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A few folk tried to engage Barouche in talk, but he responded casually; yet he smiled the smile which had done so much for him in public life, and the distance lessened to the station. The tram did not go quite to the station, and as it stopped, the two men hurried to the doors.
Necessarily so, considering the number of rickshaws, and that the tram cars were strong competitors as well. They were also surprised at the attitude of the Europeans. The first time that Liu was struck over the head by a beautiful Malacca cane, he was aghast with astonishment and pain. Fortunately he knew enough not to hit hack.
If the firm sends its own silk it comes to the throwster in bulk with an order to throw a certain proportion of it into organzine of so many threads and twists; and the rest into tram of specified size, the price being computed by the pound." "I understand." "The throwsting of silk is a great test of the reeling.
He were not goin' to t' house. I know he worn't. He tell'd me 'at he'd a good idea what time Pratt 'ud be home, 'cause he knew where he was that evening and he were goin' to meet him just afore Pratt got to his place. I know where he'd meet him." "Where?" asked Byner. "Tell me exactly. It's important." "Pratt 'ud come up fro' t' town i' t' tram," answered Pickard.
"SHALL I come?" "If you will." "Very well." And they turned away. At the first stopping-place they took the car. The wind blew fresh in their faces. The town was dark; the tram tipped in its haste. He sat with her hand fast in his. "Will your mother be gone to bed?" he asked. "She may be. I hope not." They hurried along the silent, dark little street, the only people out of doors.
"Organzine, for example, is used for the warp of woven silk materials and is generally spun from the best quality raw silk, the threads being firm and strong. Tram, on the other hand, is silk of a second grade and is composed of a greater number of fibres. Many of the mills manufacturing woven silks prefer not to own throwing mills.
At last she grew tired and they jumped on a tram to go home; it was late now, and when they got down and turned into their own street there was no one about. Mildred slipped her arm through his. "It's just like old times, Phil," she said. She had never called him Phil before, that was what Griffiths called him; and even now it gave him a curious pang.
All that would not have mattered, but imagine, my dear sir, the people suddenly leaped to their feet and struggled to the windows. What was it? What was the matter? "'Look, look! my neighbor nudged me. 'Do you see that dark man getting into that cab? That's the famous runner, King! "And the whole tram began talking breathlessly of the runner who was then absorbing the brains of Moscow.
We worked this successfully several times, but one Sunday almost our whole platoon was in London, and as luck would have it we all missed the early tram. When our platoon lined up there were only ten present, and of course this gave the whole thing away. We arrived on the noon train and we sure did get a calling down of course we were forbidden to do it again.
It is barbarism as well as the barbarian which France is fighting, and the French know it, are profoundly conscious of it, from the cool, dispassionate philosopher, like Bergson or Boutroux or Hovelaque, to the girl conductor on the tram, the dirty poilu in the trench.
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