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"He turned like a flash, and with a horrid roar, made at her, dropping the pig. His huge carcass smashing against the pen fence, snapped a white-oak post right off at the ground, and felled two lengths of the fence. "But Miss Sally didn't give up. She backed away, but she kept shootin' until she had put three more balls into his big carcass.
"I think I can right the ice boat. Anyway, I can try." Doing his best to appear brave, Bert tried to shove the Ice Bird over to her original position. But the craft was too heavy for him, and twice she fell back, the second time coming close to smashing his toes. "Look out, or you'll hurt your foot," cried Nan. "Let me help you." Between them they presently got the craft right side up.
The first smashing was like the opening of a battle. The crashing glass sent a thrill through the community and resounded o'er the land a talisman of destruction to the liquor traffic. It set everybody to talking, even the public school children and students in all the higher institutions were profoundly interested.
The charwoman ended by tumbling through a window, smashing panes to the extent of seventeen and elevenpence, and irreparably ripping one of the historic curtains. Mrs Garlick then dismissed the charwoman, and sat down to count the cost of small economics. It was in the afternoon. The figure of Maria crossed the recently-repaired window.
Sometimes he would picture himself trampling the life out of the man, with heavy ammunition-boots, and at others smashing in his face with the butt, and at others jumping on his shoulders and dragging the head back till the neckbone cracked. Then his mouth would feel hot and fevered, and he would reach out for another sup of the beer in the pannikin.
Even while falling to the ground he still fought, his hard fists landing on the faces and chests of the red warriors in smashing blows. His feet were seized, then one arm. In vain he tried to tear himself loose. "Fine! Now throw some rope around 'em!" they heard Garvey say. A shower of blows fell upon the Texan's head. He dropped, with a half dozen red warriors clinging to him. It was the end!
Then I growled with satisfaction as almost simultaneously I heard a sound there was no mistaking, the crunch of a forty-four bullet smashing through flesh and bone. The bear was down, straggling among the weed, and plunging straight through the muskeg I fell upon it, and, after burning another cartridge with the muzzle against the flesh, I drove the long knife in to the hilt.
The 'kicks, cuffs, and hat smashing had no other result, says Mr. Coleridge, 'than to steel his mind for ever against oppression, tyranny, and unfairness of every kind. How often that lesson is effectually taught by simple bullying I will not inquire.
At times he made his appearance in a wild, haggard state, declaring that he should certainly be sent to prison that evening if he did not secure ten francs, and talking the while of smashing everything in the room or else of carrying off the little clock in order to sell it.
Martin finished counting. Nothing had happened. We all breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, it is still there!" exclaimed Martin, pointing at the show- case, with a forced laugh. Suddenly came a rending and crashing sound. It seemed as if the very floor on which we stood was giving way. The show-case, with all its priceless contents, went smashing down into the cellar below.
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