This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...said Mr. Gawtrey, raising his voice so as to be heard by the party, "that a coiner so dexterous as M. Giraumont should not be known to any of us except our friend Birnie." "Not at all," replied Giraumont; "I worked only with Bouchard and two others since sent to the galleys. We were but a small fraternity, - ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...said Mr. Gawtrey, raising his voice so as to be heard by the party, "that a coiner so dexterous as M. Giraumont should not be known to any of us except our friend Birnie." "Not at all," replied Giraumont; "I worked only with Bouchard and two others since sent to the galleys. We were but a small fraternity, --everything has its commencement." "C'est juste; buvez, done, cherami!"1 The wine circulated. Gawtrey began again, --"You have had a bad accident, seemingly, Monsieur Girau mont. How did you lose your eye?" i "In a scuffle with the gendarmes the night Bouchard was taken and I escaped. Such misfortunes are on the cards." "C'est juste; buvez, done, Monsieur Giraumont!"a Again there was a pause, and again Gawtrey's deep voice was heard. "You wear a wig, I think, Monsieur Giraumont? To judge by your eyelashes, your own hair has been a handsomer colour." "We seek disguise, not beauty, my host; and the police have sharp eyes." "C'est juste; buvez, done, --vieux renard!4 When did we two meet last?" "Never, that I know of." "Ce n'est pas vrai! buvez, done, Monsieur Favart!" At the sound of that name the company started in dismay and confusion, and the police officer, forgetting himself for the moment, sprang from his seat and put his right hand into his blouse. "Ho, there, treason!" cried Gawtrey, in a voice of thunder; and he caught the unhappy man by the throat. It was the work of a moment. Morton, where he sat, beheld a struggle, he heard a death-cry. He saw the huge form of the master-coiner rising above all the rest as cutlasses gleamed and eyes sparkled round. He saw the quivering and powerless frame of the unhappy guest raised aloft in those mighty arms, and presently it was hurled along the table, --bottles crashing, the board shaking beneath its...
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