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Thrusting into the dust of the road a branch from a bush, and shouting, "Here's my grass-cutter!" he ran toward us enveloped in a "pillar of cloud," which might have served the purpose of Israel in Egypt. When he paused and the dust had somewhat subsided, I beheld the unmistakable lineaments of the child Toddie! "They're my nephews," I gasped. "What!" exclaimed the driver. "By gracious!
I got on to him myself and put the spurs in, and he went up on his hind legs and nearly came back with me that was all the good I got of that. "Where's the grass-cutter," I shouted, jumping off him in about as great a fury as I ever was in. "I suppose he knows how to make this devil go!" "Grass-cutter went away last night, sahib. Me see him try to open stable door and go away. Me see him no more."
The Gadfly fumbled with his cap. "I can cut grass, sir, and trim hedges" he began; and without any break in his voice, went straight on: "At one in the morning at the mouth of the round cave. You must have two good horses and a cart. I shall be waiting inside the cave And then I can dig, sir, and " "That will do, I only want a grass-cutter. Have you ever been out before?" "Once, sir.
Keene dumped the ball down the third-base line. Blake, anticipating the play, came rapidly in, and bending while in motion picked up the ball and made a perfect snap-throw to McCord, beating Keene by a foot. Prince drove a hot grass-cutter through the infield, and the Place stand let out shrill, exultant yells.
The man's blanket was found, torn to shreds, but no tiger, although the footprints of one were plainly visible. But some months after, near the same spot, George shot a half grown tiger with one of its eyes gone, which had evidently been roughly torn from the socket. This was doubtless the identical brute that had attacked the grass-cutter.
Mind, you must come well-armed; we may meet a flying squadron. Don't go by the wood-path; you're safer on the other side. If you meet a spy, don't stop to argue with him; fire at once I should be very glad of work, sir." "Yes, I dare say, but I want an experienced grass-cutter. No, I haven't got any coppers to-day." A very ragged beggar had slouched up to them, with a doleful, monotonous whine.
The fellow came up, in a blue funk evidently, and I couldn't make anything of him. Sahib this, and sahib that, and salaaming and general idiotcy or shamming I couldn't tell which. I didn't know a nigger then as well as I do now. "This is a very fishy business," I thought to myself, "and I think it's well on the cards the grass-cutter will be out of this to-night on his pony.
I had him galloped next; same thing fellow could hardly hold him. I opened my eyes, I can tell you, but no matter what way I looked at him I couldn't see where on earth he got his pace from. It was there anyhow, there wasn't a doubt about that. "That'll do," I said, "put him up. And you just stay here," I said to the grass-cutter; "till I hear from Mr. Leggett where you're to go to.
He was already in a badly dismantled condition, and yet Herman and Verman seemed discontented with their work: Verman was swinging the grass-cutter about for a new charge, apparently still wishing to mow him, and Herman had made a quite plausible statement about what he intended to do with the scythe.
I said to the groom; "where's Mr. Leggett's horse?" "The sahib has taken him away this morning." I began to have some notion then of what my I.O.U. was worth. "The sahib has left his grass-cutter and his pony," said the sais, who probably had as good a notion of what was up as I had. "All right, send for the grass-cutter," I said.
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