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At four o'clock in the morning we again set off, and, as much rain had fell in the night, the roads were in a dreadful state. The coach company now consisted of nine passengers inside, one on the top, (which, from its convex form, is a very precarious situation,) and three on the box, besides the coachman, who sat on t...
This requires not only a perfect freedom of motion, but also a firmness of step, or constant steady bearing of the centre of gravity over the base. It is usually possessed by those who live in the country, and according to nature, as it is called, and who take much and varied exercise. What a contrast is there between ...
A treatise on the great geological question, whether the continents now inhabited, have or have not been repeatedly submerged in the sea, has lately been read to the Académie des Sciences, by M. Constant Prevost. M. Prevost maintains, contrary to the generally received opinion, that there has been but one great inundat...
WHITE QUEENOF THECANNIBALS_The Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar_by A.J. BUELTMANN_Contents_1. A Drunkard's Home 2. A Brave Girl 3. In Africa 4. On Her Own 5. Into the Jungle 6. A Brave Nurse 7. Witchcraft 8. The Poison Test 9. Victories for Mary 10. A Disappointment 11. Clouds and Sunshine 12. Among the Cannib...
The money they got from selling their furniture in Aberdeen slowly melted away. Sickness came to the Slessor home. Robert Junior, who was going to be a missionary to Calabar, became sick and died. Two other of the children also died, and only Mary, Susan, John, and Janie were left. But even that did not make Father Sle...
One day William Anderson, a missionary to the West Coast of Africa, came to the little church. He told of the great need for missionaries in Africa. He told of the bad things which the people did who did not know Jesus.Sitting in church, listening to the missionary, Mary saw in her mind a picture of Africa. It was not ...
"And, Miss Slessor," said Mr. Thomson, "don't forget that the natives are wild and fierce and many of them are cannibals who would be glad to eat you.""I shall not fear," said Mary. "God is leading me. He is my good Shepherd. He can protect me from fierce beasts and the wild people. I am happy He has chosen me to bring...
"They kill them," said Mammy Anderson. "Sometimes they bury the twins alive and sometimes they just throw them out into the bush to die of hunger. The mother is driven into the bush. No one will have anything to do with her. She is left to die in the jungle or to be eaten by the wild animals.""But why do they do such ...
Mrs. Slessor was not well. Living in the crowded, dusty, smoky city made her sick. Mary found a little home out in the country. Here were clear blue skies and pleasant fields. Mary's mother was much better after they moved her. Mary's sisters enjoyed it also. The months passed quickly. Soon the year would be over."...
"What's that?" asked Mary. She took the twin boys that were with her and rushed down to the road to see what was going on. Here she found a crowd of people. They were all dressed up. Some wore three-cornered hats with long feathers hanging down. Some had crowns. Some wore masks with animal heads and horns. Some put on...
At last it was time for Mary to go back to Old Town. The king and the people were sorry to see her go. On her homeward way a tropical storm struck the canoe and the people in it. Mary was soaked. The next morning she was shaking with sickness and fever. The rowers feared their white Ma would die. They rowed as fast a...
"Yes, and I am so happy. Those people need to have their hearts and lives changed. I am happy that I shall be able to tell them about the Saviour.""Aren't you afraid to go among these wicked men? What if they should go on the warpath when you arrive?""I am not worried. God is on my side. If it is His will, He can keep...
"Ma Mary," he said, "the men will not come. They will not bring the things until the daylight chases away the hidden dangers of the jungle.""I will talk to them," said Mary. She plodded on through the mud. She came to the canoe. The men were all sound asleep. Mary woke them and put them to work. In the meantime Mr. Bis...
"I don't have enough of this medicine with me," said Mary. She knew that away on the other side of the river another missionary was working. She knew he had some of the medicine. She went to the men of the village."You must go across the river to Ikorofiong for more medicine," said Mary."No, no, we cannot go," said the...
