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To Von Plaanden's indignant disgust, his military splendor was seriously impaired by a huge "hickey" over his left eye, the memento of a well-aimed rock. Cluff had broken a finger and sprained his wrist. Mr. Brewster was anxious to know if any one had seen two teeth of his on the pavement or whether he was to look for later digestive indications of their whereabouts.
One half a second later, it wasn't, as the last of the legation's stubborn bars yielded, the door burst open, and the four Americans tumbled out at the charge, Cluff yelling insanely, Carroll in deadly quiet, Sherwen alertly scanning the adversaries for identifiable faces, and Elder Brewster still imperiling his soul by the fervor of his language.
He is tried by a jury, and on his being found guilty, the appellant hath an order for his execution settled by the Court; but when the appellee is acquitted, the appellant is chargeable with damages on such a prosecution, provided there appear to have been no just cause for the commencement thereof. But to return to the case of Cluff, which led us into this discourse.
A bull-like charge had carried Cluff deep among the Caracunans, where he encountered a huge peon. whom he seized and flung bodily over the iron guard of a samon tree, where the man hung, yelling dismally. Two other peons, who had seized the athlete around the knees, were all but brained by a stoneware gin bottle in the hands of Sherwen. Meanwhile, Mr.
Offered to your father to report it all through official channels and attach his resignation." "Not for worlds!" cried Miss Polly. "The poor man was half asleep. And Mr. Bee Mr. Perkins DID jog him rather sharply." "Yes. Von Plaanden asked my advice as an American about his attitude toward Cluff and Perkins." "I hope you told him to let the whole thing drop." "Exactly what I did.
Our departed friend, Professor Goggle-Eye, when he made his jump, landed right in my shirt front. 'Take my place, he says; 'I've got an engagement. Well, I was just moving forward, anyway, so it was no trouble at all, I assure you," asserted the doughty Cluff, achieving a truly elegant conclusion. "Most fortunate for me," said the girl sweetly. "Mr.
Possibly, save in the development of character by trials and by tribulation, the average pioneer of the faith, from a present viewpoint, would appear to have been little favored, yet thankful devotion ever was present. One story that indicated celestial intervention in time of danger, has been told by Orson Cluff.
The settlement was started February 18, 1878, by Jos. H. Frisby, Merritt Staley, Oscar Mann, Orson and Alfred Cluff, Ebenezer Thayne, David E. Adams and a few others. The overrunning referred to was not done blindly. Jos. H. Frisby and Alfred Cluff went to San Carlos.
He's ordered away, I'm glad to say. Just got the message." "Then perhaps he will go out with us," said Cluff, with obvious relief. "I sure did hate to think of leaving that boy here, with the game laws for goggle-eyed Americans entirely suspended." "No. He's ordered to Curacao to stay and watch. We've got to get him out to the Dutch ship somehow."
Herr von Plaanden, feeling the pressure of a shoulder formed upon the generous lines of a gorilla's, and noting the approach of the policia on the other side, was fain to obey. "Don't you be scared, miss," said Cluff, turning to the girl. "It's all over." "I'm not frightened," she said, with a catch in her voice. "Of course you ain't," he agreed reassuringly. "You just sit quiet "
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