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Go and get me those rules and regulations." Mr. Tasker backed out, and the captain smiled again as he heard a whispered discussion. Then a voice clear and distinct took command. "I'll take'em in myself, I tell you," it said. "I'll rules and regulations him." The smile faded from the captain's face, and he gazed in perplexity at the door as a strange young woman bounced into the room.
'But there is something more. Mr. Egremont is going to present Lambeth with a free public library. He has taken a building. 'A fact? How do you know that, Tasker? 'I heard it at the club last night. He has informed the members of his class. 'Ha! He is really going to bleed himself to prove his sincerity? They discussed the subject a little longer. Then Mr.
Grandmamma was very angry once, when Will Tasker brought home a bird's nest, full of pretty speckled eggs, for me. She sent him back to the hedge with it again. She said, the little birds would not sing any more, if their eggs were taken away from them.
During the autumn of 1917 the disasters in Italy and the military demoralization of Russia had led to the formation of the Supreme Military Council of the Allies, upon which the United States was represented by General Tasker Bliss, whose rough visage and gruff manner gave little indication of his wide interests.
It disappeared with a suddenness almost startling. "Thank you," said Miss Drewitt, holding out her hand as she reached the door. "Good-bye." Mr. Tredgold said "Good-bye," and with a furtive glance at the window above departed. Miss Drewitt, opening the door, looked round an empty room. Then the kitchen door opened and the face of Mr. Tasker, full of concern, appeared.
Tasker, peering through the pantry window, was surprised to see Mr. Chalk ascending with infinite caution to the crow's-nest. His high hat was jammed firmly over his brows and the telescope was gripped tightly under his right arm.
Howbeit, like Quaker guns, these made a brave show if not too closely scrutinized, and spared us the semblance of poverty in vacant spaces. Every military man understands the value of an imposing front towards the enemy. When I arrived, I was the sole occupant of the building; and except an army officer now General Tasker Bliss was the only attaché.
A sprained ankle, or a slight earthquake, not bad enough to hurt anyone, were among her usual aspirations, but nothing of the kind ever occurred, and she was borne away with her brothers and sisters by the relentless Miss Tasker to the scene of torture; the suffering of martyrs, whom she had read about, were, in Bridget's opinion, not worthy of mention beside those to be endured at a dancing-class.
Vickers opened the door a little wider, and, stepping inside, closed it softly behind him and dropped into a chair. "Don't be alarmed, my lad," he said, benevolently. "Selina's all right." "What d'ye want?" repeated Mr. Tasker. "Who told you to come round here?" Mr. Vickers looked at him in reproachful surprise.
"What I mean to say is," he said at length, in a trembling voice "what I mean to say is, without no round-aboutedness, will you lend a 'ard-working man, what's going to be your future father-in-law, a couple o' pounds?" Mr. Tasker laughed. It was not a loud laugh, nor yet a musical one. It was merely a laugh designed to convey to the incensed Mr.
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