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As he recognized it he now forced himself to that sticking-point to be a mush, the shot's comment fell in, of course, with his own view of the matter. He sat still for a moment, thinking of the shot, and probably expecting it to be repeated. It was not repeated. A great silence prevailed, the silence of the Hellenic wild held in the hand of evening.
But here alas and forever were shut off from him all sublunary prospects. He fell upon the deck powerless, senseless, a corpse the victim of a sublime sensibility! There's language for you! How different it is from that historic passage when the crack of Little Sure Shot's rifle rang out and another Redskin bit the dust.
And there in the clear moonlight, interrupted only by Shot's occasional growl, and the distant hoot of an owl or bark of a coyote, Andrew Malden told his life story to the boy at his side, the boy who was just passing up to young manhood.
Perhaps I was a little rough with Cleopatra, but she had scratched Shot's nose. You know what Shot is! It was an entirely unprovoked attack. I believe I did say that Cleopatra should be sent to the Cats' Home." Eileen appeared at this point, coming with an unwilling air. It was true that her staying within-doors so much had not improved her looks. She had not a very good circulation at any time.
'Tis a good day that's in it, ma'am, to see you home again with such a beautiful young lady too. She'll make the house lively. The first thing she did was to fling her arms about Shot's neck, Lady O'Gara's dog, ma'am. For all he's a proud, stand-off dog, he licked her face." "Now, don't spoil Miss Stella. Every one spoils her, so I suppose there's no use expecting you to be the exception."
"Yes, he might," said Fred; "or take you on the head which wouldn't be so pleasant. I'm not particular but I'd better run my chance myself with a chap that fired low." "There you're out," answered the brother. "The low shot's the death-shot.
Burr junior, this is Bob Hopley, General's keeper. Chuck your cap up in the air, and he'll make it full of shot-holes. He never misses." "Oh yes, I do," said the keeper, shaking his head; "and don't you do as he says. Charge of powder and shot's too good to be wasted." "Oh, all right. I say, got anything for me?" "No, not yet. I did knock over a hawk, but I cut his head off." "What for?
However that may be, Boone straightway followed neither of these possible plans on his return to the Yadkin but halted for a different adventure. There, a rifle shot's distance from his threshold, was offered him the oldest and sweetest of all hazards to the daring.
Then the men will be back and ready to jump in the ditch when the shot's fired." "And be done twenty-four hours before the hour set by the Land and Water Board," said Lee. "That's cutting it fine enough as it is. Who's that waving yonder toward camp?" And Carrigan pointed a mittened hand at a figure swinging an arm and shouting Bryant's name. The engineer stared for a time.
That was before Shot's son had aspired to take his father's place, while he was still indeed one of a likely litter of puppies in the stable-yard, just beginning to be cast off by Judy who had other things to do in a sporting Autumn besides looking after a lot of sprawling, big-pawed puppies, who were quite independent of her and becoming rather unmanageable.
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