"I will fix that," said Mary. She took some of the men of Ekenge with her. She went to the village of Njiri. With the help of the men of Ekenge and some of the people of the village, they tied some of the most drunken men and the wildest fighters to the trees. They left them there to cool themselves in the breezes of t...
At last Mary and the children she had adopted and the native children cleared the ground. They stuck sticks in the ground for the wall. They began to make the roof. Then some of the lazy people of the village began to help, and at last the house was built.Mary also wanted to build a church and school at Ifako. The chie...
The men did work. Because they were busy they had less time and less desire to get drunk and quarrel. Mary's missionary work was having its effect on the lives of the people. Slowly they were changing from their heathen ways, but there was still much to do.One day while Mary and Mr. Ovens were working on the mission ho...
"If Bwana Ovens will make a fine box for my son then I will let all go free but Mojo, Otinga, and Obwe," said Chief Edem."But why keep them?" asked Mary."Mojo and Otinga are related to Etim's mother. They planned bad things against my boy. Obwe is related to Chief Akpo who has run away because he is guilty. Now if I le...
It was night. Mary Slessor and the two men marched out into the darkness. The lanterns threw strange shadows that looked like fierce men in the darkness. At last Mary and her guard came to the village where they were to ask for the drummer. They told the chief what Chief Edem had said, but the chief did not want to hel...
The rowers pulled their oars strongly, and swiftly down the slow moving river went the canoe. Three years Mary had spent in Okoyong. Already she had seen a change in the heathen people. A greater change was still to come. Mary was going to see more of the power the Gospel has to change heathen hearts and lives.#10#_A ...
The work here was like that in Ekenge. The chiefs came with the troubles they were having in their tribes. They wanted her advice. The people came with their family problems and wanted her to tell them what to do. There were many heathen people who came from the jungle to visit her. Mary taught her classes. She condu...
The government decided to make this tribe stop doing these bad things. A small band of soldiers was sent against this tribe to make them obey. This made Mary sad. She knew that sending soldiers to fight against these people would not change them. She knew that only the Gospel could change the black men's hearts. She wi...
"These two rooms are for you, Ma," the people said. "You must have a place to stay when you come to us."After the church and school were built, Mary went back to Akpap. Here she heard good news."The Board in Scotland has given me permission to be your assistant at Akpap," said Miss Wright."Wonderful!" said Mary. "Now I...
"I have been so afraid, Ma, that you would think us unworthy of a teacher and take her away," said the woman. "I could not live again in darkness. I pray all the time. I lay my basket down and pray on the road.""That is good," said Mary. "Prayer can do anything. I know. I have tested it. Of course, God does not always ...
The next morning Chief Onoyom took some men who wanted to be Christians. Before beginning to chop at the tree they knelt and prayed that the white Ma's God would prove stronger than the juju. Then they got up and began to chop. Soon the tree fell with a mighty crash. Ma's God had won!The juju tree was used for a pulpit...
Close to Arochuku, within a circle of less than three miles in diameter, there are nineteen large towns. I visited sixteen of these. Each of them is larger than Creek Town. Most of the people are anxious to help. Already many of them have begun to live in God's way. Even the head chief of all the Aros wants us to do mi...
"If you are unwilling to rest at Duke Town, I shall have to send you to Scotland on a long vacation.""Very well," sighed Mary, "I will go to Duke Town."The next day the government sent its boat, the "Maple Leaf," to take Mary down the river to Duke Town. Here she spent many weeks resting and gaining her strength. At la...
Hundreds of people crowded into the new church at Akpap. Mary remembered the wild parties and drunken fights of the first days of her work among the people. How they were changed! How God had changed them through His Gospel! It was wonderful! Mary thanked God for His wonderful blessings.Shortly after her trip to Akpap,...
The Divine Comedyof Dante AlighieriTranslated by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWPURGATORIOContentsI. The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush. II. The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure. III. Discourse on the Limits of Reason. The Foot of the Mountain. Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church....
