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Then, when she thought she had nearly arrived at the place where her husband was, he and the fraudulent wife would break camp and move to a new site. It was such slow work crawling; besides, the poor wife had several narrow escapes from hungry birds, only escaping by hiding in the crevice of a rock or under a blade of grass.
Against and over these structures in winter the frozen snow piles itself until they have the appearance of mere mounds, impossible to locate except for the smoke which escapes from a few long crevices left open under the eaves of what is intended to be the front of the house.
The poor Swampy often retires to rest without a morsel to eat for himself or family, and that for days together; yet he is under no apprehension from his enemies, and enjoys his night's rest undisturbed; whereas, the warrior of the plain, while he revels in abundance, seldom retires to rest without apprehension; the hostile yell may, in fact, rouse him from his midnight slumber, either to be butchered himself, or to hear the dying groans of his family while he escapes.
The bishop was out of town, and I had to wait till his return; besides, my position was somewhat insecure. I have had at least two remarkable escapes since I saw you last.” “Are you safe here?” she asked, hurriedly. “With your consent, yes.” She looked a little troubled. “I don’t know that I am doing right, Mr Bev—Bunker, but——” “Thank you, my friend,” he interrupted, tenderly.
The abbe procured all that was necessary; he met me at a rendezvous which I appointed in a quiet spot; he coiled all his rope about my body, and here I am." "Then you think if the baron escapes they will give you back your letter?" "Most assuredly." "Deluded man! As soon as the baron is safe, they will demand the life of another prisoner, with the same menaces." "By no means." "You will see."
"The other honourable citizen," I said, "is Tom Kitterick, I suppose." "No," said Lalage. "There was only me, but that's the way editors always talk. Father told me so once. 'Yet she did it. She sneaked. Yes, sneaked to the grown-up society, complained, as the now extinct Tommy used to do." "The allusion," I said, "escapes me. Who was the now extinct Tommy?" "The one before the Cat," said Lalage.
The dull day improved the fun, for twilight reigned in most of the passages, and rendered many hairbreadth escapes possible.
In the midst of it all he was called away on some particular business of his own to another world and Isabel was left alone, past thirty, and unmarried still. The rôle of single blessedness may be charming to a man of means, but it is often extremely irksome to an heiress in her own right. Miss Purling was like a pigeon that escapes from the inclosure at a match an aim for every gun around.
Although the travellers came off providentially without hurt, there were many narrow escapes, for which some of them might thank their good fortune. At the commencement of the fight as Alexander Jardine was levelling his carbine, a spear struck the ground between his feet, causing him to drop his muzzle, and lodge the bullet in the ground a few yards in front of him.
"Well, then, you'll have to stay in the cabin when me and Jim leaves." "Not much. I'll stuff Jim's clothes full of straw and lay it on his bed to represent his mother in disguise, and Jim 'll take the nigger woman's gown off of me and wear it, and we'll all evade together. When a prisoner of style escapes it's called an evasion. It's always called so when a king escapes, f'rinstance.