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Yes," the word came in a hiss. "I said Flynn, William Flynn, the member of your Tontine group we were warned to guard." "But wasn't he guarded?" "Yes, he was guarded. Two of his guards were in his house with him. Three were outside." Jimmy had been leaning weakly against the instrument as if for support. Now he came out of it. He was the alert newspaper man. "How about the guards, chief?
Mr Abney had scarcely left the room when he began to exude pamphlets and booklets at every pocket. I eyed him sourly, as he droned on about 'reactionable endowment', 'surrender-value', and 'interest accumulating on the tontine policy', and tried, as I did so, to analyse the loathing I felt for him.
Tontine had what is called tact and common sense, and thinking these qualities were required in our economy she behaved with great delicacy, not going to bed before receiving my letters, and never coming into my room except in a proper dress, and all this pleased me. For a fortnight M M was so ill that I expected every moment to hear the news of her death.
They extracted from the situation all the thrill, glamour and romance they could. And permeating it all was the terrible threat of death that hung over the heads of the Tontine group; the mysterious "14," who for all these years had followed the group relentlessly with his terrible reminders.
On the one side, Joseph gave up all that he possessed, and assigned to his nephew his contingent interest in the tontine, already quite a hopeful speculation. The allowance was amply sufficient for the old man; it scarce appears how Miss Hazeltine contrived to dress upon it; but she did, and, what is more, she never complained. She was, indeed, sincerely attached to her incompetent guardian.
In several places towards Touraine and Poitou, in Saxony, and in some of the German towns near, it was very perceptible at the same day and hour. At this date a new tontine was established in Paris.
Why, then, all's clear; and, my dear Michael, I'll tell you what we're saved, both saved. You get the tontine I don't grudge it you the least and I get the leather business, which is really beginning to look up. Declare the death at once, don't mind me in the smallest, don't consider me; declare the death, and we're all right. 'Ah, but I can't declare it, said Michael. 'Why not? cried Morris.
He afterwards hoped to repair the wrong he had thus done to his children, by outliving the other shareholders and obtaining a part of the immense capital of the Tontine. Fortunately for himself he possessed extraordinary optimism, and power of excluding from his mind the possibility of all unpleasant contingencies qualities which he handed on in full measure to Honore.
In several places towards Touraine and Poitou, in Saxony, and in some of the German towns near, it was very perceptible at the same day and hour. At this date a new tontine was established in Paris.
"She had no sooner gone than Cy Nash, my conductor, commenced to giggle 'Made a mash on the flyest woman in town, he tittered; 'ain't a blood in town but what would give his head for your boots, old man; that's Mabel Verne owns the Odeon dance hall, and the Tontine, in Carson. "I glanced at the card, and it did read, 'Mabel Verne, 21 Flood avenue.
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