The dawn was vanquishing the matin hour Which fled before it, so that from afar I recognised the trembling of the sea.Along the solitary plain we went As one who unto the lost road returns, And till he finds it seems to go in vain.As soon as we were come to where the dew Fights with the sun, and, be...
Insane is he who hopeth that our reason Can traverse the illimitable way, Which the one Substance in three Persons follows!Mortals, remain contented at the 'Quia;' For if ye had been able to see all, No need there were for Mary to give birth;And ye have seen desiring without fruit, Those whose desir...
Thou'lt see how of necessity must pass This on one side, when that upon the other, If thine intelligence right clearly heed.""Truly, my Master," said I, "never yet Saw I so clearly as I now discern, There where my wit appeared incompetent,That the mid-circle of supernal motion, Which in some art is ...
Well knowest thou how in the air is gathered That humid vapour which to water turns, Soon as it rises where the cold doth grasp it.He joined that evil will, which aye seeks evil, To intellect, and moved the mist and wind By means of power, which his own nature gave;Thereafter, when the day was spent, th...
"Or ever to this mountain were directed The souls deserving to ascend to God, My bones were buried by Octavian.I am Virgilius; and for no crime else Did I lose heaven, than for not having faith;" In this wise then my Leader made reply.As one who suddenly before him sees Something whereat he marvels,...
Already now the air was growing dark, But not so that between his eyes and mine It did not show what it before locked up.Tow'rds me he moved, and I tow'rds him did move; Noble Judge Nino! how it me delighted, When I beheld thee not among the damned!No greeting fair was left unsaid between us; Then a...
"A Lady of Heaven, with these things conversant," My Master answered him, "but even now Said to us, 'Thither go; there is the portal.'""And may she speed your footsteps in all good," Again began the courteous janitor; "Come forward then unto these stairs of ours."Thither did we approach; and the first s...
Why floats aloft your spirit high in air? Like are ye unto insects undeveloped, Even as the worm in whom formation fails!As to sustain a ceiling or a roof, In place of corbel, oftentimes a figure Is seen to join its knees unto its breast,Which makes of the unreal real anguish Arise in him who sees i...
I saw that one who was created noble More than all other creatures, down from heaven Flaming with lightnings fall upon one side.I saw Briareus smitten by the dart Celestial, lying on the other side, Heavy upon the earth by mortal frost.I saw Thymbraeus, Pallas saw, and Mars, Still clad in armour rou...
To me it seemed, in passing, to do outrage, Seeing the others without being seen; Wherefore I turned me to my counsel sage.Well knew he what the mute one wished to say, And therefore waited not for my demand, But said: "Speak, and be brief, and to the point."I had Virgilius upon that side Of the emb...
Where is good Lizio, and Arrigo Manardi, Pier Traversaro, and Guido di Carpigna, O Romagnuoli into bastards turned?When in Bologna will a Fabbro rise? When in Faenza a Bernardin di Fosco, The noble scion of ignoble seed?Be not astonished, Tuscan, if I weep, When I remember, with Guido da Prata, ...
What thou hast seen was that thou mayst not fail To ope thy heart unto the waters of peace, Which from the eternal fountain are diffused.I did not ask, 'What ails thee?' as he does Who only looketh with the eyes that see not When of the soul bereft the body lies,But asked it to give vigour to thy feet; ...
Who moveth thee, if sense impel thee not? Moves thee a light, which in the heaven takes form, By self, or by a will that downward guides it.Of her impiety, who changed her form Into the bird that most delights in singing, In my imagining appeared the trace;And hereupon my mind was so withdrawn Withi...
This is the principle, from which is taken Occasion of desert in you, according As good and guilty loves it takes and winnows.Those who, in reasoning, to the bottom went, Were of this innate liberty aware, Therefore bequeathed they Ethics to the world.Supposing, then, that from necessity Springs eve...
