The American Claimant

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   CHAPTER I. The Earl of Rossmore vs. the American Claimant—Viscount Berkeley proposes to change places with the Claimant—The Claimant’s lett…
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   The “mansion”—the Colonel’s usual name for the house—was a rickety old two-story frame of considerable size, which had been painted, some t…
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   “Certainly—I can furnish any line of goods that’s wanted. Take the army, for instance—now twenty-five thousand men; expense, twenty-two mil…
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   “It’s a grand old line, major, a sublime old line, and deserves to be mourned for, almost royally; almost imperially, I may say. Er—Lady Gw…
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   “Yes, and members of the family.” “Members of the family is just what they become—the members of the family, in fact. And sometimes master…
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   Tracy said to himself, almost shouted to himself, “I’m glad I came to this country. I was right. I was right to seek out a land where such…
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   “It’s what I think. There isn’t any power on earth that can prevent England’s thirty millions from electing themselves dukes and duchesses…
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   The moment he had disappeared he heard a prodigious shout of laughter break forth. He saw that their plain purpose had been to insult him.…
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   “Thanks.” “Don’t mention it. And I’ll give you some sound advice: when you go back; if you find your nation up and ready to abolish that ho…
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    “Ain’t you afraid of acquiring it?” “Oh, no,” said the captain, tranquilly, “no danger of that, I reckon.” The artists presently took their…
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    “Look, Hawkins, look! I’m drawing It over!” “You’re drawing it sure, Rossmore. If I ever had any doubts about materialization, they’re gone…
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    Meantime Gwendolen was losing her morning, and many dollars. She supposed Tracy was coming in the forenoon—a conclusion which she had jumpe…
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    “Oh, my God, she’s kissing it!” Nobody heard this remark, because Hawkins, who bred it, only thought it, he didn’t utter it. He had turned,…
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    This was an aspect of the girl’s conduct which she had not clearly perceived before. Was it treachery? Had she abused a trust? The thought…
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    “Murder and arson are regarded with disapproval?” “Oh, frequently.” “With disapproval. Who are those Puritans you are talking about? But wa…