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upon to say and smiled grimly as he folded up the note and put it with its in his pocket several of the young ladies at the hotel who had become much attached to tried to frighten her from her proposed trip she would meet no one but they said the would be terrible as there was decent in it was a long and ride to th cav... | 1 |
was anything else required why this is on the ground floor exclaimed in a low tone as went to examine the shutters to the windows naturally he replied when there is but on story to the building tt all i the the girl turned a shade paler and set her together to keep from uttering a scream threw open the window shutters ... | 1 |
out the light miss giddy or will you he asked as there seemed nothing more to do we will let it burn he wondered he had not thought of that idea good night he said ten minutes later from his place on the floor but she made no answer could it be she had fallen asleep so soon after all her fright a ax chapter xxvi a nigh... | 1 |
the sought for had actually arrived and could now be found at his residence a little farther down the street the were soon toward the place indicated followed by quite a collection of half grown children who regarded as a genuine curiosity ten minutes at s door and then the chief guide appeared a handsome bright eyed y... | 1 |
place he could find and taking off his coat rolled it up for a pillow it is all i have to offer he said gallantly pointing to it with a gesture that suggested immediate possession i will not take it she retorted with dignity you have absolutely nothing left for yourself oh yes he laughed a man is never without miss mea... | 1 |
have lost your life for me if i had not been with you you would have held to that cord but you let go of it thinking i had it in my own hand ah is it not terrible that one i love so well should suffer through my fault listen to me it can do no harm to tell you now when we are so near the end of our lives i have loved y... | 1 |
hidden from his eyes with nothing to give the least indication of their identity but he could not console her she felt that the insult was too deep for immediate forgiveness after striving in vain to get her to speak the words of pardon he gave up the attempt in despair it was now past the hour of noon and a faint feel... | 1 |
to bed and sleep he said you may have an illness from your exposure if you are not careful making a bed again on the floor he curled himself up with his boots for a pillow but try as he might it was a long time before he could slumber last night s arrangement was ever so much better he murmured aloud it s as dark here ... | 1 |
i were in your place i should not hasten as everybody knows you are very far from home and will form no unpleasant conclusions this was a blow from which it took some time for to recover even enough to explain things to and when he did explain them he very soon got into a worse state of mind than at first the affection... | 1 |
way on foot to the elegant residence on fifth avenue ac he was about to ascend the marble steps a per young miss giddy son came down them stopped hesitated and then awaited his coming it was strange i have just returned was the brief statement that made find madame and tell her i would like to see her at my rooms silen... | 1 |
air that was almost cheerful he could not avoid telling her of the south and of as he had the others who questioned him and she expressed the hope that some day she would have the pleasure of seeing the tropical land which she made him describe between his desire to obey the of the doctor and his fear that if he began ... | 1 |
piece of luck that the father of the promising child in the other part of the house had not been inside its two weeks earlier i should not have known what to do with you laughed the physician you would have been a positive nuisance but supposing she had died replied with a shiver ah but she didn t all s well that ends ... | 1 |
he was not master on the opposite side from a woman who refused to act the part of a wife the note that he sent in to telling her of his intention was written in the most courteous manner it said she had only to speak the word and he would jl out remain with her otherwise he must she desired him to cease acting the r e... | 1 |
know as i should care very much i am tired of him if he should say a word i would ask him where he had left his own the farce of pretending to be an obedient wife is ended s hand on s arm she could only imperfectly understand what had been as her education in french was more this v than practical but her fears threw he... | 1 |
the wife s embrace was about her lover while that lover s sister held the husband as tightly as she could hoping to the aim which she had good reason to fear would be deadly was the picture of determination whatever else showed in his countenance there was nothing there of the coward he tried to s arms from his body th... | 1 |
the company through him i learned that there was no other key so effective in that country as a golden one instead of asking the authorities for permission to visit the prisoner i quietly took a guide and the men in charge of the prison to let me in was as comfortable in his situation as could be expected he had been a... | 1 |
her heart s blood with the greatest of good will for the man who had tried to kill her brother and what had we to do why get a good sized sum of money of coarse and put it where it would do the most good the way the law is carried out in materially from the method in the united states outside of military there are hard... | 1 |