Between Siestri and Chiaveri descends A river beautiful, and of its name The title of my blood its summit makes.A month and little more essayed I how Weighs the great cloak on him from mire who keeps it, For all the other burdens seem a feather.Tardy, ah woe is me! was my conversion; But when the Ro...
We paused immovable and in suspense, Even as the shepherds who first heard that song, Until the trembling ceased, and it was finished.Then we resumed again our holy path, Watching the shades that lay upon the ground, Already turned to their accustomed plaint.No ignorance ever with so great a strife ...
Thy question shows me thy belief to be That I was niggard in the other life, It may be from the circle where I was;Therefore know thou, that avarice was removed Too far from me; and this extravagance Thousands of lunar periods have punished.And were it not that I my thoughts uplifted, When I the pas...
And he to me: "From the eternal council Falls power into the water and the tree Behind us left, whereby I grow so thin.All of this people who lamenting sing, For following beyond measure appetite In hunger and thirst are here re-sanctified.Desire to eat and drink enkindles in us The scent that issue...
People I saw beneath it lift their hands, And cry I know not what towards the leaves, Like little children eager and deluded,Who pray, and he they pray to doth not answer, But, to make very keen their appetite, Holds their desire aloft, and hides it not.Then they departed as if undeceived; And now w...
And I believe that them this mode suffices, For all the time the fire is burning them; With such care is it needful, and such food,That the last wound of all should be closed up.Purgatorio: Canto XXVIWhile on the brink thus one before the other We went upon our way, oft the good Master Said: "Take thou ...
Remember thee, remember! and if I On Geryon have safely guided thee, What shall I do now I am nearer God?Believe for certain, shouldst thou stand a full Millennium in the bosom of this flame, It could not make thee bald a single hair.And if perchance thou think that I deceive thee, Draw near to it, ...
I do not think there shone so great a light Under the lids of Venus, when transfixed By her own son, beyond his usual custom!Erect upon the other bank she smiled, Bearing full many colours in her hands, Which that high land produces without seed.Apart three paces did the river make us; But Hellespon...
And such as thou shalt find them in his pages, Such were they here; saving that in their plumage John is with me, and differeth from him.The interval between these four contained A chariot triumphal on two wheels, Which by a Griffin's neck came drawn along;And upward he extended both his wings Betwe...
For this I visited the gates of death, And unto him, who so far up has led him, My intercessions were with weeping borne.God's lofty fiat would be violated, If Lethe should be passed, and if such viands Should tasted be, withouten any scotOf penitence, that gushes forth in tears."Purgatorio: Canto XXXI"...
Perchance as great a space had in three flights An arrow loosened from the string o'erpassed, As we had moved when Beatrice descended.I heard them murmur altogether, "Adam!" Then circled they about a tree despoiled Of blooms and other leafage on each bough.Its tresses, which so much the more dilate ...
And bear in mind, whene'er thou writest them, Not to conceal what thou hast seen the plant, That twice already has been pillaged here.Whoever pillages or shatters it, With blasphemy of deed offendeth God, Who made it holy for his use alone.For biting that, in pain and in desire Five thousand years a...
BENEATH THE BANNERBEING NARRATIVES OF NOBLE LIVES AND BRAVE DEEDSBYF.J. CROSS_ILLUSTRATED_"I have done my best for the honour of our country."--GORDONSECOND EDITION_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_.GOOD MORNING! GOOD NIGHT!TRUE STORIES PURE AND BRIGHT.In this work will be found a Series of upwards of sixty Chats with Children, suit...
Soon the irons were knocked off and the poor slaves set free, to their great wonder and delight.Sir Samuel arrived at Gondokoro on the 15th of April, 1871. Already two years of his time had expired. In addition to checking the slave trade, he had been commissioned to introduce a system of regular commerce. He set to wo...
