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"I hope you will come back." "I'm sure to come back. Good-by." "Good-by, sir." The unconscious "sir" startled Crittenden. It was merely habit, of course, and the fact that Crittenden was not yet enlisted, but there was an unintended significance in the soldier's tone that made him wince. Blackford turned sharply away, flushing.
Bassett of his intended journey, delaying the moment as long as possible to minimize her inevitable querulous moanings. Blackford was in his room studying, and Bassett had grimly paced the veranda for half an hour when the nurse came down with a request that he desist from his promenade, as it annoyed Mrs. Bassett in her chamber above.
"Behave!" ordered his sister, whereat Will proceeded to contort himself in various ways to the great amusement of the girls. "That's fine!" exclaimed Mr. Blackford "fine that you can go camping, I mean not Will's circus act. But I must apologize for coming in on you this way. I happened to have some business in town, and as I received a curious bit of news I thought you girls might be interested.
"The old way?" he repeated. "The old unhappy way." "Up there at the lake you knew I was unhappy; you knew things weren't right with me?" "Things weren't right because you were wrong! Success hadn't made you happy. The shadows kept dancing round you. Mrs. Bassett's troubles came largely from worrying about you. In time Marian and Blackford will begin to see the shadows.
But if the boys had hoped to try their new craft that day they were disappointed, for there was more work about installing the motor than they had calculated on. The girls grew tired of waiting, and strolled over to the village, the day being pleasant. They met Mr. Blackford coming from the depot, he having returned to complete his visit with the boys.
"My grandfather was in the United States Navy, before he began teaching at Madison, so I know a good deal from him about Europe." "Blackford he's my brother is going to Annapolis," said Marian, thus reminded of her brother's aspirations. "At least he says he is, though he used to talk about West Point. I hope he will go into the Army.
Blackford brought down the cudgel on its head with such force that the brute turned with a shrill cry of pain and fled. Then the young man, who had caught the almost fainting girl in his other arm, turned his attention to her. "Amy Amy!" he cried. "Are you hurt? Speak and tell me!" Slowly she opened her eyes.
If not given too large a department or too great responsibility, she ought to be very valuable in an executive position." Supervisor, on No. 7: "An active, reliable man; a good gang-boss or leader; very susceptible to further training." Dr. Blackford, on No. 7: "Highest grade and finest-textured of any of the foremen yet considered.
The question remains as to whether the commercial applications of this method are successful; whether the results obtained are reliable; whether the inefficiencies and losses, to which we have referred in previous chapters, are appreciably remedied by its use. In one of the first organizations where the Blackford Employment Plan was installed there were employed about 2,500 men and women.
Charles Minor Blackford, an associate editor, addressed to Rudyard Kipling, calling attention to the apparent inconsistency of his attitude of distrust of Russia as shown in his well-known poem, "The Truce of the Bear," and his present advocacy of the alliance between Russia and Great Britain. A copy of the verses was sent to Mr.
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