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But it chanced upon a time, that, being on a cruise in the Mediterranean, she happened to sail out of Port Mahon in what was then supposed to be very bad trim for the sea. Her bows were rooting in the water, and her stern kicking up its heels in the air.
My brain's as good as theirs, give it a chance. But oh, they're all against me. And they bust the Athletic Union's wrestling rule that 'striking, kicking, gouging, hair-pulling, butting, and strangling will not be allowed. How long can I go on being good-natured? When I do break loose "
I forgot all about my wounded companions and the Canadian Highlander, and all the suffering of the world, and drifted sweetly out into the wide ocean of sleep. Some time during the night for it was still dark I felt some one kicking my feet and calling me to get up, and all my trouble and misery came back with a rush.
It is very clear that when a horse is to be sold for somewhere between two and six pounds, the breeder cannot afford to spend much time in breaking him in. The rough-rider lazos him, puts on the bridle with its severe bit, and springs upon his back in spite of kicking and plunging.
It was said that in the dark there was a halo around his head, and a star over him; that he had the power to strike unbelievers dead, with a look, or change them into dogs. Agent McLaughlin sent thirteen police under Sergeant Crazy Walking, to arrest Kicking Bear and put him off the reservation. Crazy Walking went, and found Kicking Bear and Sitting Bull in the midst of a Ghost Dancer meeting.
The dark house towering above me remained silent. I could hear, mingled with the throbbings of my heart, the steady croaking of the frogs in a pond near the stables; but no other sound. In a frenzy of impatience and disgust, I stood up again and hammered, kicking with my heels on the nail-studded door, and crying out desperately,
"They're perfectly beautiful, and the Tiffany mounting is exquisite," replied Dorothy, enthusiastically, "but they're so awfully big! They're as big as ten-carat diamonds, I do believe." "Just about," replied Seaton, "but at that, they're the smallest Dunark could find. They have been kicking around for years, he says so small that nobody wanted them.
Let me up, I tell you!" roared Bobby, kicking his legs and threshing his arms in a vain effort to budge the weight across his body. Johnny looked at him curiously. "Why! You ain't mad, are you!" He shrieked with the joy of the discovery. "Oh, kids! Come here and see him! He's getting mad!" Bobby's eyes filled with tears of rage.
"Mass' George break poor ole Pomp heart." "I'll break poor ole Pomp's head if he bothers me any more," I cried, sulkily, as I once more leaned over the fence and began kicking off some of the dry mud which still adhered, though the leafage above it was clear and green. I heard Pomp draw in his breath hard, and he gave his bare foot a stamp on the ground. "You want poor ole Pomp go drown self?"
No one else could be depended upon like Big Bob for kicking a field goal, or one after a touchdown. "All right, come along. I'll try to brace myself to stand it!" he said. Bob did not make any further comment, but just before Jack caught the click as of a receiver being placed on the hook, he thought he heard a sound that was either a chuckle or a grunt, he did not know which.
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