about the tomb that mrs has ordered for her lover it is to cost a hundred thousand and there is inscription to go upon it fit for a hero and a martyr it will be erected on her own estate near the city of which she has purchased for a permanent residence something in this caused the physician to laugh softly to himself ... | 1 |
vm chapter xx an awful shock and jar xxi whatever the world may say xxii very much like where was xxiv the plot xxv mr his stock xxvi two strange marriages makes a revelation a journey and return looking backward c speaking of chapter i the of speaking of yes how came she to be called the mai ness of the young ma... | 1 |
less than a robber who has his goods from those more ignorant or weaker than him broke off a branch from an apple tree which hung over the road and began to the white and red blossoms for the moment the point that i am not a man of wealth but a hard working man of business s opinions must be about the same as your own ... | 1 |
there if the owner for a fancied injury one of them of the privilege of earning his bread the others do well to resist for the general welfare bowed assent they have a right to do anything they can accomplish and i have a similar right if they are my la the case you they might the mills and of out till the surface of b... | 1 |
selected with an eye to wear rather than beauty places to cook and sleep in they undoubtedly are but who could apply to them that bright english word home the rents received from these are often sufficient to pay their entire cost every four or five years in such a building on the third floor were the two rooms occupie... | 1 |
seems so self sufficient too he paused and then added speaking of she will probably work on in these mills she grows old and faded with never a husband or child to her don t you think so i don t know you might ask her was s rather peculiar reply chapter n a man of business the day after the conversation just related ph... | 1 |
her expression but he said i am well known and should almost certainly meet americans wherever i went it would not be agreeable to be detected in which would surely be you would learn before you had been abroad a month that the world is a very little place and that compared with it new york is a very large one she le... | 1 |
but goes deeper into it than any person i ever heard or read she succeeded in making me appear contemptible though i refused to admit a single one of her claims feminine instinct dictated the next question what is she like describe her attempted to but like most men could give little beside was grand magnificent he cou... | 1 |
op business some french poet has said that the is so long as the wine is good in a week after marriage vou would find your love transferred as clearly as though you used the process now i am going to make a suggestion i know where you can get a husband young handsome and fairly over with affection and still not lose a... | 1 |
and footman will carry him home if he the innocent daughter of some he will do the right thing by her he will support her offspring su h is the popular impression regarding the rights of inherited wealth it is an impression almost as old as but this present author is willing to that the public mind is about to undergo ... | 1 |
in these days needs money i have to live in a of rooms don t i i muse dine once in a while must an occasional spin an the road in a hired ag i m not rich enough to own one like the rest of the boys i may sometimes want a box at the theatre and i have been known to wear clothes now how far will go for these to say not... | 1 |
a supper at an up town then he promised to pay for her room and board and give her ten dollars a week as pocket money and she was his the ten dollar arrangement as we have seen did not last long with the quickness of her race s wants kept pace with the opportunities of gratifying them opened a new world to her and she... | 1 |
cried i m only twenty two i how an a fellow become respectable at twenty two they both laughed together at the of the remark you must not marry to break her heart said that is not my purpose at all i am seeking your mutual happiness then there was another pause if i should marry asked finally and with an effort could ... | 1 |
in this world for how long thirty years about that what have you ever done she said earnestly to earn the food you have eaten and the clothes you have well he smiled i have been a guardian of ind a of estates it has kept me pretty busy and i might add without that those who have employed me have expressed satisfaction... | 1 |
you are s friend and that makes you mine we may differ for the present but i think we shall do so with good nature j do you the justice to think you a perfectly honest man from your wholly if we ever convince your reason i am sure you will come to our aid meantime i trust we shall see you often i admit that there is a ... | 1 |
why he began you are she interrupted why not be truthful let me give you a lesson in frankness i like you very much but i do not want you for a husband we ought to be attached friends not lovers and i trust from now on i shall see you more frequently that is if your other acquaintances will consent to spare you so t... | 1 |
