United States or Angola ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"Yes," the other answered, "there have been many scores of lives lost and many millions of dollars swept away on the 'Father of Waters, and I doubt if the time will ever come when the flood danger will be at an end. Remember that the Mississippi River Valley is the only water outlet for two-thirds of the entire United States." "It's protected by levees, too, isn't it?" Colin queried.
The whale, instead of sounding directly, dived at a sharp angle and the line ran out like lightning. "What's that, Hank?" asked Colin in a startled voice, pointing over to the water just below the little calf, which had been hauled in by hand alongside the ship. "Killers, by all that's holy!" ejaculated the whaler. "They'll get every blessed whale we've landed to-day. Did you ever see such luck!"
"They seem unpleasantly close to our lines," observed Tom to Archie; "our fellows must keep pretty wide awake, or they will be taking us by surprise some fine morning." "Trust Sir Colin Campbell for that," answered Archie; "we Highlanders are not men to be found napping in the face of an enemy."
Yes, I've washed my hands and I've brushed my hair. It's all right, really. Well, Dolly. What, Mr. Ashburn here! he broke off, staring a little as he went up to shake hands with Mark. 'I ought to have explained, perhaps, said Mark. 'Ernstone is only the name I write under. And I had the pleasure of having your son in my form at St. Peter's for some time. Hadn't I, Colin?
Her eyes were fixed on Colin, trying, you could see, to dominate him. "We'd better take it in turns," he said. "Thanks, Col-Col. I'd rather not play. I've driven ninety-seven miles." "Really rather?" Queenie backed towards the court. "Oh, come on, Colin, if you're coming." He went. "What do you think of Queenie?" Adeline said. "She's very handsome." "Yes, Anne. But it isn't a nice face.
On the instant he saw the launch and the three men in it, and in the very midst of his charge, the body bent and shot into the depths again. "Watch out for the jerk!" the older angler cried, and as the fish reached the end of the slack line there was a sudden tug which Colin felt sure meant a lost fish.
"Well, upon my word!" she said, speaking rather broad Yorkshire herself because there was no one to hear her and she was so astonished. "Whoever heard th' like! Whoever on earth would ha' thought it!" There was so much to talk about. It seemed as if Colin could never hear enough of Dickon and Captain and Soot and Nut and Shell and the pony whose name was Jump.
It was in consequence decided that Duncan Cameron should be taken as a captive to England by way of York Factory and be tried across seas. Colin Robertson was instructed to conduct him to York Factory. No doubt this was a reprisal for the arrest and banishment meted out to Miles Macdonell.
"Not what you meant, perhaps; but what it did convince me was, that you as you are, my Ermine are ten thousand times more to me than even as the beautiful girl, and that there never can be a happier pair than we shall be when I am your hands and feet." Ermine sat up, and rallied all her forces, choked back the swelling of her throat, and said, "Dear Colin, it cannot be!
We can only find certain tones to remind us of their perfection." With feverish hands and sparkling eyes she stopped working when Felicien related to her the history of the most noted men and women who were embroiderers in the olden time Simonne de Gaules, Colin Jolye, and others whose names have come down to us through the ages.
Word Of The Day