Now let us see how the foreman's rescue was effected, and at what cost. The men at the top of the holder had by this time become aware that something was wrong below; and two men, Chew and Smith by name, at once volunteered to go down below. They reached the plank, got a rope round the foreman's body, when they too beg...
Honoured by the Queen with a command to attend her at Windsor, he was asked by her Majesty to return to the Crimea; and the veteran assented at once, declaring he would serve under a corporal if she wished it.The Russian war was soon concluded; and Sir Colin thought that at length he had finished soldiering. But it was...
When John remarked that he was "summat ruff," the gentleman at whose house Mr. Whittaker was staying nearly had a fit; and after he had at length recovered his gravity he ejaculated, "Well, I would have given a guinea to have seen you before you did go".Yet John Cassell was a diamond--though at that time the roughest s...
Cheap illustrated periodicals began to issue from the press under his superintendence, and copies were multiplied by the hundred thousand.He never forgot that he had been a working man, and one of the first publications he started was called _The Working Man's Friend_.It is not necessary to say more. Though John Cassel...
He first made the discovery when he had been at Molokai about ten years. He happened to drop some boiling water on his foot, and it gave him no pain. Then he knew he had the leprosy.Yet he was not cast down when he became aware of the fact, for he had anticipated it."People pity me and think me unfortunate," he remarke...
"Ford was on duty with the fire escape stationed at Bedford Row, and he was called to the fire a few minutes before 2 a.m., and proceeded there with the utmost speed."Before he reached the fire, three persons had been rescued by the police, who took them down from the second-floor window by means of a builder's ladder;...
By 1856, Miss Gilbert thought her work far enough advanced to bring it under the notice of Her Majesty, who, having asked for and received full particulars, sent a very kind letter of encouragement with a donation of £50.This gracious acknowledgment of the work in which Miss Gilbert was engaged not only gave sincere pl...
Charles George Gordon was born at Woolwich on the 28th of January, 1833.In early life he was delicate, and of all professions that of a soldier seemed least suitable for him. At school he made no mark in learning.He was a fearless lad, with a strong will of his own. When he was only nine years old, and was yet unable t...
The work begun by Baker was continued with great success by Gordon. He estimated that in nine months he liberated 2000 slaves. The suffering these poor creatures had gone through was appalling. Some of them when set free had been four or five days without water in the terrible heat of that hot country. Every caravan ro...
After discharging their guns the Spanish ships endeavoured to board _The Revenge_; but, notwithstanding the multitude of their armed men, they were repulsed again and again, and driven back either into their ships or into the sea.After the battle had lasted well into the night many of the British were slain or wounded,...
A little later comes an important entry in his diary: "---- opened a correspondence with me to-day, which I speak of as delightful; it led to my conversion".Thereafter followed a change in Hannington's life--he prayed more.It seems that about this time a college friend began to think much of him, and to pray earnestly ...
_Seventh day's prison. Wednesday, 28th October_. A terrible night, 1st with noisy, drunken guard, and 2nd with vermin which have found out my tent and swarm. I don't think I got one sound hour's sleep, and woke with fever fast developing. O Lord, do have mercy upon me and release me. I am quite broken down and brought ...
The first battle fought was at Futtehpore. Writing to his wife on the same night, Havelock said: "One of the prayers oft repeated throughout my life has been answered, and I have lived to command in a general action.... We fought, and in ten minutes' time the affair was decided.... But away with vain glory! Thanks to G...
Strange to say, he discovered that in a number of cases they were in many ways better; and the prisoners, unlike their fellows in Britain, were generally employed in some useful manner.When he was in London on one occasion he heard that there had been a revolt in the military prison in the Savoy. Two of the gaolers had...
They now made for Sir Colin's camp, which the spy told him was situated at a village called Bunnee, about eighteen miles from Lucknow. The moon had risen by this time, and they could now see their way clearly. About three o'clock a villager observing them approach called out a Sepoy guard of twenty-five men, who asked ...