responded there are in my estimation between your and the class usually known as abandoned women she is your true wife in all except a legal ceremony i fear nothing from contact with her for i know a girl cannot be very degraded in whose society my cousin finds such pleasure that he wished to continue in it even after ... | 1 |
am doing no one harm and it makes me very she had a perceptible accent that ent a charm to her speech and as she proceeded there was a distinct tremor to her musical voice no responded taking the girl s hand in he own i am not here with any such purpose if i had intended to advise you to leave i should not have secured... | 1 |
eight o clock and the other leaders of the met in private council to discuss the situation we shall have your friend to fight it seems said william converse one of the head to as he entered the conference room and my friend too remarked quickly noticing the that converse had put the word friend we shall soon see how fr... | 1 |
decree your dismissal from the council i have no use for and converse did not before her his reply terribly in earnest they can kill us they can burn our hearts out with ill paid toil t that is all right but we we can do nothing did not her as she answered you speak like a child like a very angry child who has no th... | 1 |
course not said his friend without much difficulty the question he was about to ask what could you do with a girl like in take her to the agency that would look well wouldn t it board her out the whole village would be talking in twenty four hours and the white caps might visit you can t you leave your sweetheart just ... | 1 |
of you she went to the bed threw herself upon it and hid face in the pillow at this began to get angry too he spoke to her several times and when she would not answer cried good by then i m ing put on his hat and left the house the french girl heard his steps as he passed down the staircase she lifted her head and laug... | 1 |
about her neck and seemed lost in contemplation of the picture that adorned its interior suddenly she lifted it to her lips and kissed it lovingly no she said in a low tone more to herself than her companion i shall never love any man but vou this picture here she looked up is worth more lo me than all the rich lover... | 1 |
and want good to work do you no of i could do i will work hard and be good i want know more at mr s and i will call for it she read the note over carefully placed it in an envelope and then tried again to decide where she had best go till she could find work she opened the and looked at the picture so absorbed was she ... | 1 |
i tell you a story the speaker was the of and the listener was philip agent of the great central the time was evening and the place the rooms of the in the nodded gravely he sat so near the that he could distinctly perceive the effect of the that she possessed apart from any merely mental experience they were alone thi... | 1 |
interior after which they divided all the island among themselves and these wild people were they not of kin to our great proprietor asked the stranger they claim to be related said the judges not without confusion then said the traveller i protest against these titles which are by your own confession written in blood ... | 1 |
they choose the end of time merely by the natural course of our property will increase vastly with each generation i have added to the acres possessed by my father and my son i trust will add as much more thou hast unusual o slave it is for thee also to rise if thou wilt but seek the means above thy then the slave rent... | 1 |
natural condition by crushing numbers of other slaves yet deeper in the mire small wonder is it that between such i so many take the latter human nature is weak the hard conditions under which we live blot out the finer sentiments and us into brutes i have heard that in the south before the war often bought other slave... | 1 |
her time for his mere selfish picture he wondered again that she should devote her life to people so far beneath her in intellectual she had already answered his suggestion that she was fitted for higher things and mistaken she had like other the greatest of purpose thus reflecting he became aware that she was waiting ... | 1 |
their amusement whenever we get ready to open the mills again they will jam the entrance in their eagerness to reach the but we shall be in no haste a little longer than usual will do these people good s heard him attentively and thought he meant all he said heard him with equal attention and took a very different vie... | 1 |
am glad you are not a she spoke the disagreeable words with breath but you are nearly as bad you do not earn anything the are your slaves after all says no man has a right to live if he does not produce things if you and i could work together it would make us love each other all the more the tear that in the girl s eye... | 1 |
were like those of a tiger as he replied vou have a wife and children what about the wives and children you are this day to feed your you would be willing to starve a hundred others to keep a roof over their heads you would throw a thousand people into the street i im speaking op me those give them to me i say or i wil... | 1 |
with the law he bowed assent but he said what is to come next it is not warm enough these nights to sleep out of doors women and children will perish if the sky is their only covering they must be provided with shelter where she thought a moment before she spoke there are the public buildings she said the same authorit... | 1 |
