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Updated: August 10, 2024
Then there were hand-shakings, and congratulations, and hopes, and so on, and the old ladies parted, perfectly happy the one in knowing something which the rest of the town didn't, and the other in having been the sole person able to furnish that knowledge. The visitor who had called to see the twins was the Rev. Mr. Hotchkiss, pastor of the Baptist church.
He spoke the last words with a cordial, manly feeling, of which his voice was peculiarly capable, and which was always certain to secure him the confidence even of the recalcitrant. The artists exchanged greetings and hand-shakings and left the hall; a slave carried away the wine-jar and wiped the table, on which Pontius proceeded to lay out his sketches and plans.
Before leaving, the Chaplains had a rousing farewell meeting, and each delivered a brief but eloquent address, and amid hearty hand-shakings and fervent God bless you's, they took their way out of the camp. Only one officer escaped while we were at Savannah Captain Sampson, 2d Mass. H. A., and he was soon recaptured and brought back.
That brave fellow, your namesake, is of course your near relation." "What do you mean?" "Have you not seen the papers? Here they are." "Gallant Conduct of Ensign De Caxton! Promoted to a Lieutenancy on the Field!" I wipe my eyes, and cry: "Thank Heaven, it is my cousin!" Then new hand-shakings, new groups gather round. I feel taller by the head than I was before!
When the hymn was ended, the principal elders and teachers came up to Mauer, greeting him with cordial hand-shakings, and leading him, with words of hearty welcome, to a more prominent seat, from which he could address the congregation. He bore himself with a firmer carriage to-day, and the dignity of his tall figure was more conspicuous than on the evening before.
The curiosity of Skipper Fox and his men was greatly roused, for they felt convinced that the mere visit of a passing mission ship did not fully account for the vigorous hand-shakings of those on the deck, and the hearty hailing of newcomers, and the enthusiastic cheers of some at least of the little boats' crews as they pulled alongside.
That brave fellow, your namesake, is of course your near relation." "What do you mean?" "Have you not seen the papers? Here they are." "Gallant Conduct of Ensign De Caxton! Promoted to a Lieutenancy on the Field!" I wipe my eyes, and cry: "Thank Heaven, it is my cousin!" Then new hand-shakings, new groups gather round. I feel taller by the head than I was before!
She, however, escaped with only numerous hand-shakings. "He is, indeed, to be congratulated, votre fils, madame," the Marquis said, on being presented. "And the young lady, too, me dear sir. A better husband than me boy'll make there is not in England though his old mother says it." Grandmamma behaved with the stiffest decorum.
By that time Denah had set the crochet work quite straight, and with kisses and hand-shakings the visitors departed. Julia went back to the little room where first she washed the glasses that had been used, afterwards she finished the shrimps and washed them and put them ready for supper in a china dish like a large soap dish on three feet.
A little commotion about the door a little mob of young men and boys and a little spreading buzz and whisper some hand-shakings two or three introductions then another buzz and Bart made his way forward, with an air of being annoyed and bored and pushed forward as if to escape.
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