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In about an hour the position ordered had been taken. "Here comes the first Navy birdman!" cried Dan suddenly, pointing townward. Just appearing over the housetops, and soaring to an elevation of a thousand feet, came one of the huge hydro-aeroplanes in which Navy aviators had long been practicing for just such work as this.
Cecilia followed at a sullen canter. Before they came up to Beauchamp, the long-shanked man had stalked away townward. Lydiard held Beauchamp by the hand. Some last words, after the manner of instructions, passed between them, and then Lydiard also turned away. 'I say, Beauchamp, Mrs. Devereux wants to hear who that man is, Palmet said, drawing up. 'That man is Dr.
Then, carried by his pacing mare, he might have started townward for a bag of candy or a doll; while she, on the speedier wings of deadly tetanus, would in all probability have gone to her ancestors. This, at least, was the prevailing opinion of everyone except the Colonel, who would tolerate no suggestion of it.
That settled matters, so far as Dawson was concerned; men who had dogs hitched them up, those who had none rolled their packs; soon the trail up the Klondike was black and the recorder's office prepared for riotous activity. Those who had set out thus late met excited travelers hastening townward, and from them obtained confirmation. Yes, the story was true, more than true!
'Well, as I'm alive! cried the postmistress from the interior of the conveyance, peering through the little square back-window along the road townward. 'What? said the carrier. 'A man hailing us! Another sudden stoppage. 'Somebody else? the carrier asked. 'Ay, sure! All waited silently, while those who could gaze out did so. 'Now, who can that be? Burthen continued.
Nearly everywhere there is a townward movement for the purpose of securing school advantages for the children. All this tends to sterilize the open country and to lower its social status."
These were mostly headed townward in wagons and rickety old buggies, with the men riding dignifiedly on the spring seat and the squaws and papooses sitting flat in the bottom behind.
"Please, Ladygray!" "I may possibly think about it." With that she left him, and she did not look back as she and Peggy Blackton went into the house. But as they drove away they saw two faces at the window that overlooked the townward road, and two hands were waving good-bye. Both could not be Peggy Blackton's hands.
"One gentleman among them," I heard John Mayrant mutter behind me. So much more comfortable! So nice to see more of you!" dropped away, Miss La Heu had settled her problem quite simply for herself. A little procession of vehicles, townward bound, had gathered on the bridge, waiting until the closing of the draw should allow them to continue upon their way.
Since the day before, when she had ridden as far as the stage road with Dick, when he went to the line-camp, Ford had been fighting the desire to saddle a horse and ride to town; and the thing that lured him townward confronted him now in that gray stone jug with the brown neck and handle.
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