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Hoping to see you in San Diego at your earliest convenience, I remain, yours expectantly, 'UPTON HILL." Gerald dropped the letter on the table, and looked up at his friends with a guileful smile. "How's that for a bait?" he asked. "Bully!" declared Katz. "Hiram Hill will tumble all over himself to go to San Diego." "What'll happen when he can't find any Upton Hill in San Diego?" said Burton.
So much time was lost in trying to get up the troops which were in the right position to reinforce, that I ordered Upton to withdraw; but the officers and men of his command were so averse to giving up the advantage they had gained that I withdrew the order. To relieve them, I ordered a renewal of the assault.
"Seems to be quite an event here." "Is that all?" "That's all, so help me Bob!" Red had a suspicion that there would be objections if she knew what kind of a horse it was. Lettis, who had roomed with Red overnight, was in the secret. The horse arrived, leading very quietly, as Mr. Upton had said. It was a buckskin, fat and hearty from long resting.
You see he has been spending ever so much money in reclaiming that land at Upton Common, and is very hard pressed himself. But it would have doubled the value of the estate, and so we never thought anything of economics which would benefit Osborne in the long run. And now the squire says he must mortgage some of the land; and you can't think how it cuts him to the heart.
Van Bibber's man Walters was the envy and admiration of his friends. He was English, of course, and he had been trained in the household of the Marquis Bendinot, and had travelled, in his younger days, as the valet of young Lord Upton. He was now rather well on in years, although it would have been impossible to say just how old he was.
On the tenth of December the pirates saw a sail which proved to be a Dutch sloop, which they took, and on board this Upton and two others who had been forced as well as himself were put, from whence as he said, they made their escape.
You come, or I'll come and fetch you." Frank bolted off for the campus. As he neared his group of friends he observed the Banbury crowd, just rejoined by their leader and Durkin. Banbury was pointing at Frank and saying something, derisively hailed by his companions. Then Frank saw his stanch champion, Bob Upton, spring forward with clenched fists.
The thoughts of both men flew to Christine as she had been when she first came to London; so happy so radiantly happy. And Jimmy could look farther back still; could see her as she had been in the old days at Upton House when she had been his first love. Jimmy gave a great sigh. "What a damnable hash-up, eh?" he said. "It'll all come right I'm certain it will." Jimmy looked at him affectionately.
The young girls of the happier type resembled Imogen Upton in grace, in strength, in calm and in assurance; the less fortunate were sharp, sallow, anxious-eyed; and the children were either rosy, well-mannered, and confident, or ill-mannered, over-mature, but also, always, confident.
Perhaps, she herself having forfeited her right to consideration there was no telling what might have happened by this time. Mrs. Whipp's smile was frightfully complacent. "Miss Upton and her went together," was the reply. "Of course, all the girl's clo'es was in the den o' that fiend she got away from, and she had to git some more." Mrs. Barry breathed freer.
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