THE STORY OF JOSEPH LIVESEY.The leader of the great temperance movement in England--Joseph Livesey, of Preston--had a very bad start in life.He was quite poor; he lost both father and mother from consumption when he reached his eighth year; he was frail and delicate; his brothers and sisters all died young; so that he ...
He studied the language of the tribes amongst whom he was ministering; and soon the people were able to sing in their own tongue, "There is a fountain filled with blood," "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun," and other beautiful hymns which delight the hearts of those in our own land.Whilst he was gaining the affection...
At one time he worked for his brother in return for his board and lodging; but wishing to make some money for himself he asked the neighbouring farmers to give him some extra work to do, for which he got wages.By the time he was ten years old he was able to earn as much as eighteenpence a day, and at twelve years old d...
Again and again he has not known where to turn for the next meal for his orphans; but, as if by a miracle, supplies have been _always_ forthcoming. Though often in great straits Mr. Müller has never asked for help except of God, and _never_ has that help been denied.The following extract from his journal will show the ...
It was at first proposed that Williams and Moffat should go together to Polynesia; but Mr. Waugh remarked that "thae twa lads were ower young to gang together," so they were separated.At the age of twenty-one Moffat sailed for South Africa. The ship reached Cape Town, after a voyage of eighty-six days, on 13th January,...
When Florence spoke to the man the dog wagged its tail as much as to say, "I'm mighty glad to see _you_ again"; whereupon the shepherd remarked: "Do look at the dog, miss, he be so pleased to hear your voice".The fact that even her dolls were properly bandaged when their limbs became broken, or the sawdust began to run...
Thus Nelson died in the hour of victory. He had won a battle which once and for all broke the naval power of France and Spain, and delivered Great Britain from all fear of attack by the great Napoleon.A WOMAN WHO SUCCEEDED BY FAILURE.THE STORY OF HARRIET NEWELL.This is rather an exceptional chapter: for it tells of a v...
Of the dangers that abounded he knew ample to try his courage. On arriving at Erromanga (the scene of Williams' martyrdom) on one occasion he found that Mr. Gordon, the missionary, and his wife had recently both been treacherously slain by the natives. At another island, as he returned to the boat, he saw one of the na...
Let us turn for a moment to the beginning of his life, and see how it was that Lord Shaftesbury was induced to devote himself so heartily to the good of the poor and oppressed.Maria Mills, his old nurse, had not a little to do with this. She was one of those simple-minded humble Christians who, all unknowingly, plant i...
One of the most successful men in commerce and politics of the century was Mr. W.H. Smith. Strange to say, the desires of his early days were entirely opposed to business life. At the age of sixteen he greatly desired to proceed to one of the universities, and prepare for becoming a clergyman, but his parents being opp...
It was rather a favourite habit of his to punish himself by fines for bad behaviour. Later on in life, when he found it difficult to rise early in the morning, he resolved to give the servant half a crown every time he played the part of the sluggard. One morning he found himself reasoning in his own mind, whilst enjoy...
It was the 22nd March, 1855, just outside Sebastopol. The night was dark and gusty. Close to the Russian entrenchments was an advanced post of the British forces, commanded by Captain Hedley Vicars. Fifteen thousand Russians under cover of the gloom had come out from Sebastopol and driven our French allies out of their...
She had some experience of good work in the army before she took to the navy. The 2nd Somerset Militia assembled every year for drill; and for their benefit coffee and reading rooms were started and entertainments arranged, Miss Weston taking an active part in their promotion. The soldiers' Bible class which she conduc...
All day long the duke was cool as if he had been riding among his men in Hyde Park. Wherever he went a murmur of "Silence! stand to your front!" was heard, and at his presence men grew steady as on parade.Again and again commanders told him of the fearful havoc made in the ranks of their brigades, and asked either for ...
