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But if he refused, Foscar might well order him killed out of hand. He had chosen to be defiant; he would have to do his best. "Take ax, knife " Foscar stepped back, waving at his men to open out a ring encircling the two young men. Ross felt a little sick as he watched Ennar's hand go to the haft of the ax.
"I am about to offer a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars, and I thought I would allow you privately the opportunity of securing the money, before I made it public. Where is Dyce?" "You might as well ax the man in the moon. The only satisfaction she gin me when she left home, was she was gwine to New York to hunt for Miss Ellie.
They climbed to the top of the car, measured off about half of it, and began cutting through the tin with the ax. The noise alarmed the men inside. They jumped out on the ground, and called up: "Here, what're you fellers doin' up there? This is our car. Let it alone." "Go to the devil," said Shorty, making another slash at the roof with the ax. "This is our car, I tell you," reiterated the men.
I think with Wyatt that it was Ware, but the chiefs are not willing to stay here longer. They demand that we return to the great camp in the morning, and that we abandon the attempt to take the cannon up the river." "Which means an infinite amount of work with the ax," growled Alloway. "Well, let it be so, if it must, but I will not move tonight for anything.
In their little coop forward, from which they saw it all, Payne looked at Higgins. Higgins returned the look. "He's a white man against four." "Come on, Hig!" With a kick Payne sent the door flying and crawled out on deck. The captain saw him and sprang for an ax. Roger caught him in a leap, flung him aside and threw the ax overboard.
He had been there with his father for a week, and now must go. He was chopping wood that morning, with his father looking on. Steele had cast a measuring glance at the pile of wood cut, then wiped the fine dew of perspiration from his brow, buried the ax blade in the chopping-log and seated himself upon a sawn block. A smile shaped itself upon his lips.
The swaying forward of that mighty body, the outward thrust of the jaws, the ring of the voice, was like the crashing of an ax when armoured men meet in battle. The flicker in the eyes of Anthony was the rapier which swerves from the ax and then leaps at the heart. For a critical second their glances crossed and then the habit of obedience conquered. "I suppose you know, sir."
"I know, darlin', that you'd do everything that's generous an' right; but settin' that affair aside, my dear Dora, what are you and I to do?" "I don't know what we're to do," she replied; "it's useless for you to ax me from my father now; for he wouldn't give me to you, sorra bit." "But you'll give me yourself, Dora, darling."
How she wished now that she had heeded the advice of LeFroy, who had cautioned against venturing into the woods without a light camp ax slung to her belt.
The captain in command of the troopers pistoled Cathbarr's horse, but the huge ax met his steel cap and Cathbarr was mounted again. Meanwhile, Brian was engaged with a cornet who had great skill at fencing, and his huge Spanish blade touched the young officer lightly until the Scot pulled forth a pistol, and at that Brian smote with the edge.
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