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1 I | LETTERS~To Mr. F. R. Starr, Engineer, 30 Canongate, Edinburgh.~
2 I | Stirling, Scotland.~The engineer’s curiosity was excited
3 I | lived for so many years. The engineer, James Starr, had collected
4 I | sadly to bid farewell to the engineer.~James Starr stood upright,
5 I | My friends,” said the engineer, “the time has come for
6 I | The last words which your engineer will address to you are
7 I | Good-by, Simon,” said the engineer.~“Good-by, Mr. Starr,” replied
8 I | then, Simon,” replied the engineer, whose voice, in spite of
9 I | will see you again!”~The engineer did not try to dispel the
10 I | struggle,—the best part of the engineer’s life. Starr re-read his
11 I | On the other hand, the engineer knew Ford to be a clever
12 I | time drew near.~Our worthy engineer belonged to that class of
13 I | It is useless for the engineer James Starr to trouble himself,
14 II | contradicted the invitation to the engineer to go to the Yarrow shaft.~
15 II | Aberfoyle colliery, of which the engineer, James Starr, had so long
16 II | nothing.~The moment the engineer set foot on the platform
17 II | you Harry Ford?” asked the engineer quickly.~“Yes, Mr. Starr.”~“
18 II | your cap, Harry,” said the engineer. “It’s pouring, and politeness
19 II | contradict the first?” asked the engineer quickly.~“No, Mr. Starr,”
20 II | Well, Harry,” said the engineer, “lead the way.”~And walking
21 III | young man, carrying the engineer’s bag, followed the left
22 III | traversing a desert.~The engineer gazed about him with a saddened
23 III | not accustomed.~When the engineer stood still, Harry Ford
24 III | they have,” replied the engineer.~“Indeed,” cried the young
25 III | it, my lad,” answered the engineer. “The earth would have passed
26 III | I know well,” added the engineer, “that neither hydraulics
27 III | galleries of the pit. The engineer bent over the opening. Formerly
28 III | follow you, my lad,” said the engineer, signing to the young man
29 III | ladders were descended by the engineer and his guide, with the
30 III | legs, my lad,” said the engineer, panting.~“You are very
31 III | who comes here?” asked the engineer, stopping Harry.~“I cannot
32 III | turning his lamp towards the engineer, who was in the shadow.~“
33 III | Yes, Jack,” answered the engineer.~“Don’t let me keep you
34 III | No, my lad,” replied the engineer, “for I am anxious to be
35 III | Harry, followed by the engineer, and holding his lamp high
36 III | cried Harry, seizing the engineer by the arm.~“A stone, Harry!
37 III | soon be there?” asked the engineer.~“In ten minutes at most.”~“
38 III | matter, Harry?” asked the engineer.~“I thought I heard someone
39 IV | him marvelously, and the engineer, James Starr, appreciated
40 IV | their dark cottage.~The engineer was eagerly expected. Simon
41 IV | how is Madge?” asked the engineer.~“The goodwife is in better
42 IV | shall see that!” said the engineer, to whom the announcement
43 IV | not sup till late.”~As the engineer and his hosts were taking
44 IV | me.”~“Simon,” resumed the engineer, “look me straight in the
45 IV | written this?” answered the engineer, handing him the anonymous
46 IV | Whilst he was absent, the engineer observed to Ford and his
47 IV | Well, Simon,” said the engineer, “I am ready to hear you.”~“
48 IV | handed one of these to the engineer, the other to his father,
49 IV | cottage.~“Forward!” echoed the engineer. “Good-by, Madge.”~“GOD
50 V | which Harry Ford guided the engineer through the labyrinth of
51 V | father, or even against the engineer.~
52 VI | was about to conduct the engineer to the very end of the Dochart
53 VI | Well, Simon,” returned the engineer, “it will be difficult to
54 VI | these words impressed the engineer, who was not far from sharing
55 VI | latter seized that of the engineer, and, wringing it:~“That
56 VI | discovered a new vein?” cried the engineer, unable to contain himself. “
57 VI | certainly not!” replied the engineer. “No coal, no fire-damp.
58 VI | any explosion?” asked the engineer quickly.~“Yes, little partial
59 VI | on, Simon Ford told the engineer all that he had done to
60 VI | distance of four miles. The engineer, urged by anxiety and hope,
61 VI | preceded his father and the engineer, stopped.~“Here we are!”
62 VI | calm, my man!” said the engineer. “I am as excited as you
63 VI | completely scentless, and the engineer, whose sense of smell was
64 VI | Close to the wall,” said the engineer.~“Yes,” responded Ford,
65 VI | instantly and fully to the engineer’s mind. As to the old overman,
66 VI | contain his joy, grasped the engineer’s hands, exclaiming, “Hurrah!
67 VII | back in the cottage. The engineer supped with good appetite,
68 VII | Patience, Simon!” responded the engineer. “You don’t mean to say
69 VII | through the opening; but the engineer, though excessively surprised
70 VIII | observation, made by the engineer, was correct, and it was
71 VIII | my friends,” returned the engineer. “Besides, we ought to be
72 VIII | long while!” replied the engineer; “the small part of this
73 VIII | you, Simon,” replied the engineer, smiling. “As far as I can
74 VIII | No, my lad,” replied the engineer; “with a compass I could
75 VIII | overman.~“No,” said the engineer, “but it is not impossible
76 VIII | said, Simon,” cried the engineer, who could not restrain
77 VIII | for the time. Later, the engineer, accompanied by a brigade
78 IX | become very anxious. The engineer had disappeared, and no
79 IX | unaccountable absence of the engineer. Sir W. Elphiston, the President
80 IX | Kingdom relative to the engineer James Starr, giving a description
81 IX | the 4th of December, the engineer, James Starr, of Edinburgh,
82 IX | with him was sure to be the engineer James Starr.~“They haven’
83 IX | his wife, his son, and the engineer?~The prolonged absence of
84 IX | mine, undertaken by the engineer, account for such a long
85 IX | friend.~It was indeed the engineer, Madge, Simon, and Harry
86 IX | endeavored to reanimate the engineer and his friends by getting
87 IX | However that might be, the engineer, Madge, Simon, and Harry
88 X | eyeless fish, and to which the engineer gave the name of Loch Malcolm.~
89 X | was for James Starr. The engineer had given himself body and
90 X | the first to run at the engineer’s call was Jack Ryan. The
91 XII | s true, Harry,” said the engineer; “but what’s to be done?
92 XIII | a matter of course, the engineer, James Starr, as well as
93 XIII | that Simon had said to the engineer on his first visit to the
94 XIII | that was James Starr, the engineer. Of course he was really
95 XIV | Why, Jack,” said the engineer, laughing, “I had no idea
96 XIV | Let her sleep!” said the engineer. “She will better enjoy
97 XV | is, so it is!” cried the engineer, “and our dear Nell shall
98 XVI | research beforehand!” cried the engineer.~“And what will it be, then?”~“
99 XVI | would only speak!” cried the engineer.~“Mr. Starr—and you, father,”
100 XVI | then, Harry,” answered the engineer; “and yet I must say Nell’
101 XVI | continued her defense; but the engineer stopped him, saying, “All
102 XVI | that, Simon,” answered the engineer.~They then returned to the
103 XVII | anger, made known to the engineer and Harry all that the name
104 XVII | with a madman,” replied the engineer. “Of course it is better
105 XVIII| invisible being rendered the engineer— outwardly calm—an unhappy
106 XVIII| Following them came Starr, the engineer, composed in manner, but
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