he said there is no law to compel us to open the mills if they wish work why do they not try other towns by remaining here they seem to set us at defiance i can assure you that unless our wheels by the first day of november the last of cotton has been spun in as heard him the color mounted to her cheeks and this is fre... | 1 |
is all right as you say he said but there is something confounded unpleasant to me in an here are hundreds of families given only seven days notice to get out of places they have for a long time been led to consider their homes it is all right of course hang it it is not agreeable the agent frowned a little at the pi... | 1 |
thought so said now there are not half a dozen empty houses in that can be hired were our people ever so able to pay rent which as you know they are not we have applied to the for leave to use the public buildings but they n slowly it is thought they fear to you by i speaking of friendly attitude toward us the nig... | 1 |
the who came at one o clock to lock up and take the keys saw a strange sight along the household goods were piled to the for many rods women and children some on chairs others on were discussing the prospect for the next night s lodgings an im meals were being served in the most primitive style several of the little on... | 1 |
agent was not a popular man in that day but still less so was the colonel the sight of has exasperated many a crowd before now i have been sent here said colonel by order of the governor upon the representation that the local police may not be able to protect the town and mill property during the next few days i called... | 1 |
who are to be turned out to morrow i should feel better leave that to god she said earnestly he who has done so much for us to night will not desert us if we trust in him i am going to pray before i sleep for te i every soul in this town that he will hare them m his keeping every soul repeated shall you pray fo philip... | 1 |
dressed at two o clock in the morning and anxious for a stroll in the streets he had ceased to consider anything remarkable except the commonplace in a town like that which had become where a could dispute the agent s right to go where he id nothing could surprise him very much presently appeared warmly dressed and too... | 1 |
have been compelled to say hard ones do you think i find it agreeable to contemplate the spectacle of shivering men and women you have known me too long for that a great question is left for me to solve and i have decided to sink all else until it is settled the country has been distracted by strikes injurious alike to... | 1 |
i will have a doctor for it why did not some one tell me of this where have you been all night instead of letting me know gave an impatient what good would it have done to let you know you who have said within a minute that you will turn the rest of them out as fast as you can but not the babies i didn t realize that ... | 1 |
strolled about discussing the situation in low tones though they were in truth holiday soldiers and not particularly in love with the task assigned them their commander could find no fault with their obedience of orders that extraordinary thing called discipline which makes a thousand men execute the will of one like w... | 1 |
we will talk further the principal thing i wish to urge upon you is discretion our cause is more likely at the present moment to suffer injury from careless friends than from its natural enemies accepted the terms with gladness declaring that he would so prove his and his judgment that he would receive him into full fe... | 1 |
t introduce me could you wanted to knock him down and came within an ace of doing it but he restrained himself and only said no i couldn t indeed then he somewhat abruptly opened the door of his own box and walked into it when the play ended he a little while not caring to encounter any other acquaintances at the exit ... | 1 |
the next morning awoke to find at his bed side fully dressed in the plain ments she had worn at the mill i am a we have hardly more than time to et breakfast and take the train for she said stooping down to kiss him in a few minutes he was ready to accompany her but before they left the house he led her into her own ro... | 1 |
have used what he said need not b repeated but it was sufficient to arouse to h highest pitch of t z have listened t yo i sir he said rising to l am a as long as i possibly can will you do me the kindness to leave the house leave the house repeated baker as soon as he could speak for astonishment i will do that at my ... | 1 |
lines at his pleasure and he presented it whenever he happened to meet a his walk was and taken merely to ward off his he soon noticed that the streets wore a deserted appearance his first thought was that the town buildings had been opened to them but a stroll in that direction showed the still on guard and no lights ... | 1 |
it seemed very odd to be there after the services were ended among tired of work people with that dear little hand clasped in hit own the gas lamps were partially lowered and a dim religious light enveloped the the face of the depicted in many scenes of his unselfish life looked down on the with a divine compassion ami... | 1 |
liable to be a change very soon the meet this morning at eleven o clock for what purpose it is their regular monthly meeting but a special matter will come up baker is to submit charges me against w absolute incredulity was in the expression yes he me of and of too great to the what shall you do that will depend on cir... | 1 |