"No, no!" they answered; "knock out his brains, down with him, kill him at once!""What evil," asked Wesley, "have I done? Which of you all have I wronged by word or deed?" Then he began to pray; and one of the ringleaders said to him:--"Sir, I will spend my life for you; follow me, and no one shall hurt a hair of your ...
On Sunday, 26th February, 1893, Johnnie was at home minding the baby. During his temporary absence from the room the baby set itself on fire. When he came back and saw the flames, instead of wasting time calling for help, he rolled the baby on the floor, and succeeded in putting the flames out. The curtain nearest the ...
The Fortunes of Nigel. Guy Mannering. Shirley. Coningsby. Mary Barton. The Antiquary. Nicholas Nickleby.* Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights. Dombey and Son.* The Prairie. Night and Morning. Kenilworth. Ingoldsby Legends. Tower of London. The Pioneers. Charles O'Malley. Barnaby Rudge. Cake...
Tenterhooks[Book 2 of The Little Ottleys]by Ada LeversonTO ROBERT ROSSCHAPTER IA Verbal InvitationBecause Edith had not been feeling very well, that seemed no reason why she should be the centre of interest; and Bruce, with that jealousy of the privileges of the invalid and in that curious spirit of rivalry which his w...
'I told you he was doing very well, and his wife has private means.''Mother,' Archie began again, like a litany, 'can I have your long buttonhook? I know where it is.''No, Archie, certainly not; you can't fasten laced boots with a buttonhook.... Well, that will be fun, Bruce.''I believe they're going to have games afte...
Edith was not alarmed that Bruce had been severe. She thought it much more likely that Archie had spoken very firmly to him. He was always strict with his father, and when he was good Bruce found fault with him. As soon as he grew really tiresome his father became abjectly apologetic.Archie was called and came in, drag...
'It may be quaint and pretty, and it may be the latest thing, and it may be jade,' said Bruce rather sarcastically, 'but I'm not a slave to fashion. I never was. And I don't see any use whatever in an opera glass that makes everything look smaller instead of larger, and at a greater distance instead of nearer. I call i...
Suppose Sargent were painting a beautiful picture, and one of his pupils, snatching the paint-brush from him, insisted on finishing it, and spoiling it--how would he like it? Imagine a poet who had just written a great poem, and been interrupted in reciting it by someone who quickly finished it off all wrong! The autho...
In this way Miss Mooney lived a good deal in the past, but she was not unaware of the present, and was always particularly nice to people generally regarded as bores. So she was never without plenty of invitations. Mitchell had had formerly a slight _tendre_ for her, and in his good nature pretended to think she had no...
'However,' she said consolingly, 'he's still quite young, under forty, and he's sure to fall in love and marry again.''No doubt,' said Edith, wishing the first wife had remained alive. She disliked the non-existent second one.* * * * *Nearly all the men had now joined the ladies in the studio, w...
Nine women out of ten would have refused, saying they knew nothing of music, or that they were out of practice, or that they never played except for their own amusement, or something of the kind; especially if they took no pride whatever in that accomplishment. But Edith went back to the piano at once, and went on tryi...
'Some women are never satisfied. It's very rude and ungrateful to the poor old man, who meant to be nice, no doubt, and to show his respect for Englishwomen. I think you ought to write and thank him,' said Bruce. 'And let me see the letter before it goes.'CHAPTER VIICoup de FoudreWhen Aylmer Ross got back to the little...
Aylmer had about the same code of morals as the best of his numerous friends in Bohemia, in clubland and in social London. He was no more scrupulous on most subjects than the ordinary man of his own class. Still, _he had been married himself_. That made an immense difference, for he was positively capable of seeing (an...
At the Carlton Aylmer had easily persuaded Bruce and Edith to dine with him next day, although they were engaged to the elder Mrs Ottley already. He said he expected two or three friends, and he convinced them they must come too. It is only in London that people meet for the first time at a friend's house, and then, if...