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On three of the most important and historic of these paths from the basin of the Great Lakes to that of the Mississippi I have walked with the memories of these precursors; in one place it was suggested that I should ride in a carriage, but I refused, feeling that these men must be worshipped on foot.
Everything now being in readiness with us we took the trail homeward bound, and left Deadwood in a blaze of glory. On our way home we visited the Custer battle field in the Little Big Horn Basin. There was ample evidence of the desperate and bloody fight that had taken place a few days before.
We had built a camp for the night, in the heart of the woods, high up on John's Brook and near the foot of Mount Marcy: I can see the lovely spot now. It was on the bank of the crystal, rocky stream, at the foot of high and slender falls, which poured into a broad amber basin.
Here he walked up and down, for his unrest would not leave him, and his heart hungered for food it had never tasted.... There was a fountain springing from a stone basin, and all around were set rose-bushes, seen dimly because of the mist.
Garth, "but that was wrong." "Wrong?" inquired the blacksmith. "Ey, it came out at the trial," muttered his mother. Garth seemed overcome by a fresh flood of feeling. Rotha lifted a basin of barley-water to his lips. "Yes, yes; but how was it done how?"
Laughter here was clearly out of place; and besides, the echo that followed was obtrusively and unpleasantly distinct, appearing to come both from a deep-arched doorway in the wall near by, and from the vaulted hollow of the basin of the fount, which lay just beneath the dog's jaws.
Then, having already appropriated a doughnut, he mounted quickly on the side of the car and sprang down again with the aluminum basin in his hand. "Now you go down to the river and get me a drink. You've had it soft enough." The return trip was almost a duplicate of the morning flight.
"Let us go now and see the streets of Rome," said he; "we can come out and look at this basin at any time." So the two boys walked along, paying little attention to the direction in which they were going. "We shall find some of the great streets pretty soon," said Rollo, "and then we will take an observation." "What do you mean by that?" asked Charles.
Of course I could not think of depriving myself of candle-light; and being already of a thoughtful, old-bachelor temperament, and averse from burning houses, I placed one of my tall wax-lights in a basin on the table by my bed in which I soon effected a lodgment, and lay with a comparative sense of security.
I was really awfully badgered." "Yes; but you know what a man my father is. He hasn't the squire's philosophy in those affairs." "'Pon my soul, Mr. Ned, I never guessed it before; but I rather fancy you got clear with Sir Billy the banker by washing in my basin eh, did you?" Edward looked straight at his cousin, saying, "You deserved worse than that. You were treacherous.
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