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... Jerry , there they are ! " Garwood had risen , and through the windows of the swaying coach he could see the faces of the crowd . The men on board the train , most of them members of the Polk County delegation which had stood by him ...
... Jerry , there they are ! " Garwood had risen , and through the windows of the swaying coach he could see the faces of the crowd . The men on board the train , most of them members of the Polk County delegation which had stood by him ...
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... Jerry ! " " You're the stuff ! " He was oblivious of the progress he was mak- ing , if he was making any at all , and the conductor , although he had caught the contagious spirit of the triumphant Polk County delegation soon after the ...
... Jerry ! " " You're the stuff ! " He was oblivious of the progress he was mak- ing , if he was making any at all , and the conductor , although he had caught the contagious spirit of the triumphant Polk County delegation soon after the ...
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... Jerry ! " the whole crowd laughed delightedly at the witticism , and Garwood himself laughed with them . The crowd had been a first surprise to Garwood , the band had been another , now a third was added by the sight of an open carriage ...
... Jerry ! " the whole crowd laughed delightedly at the witticism , and Garwood himself laughed with them . The crowd had been a first surprise to Garwood , the band had been another , now a third was added by the sight of an open carriage ...
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... Jerry , " advised Rankin , in humor- ous appreciation of the whole demonstration . The remark did not exactly please Garwood , and for an instant he did look mad , but he smiled again and composed his features to the dignity required of ...
... Jerry , " advised Rankin , in humor- ous appreciation of the whole demonstration . The remark did not exactly please Garwood , and for an instant he did look mad , but he smiled again and composed his features to the dignity required of ...
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... Jerry , ' fore they'll let you go . " And he led the way up the staircase toward the parlor . Garwood went after him , with the mayor and a self - appointed committee following , and in another minute he had stepped out on the balcony ...
... Jerry , ' fore they'll let you go . " And he led the way up the staircase toward the parlor . Garwood went after him , with the mayor and a self - appointed committee following , and in another minute he had stepped out on the balcony ...
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Page 450 - And, reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not, what resolution from despair.
Page 471 - Life's night begins : let him never come back to us ! There would be doubt, hesitation and pain, Forced praise on our part — the glimmer of twilight, Never glad confident morning again...
Page 359 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled...
Page 277 - ... the table carried with it the subject-matter of the original motion. The CHAIR. The convention has adopted no rules, and therefore must make its own rules as it goes along. The Chair therefore decides that the motion to lay upon the table only carried with it the motion of the gentleman from Arkansas to lay upon the table. The question therefore recurs upon the motion of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, to adopt the report of the Committee. The question being put, the report of the committee...
Page 268 - The ayes seem to have it, the ayes have it, and the original resolution is adopted.
Page 490 - ... hugged his little body to her breast. The baby had gone to sleep, too tired to await her mother's coming. The grandmother was cooking supper amidst the disorder of the furniture and the boxes that had been crowded into the kitchen. As Emily held her boy to her breast, she felt the tears welling to her eyes, but she told herself that this was not the time for tears, for here began that new unselfish life in which she hoped at some far off distant day to find the peace and the happiness of which...
Page 161 - Whitlock described a political parade of the time— "the smell of saltpeter, the snorts of horses, the shouts of men, the red and white ripple of the flags that went careering by in smoke and flame"— and found in this "some strange suggestion of the war our political contests typify, in spirit and symbol at least.
Page 35 - In his young dream of a career, in that enthusiasm for humanity which springs in most men of the liberal professions with the shock of their first impact with a hard, material age, and develops until the age taints them with its sordidness, Garwood had enlisted in the worldold fight for equality and democracy.
Page 251 - She remembered his strong face ; a face wondrous in its sympathy, wondrous in its kindness, wondrous in its sadness. It seemed to reflect not only all the sorrow he had seen, but all the sorrow he had perceived in his deep, penetrating knowledge of life.
Page 485 - There was the solution to her riddle of life ! And this, this was the auspicious, the psychological moment, come at last! She waited in agony for him to speak, she leaned forward expectantly, and he half turned his head. Her eyes widened, almost flamed forth, as she felt, to meet his...