So I told Mr. Moore that I had heard from one of Maxwell's clerks that Dillon did still want me to go with the sheep, and if he was willing to let me off I would make Dillon a proposition.
There was no five cent picture shows to keep theclerks out with their girls there, and the only amusement we had was to either play cards or billiards, or to sit around and watch Kit Carson and the boss play.
Clare was working away, growing pleasantly hot with the quick, sharp motion, while two of his fellow clerks were strolling up on the other side of the corner, who had been having more with their lunch than was good for them.
His fellowclerks took little notice of him beyond what, in the routine of the day, was unavoidable.
To his fellow clerks this proof of an utter lack of dignity seemed consistent with his origin--of which they knew nothing; they knew only his late position.
He had, I presume, sufficient regard for the inoffensive little thing to be content she should be happy, therefore did not interfere with what his clerks counted so little to the honour of the bank.
The interview, as judged by the clerks through a lath-and-plaster wall and by means of a speaking tube, atoned by its vivacity for its lack of ceremony.
It is utterly against etiquette for solicitors' clerks to slip off their stools while answering enquiries.
Shorthand clerks are always like that--hypercritical.
I have been informed, General, and have observed from published reports of proceedings of courts-martial, that clerks are in general use.
I afterwards learned, who said to a lady at his elbow who had admired it, 'Practice makes some of the poor clerks at the North tolerably good pensmen.
All the clerks in the finance department were immediately placed at the disposal of Hassan; and the vizir himself confesses that at the end of the forty days the accounts were ready to be laid before the sultan.
On his right and left stood the clerks of the court, the assessors, and the audience.
As sleeping and eating facilities were at a premium, the Tabors decided to build a residence for themselves, where Augusta could serve meals, and to allow the clerks to sleep above the store.
Tabor hired still moreclerks and expanded jovially in the balmy atmosphere of his new importance.
Tabor had to hire twoclerks to take care of the post office alone.
And outside the English were still going up with a fine tramp and rumble, nice young clerks from Manchester and green-grocers' assistants from Tottenham Court Road.
The clerks of the Court had been steadily writing during the whole period, and I knew that every word I had uttered had been faithfully recorded.
Clerks rushing into the court, hatless and demented, plunged into clerks rushing out equally demented, yet flew on their course without look or word, as if unconscious of the impact.
The clerks sprang to their feet, cheered, danced a dance of triumph, struck a hundred attitudes of scorn and defiance.
The clerks could not conceal their misgivings, and even Rodd failed to bear himself with the chilling air which had yesterday abashed the modest.
It was closing time, and the clerks could be heard moving in the outer room, putting away books, counting the cash, locking the drawers.
But to walk into Ovington's and face the clerks and do the deed required courage; and for the most part they were not so convinced of danger, or fearful of loss, as to be ready to face the ordeal.
Twice one of the clerks came in and silently placed a slip beside him and went softly out.
The two great men stood within the counter, the old man bending his hawk-like face and sightless eyes on the quailing group beyond it, while the clerks looked on, half in awe and half in amusement.
The minute hand touched the half-hour, and the clerks began to distribute the papers.
Two clerks were aiding them, and for a moment the Squire stood unseen and unregarded.
The clerks perked up, smiled at one another, went to and fro more briskly.
The following day was uneventful, but the drawings had been unusual, and the two young clerks might have exchanged notes upon the subject if their elders had not appeared so entirely unconscious.
The two clerks were at the counter, with piles of application forms before them and their eyes on the clock.
And already, though from their places behind the counter the clerks could not see it, the watching groups before the bank had grown into a crowd.
For clerks in a comatose state, and the shirker who would sell his labor and then connive to give short count, he had no pity; but for the stricken or the fallen, his heart and his purse were always open.
Also, it was the law of steamboating that clerks took their meals on board the boat, if they were helping to unload her.
In childhood, all had served as clerks and helpers in the little bank--the girls included.
The bishops must always be considered in the double capacity of clerks and barons.
The clerks stand at the desks and register your votes for publication.
I was walking through the lobby and just at the turnstiles where the clerks tick off our names, I found Henry Smale in front of me.
He hurried forward and passed between theclerks who recorded the votes with a heightened color.
Here came to-day John Sisson, whom I have not seen since Memminger ran and took the clerks with him.
With his customary suspicion, he had no partners, and had never intrusted his clerks with any general insight into his business.
Owing to the peculiar location of his home, and the necessity of keeping his whereabouts a profound secret, Carrots was obliged to arise at a very early hour, in order to leave the residence before any of the clerks in the shop should arrive.
They was settin' up there on the fence, an' if one of the clerks had showed his nose they could have jumped over on the other side mighty quick.
This gave the local Commissioners, County Judges, and Clerks of Courts, a chance to collect twice for the same work.
It made no difference what kind of a job a man might have, as all the way from a boot-black or a janitor to head waiters and post-office clerks were included, and their women folks wore some size of a diamond.
Commissioners, County Judges, andClerks of Courts, but these officers rarely rejected them, for by so doing they also rejected a four dollar and twenty-five cent fee.
Have not the learned clerks of the University of Paris, and even the clergy, resorted to the clairvoyance of men versed in Holy Writ and habituated to a contemplative life?
You have been questioned by the most learned clerks of canonical law.
We are hard at work; it takes three of our clerks constantly occupied.
He's a rich man now, somewhere near the sunset, rich and great, withclerks of his own.
For his Grand Opening he had four clerks he'd brought from some of his other stores, because he figured he'd have a whale of a crowd.
Some clerks tell that it was an angel in the likeness of a star, for the kings had no knowledge of angels, but took all heed to the star.
They are clerks in the Calcutta offices; they reside several leagues from here, come every day to town, and return home by the railroad.
This smeared class embraces two sub-classes, clerks or accountants, and journalists.
We are in his employ; yes, sir, but no more confederates thanclerks usually are.
Shepherds left their flocks, farmers their land, clerks their desks, and artisans their trades.
The official staff was increased by the appointment of clerks and inspectors, many of them women, who have always given every satisfaction, and who justify the claim made that women's work is conscientious and thorough.
He only employed two clerks to assist him in his store, and they, as well as the boy who carried out parcels and ran the errands, were paid scarcely more than two-thirds the rates paid in neighboring stores.
It was an extensive retail store, where a large number of clerks were employed.
The prices he found to be reasonable, and the tables were already pretty well filled with clerks and business men, who were partaking of their midday lunch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clerks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
