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It was the autumn of the year, and the dress of the Canadian woods at that season, forty years ago, differed little from the gaudy garbs of now. Near a small village not far from the town of Little York, I choose as the place for the opening of this true story. The maple, of all the trees in the forest, was the only one so far frost-smitten and sun-struck.
"How much is it now?" "What do you say to a thousand dollars?" "Excellent." "Two thousand?" "You don't mean it!" "I won't keep you in suspense, John. I don't know exactly how much I've got, but it's over six thousand dollars!" John Miles stared at our hero in undisguised astonishment. "Are you sure you're quite right here?" he said, touching his forehead. "You haven't been sun-struck, have you?"
"But I'd rather stay here till Christmas than get sun-struck trying to start, I'm all in." Bland could not budge him and swore voluminously while he worked over the motor. Finally he too gave up and crawled under a wing where the heat was not quite so unendurable, and tried to think of something he had not done but which he might do to correct the motor trouble.
I'm expectin' ter git on shearin' with of Baldy Thompson at West-o'-Sunday nex' week. I got a thirst on me like a sun-struck bone, an', for God sake, put up a couple o' beers for me an' my mate, an' I'll fix it up with yer when I come back after shearin'." An' what's a feller ter do? I bin there meself, an I put it to you! I've known what it is to have a thirst on me.
My wife became quite confused, probably sun-struck, for she has since affirmed that the Major claimed to have been present at the birth of every one of these famous men on whom he early resolved to confer immortality.
Under a noon sun the vast, flat country, buried deep in snow, lay like a paper hoop rimmed by the dark primeval forest; its surface shone with an unbearable brightness as of sun-struck glass, every crystal gleaming and quivering with intense cold light. To the north a single blunt, low mountain-head broke the evenness of the horizon line.
I'll sneak home so that your aunt won't see me, and no one need be a bit the wiser." "You'll be sun-struck!" he said in dismay. "Take care you don't get daughter-struck," I said perkily, turning to flee, for it had suddenly dawned upon me that my thin wet clothing was outlining my figure rather too clearly for propriety. By a circuitous way I managed to reach my bedroom unseen.
The King was about to retrace his steps, when the Due de Beaufort, with an astonished air, exclaimed: "But, Sire, have I still the powder in my eyes, or have I been sun-struck? It appears to me that I see upon yonder bastion several cavaliers in red uniforms who greatly resemble your light horse whom we thought to be killed." The Cardinal knitted his brows.
It is Daniel in the lion's den with a green cotton umbrella under his arm, all over again. My umbrella is with the baggage, and so are my green spectacles and there they shall stay. I will not use them. I will show some respect for the eternal fitness of things. It will be bad enough to get sun-struck, without looking ridiculous into the bargain.
Some of his men had been sun-struck during the run, and he, too, was compelled to work his gun with only one assistant. Then some of those who had been unable to keep up arrived at the battery and began to render assistance. Priv. Van Vaningham, who had gotten lost from his own command, began to pass ammunition. Priv.
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