. Adj't. Gen.
Canning had no resource but to enlist colleagues from the ranks of the whigs. In this he was at first unsuccessful. Sturges Bourne was appointed to the home office, Viscount Dudley became foreign secretary, and Robinson, who was raised to the peerage as Viscount Goderich, became secretary for war and the colonies.
I have heard to-day that her punishment is far worse than what you saw. It is so terrible that I hardly have dared " "Surely, that old fiend could think of nothing else," said Sturges. "What is she made of, anyhow?" "Ay, yi! Her heart is black like the redwood tree that has been burnt out by fire.
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