In spite of their work on the gridiron, our heroes did not forget to look for clews to the missing chair and clock.
Still, it is mighty queer, and I wish we could get some clews that would help unravel the mystery--that of our chair as well as the clock.
Seizing the hammer, the auctioneer gave a short biography of William Clews Mericarp, and, this pious duty accomplished, called upon a solicitor to read the conditions of sale.
The posters were iterations of a mysterious announcement and summons, which began with the august words: "By Order of the Trustees of the late William Clews Mericarp, Esq.
The other Clews claims were emphatically repudiated as fraudulent.
In his book Clews tells how he invested in the securities of the struggling southern states, being desirous of assisting them.
Vieder, who declared on affidavit that he was employed by Henry Clews & Company, financial agents of Alabama.
One of the Stantons came to Montgomery, also an agent from the banking house of Henry Clews & Company, and agents from other houses interested in the Stanton scheme.
The clews furnished by Mather and Prince to the Pilgrim cradle-land attracted no special attention until 1842, when the Hon.
The local aspect of the colony’s history is traced in various town and parish histories, to which clews will be found in F.
A slippery hitch, we may as well inform our readers, is a species of slipknot tied in the lanyard which connects the clews and the hook in the beam.
For the Navy now a great many clews are made without the platting arrangement we have described, and are left quite plain from the seizing below the eye down to the eyelet-hole.
The sides and ends must be hemmed, and then the eyelet-holes for the clews to be fastened to must be made (A A).
And Trencher meant to twistify the clews still further, for all that he felt safe enough already.
It won't take more than a week to find out who you are, and possibly, if you have any clews at all to your identity, I may be able to solve this mystery in a day.
Man has found new clews to read the story of his past, and new ways to mould his present and future.
Then, finally, with Mr. Clews we shall agree that "the road leading to this great destiny can only be blocked by legislation.
Or if he supposed that a paper of the kind submitted would be rejected at this office because of our well-known antagonism to the fact which Mr. Clews defends, let him in that instance also be undeceived.
I notice with surprise that Mr. Clews in his sketch of Wall Street dwells not at all upon the benevolent agency of that power during the Civil War.
If Mr. Clews wishes any further outline of the history of Wall Street during our Civil War we shall be glad to contribute such a sketch as a reminiscence of a great fact which appears to be dim in his memory.
Mr. Clews tells us that in 1792 twenty-seven gentlemen met under a buttonwood tree and formed the association known as Wall Street.
For why should Mr. Clews address the public through the columns of THE ARENA?
With Mr. Clews we shall be able to see that "the facts implied by such a transfer are of a dignity and power which it is impossible to estimate.
Mr. Clews tells us that the "Future" of Wall Street is a sealed book; and yet we may allow that "there is such a thing as an accurate prevision of events.
The story of the process by which this prodigious result has been reached is narrated by Mr. Clews in the manner of one who gives an account of the formation of a temperance society or a Sunday school!
Then with Mr. Clews we may well consider his "reasonable forecast of the future.
Elsie Clews Parsons, the moving spirit of the American Folklore Society.
Elsie Clews Parsons, Assistant Editor of the Journal of American Folklore, Dr.
In this effort the Association has the cooperation of Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons, the moving spirit of the American Folklore Society.
Nowhere was there a trace of the twins; and after a two weeks' search, and a fruitless following of clews that were noclews at all, even Margaret was forced sorrowfully to acknowledge defeat.
Sergeant Clews is the name of the platoon sergeant.
Here Beesley and his sergeant went one way and Sergeant Clews and I went another--right along the main road.
I am to take Sergeant Clews and a party of thirty men to carry ammunition from one dump to another.
I set off with a party of Sergeant Clewsand thirty-four other ranks including Corporal Chamley and Lance-Corporal Topping.
Beesley and I with Sergeant Clews and Sergeant Malone went one way; the others went another way.
My diary of the same date (July 18) states that in the afternoon "I went on a working party with Sergeant Clews and fifteen men.
I had four sergeants with me--Sergeant Williams and Sergeant Clews in front, and Sergeant Dawson and Sergeant Baldwin behind.
One of Wallace's riders had ridden back up the cañon to search for possible clewsand would, perhaps, have something to say when he returned.
Pete might have taken almost any route to the top of the divide, and there were very few clews as to just where he had entered the mountains and how he had reached the cañon.
Then Jack let out all hisclews and sailed and sailed and tacked according as the wind blew.
What a maze, what a tangle the world is till we come to look upon it with the clews and solutions in mind which science affords!
The book itself is merely an introduction, and is only designed to place a few clews in the reader's hands which he himself or herself is to follow up.
This feeling, and his love for white truffles, are, I believe, the onlyclews to the man.
Notwithstanding the diminutive surface that was exposed, the surges given by this bit of canvass, as soon as the clews were eased off sufficiently to allow the cloth to jerk, shook the vessel's hull.
I also helped to make a new foresail and jib out of number one canvas, roped them, put the clews in, and completed the job.
Thereupon Mr. Gryce grew very thoughtful and entered upon another examination of the two rooms which to his mind held all the clews that would ever be given to this strange crime.
Thinking my own thoughts in regard to what I saw, if I had found myself compelled to bridle my tongue while false scents were being followed and delicate clews overlooked or discarded without proper attention.
Have you no clews to their identity beyond this parasol?
Tom, for he and Sam had been out hunting for clews when the lawyer had called.
Say, Sam, what do you want, some clewsmade to order?
Several days had passed, and during that time the Rover boys had done their best to get further clews concerning the robbery.
On reaching the extreme end, which was occupied by an immense hawser reel, "Bill" indicated a hammock which was swinging with the forward clews directly above the great spool, or reel.
He hauled up on the head clews and presently a five-inch shell appeared above the top of the reel.
The latter he tucked into his clews at the foot, and the other he used as a pillow.
It was afternoon when a message came from Mr. Whitford to the effect that Andy's airship was not out the previous night, and that so far no clews had developed from the letter, or from any other source.
I can't get any more clews here, and there may be some new ones found on the Canadian border where my colleagues are trying to catch the rascals.
No, but there are a whole lot of Custom House detectives in town, looking for clews to the smugglers.
Anybody with the genius to gather up all those clews cannot fail to work out this entire case.
The clews you have given us were fine ones, Dashaway," said the official gratefully.
London detective bureau has lost all clews to whereabouts of the Laniers.
Bessie can furnish no clearer clews to her identity.
The arraignment of Dodge on the charge of attempted fraud against the London property of Alice would lead to most serious exposures, furnishing dangerous clews to past villainies in this immediate venue.
The only way is to continue present shadowings and defensive precautions, while awaiting some decisive clews to missing links in this elusive chain.
In hopes to gain helpful clews and to keep posted as to exact condition of other investigations of Lanier crimes, that assistant shadowed you and Esther.
His wonder and admiration grew with her frank, dramatic, yet timid recital of tactics employed to elicit incriminating clews from the secretive Laniers.
Upon review of incidents in this fruitless pursuit, I am impressed with the fact that all clews obtained came from your infatuation for hungry or sick people.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clews" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
