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It was quite possible, however, to cut foot-holes down. Le Croix had with him a stout Manilla rope of about three hundred feet in length. With this tied round his waist, and Lewis, firmly planted, holding on to it, he commenced the staircase. Two blows sufficed for each step, yet two hours were consumed before the work was finished.
It is inhabited by whites and blacks, the former sugar planters, and the latter un-planters that is, they gather the sugar cane. "St. Croix was discovered by Columbus in 1493, and at times the Dutch, British and Spanish owned it. In 1733 Denmark bought it, and has owned it since. The average temperature is " "That'll do you!" interrupted Walter. "We can read a guide book as well as you can.
But, come, De Croix," I urged, anxiously, "we run great risk loitering here; there is but one safe spot for us until after dark, yonder, crouched in the waters of the lake. The Indians may return at any moment to complete their foul work; and for us to be found alive means torture, most likely the stake, and will remove the last hope for Mademoiselle.
But by dint of search, a most voluminous correspondence, and perhaps a little bit of intrigue, she finally managed to unearth two very distant cousins, peasant boys from the Cevennes, whom she frankly admitted never having seen, but to whom she regularly sent packages and post cards; about whom she was at liberty to speak without blushing, since one of them had recently been cited for bravery and decorated with the Croix de Guerre.
At any rate, he would be out of the way, and unable to take any dangerous steps. This same consideration so annoyed Berenger that he would have declined the invitation, if royal invitations could have been declined. And in the morning, before setting out, he dressed himself point device, and with Osbert behind him marched down to the Croix de Larraine, to call upon the Chevalier de Ribaumont.
John as the eastern limit of the grant to Sir William Alexander, being the stream understood and described in it under the name of St. Croix, and wholly different from the river known to the French under that name. If, therefore, Great Britain should insist that the question in relation to the St. John is the St.
Madame Connard, a widow, and the landlady of the Cygne de la Croix, a godly and right-thinking person, made a significant grimace when she saw a young girl, quietly dressed, entering her house, with no other luggage than an old band-box. But when she handed her the card of Monsieur Tibulle, judge of the Court at Vic, president of the Society of St.
The dregs of war did not engulf him as they did so many of us. He was true to his ideal. He would have been advanced for honors many a time but for the enmity of our captain. He won the Croix de Guerre by as splendid a feat as I saw during the war.... Thank God, we had some officers who treated us like men who were men themselves.
Such a reverse in man's life awakens a better principle than curiosity: I could not help looking for some time at him as I sat in the remise: the more I look'd at him, his croix, and his basket, the stronger they wove themselves into my brain. I got out of the remise, and went towards him.
Yesterday Martial and Marie-Anne spent a quarter of an hour together at the Croix d'Arcy." The old physician at Vigano, who had come to Marie-Anne's aid, was an honorable man. His intellect was of a superior order, and his heart was equal to his intelligence. He knew life; he had loved and suffered, and he possessed two sublime virtues forbearance and charity.
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