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Its executive board is as follows: Charles S. Knight, H. H. Kennedy, Tasker L. Oddie, B. Adams, Fred Stadtmuller, R. L. Kimmel, E. H. Walker.
There is a pleasure in surveying from a height the doing and driving of ordinary mortals; a member for Vauxhall studying his borough in this spirit naturally comes to feel himself a sort of Grand Duke. It was one o'clock. There came a knock at the door, followed by the appearance of a middle-aged man who silently proclaimed himself a secretary. This was Mr. Tasker; he had served Mr.
Otherwise the world was all against her Miss Tasker, the dancing-mistress, and now, to crown all, mother! She threw herself down on some trusses of straw at the end of the barn, and the tears which had made her eyes smart so all day flowed freely. It was so unjust! That was what hurt her so. If she had been naughty she would be sorry, that would be different.
It was no use asking for too much; on the other hand, to ask for less than he could get would be unpardonable folly. "If I could lay my hand on a couple o' quid," he said, in a mysterious whisper, "I could make it five in a week." "Well, why don't you?" inquired Mr. Tasker, who was tenderly sucking the bulb of the thermometer after contact with the side of the oven.
Now, suppose I was a young man keeping company with a gal and her father wanted to borrow a couple o' quid a paltry couple o' thick'uns what d'ye think I should do?" "If you was a young man keeping company with a gal and 'er father wanted to borrow a couple of quid off o' you what would you do?" repeated Mr. Tasker, mechanically, as he bustled to and fro. Mr. Vickers nodded and smiled.
November 15 Distinguished Service Medal conferred on General Pershing at his headquarters in France by General Tasker H. Bliss. United States Postoffice department takes control of all ocean cable lines, consent of other governments having been obtained. Prof. Thomas G. Masaryk proclaimed President of the new Czecho-Slav republic.
"I mean," answered Dame Glendinning, "that it was brought back to the tower of Glendearg, the saints best know how that same book which Father Philip carried with him but yesterday. Old Martin, that is my tasker and the lady's servant, was driving out the cows to the pasture for we have three good milk-cows, reverend father, blessed be Saint Waldave, and thanks to the holy Monastery "
I heard the news this morning from Tasker. The man Grail Egremont's librarian was to have been married two days ago, Monday. Last Friday night his bride-elect disappeared. She's a very pretty girl, Tasker tells me wonderfully pretty for one in her position, a work-girl. Egremont seems to have thought it a pity to let her be wasted.
Chalk, reaching ground once more, spent two or three minutes in slapping and rubing, and other remedies prescribed for sleepy feet. "There's few gentlemen that would have come down at all with their foot asleep," remarked Mr. Tasker, pocketing a shilling, when the captain's back was turned. Mr. Chalk, still pale and shaking somewhat, smiled feebly and followed the captain into the house.
She first took me into the farm-yard, and I peeped into the barn; there I saw a man thrashing, and as he beat the corn with his flail, he made such a dreadful noise that I was frightened and ran away: my sister persuaded me to return; she said Will Tasker was very good-natured: then I went back, and peeped at him again; but as I could not reconcile myself to the sound of his flail, or the sight of his black beard, we proceeded to see the rest of the farm-yard.
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