THREE:Both chums stared at Sandy.
THREE:Both chums stared at Sandy.
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THREE:The garrison gave a hop in her honor and Landor's. It was quite an affair, as many as five and thirty souls being present, and it was written up in the Army and Navy afterward. The correspondent went into many adjectives over Mrs. Landor, and her fame spread through the land."I ought to have known better than to come at all," he told Brewster, as they stood beside their horses; "it is always like this."
THREE:Gloomy as was the Pretender's fortune, it was, nevertheless, infinitely better than that of thousands who had ventured their lives and fortunes in his cause. There were not many prisoners in Scotland, but the clans which had sided with the English Government were hounded on to hunt down those who had been out with the Pretender amongst their hills, and they were hunted about by the English troops under the guidance of these hostile clans; and where they themselves were not to be found, their estates suffered by troops being quartered in their houses and on their lands. In England the prisons of Chester, Liverpool, and other northern towns were crowded by the inferior class of prisoners from the surrender of Preston. Some half-pay officers were singled out as deserters, and shot by order of a court-martial; but the common soldiers were eventually acquitted or let off with light sentences.
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THREE:Talking to farmer boyswhat they didnt know, they found out from their older sisters when any of them were picking up early potatoes or snipping asparagus or digging up onions.[229]
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THREE:"I beg your pardon, madam," he said. "It happens to be my business, though."