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He had no desire to meet McQuade. Their ways were widely separated and reached nothing in common. But he readily recognized the fact that McQuade was not a man such as one might heedlessly antagonize. What could the politician want of the literary man? McQuade dabbled in racing horses; perhaps he had a horse to sell. In that event, they would meet on common ground.
The rear room in the bank building is a young arsenal." Benham started. "How on earth " he began. "Law and order," smiled Corrigan. "A telegram did it. The territory wants a reputation for safety." "By the way," said Benham, after a silence; "I had to take that Trevison affair out of your hands. We don't want to antagonize the man. He will be valuable to us later." "How?"
Tom would shake his head exasperatingly. "Why don't you get after Ralph?" I demanded. "He doesn't antagonize Tallant, either." "Ralph's hopeless," said Tom. "He was born a pirate, you weren't, Hughie. We think there's a chance for his salvation, don't we, Perry?" I refused to accept the remark as flattering.
The girls smiled back at Kie Wicks and waved him good-bye. They had decided to play a part with this man. And not for worlds would they let him know that they suspected that he had anything to do with the claim jumping. Later, much later, they might get strong evidence against him. They would deal with him then. Just now they could not afford to antagonize the man.
In a case of attempted suicide by poisoning, is it the duty of the doctor to inform the police? He would be unwise to do so. He had much better stick to his own business, and not act as an amateur detective. The modes of treatment may be ranged under three heads: To eliminate the poison; to antagonize its action; to avert the tendency to death.
Do you know, even though I antagonize him so my father, I mean even though he suspects and bitterly resents any interest in you, my affection for you, and that I have lingered because of you, I believe, in his way, he has liked to have me here." "I can understand it," Hodder said. "It's because you are bigger than I, although he has quarrelled with you so bitterly.
Since nations perform no one single function and have no single motive of life in their normal state, patriotism can be no devotion to a single purpose or cause. Such patriotism as this, we may say, does not antagonize internationalism. Loyalty to country is loyalty to the functions and interests that properly belong to country.
He came slowly around, yard by yard. R. C. reeled carefully, not hard enough to antagonize him, and after what seemed a long time got him within a hundred feet, and I had a glimpse of green and silver. Then off he ran again. How unbelievably swift! He had been close then almost the same instant he was far off. "I saw him! On a wave!" yelled R. C. "That's no bonefish! What can he be, anyhow?
He insisted that the leaders of the Republican party in Congress did not represent the true sentiment of the country, so he boldly determined to antagonize the leaders in Congress, and to present their differences to the court of public opinion at the approaching Congressional elections.
"Isn't he dreadful!" she cried, as the two detectives and the Medical Examiner disappeared into Embury's room. "Yes," agreed Hendricks, "but, Eunice, you must not antagonize him. It can't do any good and it may do harm." "Harm? How?" and Eunice turned her big, wondering eyes on Hendrick. "Oh, it isn't wise to cross a man like that.
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