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Her voice was gay, her eyes shining, and Wayland saw her as she had been that first day in the coach the care-free, laughing girl. The trouble they were fleeing from was less real to her than the happiness toward which she rode. Her hand on the reins, her foot on the brake, brought back her confidence; but Wayland did not feel so sure of his part in the adventure.
Mulai Idrees "My Lord Enoch" in English a direct descendant of Mohammed, was among the first of the Arabian missionaries to arrive, with one or two faithful adherents, exiles fleeing from the Khalîfa of Mekka.
Before the slaughter ended, young or old there was not a horse left in the band of Alcatraz save the grey mare far ahead. She was already beyond range, and as the last of the fleeing horses pitched heavily forward and lay still with oddly sprawling limbs, old Bud Seymour drew rein and shoved his rifle back into the long holster. "Now, look!" he called, as his companions pulled up beside him.
Thus, one of the most important duties of the United States troops, stationed within its area, is to save its splendid forests from destruction. To do this calls for constant vigilance. A fire started in the resinous pines, which cover many of the mountain sides, leaps forward with such fury that it would overtake a horseman fleeing for his life.
Ere they had run far through the corridor they encountered other guests fleeing. "What's the matter?" called Jack. "Fire in the south wing," called back one man. "We don't know, yet, whether the hotel is doomed." Just then the fire alarm bell of the hotel began to sound loudly in all the corridors. That brought the remaining guests on the run, some appearing not completely dressed.
Louis, and his mind would instantly revert to the possibility that the fleeing Rene might seek escape through the assistance of Shrunk. The mysterious vanishing of the boat would serve to increase that suspicion.
Murat had thrown himself on to his bed without undressing; they brought him the news. He rushed up to the deck, and arrived in time to see the boat, which was fleeing in the direction of Corsica, grow small and vanish in the distance.
An elk sprang out of a pine thicket, stared a moment or two with startled eyes at the boy, and then dashed away over the mountain. Dick continued to sing, and waved his fur cap at the fleeing elk. It was the funniest thing he had ever seen in his life. The whirling dance of mountain and forest became bewildering in its speed and violence.
He had no money, so he gave him this. He said that it was painted a long time ago and that it was very fine." "What is it?" "It is a Bible piece. This is a city of refuge. This is a sinner fleeing to it, and here behind him is the avenger of blood. You can't see, it is so dark. There!" He drew the window-curtain quite aside. A flood of light came in and washed the picture. "I see.
Down here on the banks of the Jordan, larks and redwings are swinging on the rushes; the balmy air is instinct with immortal life; the wild flowers, the grass, and the farmers' grain are fresh as if, like the snow, they had come out of heaven, and the last of the angel clouds are fleeing from the mountains. VIII. Bathing in Salt Lake
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