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Neither of them were very familiar with the forest, and, without stopping to think, they followed the lane which looked the straighter and broader of the two, but which in reality led by winding ways to a distant part of the woods. When John Carvel and I came to the place, I naturally turned to the left, to cross the little bridge and ascend the hill towards the Khedive's farm.
The familiarity of this description made Steve sit up a trifle straighter. "Was he a ringer?" "Maybe. I dunno. Pa meets him at the door and asks him in. What d'you think this feller comes back with?"
'We were upon the hill before we cut you off, quoth Reuben. 'Had that pistol ball been a thought straighter, it is I that should have been truly the cut-off one. Zounds, Micah! I was grumbling even now that I had fallen away, but had my cheek been as round as of old the slug had been through it. 'Where have I seen you before? asked our captive, bending his dark eyes upon me. 'Aye, I have it!
Main Street, in Winnipeg, now one of the finest business streets in the world, followed the trail made by the Red River carts, and, no doubt, if the driver of the first cart knew that in his footsteps would follow electric cars and asphalt paving, he would have driven straighter. But he did not know, and we do not blame him for that.
"All right, Basalt," said Harkaway; "only look sharp after the young gentlemen; you know what boys they are to get into mischief." "All right, your honour; trust me." "I do, Joe Basalt," responded Harkaway; "I do, for I know that there was never a straighter or truer man ever trod a deck than you are." "Come, I say, your honour," remonstrated Joe Basalt, modestly, "draw it mild."
But when the bow is held in the hand, there is considerable give to the muscles and the two ounce pressure is compensated for; thus, the arrow tends to fly straight. The four ounce arrow would with the same adjustment hold a correspondingly straighter course.
He put out his hands and drew her to his side with a protecting motion, and she whispered: "Tell, them, please; oh, make them understand." Then Reyburn, with her hand still protectingly in his, spoke: "What that man has just said is a lie!" Hutton looked up, went deadly white and reeled as he saw the two elderly men. The crowd drew a united breath and stood straighter, looking relieved.
Turning away, he put new fuel on the fire, and when he looked to her again, she had unbelted the revolver and was putting it away, as if she realized that this would not help her if she were in danger. When at length she spoke it was the same voice, and yet how new! The quality in it made Sinclair sit a little straighter. "You have a right to know everything that I can tell you.
Mandy Calline had flicked a bit of imaginary dust from the polished surface of the table, had set a bit straighter, if that were possible, one or two of the chairs, and turned up the lamp a trifle higher, when "Little Jim" opened the door leading out on the piazza, and in tones of suppressed excitement half whispered, "He's er-comin', Mandy Calline; Zeke's er-comin'; he's nigh 'bout ter th' gate."
And 'tis you are disgraced, not me; and when you find a straighter, cleaner-minded and more honourable creature than what I am, and one as would make you a finer partner, or had more admiration and respect for your character and opinions than what I had until ten minutes ago, then I shall be pleased to wish her luck."
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