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The young warriors never wearied of the excitement of these times, with its perpetual war-party, but old men remembered the prophecies of the beaver-men and that the times had changed. The Fire Eater, as he talked to old Weasel Bear over their pipes and kettles, said: "Brother, we used to think Yellow Horse had lost the Power of his Eyes when he came from his journey with the talking white man.
In the distracted condition of the country, Hugh's presence was needed there; for, taking advantage of his absence, and the thousand rumors afloat touching the Proclamation, one of his negroes had already run away in company with some half dozen of the colonel's, who, in a terrible state of excitement, talked seriously of emigrating to Canada.
You gave your word that's enough; it's my duty to believe you. TATYÁNA. Then you're not angry with me? KRASNÓV. Not at all! I'm not a man of polished manners; in my excitement I stormed but don't take it ill of me; I did it because I was fond of you. LUKÉRYA. Oh, stop! Who could take it ill of you? TATYÁNA. I've already forgotten it.
"For my part I am not altogether unaccustomed to such proceedings in the old country, and have no wife or children to be troubled about, and should rather like the excitement of the sort of life I should have to lead here for a year or two, until I have taught the Kentuckians to leave me alone in peace.
The marshal's fame as a detective had long since escaped from the narrow confines of Tinkletown. He was well known at the county seat, and on no less than three occasions had his name mentioned in the "big city" papers in connection with the arrest of notorious horse-thieves. And now the whole town was trembling with a new excitement, due to the recognition accorded her triple official.
I left him with the colonel, who told him he would send with him an escort of soldiers the next morning, "and the master will not dare refuse to give up the children on reading the note I shall send him." A little excitement existed over the murder of Mr. Errickson, a Union man, who fled to Memphis with his family for safety during the war.
Persimmon Sneed and it fared deliberately by way of Sandford Cross-Roads to its destination. It awoke there the wildest excitement and delight, for although it brazenly asserted that Mr.
Then, as he had nothing else, he dragged the body of the dead man on to it and left him there. Next he rushed to the window, sheathing his sword as he ran, scrambled through it, and, hanging by his arms, let himself drop, coming to the ground safely, for he was very agile, and in the excitement of the fray forgot the hurt to his head and shoulder.
His ideas were based on one peculiar experience he had had a woman patient who had said to him: "Doctor, I know what is the matter with me, but for God's sake don't let my husband find out that I know, because then I should feel that my self-respect required me to leave him!" The Master-of-the-House was coming! You could feel the quiver of excitement in the air of the place.
Scenes of such a nature did not occur every day even in 1688, and the storm of indignation and excitement among the members of the congregation did not subside so quickly as it had risen.
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