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Rising before cock-crow, and going to the window, the first thing he saw in the misty dawn was the gaunt, gigantic figure of Red Wull, hounding up the hill from the Stony Bottom; and in an instant his faith was shaken to its foundation.
The scene had become so poignant that many of the judges left their tribune, unable to endure the sight of that white-robed and helpless figure in the midst of the brutal soldiers hounding her on to her death. It must indeed have been a ghastly spectacle, even for men accustomed to scenes of savage brutality and cruelty.
"Instantly he turned upon me with a savage oath, grasped me by the throat, and forced me backward against the cellar wall. "'You spying sneak! he cried. 'In spite of my warning you have been hounding my footsteps! "The moment I attempted to reply, he throttled me so as to choke every effort at utterance.
This is a very clear statement of exactly what is needed in California. The public should refuse to be satisfied with visits of the police officials to the girls, to ascertain the girls' state of mind as to a sense of liberty, and demand to know the official's state of mind, whether he is ready to prove the freedom of the slave by hounding the slave dealers out of the community.
He drew a long breath to say a short farewell, and he and Diana parted. They parted as the plainest of sincere good friends, each at heart respecting the other for the repression of that which their hearts craved; any word of which might have carried them headlong, bound together on a Mazeppa-race, with scandal for the hounding wolves, and social ruin for the rocks and torrents.
I drove Mary to the hospital with my spirits at lowest ebb. If The Sun were going to try to convict Helen of the murder, I realized that we had a hard fight ahead of us, for that yellow sheet was most zealous in hounding down any one who happened to be socially prominent, and in demanding punishment.
If I were at liberty to tell the whole, you would see what a noble nature it was that I trifled with; and they have been hounding Poor Tom! would it have been better for him that I had never seen him? It is a fearful thing, this blind treading about among souls, not knowing whether one does good or harm! 'If you feel so, said Mr.
As he was caught up from the bottom he sustained himself on the moving mass, and supported himself on the crest of the wave, but as soon as his feet touched bottom again he sprang forward toward the point which now became every minute more accessible. Wave after wave came, each was more furious, each more ravenous than the preceding, as though hounding one another on to make sure of their prey.
Live till I'm square with the game!" His violence died out as swiftly as it had arisen, and he sank down in the chair, his face buried in his bony hands, his thin shoulders shaken with sobs. Blaine quietly replaced the telephone and receiver, and seated himself. "Come, man, pull yourself together!" he said, not unkindly. "I'm not hounding you; Lawton never harmed you, and now he is dead.
"He has not discussed it with me." "He believes his brother deserved what he got." "Oh!" "For that reason he has not taken an active part in hounding her down." She was silent for a long time, so long indeed that he turned to look at her. "A thoroughly decent, fair-minded chap is Leslie Wrandall," he pronounced, for want of something better to say.
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