be made in such cases as nature will certainly put a limit on i regard it as settled that i cannot see another sunrise now i have considerable property and as laws stand s speaking of i have a right to dispose of it as long as there i in me like many another man i have heretofore given that subject little thought i fel... | 1 |
leave us again bowed assent to the last proposition and the door closed behind the legal and lights if i am agitated said the mill agent when he and the colonel were alone i can soon explain to you my reason this will has a remarkable significance to me margaret has been dead these eight years yes i have seen he grave ... | 1 |
the matter mr took it and tried to assume an expression of welcome i will be perfectly candid with you president said and not pretend to any surprise at this visit you are in on account of information sent to you by that i have allowed the families to re enter the houses president looked relieved and intimated that he ... | 1 |
life she the door to him with the old smile of welcome the experiences of the c week the rev speaking of of his love and her own had left their traces on the beautiful face but the smile was still there her expression was indeed more her eyes were filled with a longing but the smile unchanged from the old days brough... | 1 |
the funeral of colonel will take place day after to morrow in late rooms at the fifth avenue hotel the hour b set at two o clock only three or associates have been invited it will be your last opportunity to look upon the features of the man to whom you owe your being may i hope to accompany you there she realized the ... | 1 |
hope that you would return my affection when he dictated this letter i was absent from the room a few moments after he signed it he became and never rallied now i must be candid with you last night i would have given worlds to call you mine but that was twenty hours ago she shrank under the blow which was harder than h... | 1 |
seen since his youth he used to send me his stock to vote on at the annual meetings now the estate most of the income of which belongs to and owns eight hundred shares and i have one hundred shares to control the stock five thousand and one shares are necessary with that number in our hands we could elect a new board o... | 1 |
happiness that can come to man is soon to be mine miss has promised to be my wife all but put on an expression of puzzled doubt miss miss responded taking her hand to remove all doubt as to whom he referred her father colonel left his fortune in my hands as his daughter the trust with the more sacred one of her own dea... | 1 |
him to night i can meet with no less affection they have equally let us say for the sake of argument though in my heart i believe her more innocent of the two both have repented clear your mind philip of the hard injustice that would give every chance to the man and none to the woman thus talking they approached the hu... | 1 |
like charge on an crowd and quite another to fight against an unseen foe of the usually ascribed to some of the younger members of the companies wished they had not been so fast in to the calls of their captains a little illness might have been worked into an excuse and perhaps have prevented serious consequences colon... | 1 |
property on all sides with a strong guard then extend your lines outward in the direction of the houses from which the apparatus would undoubtedly be worked get a warrant and thoroughly search all of the premises nearest the mills act as if you mean business and my word for it you will have this thing uncovered before ... | 1 |
note i do not she replied i cannot conceive how such an infamous proposition could from any sane person it is simply horrible the who had been sent for arrived at this juncture and joined the group he showed surprise when told that the notices were to come down but assented without comment the oftener the notices went ... | 1 |
hidden in the room next to that which and occupied at the agency and had overheard every word of their conversation on hearing their report mr had reached the decision that it would be wise to lock up until he was through with the searching process i they had found nothing in the room occupied by converse according to ... | 1 |
and was also made acquainted with its contents he was we have settled one thing said the colonel the author of this note is not one of the persons in the hall and every man whom we have had under special suspicion is there including converse heard him and said h waa not t sure about that but there is ne thing we e n t... | 1 |
face as ii passed him for there was still a chance that she might was have been inside and escaped his vision when the last one had departed he went in and looked at the empty seats a chill came over him he decided to go and ask when she had last seen her the was at home and he heard a pleasant come in in response to h... | 1 |
girl would stay very long and he to see the end of the strange affair nearly two hours passed and he was about ready to give up the investigation when the door at which had entered the hotel opened softly and not one figure but two stepped forth he knew the second figure was and his wonder increased he saw them start... | 1 |
