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But the spirit of devotion and reverence had fled. Both ministers realized it and realized that the only thing to do was to close the meeting quietly and let the excited people go. Mr. Meredith addressed a few earnest words to the boys in khaki which probably saved Mr. Pryor's windows from a second onslaught and Mr.
She spared herself no details of the change, and as she acknowledged them, one by one, the slow, painful red spread to her temples. Oh, it was horrible, it was disgusting, this aging of the flesh! The face in the mirror looked back at her helplessly; it was no weapon with which to fight Lloyd Pryor's weariness! Yet she must fight it, somehow.
As I was on the point of leaving, he inquired where I was going to, and I answered that I was going back to Pryor's house, where the general was, when he remarked that if I would wait a moment he would go along.
"Jones had seen it all, and spiking his gun followed Pryor's men to the same place. "In the meantime Crutchfield had rallied his men, those who still remained with him, on the flank of Servant's riflemen, and was again fighting vigorously. "But presently a powerful flank movement of the foe showed him that he was in danger of being out off from his line of retreat.
Pryor thought my father didn't amount to much because he lived on land; if it made him think more of him, to know that he could be in the legislature if he chose, maybe he'd think still more I lifted the papers, picked it up carefully, and slipping back quietly, I laid it on Mr. Pryor's knee.
Robert took one good look. "Ye Gods!" he cried. "There he comes now, a chattering madman!" "The Station," I panted. "Up that ravine! Roll back the stone and pull the door shut after you. Quick!" He never could have been inside, before Mr. Pryor's horse was raving along the embankment beside the fence. "Where is he?" he cried. "Thomas saw him here!"
As I was on the point of leaving, he inquired where I was going to, and I answered that I was going back to Pryor's house, where the general was, when he remarked that if I would wait a moment he would go along.
As I was on the point of leaving, he inquired where I was going to, and I answered that I was going back to Pryor's house, where the general was, when he remarked that if I would wait a moment he would go along.
Of course I waited, and he soon joined me, dressed much as a Californian, with the peculiar high, broad-brimmed hat, with a fancy cord, and we walked together back to Pryor's, where I left him with General Kearney. We spent several days very pleasantly at Los Angeles, then, as now, the chief pueblo of the south, famous for its grapes, fruits, and wines.
Laddie spoke to me: "You went to Mr. Pryor's and asked for that goose?" "She did not!" said the Princess before I could answer. "She never asked for anything.
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