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"Never mind that, Bobby; and you will want a small valise or carpet bag to carry your books from house to house. I will lend you one." "You are very kind, sir; I did not mean to ask any favors of you except to trust me for the books until my return." "All right, Bobby." Mr. Bayard called the porter and ordered him to bring up the trunk, in which he directed Mr. Timmins to pack fifty "Wayfarers."
Come here, big wolf!" said he, holding out a confident hand. "Wolf" that was a familiar sound to Lone Wolf's ears! it was at least a part of his name! And the command was one he well understood. Wagging his tail gravely, he came at once, and thrust his great head under Timmins' hand for a caress. He had enjoyed his liberty, to be sure, but he was beginning to find it lonely.
And so the lives of these two, linked by folly, sin, crime and mad extravagance, had run together again far from the scenes where, led on by her dark eyes, Hugo Landor had stumbled along on the dark road from theft and forgery to callous murder. On this particular April early afternoon, the eager plotter was willing to leave his afternoon customers to the sly Timmins.
Instead of having any quiet after the retreat of the ladies, the house was kept in a rattle, and the glasses jingled on the table as the flymen and coachmen plied the knocker, and the soiree came in. As for the evening-party, if a crowd in the dog-days is pleasant, poor Mrs. Timmins certainly had a successful soiree. You could hardly move on the stair. Mrs.
I am inclined to think, however, from the following advertisement, that some author has been recently piling up the virtues of his hero too strongly for the very delicate stomachs of the penny public, who, it is evident, resent superlatives of all kinds, and are commonplace and conventional to the marrow of their bones: 'T.B. TIMMINS is informed that he cannot be promised another story like "Mandragora," since, in deciding the contents of our journal, the tastes of readers have to be considered whose interest cannot be aroused by the impossible deeds of impossible creatures. Alas!
The grim face of Miss Susan Timmins appeared at the aperture. "Oh!" gasped Ruth Fielding aloud. Bella turned to glance in startled surprise at the girl in bed. And at that moment Miss Timmins bore down upon the child like a shrike on a chippy-bird. "Ow-ouch!" shrieked Bella. "Oh, don't!" begged Ruth. "What is it? Goodness!
The gentleman, on hearing Phil's request to be permitted a sleeping-place in the barn, was rather surprised at his wretched notion of comfort than at the request itself. "Certainly, Timmins, let him sleep there," he replied; "give him sacks and straw enough. I dare say he will feel the privilege a luxury, poor devil, after his fatigue. Give him his breakfast in the morning, Timmins.
Timmins went on reading her list. "Mr. and Mrs. Topham Sawyer, Belgravine Place." "Mrs. Sawyer hasn't asked you all the season. She gives herself the airs of an empress; and when " "One's Member, you know, my dear, one must have," Rosa replied, with much dignity as if the presence of the representative of her native place would be a protection to her dinner.
Timmins ventured sympathy. "You look terribly worn out, sir," he said. "Wouldn't it be wiser to leave it till to-morrow? A good night's rest, you know, sir, if you'll excuse my mentioning it." "No, no, Mr. Timmins, we must get to work again, we must get to work." Nature, inspired by the spirit and instinct of life, is wonderfully recuperative.
Bobby bore no ill will towards the spruce clerk, ready as he had been to defend his "certain inalienable rights." "You do a big business here," suggested Bobby, in a conciliatory tone, and with a smile on his face which ought to have convinced the uncourteous clerk that he meant well. "Who told you so?" replied Timmins, gruffly. "I merely judged from appearances.
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