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I employed sergt. Pryor the greater part of the day in reparing and corking the perogue and canoes. it continued to rain by showers all day. about 20 of the Y-eh-huhs remained with me the greater part of the day and departed in the evening. they conducted themselves with much propryety and contemned the conduct of their relations towards us.
A bold enemy would have seized the bridge, "corking up" Jackson with a strong detachment, and have marched on Staunton with his main body. "Had Banks been more enterprising," says Dabney, "this objection would have been decisive." The slow advance on Winchester, the long delay at Woodstock, the cautious approach to New Market, had revealed enough.
"No, but he was at the meetin', him and a few others about seven altogether and he says, 'I'll keep the minutes, he says, 'and load up the papers. The meetin' was held in our house," William went on, "and my Pa was elected to the chair. Gee! it was an elegant meetin': Pa made a corking speech.
One or two wells I saw, jealously guarded: the water they yield is not really fit for drinking, and people who can afford it purchase water which comes from a distance in earthenware jars. One of these jars I had found in my bedroom; its secure corking much puzzled me until I made inquiries.
He answered her best riddles without batting an eyelash and she had some corking hard riddles, too.
"They went at a corking price, and our friend cleared up a good many thousand I won't say just how much. He sank part of it in a ruby brooch for his wife, and shoved the rest into a satchel. "You see how careful he'd been all those years while he was piling up his fortune? Well, he began to get careless the moment he cashed in, which was rather odd.
The chair is downstairs in the storeroom. It's a corking chair, all right, and you're sure to want it. I'm sorry, though, you didn't get around before it got so dark, because the light down there isn't very good." "Well, we could come again in the morning," said Steve. "There's no hurry." "I think you'd better see it now," said Durkin with decision.
Before setting out on another expedition, I placed my provisions where I hoped the rats would not be able to get at them, after carefully corking down the bottles of pickles and the jar of olives, and closing the keg of biscuits.
"If they're train robbers they have more gumption than I thought." "Well, I don't know," admitted Bud. "Rex Beach writes good stuff, and has some corking movies out, but maybe he was joking when he spoke of the Yaquis. Anyhow we know what they've done to our friends, and it's up to us to pay 'em back!"
I felt murderous." "Larry!" "I know it sounds awful. It is awful. It is an old battle. I thought I'd won it, but I haven't. Don't look so scared though. Nothing happened. Ted came after me like the corking big-hearted kid he is and brought me to, in half the time I could have done it for myself. It is thanks to him I'm here now. But never mind that. It is only you that matters.
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