Guarding the Mails: Or, The Secret Service of the Post Office DepartmentDustin, Gilman, & Company, 1876 - 568 páginas |
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... under the old system of division , seemed to be in- volved . Mr. Thomas P. Shallcross , then a young man and comparatively new in the service , though he had already WHAT ON EARTH IS TO PAY ? " 23 given 22 THE EXILE .
... under the old system of division , seemed to be in- volved . Mr. Thomas P. Shallcross , then a young man and comparatively new in the service , though he had already WHAT ON EARTH IS TO PAY ? " 23 given 22 THE EXILE .
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... already . These involuntary movements , that flitted away like a shadow , did not escape the observation of Mr. Shall- cross , who has the rare gift of seeing everything without appearing to notice anything . Hinton soon walked out , to ...
... already . These involuntary movements , that flitted away like a shadow , did not escape the observation of Mr. Shall- cross , who has the rare gift of seeing everything without appearing to notice anything . Hinton soon walked out , to ...
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... already arrived . After dinner the General sauntered up and down two or three of the principal streets , and on passing the office of a prominent broker , disappeared quickly through the doorway . A few seconds after he came out , the ...
... already arrived . After dinner the General sauntered up and down two or three of the principal streets , and on passing the office of a prominent broker , disappeared quickly through the doorway . A few seconds after he came out , the ...
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... already formed in ref- erence to the method of travel pursued by the fugitive . It was now definitely known that the robber was only four hours in advance of the officer , who urged on his jaded horse with renewed zeal , in the effort ...
... already formed in ref- erence to the method of travel pursued by the fugitive . It was now definitely known that the robber was only four hours in advance of the officer , who urged on his jaded horse with renewed zeal , in the effort ...
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... already divulged the guilty secret , advised his brother to follow the good example ; and beset thus on both sides , the culprit held out but a few moments . Having eased his conscience by confession , William , in turn , conducted the ...
... already divulged the guilty secret , advised his brother to follow the good example ; and beset thus on both sides , the culprit held out but a few moments . Having eased his conscience by confession , William , in turn , conducted the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accordingly acquaintance Adams Express Company addressed Allegheny City Aminadab answered arrest arrival Atherton Beery bills called Canal Fulton character chirography clerk confidence crime criminal Daleville depredations detective discovered doctor door drafts Dudley Dunston Elwell envelope evidence facts followed Furay Garmo gentleman guilty hand Hinton hundred dollars Ilium inclosures inquired Jaynes knew lady learned letters look matter ment miles Miss missive morning mystery never night officer Ohio Oldbury package papers Parker party passed person poor post-office department postmaster pouch prisoner proceeded Raven's Nest reached received registered remarked replied returned robbery route seemed sent Shallcross Smythe soon special agent steal stolen stranger suspicion swindler tell thief Tilsit tion Toledo took town trouble turned United States marshal village Wales Washington watch wife woman Worms York city young Zanesville
Pasajes populares
Página 195 - And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold : And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald. And through the drifts the snowy clifts Did send a dismal sheen : Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around : It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound...
Página 36 - Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Página 169 - His praise due paid; for swinish gluttony Ne'er looks to Heaven amidst his gorgeous feast, But with besotted base ingratitude Crams, and blasphemes his Feeder.
Página 508 - Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Página 342 - Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Página 77 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Página 411 - tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths : Win -us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.
Página 488 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 499 - I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in...
Página 543 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well : For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.