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"The fire's the best flooer i' the gairden, an' the pig's the best coo i' the herdin', my lord," she said an old saw to which his lordship might have been readier to respond, had he remembered that the PIG sometimes meant the stone jar that held the whisky.
First quenched they with bright wine all the burning, so far as the fire's strength went, and then his brethren and comrades gathered his white bones lamenting, and big tears flowed down their cheeks.
Suppose I wasn't, suppose I was still dodging cops on Broadway, then what? Then Sledgehammer Hume would put some death-on-rats in Hell Fire's hay, or pick Red off with a shot gun, and who cops onto the five thou? A man don't have to have a fortune teller for a mother to get wised up to that." Little by little the proud spirited horse learned his lesson.
Left alone, I filled the kettle from a bucket in a corner, and setting it upon the fire, drew up a chair and sat to dry my clothes and warm my shivering limbs, and presently, what with my weariness and the fire's comfort, began to nod. Opening unwilling eyes, I found George beside me, holding a steaming glass to my lips, and now felt myself deathly cold and shivering in every limb.
Now, only play that that great rail is a fort, and your bonnet is a prisoner in it, and see how quick I'll take the fort and get it!" and Dick shouldered a stick and started off. "What upon airth keeps those children so long? I should think they were making chips!" said Aunt Mehetabel; "the fire's just a going out under the tea kettle."
The Egyptian worshipped there the crocodile; There they of Nineveh the bull with wings; The Persian there with swart, sun-lifted smile Felt in his soul the writhing fire's bright stings. There the weird Druid held his mistletoe; There, for the scorched son of the sand, coiled bright, The torrid snake was hissing sharp and low; And there the Western savage paid his rite.
Another five minutes elapsed, and then Mrs. Harriet exclaimed with decision, "There! It's gone now, all gone! I've sent it right away. The fire's out and the drums have stopped beating!" Exclamations of wonder and joy rose up from the spectators.
Merritt," said the boy, "I was just wondering who it might be." "The fire's over there," said the Supervisor. "What are you doing here?" "Rifle-Eye sent me to get the men at Pete's mine," he said. "They're here," replied the Forest Chief. "How's the fire?" "Bad," said the boy. "Rifle-Eye said he thought we would have to fall back beyond the river."
"Nay, look'ee, Martin, life may be worth whiles now and then aye, lad, there be times, good times." "What times?" "Well, Martin, to lie snug 'neath hedge o' star-time, when your fire's low an' the stars peep down through leaves at a man wink, they go, and wink, wink, till, watching 'em, a man forgets his troubles awhile and knows something o' content.
The camp fire had been blotted out as if by magic. Only the deep gloom of thick- set willows lay before him. "The fire's gone!" came in alarmed tones from Dave. "Tod Oh, Tod!" rang out once more through the still night air. This time there was an answer, but not the one the boys expected. A gruff voice demanded angrily: "Say, you idiots what in the thunder you want!"
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