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"Who's this strange-looking creature coming?" Dick suddenly demanded, as he stared aft. "Captain Craig, the adjutant, of course," Greg answered. "He has his life belt on, and he's stopping to talk to others." "After he speaks they hurry away," Dick went on. "I understand. All hands are ordered to put on life belts."
I was running down one of the steep side streets that led to the water when I met a heavily-laden cart coming up. It must have been coming from one of the vessels, for it was full of strange-looking boxes and packages. A fine-looking nervous horse was drawing it, and he was straining every nerve to get it up the steep hill.
"But forty hours, and this whole city shall be consumed by fire!" shouted a strange-looking man, who, in very scanty attire, was stationed upon the top of the steps, and was declaiming and gesticulating as he addressed a rather frightened-looking crowd beneath him. "Within forty hours there shall not be left standing one stone upon another in all this mighty edifice.
The interior of the estufa appeared quite different from what it did on the day when Shyuote's peep into it was so poorly rewarded. Its walls had been whitened, and were in addition covered with strange-looking paintings. The floor was partly occupied by a remarkable display of equally strange objects.
I therefore passed to the next alcove, the shelves of which were covered with a miscellaneous collection of curiosities such as are usually found in similar establishments. One of the first things that took my eye was a strange-looking cap, woven of some substance that appeared to be neither woollen, cotton, nor linen. "Is this a magician's cap?" I asked.
During the night and immediately on waking up she had an apparition of a strange-looking man in mediæval costume, a figure by no means agreeable, and which seemed altogether unfamiliar to her.
She closed up her lips and they went on. Phyl found her father's grave in a quiet spot where the live-oaks stood, the long grey moss hanging from their branches. Miss Pinckney, having pointed out the grave, strayed off, leaving the girl to herself. The gloomy, strange-looking trees daunted Phyl, and the grave, too young yet to have a headstone, drew her towards it, yet repelled her.
The room contained a strong furnace and a rude laboratory. There were several strange-looking mechanical contrivances scattered about, several manuscripts upon some oaken shelves, and a large pannier of wood and charcoal in the corner.
These human figures were all naked, and painted of a deep-red colour. In the same picture I noticed two strange-looking nondescript animals, very rudely drawn, and party-coloured like the horse.
Another grunt of surprise fell from the pathfinder's lips as he dropped the pellet in the palm of his hand. It was a strange-looking object, smooth, and curiously flattened. "Ver' soft bullet," said Mukoki. "Never know lead thin, thin out lak that!" With his knife he peeled off a thin slice of the ball. "Heem " He held up the two pieces. In the sun they gleamed a dull, rich yellow.
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