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"I'll surrender, ye spalpeen!" Resorting like a flash to nature's weapons, the Irishman delivered a blow straight from the shoulder, which sent the Sioux spinning backward with his feet pointing toward the sky. Had he been the only foe to contend with, Tim might have saved himself, for the savage was utterly "knocked out," and the opportunity to finish him could not have been better.
"The blessed Father would never forgive us if we should desart one of his creatures when he needed hilp." Tim now advanced straight to the bushes, paused, and then parted them and looked in. He was heard to mutter something to himself; then he came back. "It's an Injin, a-layin' on the ground, a-groanin' and a-rollin' over.
To the doctor and Tim Rokens alone did he reveal his inmost thoughts, because he knew that he could trust them, and felt that he needed their advice and sympathy. The work progressed so rapidly, that in a few days more the boat approached completion, and preparations were being made in earnest for finally quitting the little isle on which they had found a home for so many days.
"Leetil Tim," said Whitewing decisively, when he was told of his old friend's unaccountable absence, "must be found." "So say I," returned Big Tim. "I hope the Blackfoot reptiles haven't got him. Mayhap he has cut himself with his hatchet. Anyhow, we must go at once.
Heb. xiii. 7, 17; 1 Tim. v. 17, 19; Rom. xii. 8; 1 Cor. xii. 28; 1 Thess. v. 12; Acts i. 20; Luke xii. 42; 1 Tim. vi. 14; Rev. ii. 25.
And then the caravan started again and went rumbling on till much later than usual, for, as Tim overheard from the gipsies' conversation, they were eager now to get to Crookford, where the fair was to be, as quickly as possible.
"This is the third time, young gentleman, in as many days, that you have run the risk of losing your life," he observed, turning to me. I acknowledged that he was right, and felt that I ought to return thanks to Heaven for my having been so mercifully preserved. Still, my uncle wished to go back, but the crew positively refused to obey him Tim and the doctor siding with them.
"Half the night must be gone, Tim," Charlie said, "and I think, with God's help, we shall live through it. The numbers are lessening fast, and every one who goes leaves more air for the rest of us. "Cheer up, Ada dear, 'twill not be very long till morning." "I think I shall die soon," the girl gasped. "I shall never see papa or mamma again.
I've got to head him off from bein' an agitator, for he's your father's b'y, and I can't meet Tim in the nixt world if I let Jim get ahead of me. B'ys, will you help me? I've always been thinkin' I couldn't have your help; I must do it alone. But, b'ys, I can't do it alone." The little woman's countenance was anxious as she gazed into the sober faces of Pat and Mike.
Both of them, sir." "Tell them Captain Warren is here, and ask them to join us in the inner room. Remind Mr. Graves to bring the papers. And, Tim, remember that none of us is to be disturbed. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir," said Tim and departed. Captain Elisha regarded his friend with some dismay. "Say!" he exclaimed, "this must be serious, if it takes the skipper and both mates to handle it."
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