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To light a torch under these' conditions would have been impossible; and our last electric apparatus had been shattered by the force of the explosion. I was therefore much surprised to see a clear light shining near me. It lighted up the calm and unmoved countenance of Hans.
Both had thought of Locke and they started to run into the cave entrance and toward the sound of the explosion. Zita was in the lead, and it was at this moment that the panic-stricken emissaries came tumbling and fighting their way from the den.
A tremendous explosion followed, which blew the privateer to fragments, scattering the timbers and planks, and the legs, arms, and bodies of the crew, in every direction! The shrieks of the wounded, the struggles of the dying, and the spectacle of horrors which those men witnessed, made a lasting impression on their minds.
Andrew struck out his arm, and uttered, 'the Major! a compromise for a loud anathema. But the compromise was vain, for he sinned again in an explosion against appearances. 'I'm a brewer, Van. Do you think I'm ashamed of it? Not while I brew good beer, my boy! not while I brew good beer! They don't think worse of me in the House for it. It isn't ungentlemanly to brew good beer, Van.
And Ignace Koppowski smiled a cleaner, more human smile than had crossed his face for many a year. "Good girl!" he shouted. "I'll help. Listen." With the smile still on his lips he jerked the barrel of the rifle toward him. With the explosion came another from across the grade. And before the first echo two others from the forest behind.
Never had the old walls been assailed by such a tempest of bolts, arrows, stones and bullets never had their echoes been awakened by an equal explosion of human voices, instruments of martial music, and cannon.
Conditions grew tenser and thicker with each day, yet no specific rupture came to fire the waiting explosion. Slowly it brewed and gathered menace, while the air hung pulseless and heavy under its shadow. Mansfield and I knew it needed only a lightning flash to loose all the artillery of the thunders and set them about their hell's fury.
When I returned to the dining-room I found that, in spite of my orders, Amelie was busy putting my few pieces of silver, and such bits of china from the buffet as seemed to her valuable, her ideas and mine on that point do not jibe, into the waste-paper baskets to be hidden underground. I was too tired to argue. While I stood watching her there was a tremendous explosion. I rushed into the garden.
"Nothing ever hurt him explosion or nothing. He can kick shed all to pieces, and put out fire." "Dat's what I wanted t' do, but Massa Tom say I cain't," explained the colored man. "Golly! Look at dat fire!" Indeed the blaze was now assuming alarming proportions. The red shed, which was not a small structure, was blazing on all sides. About it stood the men from the various shops.
This night, however, what with the broken stairs, the debris-cumbered hallways, the lurking darkness which the torch could hardly hold back from swallowing them, they came to a clear understanding of the problem. Every few minutes the flame burned low and Stern had to drop on more alcohol, holding the bottle high above the flame to avoid explosion.
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