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Rollin, who came up at the moment and flung a bundle of sticks on the fire, demanded to know what "vas the vashion" referred to. "That I won't tell you at present, boys," said Ian; "but, if you have any regard for me, you'll make me a solemn promise not in any way to interfere with me or my plans unless you see me in actual and imminent danger of losing my life."

Cut a bundle of stuff and send it to me by Adam and I'll sew my fingers to the bone for you every night. Now drive like sin, Adam!" As Adam Bates came lurching down the walk in fury the buggy dashed past and Kate had not even time to turn her head to see what happened. "Take the first turn," she said to Adam. "I've done an awful thing." "What did you do?" cried the boy.

The Stseelis Indians of British Columbia imagined that if a menstruous woman were to step over a bundle of arrows, the arrows would thereby be rendered useless and might even cause the death of their owner; and similarly that if she passed in front of a hunter who carried a gun, the weapon would never shoot straight again.

The soul of man is immortal: and what is the soul? it is not a substantial thing, like the body; it is a bundle of thoughts and feelings: the thoughts we die with in this world, we shall wake up with them in the next. Yet here are two Christians loading their immortal souls with immortal hate.

After filling the saddle-bags, he rolled his blankets into a compact bundle so that he could strap them behind him on his horse. "I have left a good many things in there that I can't take with me," said he, as he locked the trunk and handed the key to Jeff. "And if I don't come back and claim them within a reasonable time, you are at liberty to take them for your own.

It was just as Andrew Malden was locking the doors for the night, that with a small bundle thrown over his shoulder, shamefaced, discouraged, and so tired he could hardly walk another step Job pushed in and sat down in the old rocker. The older man was surprised enough. What did it all mean?

And when the evening of the second day arrived without disclosing any sign of sharks in the channel, we agreed to risk the passage; so we stripped off our clothes or what remained of them made them into a bundle, secured them upon our heads, and waded in.

When I took you as a bundle of nothing outen Brother John's arms nearly thirty years ago this spring jest a perky encouraging little smile in your blue eyes started my kite that was a-trailing weary like, and it's sailed mostly by your wind ever since especially these last few years. Don't let the breeze give out on me yet, child."

"Here is a considerable sum of money" and he gave him a bundle of banknotes "you can make any use of them you think proper in this matter. I trust you implicitly, and approve beforehand whatever arrangements you may make, either in the present or for the future. Eugene my dear son, kiss me. We part perhaps for the last time.

Mrs Gamp traversed the gallery in a great heat from having carried her large bundle up so many stairs, and tapped at the door which was immediately opened by Mrs Prig, bonneted and shawled and all impatience to be gone. Mrs Prig was of the Gamp build, but not so fat; and her voice was deeper and more like a man's. She had also a beard.