[Phyllis of Philistia by Frank Frankfort Moore]@TWC D-Link bookPhyllis of Philistia CHAPTER XIV 6/10
I do believe that he admitted everything," he continued, with a laugh as he thought how clever he was.
(He had frequent reasons for laughing that laugh.) "No," said Phyllis doubtfully; "he did not admit everything." "There was some reservation? Perhaps it was melinite that he employed for the massacre of the innocents of New Guinea, not dynamite." "No; it was dynamite.
But the natives had stolen it from his steam launch and they exploded it themselves." Mr.Ayrton lay back in his chair convulsed with laughter. "And that is the true story of the dynamite massacre ?" he cried.
"That is how it comes that, in the words of the _Aneroid_, the works of evangelization on Nonconformist principles is likely to be retarded for some time? The missionaries are quite right too.
And what about his miracles--they suggested a miracle, didn't they ?" "Oh, that was some foolishness about setting spirits of wine on fire," said Phyllis.
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