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The locality was Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas. In the meantime, old Queen was having a high old time up ahead, some hundred feet by then, running up the bank and back down in the draw. We had hardly caught up when up goes Mr. Savage's gun and he gives both barrels.

I didn't know she was in Sequoia still." "She's been away, but she came back last week. I went to the Valley of the Giants last Saturday afternoon " Bryce interrupted. "You didn't tell my father about the tree that was cut, did you?" he demanded sharply. "No." "Good girl! He mustn't know. Go on, Moira. I interrupted you." "I met Miss Sumner up there.

On the 26th, General Sumner reviewed the entire corps. On December 3d, Arthur D.N. Talcott, of Company "A," died in camp, and was buried at sundown. When the regiment left camp near Fairfax Seminary on the 7th of September, they left their knapsacks with contents under charge of a guard. A few days after they were sent to Washington, and there stored.

Murmured exclamations attested the interest with which the comparison was made. After all seemed satisfied, Mr. Sumner continued: "After Raphael came to Rome, summoned by the same Pope Julius II. who sent for Michael Angelo, and was thus brought under the influence of that great painter, his method again changed. It grew firmer and stronger. Then he painted his best pictures, and so many of them!

The intrenchments constructed by the Confederates during the winter of 1861 were still standing. Halleck had forwarded supplies; there was ammunition in abundance, and 20,000 infantry under Franklin and Sumner for the latter also had come up from Washington more than compensated for the casualties of the battle.

Two others were drawn up on the beach, and half a dozen or more copper-colored savages were standing round the dingy. "We must save our boat at any cost!" cried Captain Sumner. As they dashed down the hill the savages turned, armed with clubs, to face them. One was bending a bow, but a shot from Bob's gun broke his arm.

On the 21st of May, therefore, the Civil-rights Bill was taken up for consideration in advance of the Amnesty Bill. In the temporary absence of Mr. Sumner from the Senate chamber, the equality recognized as to public schools and jury service was struck out, and in that form the bill was passed. The Amnesty Bill was immediately taken up; while it was pending Mr.

He referred finally to the public rumor which assigned the President's hostility to his friend Sumner, growing out of the San Domingo treaty question, as the cause of his own removal, and to the coincidence between the dates of the rejection of the treaty and his dismissal, with an evident belief that these two occurrences were connected by something more than accident.

I followed him to his chamber, and declared what had happened that afternoon of Master Garret's escape. Then he sent for one Master Sumner and Master Bets, fellows and canons there. In the meantime he gave me a very godly exhortation, praying God to give us all the wisdom of the serpent and the harmlessness of doves, for we should shortly have much need thereof.

Tully, will you please wrap one of those wonderful pies in a napkin and the instant George Sea Otter comes in with the car, tell him to take the pie over to Colonel Pennington's house and deliver it to Miss Sumner? There's a girl who doubtless thinks she has tasted pie in her day, and I want to prove to her that she hasn't."