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I then went back to Simson who had charge of the wagons and said to him, "What shall we do with that old man? He is hitching up to leave us which will be sure death to him and his family. If he goes had we not better take his team away from him and save his life and his family's?" Simson said, he would consult with the other men and see what they thought about it.
"Now we are in a pickle and no mistake." "If we had a wire we might bind up that axle," said Tom, looking at the fracture, which was in the form of a long split. "But we haven't any," said Dick. He looked into the carriage. "Nothing here but the hitching strap and I don't think that will do." "There is a farmhouse," said Sam, pointing to a light in a nearby field. "Maybe I can get help there."
"Come," urged Brannan, "let us follow this trail to the wounded. Perhaps he or she needs assistance." He held the lamp low, tracing the dark spots across an intervening space to the rear entrance; thence to a hitching rack where several horses still were tethered. "They mounted here," the constable decided. "One horse probably. No telling which it was that got the bullet."
Bostin's full o' them Britishers, sech as scomfishkated the Susan Jane, cos our skipper done suthin' he hedn't oughter, or didn't do suthin' he hed oughter; and I tell yew the end o' things is nigh about comin' on here!" Sally, in the chimney corner, heard Long Snapps with open eyes, and hitching her wooden chair nearer, inquired solemnly, "What do you mean, Mister Snapps?
By lending my assistance to the drivers in catching and hitching up the horses, my gun was the first ready, and started immediately in the direction of the firing, with Captain Poague in the lead, the other guns following on as they got ready. Three or four hundred yards brought us in full view of Port Republic, situated just across the river.
We felt strange to ourselves and not at ease. When the meeting was over I had a sudden overpowering revulsion in my spirits. I wanted to shout, to run, to jump over something and a hitching post as high as my head offered the nearest opportunity. I forgot the Sunday school lesson in a moment; I had not understood a word of it. On the way home we became very cheerful.
One person says to another, "If that wild horse there was conscious of the amount of his strength, his owner could have no business with him in that vehicle; such light reins and harness, too; if he knew he could snap them asunder in a minute and be as free as the air we breathe;" and, "that horse yonder that is pawing and fretting to follow the company that is fast leaving him, if he knew his strength he would not remain long fastened to that hitching post so much against his will, by a strap that would no more resist his powerful weight and strength, than a cotton thread would bind a strong man."
"I'm my own boss, and there aint no one to find fault with me if I'm late. But I might as well be goin' too. There's a gent as comes down to his store pretty early that generally wants a shine." The two boys parted at the Park. Fosdick crossed it, and proceeded to the hat-store, while Dick, hitching up his pants, began to look about him for a customer. It was seldom that Dick had to wait long.
There would be no objection to our gagging him, to prevent any outcry, and then hitching him up with it." "But he is a pretty husky-looking customer," objected Lathrop; "suppose we can't overcome him?" "We'll have to take our chances on that," said Billy decisively.
Praying for a steady balance, she swung herself astride of the branch, and holding on tightly with her hands began hitching herself slowly outward.
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