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Just now I've got no work to do, and so have entered my name on Turcival's list of eligibles." Thorndyke pursed up his lips and frowned. "It's a wicked shame, Jervis," said he presently, "that a man of your abilities and scientific acquirements should be frittering away his time on odd jobs like some half-qualified wastrel." "It is," I agreed.
"It's a wonder I hadn't thought of it before." The girl gave a curious, quiet smile. "I had," said she. "YOU had!" exclaimed Arkwright. "A woman always keeps a careful list of eligibles," explained she. "As Lucy Burke told me he was headed for Washington, I put him on my list that very night well down toward the bottom, but, still, on it. I had quite forgotten him until to-night."
It meant little short of death to the man who endeavored to disgrace a woman without cause. The youths had a similar feast of their own, in which the eligibles were those who had never spoken to a girl in the way of courtship. It was considered ridiculous so to do before attaining some honor as a warrior, and the novices prided themselves greatly upon their self control.
You see, Brill, you and I are the only eligibles in the place, and now you are out of it, she's sure to take me sooner or later." "And pray how long am I to wait?" demanded the Major, controlling himself with difficulty. "I can't say," said Halibut; "but I don't think it's any good your waiting at all, because if I see any signs that Mrs.
Within thirty-six hours of her arrival at Dufferin Bluff she had every one of the half-dozen eligibles at her feet, not to mention a score or more ineligibles. She would have been surprised indeed had it been otherwise. Miss Thayer knew her power, and was somewhat unduly fond of exercising it.
'One only, but he talks of his wife in a revolting way. I hated him for it. He thought he was being epigrammatic and brilliant. 'That is a vice peculiar to men. I dislike him because he is generally in the wake of some girl, disappointing the Eligibles. He will persecute May Holt no more, unless I am much mistaken. 'No. I think Mrs. Delville may occupy his attention for a while.
The Commission, with the full approval of all its members, has now opened the list of eligibles to the public. The eligible lists for the classified post-offices and custom-houses are now publicly posted in the respective offices, as are also the certifications for appointments.
She hoped that her daughter would outlive her youthful infatuation, and would at length, in a more suitable match, give her heart to one of the numerous eligibles of her circle. To promote this end Mrs. Hardy spared no pains. Young Carlton, son of a banker, and one of the leading men of his set, seemed a particularly appropriate match. Mrs.
Heretofore the book of eligibles has been closed to everyone, except as certifications were made upon the requisition of the appointing officers. This secrecy was the source of much suspicion and of many charges of favoritism in the administration of the law. What is secret is always suspected; what is open can be judged.
They would say he had made a fool of himself; he had been an easy mark for a little outsider. He wondered just how it had happened. The fact was that Kedzie had appealed to his pity. That was what none of the other eligibles had ever done, least of all Charity the ineligible. He went home. He found his father and mother playing double Canfield and wrangling over it as usual.
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