As I'm the older, I suppose I ought to be the senior partner.

Do you hereby subscribe to the articles of agreement forming the firm of White & Fulton, submarine engineers, tunnel diggers, jail breakers, or whatever form of occupation will enable us to escape from the castle of San Juan de Ulua ?" "Gladly," said Ned, and he held out a thin, white hand.

Obed White seized it, but he remembered not to grasp it too firmly.

This boy had been ill a long time, and he was white and very weak.

The heart of the man overflowed with pity.
"Good-night, Ned," he said.