i know it seems strange h am obliged to do a very particular errand and i hate to go alone it is a secret what i am going to do and i know you will not ask questions now dear wrap yourself up and come looked disturbed a secret she repeated is it perfectly right ah perhaps it is something for yes said catching eagerly... | 1 |
in that building with his cousin and sweetheart no matter what crime they might intend to commit thus it happened that when heard s cry there were four persons inside the building instead of two the sound of his cousin s voice raised to a pitch that fright startled he quickly decided that he would at all risks know wha... | 1 |
agent s face you dog you worse than beast he cried you shall answer to me for that insult his eyes glared like those of a and the agent did not wish a personal contest with a man so even though his form might appear thk plot than his own he retreated toward the gas jet and with a quick motion extinguished it then havi... | 1 |
arrest every person who gives the least cause for suspicion it shall be done said the colonel and he went tc give the necessary orders chapter xxv mr his stock before philip finished his breakfast the next morning he was given a from and as soon as steam could carry him to he was there met him at the station and as the... | 1 |
said mr put it in writing i will and i will resign from the board of tomorrow the lord knows i have not had a good night s sleep since this row began took the agreement when it was ready and read it over one thing more he said as he handed mr speaking of a check on account you will say nothing of this after the meet... | 1 |
not at first pay a great deal of attention to her wound as the which dr applied kept it from giving her much pain her trouble was principally of the nervous order and the good physician expressed his belief that she would be as well as ever in a few weeks unless put back by difficulties he advised to be with her as muc... | 1 |
the most he could have proved against was that the apparatus was found beneath the floor of her room and that sh had probably cut the wires in the of the mill the latter act was certainly in her favor and the former was hardly sufficient evidence of guilt when totally by other testimony argued to that the apparatus mig... | 1 |
not if they starved who did let one of them die he sprang to his feet with an exclamation you shall not r and who she went on as if she had not noticed the interruption keeps his pity for the of the aristocracy lest they should soil their dainty hands and cease devouring the bread they steal from the mouth of honest l... | 1 |
when the gentlemen entered a maid who had been hastily engaged had attended to the details of her mistress toilet and disappeared said approaching here is mr you know s husband mrs rose to greet and gave him her hand with every sign of pleasure he saw nothing that resembled insanity in the calm gaze that met his and hi... | 1 |
mr who was an expert in such matters the quality of the product was improved and the waste lessened all the men and women there were no children at work now did their best to make th business successful with at the it was easy for to run down occasionally in the morning and spend a few hours looking after his work catc... | 1 |
immediately demand to be taken to the palace of which she never tired of talking there was not a residence in the city that would have equalled her description of the one she intended to have as soon as her visit with her friends was over indeed it would have been difficult to produce anywhere the she used to describe ... | 1 |
sit up all night to watch over the safety of passengers who never sat up and watched over anyone why was it thus she asked over and over and his answers though ingenious never quite satisfied her it was surely wrong she said that those who did nothing should have better than those who toiled without ceasing when they t... | 1 |
home she repeated yes home to to the village where was born where she went to school where she tended a loom in the mill home to where she led the great strike and where she met philip do you not remember she was silent for a moment but who now came through the crowd won a pleased glance of recognition he said taking h... | 1 |
the recognized them with a smile and escorted them to a central in which they found to their that and were already seated did not understand the french language and the meaning of the sermon was consequently lost to her but she felt a satisfaction in being there that well repaid her for going the clergyman noticed that... | 1 |
is not in the profession and does not expect to be now let me say at once mr that your contribution is not open to any of the objections i have you have evidently been well educated your english is pure and forcible it is a real delight to read your pages every line shows the greatest care in construction i did with yo... | 1 |
in and as she entered she saw two men standing with hats in their hand as if about to take their departure i beg your pardon she said but i wish to see mr that is my name responded one of the men stepping forward i miss mr did not seem very glad to hear it the hour of one had just struck and he was about to go to his l... | 1 |
pen and begins to let her thoughts flow over paper it that she knows everything more than everything almost why i was twenty five before i was as wise as the heroine of sixteen in this story of yours miss again all the more because she had glanced up and encountered the bright eyes of mr fixed upon her why pursued the ... | 1 |
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