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"The last English mail has brought us the happy news that the honor of knighthood has been conferred on you by the Queen. "Allow me to offer you, Lady Watkin, and your dear son and daughter, my sincere and heartfelt congratulations on the bestowal on you of so well deserved a distinction.
"I may add that if our ship had called at Holyhead, the London passengers might have left Holyhead on Saturday evening instead of Liverpool on Sunday afternoon, a difference of a day. "I beg to remain very faithfully yours, "EDWARD W. WATKIN. "Northenden, Oct. 18, 1886." Some Liverpool cotton broker wrote to me to say that I had forgotten that there were two tides in the twenty-four hours.
The two agreements, which, as matter of history, I here copy, were intended to bring about the complete connection of the Hudson's Bay territories direct with England and with the United States. "Memorandum of Agreement between Mr. Edward W. Watkin and Mr.
Carey looked at Philip for an instant. The child spoke in a clear treble. He recalled the words, but they meant nothing to him. "You'd better take one of the photographs and keep it in your room," said Mr. Carey. "I'll put the others away." He sent one to Miss Watkin, and she wrote and explained how they came to be taken. One day Mrs.
"There will doubtless be other provisions which the Colonies will expect. "I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, "T. F. ELLIOT. "E. W. WATKIN, Esq." I close this narrative of the Pacific Transit Scheme with the despatch of the 1st May, 1863, which summarises the proposals made and generally concurred in.
She found the front door open, and when she drove up the maid and Emma ran down the steps to help her. They had been frightened when they found her room empty. At first they thought she must have gone to Miss Watkin, and the cook was sent round. Miss Watkin came back with her and was waiting anxiously in the drawing-room.
Have the goodness to present my best regards to Lady Watkin, and to remember me kindly to your dear daughter and son; and, my dear Sir Edward, reiterating to you my sincere thanks for all you have done for me, and expecting the pleasure of seeing you very soon in London, believe me, as always, "Your very sincere, "And devoted friend, "GEO. ET. CARTIER.
Be kind enough to present on my behalf, and on that of Mrs. Cartier and my daughters, our best respects and regards to Mrs. Watkin, and to believe me, my dear Mr. Watkin, "Your devoted friend, "GEO. ET. CARTIER. "E. W. WATKIN, Esq., M.P., London." "OTTAWA, "24th November, 1867. "I am so much thankful to you for your kind wish of the 10th of October last.
The three gentlemen filled their glasses and toasted me with grave courtesy, and I easily slid out of the uneasy mood into which Inskip's candour and my unaccustomed surroundings had driven me. The third man present was a Welsh baronet, Sir Griffith Williams, a far-away cousin and close friend of Sir Watkin Wynne, whose name I remembered to have heard on the Colonel's lips at Leek.
Carey a little shock, but this was quickly followed by perplexity. The photographs seemed quite recent, and he could not imagine who had ordered them. "D'you know anything about these, Philip?" he asked. "I remember mamma said she'd been taken," he answered. "Miss Watkin scolded her.... She said: I wanted the boy to have something to remember me by when he grows up." Mr.
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