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Before he could recover it Reddin had stooped, secured a lower grip, and in a moment hurled his adversary clear over his shoulder. A roar of applause went up from the spectators; and Goodine, after trying to rise, lay still and groaned, "I'm licked, Jim. I've had enough." The boss soon pronounced that Bill's shoulder was dislocated, and that he'd have to go back to the settlements to be doctored.
The long rows of stacked sleepers stretched out before us. We wondered what our work would be. Someone suggested we would have to restack the sleepers in their former places and we did not consider the suggestion absurd. Our Sergeant had gone to get instructions. He returned and told us a mistake had been made the day before. We nearly groaned with apprehension.
I groaned out at last; "for us who know all that poor Le Geyt will be hanged for it! Hanged for attempting to protect his children!" "He will NOT be hanged," my witch answered, with the same unquestioning confidence as ever. "Why not?" I asked, astonished once more at this bold prediction. She went on bandaging the arm of the patient whom she was attending.
Curse them for fools and imbeciles. Fools never get into heaven. Thank the good Lord for that." It seemed to the quivering Americans that the gates were mocking them by drawing farther away instead of coming nearer. "Are we going backward?" groaned Truxton, his hands gripping the side of the bounding seat.
Sommers dropped his arm from Alves and started toward Dresser, who was edging away. "What is this?" His dictatorial tone made Dresser pause. "She told you. I was a fool. I tried to kiss her." Sommers took him by the arm without a word. "Yes, I am going. Don't make a row about it. You needn't get into a state about it. She isn't Mrs. Sommers, you know!" "Oh!" Alves groaned, closing her eyes again.
The strange hues of the smoke cloud, black and red, tawny and pale by turns, blurred and blending into each other, shrouded the burning vessel as it flared, crackled and groaned; the hissing tongues of flame licked up the rigging, and flashed across the hull, like a rumor of riot flashing along the streets of a city. The burning rum sent up blue flitting lights.
She awoke in the evening much quieter, but she cried a good deal in the night, and I surmise she was thinking of thee more than of herself or of him. I wish thee had waited until all this was over, but I think all will come out right." "Oh, the unutterable fool that I was!" I groaned; "I'm the champion blunderer of the world."
Here was an idol smashed with a vengeance! "I might of knowed!" he groaned. "You ain't nothing but but a big hulk!" And he turned on his heel and gave the exciting news to his father. For an event of this caliber, Bridewell called down all his men from the building, and they started for the corral.
Presently, lo and behold! Loeb entered the restaurant and walked straight up to Huntington's table, evidently by appointment. I nearly groaned. I knew that Loeb had a spacious sample-room at his hotel, with scores of garments hung out, and even with wire figures. It was clear that Huntington had visited it or was going to, while I could not even get him to hear my prices. Was that fair?
He groaned again, and then confessed that only yesterday he had in the same way been tortured with pain. "The attack came on in the morning, as you know," he went on, "and when it was past I went down into the court of sacrifice; my feet would scarcely carry me. Curiosity and they were waiting for me; and some great sign might be shown! Besides, some excitement helps me through this torment.
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