If ever
the denouement came—if ever the Hand reached him—Ruth would then
understand why he had rebuffed all her tender advances. She was naturally weaker, she would tire quicker, and she
need not concern herself with the peculiar obligations of honour obtaining
amongst gentlemen. We were expecting rather to find a male antagonist. ”
He put his hands in his pockets, his mouth puckered to a whistle, and he went
to the door of the outer preparation-room and stood there, looking, save for the
faintest intensification of his natural ruddiness, the embodiment of blond
serenity. ]
THE RAGGED EDGE
BY HAROLD MACGRATH
AUTHOR OF DRUMS OF JEOPARDY, ETC. "Now, lead me to a hotel where I can get breakfast. The last Meeting between Jack Sheppard and his Mother 419
XXIV. "
McClintock without further speech strode toward his bungalow; and half an hour
later Spurlock, passing, heard the piano-tuning key at work. Right now my heart is
occupied. By this time, Jack's reputation had risen to such a height with the populace,—his
exploits having become the universal theme of discourse, that the streets were
almost impassable for the crowds collected to obtain a view of him.
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