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Updated: June 1, 2025
That's what gives her the pull she has when it comes to the verdict of a jury. You ought to know, Major, that the old Bill Sykes sort of criminal, the brutalised-looking man with a huge jaw and a low forehead, is quite out of date now. No one gets himself up in that style who means to go in for serious crime.
Strong continued, "I have absolute proof that Vidac received information about the biggest uranium strike in the history of the universe from Professor Sykes and plans to keep it for himself. His accusation of the cadets is a cover-up to clear himself and to throw you off the track." The word uranium spread through the crowd like wildfire.
She looked so cool and restful in her white frock and shady hat. She did not buy a solar topee at Port Said, for though this was her first voyage she had not, it seemed, started quite unwarned. In the middle of the Indian Ocean she suddenly found favour in the eyes of Sir Langham Sykes, and when that was the case Sir Langham proclaimed his preference to the whole ship.
'You called about twelve, didn't you? the visitor inquired. 'Half-past. 'I was at the police-court. Odd thing but it always happens so that I should have spoken of Sykes the other night. Last night I came upon a crowd in Oxford Street, and the nucleus of it was no other than Sykes himself very drunk and disorderly, in the grip of two policemen.
Pretty tough on Captain Sykes, here, for he owned most of her and didn't have much insurance. Fisherman's luck!" "Want a tow in to the island?" "Sure!" "Well, toss us your painter, and tell the other boat to make fast to your stern." In a very short time the Barracouta was headed back for Tarpaulin, with the two heavily loaded dories trailing behind her.
"Well, I don't exactly hanker to be cast away on a desert island with her, even supposing I was one of the royal dukes and had taken the precaution of being introduced while we were tying on the life preservers, in case of accidents," said Mr. Ketchum. What he said to Mrs. Sykes next morning no one ever knew but the discreet Mabel.
Sykes, "whatever" but realising that the time for questioning was not yet, she did what she was told without more words. "Better send for Dr. Parker," said Willits crisply to Miss Philps who had come in quietly. "Better tell the minister, too. Keep the little girl down stairs. I'll be back as soon as I can. Mrs. Sykes, I shall want you to come with me."
A quotation under our observation credits Colonel Sykes with the following statistics of cretinism, which show how in some locations it may be a decided factor of population. Of the cretins without goiter there were 2089. Of cretins with goiter there were 3909; and cretins in which goiter was not stated 962, making a total of 6960.
Carry on!" said Jack, and with the same smile on his face he passed out of the office into the shops. It amused him slightly to observe the change in the attitude and bearing of his men. They would not look at him fairly in the face. Even Snoopy Sykes and Macnamara avoided his glance. But he had for everyone his usual cheery word. Why should he not?
"Oh, Ann's as clean as the veranda floor!" he explained. "This is just to cool her off. Let me show you doesn't that feel nice, Ann?" "Lovely!" blissfully. Mrs. Sykes sniffed. "I suppose that's some new-fangled notion? I never heard before of cooling people off when they've got a fever. In my time, the hotter you were, the hotter you were made to be, till you got cool naturally.
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