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But Barbara was trying to shield Mollie, and Mollie did not dream that Bab would suffer any consequences from her foolish deed. So Bab's peculiar proceedings since her arrival in Washington had indeed played well into the hands of her enemies. Mr. Hamlin's mind had been poisoned against her. She had been seen to do several underhanded things, one following directly after the other.
He was aware that Haight, notwithstanding his obsequious politeness, was one of his worst enemies, and would injure him in every underhanded way within his power, as, beneath the smooth, smiling exterior, Houston could detect a deep, subtle malignity toward himself; and he rightly judged that Jim Maverick, the tool of the mining company, would be the instrument Haight would use when he was ready to work his revenge.
As for your son, he got less than he deserved." He turned to the rancher. "You came just in time, it seems. Please see that he leaves the house." Johnson waved with his gun significantly towards the door. "Move right along lively," he added. "And I'll go along with you to see that you don't hamstring my horses, which I don't put past an underhanded cattle-thief like you."
"Do you note really savage looks on his face?" put in Cadet Holmes. "Don't I, though!" "Then Bert Dodge has a mean streak on and is plotting mischief to some one!" "Is he underhanded and treacherous?" demanded Anstey quickly. Prescott hesitated a moment, then said: "Perhaps you'd better keep your eyes open.
They would rather go about getting their heart's desire in some crooked, intricate, underhanded way than by the direct route. Such a fault is almost certain to be an inherited one; and here again, a close study of the child's relatives will often help the mother to make a good diagnosis, and even suggest to her the line of treatment.
Not that the intrigues of the mistress and her adherents were at all diminished. They were even more active than ever since the marriage of the Count de Provence, who, in an underhanded way, instigated his wife to show countenance to Madame du Barri, and who allowed, if he did not encourage, the mistress and her friends to speak slightingly of the dauphiness in his presence.
I want to tell you, first of all, that I admire my son." "I thought so," Mr. Flint interrupted. "And more than that," the Honourable Hilary continued, "I prophesy that the time will come when you'll admire him. Austen Vane never did an underhanded thing in his life or committed a mean action. He's be'n wild, but he's always told me the truth.
Maybe we'd better have Koku on hand to " "Oh, no, nothing like that," laughed Tom. "I just want you to listen to what's said so, if need be, you can be a witness later. I don't know what their game is, but I don't trust Peters and his crowd. They may want to get control of some of my patents, and they may try some underhanded work. If they do I want to be in a position to stop them."
McAdoo every contemptible and underhanded method was resorted to. Mr. McAdoo reacted to these unfair attacks in the most kindly and magnanimous way. Never for a single moment did he allow the McCombs campaign against him to stand in the way of Woodrow Wilson's advancement to the Presidency. During the whole time that Mr. McCombs was engaged in his vendetta, Mr. Mr.
Who else but Captain Naylor Andersen could possibly have delivered this sneaking, underhanded attack against himself and his comrades? Who else, he thought, but a man so callous as to order him, sick as he was, as though he were a mere cadet, to leave the bridge. Major Elbertson's mind was made up as to the identity of the enemy.
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