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He knotted my lanyard, and restored my hammock to its place; but he could not persuade me to confide myself again to such treacherous bedposts, for I thought the rope had broken; and so strongly did the fear of another tumble possess my mind, that I took a blanket, and lay down on a chest at some little distance, keeping a sleepless eye directed to the scene of my late disaster.
I tied a rope for a tongue and with a stick on the end, mother and I working as a sort of double team would draw through the woods among the trees gathering the different kinds of nuts and as the box was big, large quantities could be gathered in this manner.
Any way it was strong enough to carry away the machine, so we waited there ten minutes and wondered the basket did not come down; but they above, meanwhile, were rigging a rope to an old horse-whim, and as they could not get horses, the men run the poles round themselves. "But we at the bottom knew nothing of all this.
He would dart into the bunch, scattering cattle right and left, and would weave in and out, out and in, waving his arms, shouting, throwing his rope, occasionally hitting an animal across the nose or the flank, sometimes twisting their tails, dodging blows and kicks, and finally emerge driving before him a cow followed by her calf.
The end of the rope was too high up for him to reach. At length, what was the surprise of all present to see him seize a chair by the leg, and pull it up to the wall, when, jumping up, he gave the rope a hearty tug, evidently very much to his own satisfaction. You will generally find that, difficult as a task may seem, if you seek for the right means you may accomplish it.
Leaping on to the taffrail without one instant's delay, and steadying himself for an indivisible fraction of time with his hand on the rope ladder, he peered out into the darkness with keen eyes for a glimpse of Muriel Ellis's head above the fierce black water; and espying it for one second, as she came up on a white crest, he plunged in before the vessel had time to roll back to windward, and struck boldly out in the direction where he saw that helpless object dashed about like a cork on the surface of the ocean.
"No," said Rollo, after a pause. "They may be up to that, if this is a trick; but they would not do it here, nor so soon. They could do it more safely between this and Saint Kilda, with a rope and heavy stone. No they are not murdering her, whoever they may be." "What, then? Who are they?"
Now your majesty must recall the royal ring, I am sure." Barney only shook his head, much to Joseph's evident sorrow. "Never mind the ring, Joseph," said the young man. "Bring your rope and lead me to the floor above." "The floor above? But, your majesty, we cannot reach the vaults and tunnel by going upward!" "You forget, Joseph, that we are going to fetch the Princess Emma first."
For it became a matter of immense importance to know, not only the depth of the sea over the whole line, along which the cable was to be laid, but the exact nature of the bottom, so as to guard against chances of cutting or fraying the strands of that costly rope.
The queen was a very stout and middle-aged person, of rather stern countenance, and here she was busy with a skipping rope her hair loose, her royal robes tucked up, and her crown on one side. "'It's the best fun and the finest exercise in the world, she gasped. 'If I could only skip twice to one turn of the rope! "And on she went, while the children watched.
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