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Glaud Burge handed them, down at the end of a ramrod. "But see yonder," he said to François Bastarack his companion, as they stood and watched the messengers tramp away. He pointed to Klussman below the fort poor Klussman whom the pearly vapors of morning could not conceal. "I could have done that myself in first heat, but I like not treating with a man who did it coolly."
Officer, take charge of the prisoner until it's paid! It took about ten dollars to cover everything, which I paid, McKay returning it when he reached his camp. Whoever named that alcalde 'Law west of the Pecos' knew his man." "I'll bet a twist of dog," said Ramrod, "that prisoner with the black whiskers sabes English. Did you notice him paying strict attention to Smoky's little talk?
"At the word three, gentlemen, you will fire," said the colonel. The two shots came simultaneously. Abbott had deliberately pointed his into the air. For a moment he stood perfectly still; then, his knees sagged, and he toppled forward on his face. "Great God!" whispered the colonel; "you must have forgotten the ramrod!" He, Courtlandt, and the surgeon rushed over to the fallen man.
"A merchant over in Gridley, a rather decent chap, too, has been making up to Laura pretty briskly, I hear by way of home news," Greg continued. "Does the yardstick general win out?" demanded Dan. "From all the news, I'm half afraid he does." "How does Dick take that?" Dan was eager to know. "I can't tell you," Greg responded solemnly, "for I have never ventured on that topic with old ramrod.
Each hunter wiped out the barrel of his piece with his ramrod as he stepped forward; then, placing a ball in the palm of his left hand, he drew the stopper of his powder-horn with his teeth, and poured out as much powder as sufficed to cover the bullet. This was the regular measure among them. Little time was lost in firing, for these men did not "hang" on their aim.
"What is it?" called Dick. "Sorry if I've roused you, old ramrod," murmured the caller. "That's all right, Milesy. Come in and rest yourself. You won't mind if I keep flat, will you? "Not in training for sick report?" asked Furlong, glancing down solicitously. But he saw the glow of robust health glowing through the deep coat of tan on Prescott's face.
The metal was rough with rust, and apparently no attempt had been made to clean it in a couple of centuries. There was a piece cracked out of the fore-end, the ramrod was missing, as was the front ramrod-thimble, both the trigger-guard and the butt-cap were loose, and when Rand touched the wheel, it revolved freely if sluggishly, betraying a broken spring or chain.
This was probably from the habit of rams butting an enemy with their horns. The Romans often had the ends of their battering-rams carved into the shape of the head of a ram. A "ramrod" gets its name from the same idea. It is an instrument for pressing in the ammunition when loading the muzzle of a gun. The word "ram" has now several more general uses.
The first day he did not ask for leave, as he did not wish to presume upon his being the first lieutenant's relation. Charles Hethcote differed widely from the typical first lieutenant of fiction, a being as stiff as a ramrod, and as dangerous to approach as a polar bear.
But, of course, you can go up the next night by yourself, and wait for me, if you like. If you like to prove your courage, I mean." "When I want to be ordered about," said the sergeant-major, in a magnificent voice, "I'll let you know. Now go, before I do anything I might be sorry for afterwards." He stood at the door, erect as a ramrod, and watched the young man up the road.
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