"Messenger boy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rate galvanized—by the biggest single contribution in its history; the arrival simultaneously of six purely extraordinary persons, whose names alone should be of more than general interest: The Magnifying Glass, The Trick Raincoat, The Messenger Boy, The Hat, The Alsatian, The Whitebearded Raper and His Son. In order to give the reader an idea of the situation created by these arrives, which situation gives the entrance of the Washing Machine Man—the entertaining incident, in other words—its ...
— The Enormous Room • Edward Estlin Cummings
... some definite plan in view. The best way to handle him, he had found out, was to let his exuberance of spirit have free swing, so he replied in the same melodramatic manner: "Good, my faithful District Messenger Boy. Now in what way can I assist you in ...
— L. P. M. - The End of the Great War • J. Stewart Barney
... partly open—it was her Newmarket coat. Bundling it up again she walked hastily to her compartment. For some moments she remained within; when she came out the messenger boy, his hat now low over his ears, was sitting in her chair looking at the illustrated paper she had laid down. Gertrude suppressed her astonishment; she felt somehow overawed by the unconventionalities ...
— The Daughter of a Magnate • Frank H. Spearman
... o'clock in the morning, a messenger boy woke Mme. Le Grange by prolonged knocking. He passed in ...
— The House of Mystery • William Henry Irwin
... doubtful if they would ever have got past the park gates except for the warning whistle of a hurrying messenger boy, ...
— Old Valentines - A Love Story • Munson Aldrich Havens
... a messenger boy brought a telegram for Danvers, who excused himself to read and answer it. As he returned the opening bars of Leonora's florid song sounded, and under cover of the music the doctor whispered to O'Dwyer: "You did ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman
... Ted, while the messenger boy waited to see if Uncle Toby wanted to send an answer to ...
— The Curlytops and Their Playmates - or Jolly Times Through the Holidays • Howard R. Garis
... as a messenger boy—but don't hurry about him leaving school. He'd best stay until midsummer, then he'll ...
— Good Luck • L. T. Meade
... interesting, certainly the most widely talked of, "sporting events" for which Richard was responsible was the sending of an English district-messenger boy from London to Chicago. The idea was inspired by my brother's general admiration of the London messenger service and his particular belief in one William Thomas Jaggers, a fourteen-year-old lad whom Richard had frequently employed to ...
— Adventures and Letters • Richard Harding Davis
... to learn," said Faith with a sigh, "but I shall always be civil and attentive to my customers, so I don't think I shall have much to fear from that particular direction." At just that moment a messenger boy came along the aisle. He had come from outside, and ...
— For Gold or Soul? - The Story of a Great Department Store • Lurana W. Sheldon |
