Governor Nicholson had come from New York not many months before with a great repute for ill-temper and harsh dealing; but I liked the look of his hard-set face and soldierly bearing, and I never mind choler in a man if he have also honesty and good sense.

His mouth was hard-set, but the lines were not of pride.

The silence of the tomb was unbroken, save for the heavy tread of the policeman, who having removed his helmet in the presence of the dead, lifted the end of the sheet, revealing to me a white, hard-set face, with closed eyes and dropped jaw.

"Game as a pairtridge!" cried the publican, as he looked at the hard-set face.

Selingman's brows were lowered, his eyes were keen and hard-set.

CHAPTER III SEALS OF DESTINY Ten minutes later she returned, panting, her face pale and haggard, her mouth hard-set.

He was serenity itself as John Wingfield, Sr. burst out of the library, his face hard-set.

Benton's hard-set face relaxed.

As Saltash led her to the back of the platform she had a glimpse of Dick's face white as death, with lips hard-set and stern as she had never seen them, and a glitter in his eyes that made her think of onyx.

Then, after a long look toward the saving green of the hills, he started off through the yielding sand, his face white and haggard but hard-set.

His hat was thrust back, and I could see his jaw hard-set under his blond beard.