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We then proceeded to dismantle and level the forts, destroy or remove the stores, and we found in the magazine the very ammunition which had been sent for us in the Blue Wing, which was secured and afterward used in our twenty-pound Parrott guns.
Archie replied, with a dignity for which his uncle menially respected him. Just then the last dinner-bell rang, and rising from his seat, John put his hand first in his vest pocket and then into Archie's hand, where he left a twenty-pound note, saying rapidly: "You needn't tell her your wife I mean, or mine, either. A man may do as he likes occasionally."
He had a crew of seven rough, hardy mariners, who had been at his back in many a skirmish. They were armed with short swords, but Cock Badding carried a weapon peculiar to himself, a twenty-pound blacksmith's hammer, the memory of which, as "Badding's cracker," still lingers in the Cinque Ports.
Payment was stopped, and so far not one of the five has been presented. Of course, one or more may have been cashed at some shop, but none have been offered to any of the banks. 'A twenty-pound note is not accepted without scrutiny, so the chances are the thief may find some difficulty in disposing of them. 'As I told you, I don't mind the loss of the money at all.
"Have you given me all the particulars?" he presently asked. "I think so. All I remember." "Then allow me to go over them aloud," returned the detective; "and, if I make any mistake or omission, have the goodness to correct me: On Friday last, you took a twenty-pound note out of your cash drawer, not taking or knowing its number.
I had a battery of four twenty-pound Parrott guns, commanded by Captain Silversparre.
Macpherson's, the tailor; that he went a few weeks ago to settle his year's account with him; and that in change for a twenty-pound note, he received that which the banker's clerk now produced. To Mackenzie it was perfectly indifferent who was found guilty, so that he could recover his money.
Here is a twenty-pound note at your service; and, if you want five times the sum, it is at your service. We will never let these fellows go away with our money in this manner; for we have so much the advantage, that if the knowing ones were here they would lay odds of our side."
You have them pointed out to you in the street, with their figures attached to them like titles. Mr. Tomkins, the twenty-pound man; an elector of uncommon purity. I saw the ruffian yesterday. He has an extra breadth to his hat.
That would suit me, if there was good profit; and if we could only get in with some gentleman of this sort, I say it would be cheap at that twenty-pound note you've got, especially as we don't very well know how to get rid of it ourselves. After expressing this opinion, Mr.
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