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I went to the farm-house, had dinner, got a room, and laid myself down to enjoy the night's rest, on which the enemy was soon to intrude so violently. About 2 A.M. one of the pickets came to the laager to report a noise, which sounded like the tramp of horses, but he could not, on account of the intense darkness, see any objects. Warned by this report, we began to make preparations for an attack.
The most that Teeny-bits could hope for was a place on the scrub, but that meant drudgery of the worst sort and a daily mauling that was enough to take the courage out of larger boys than he. "They'll make Hamburger steak out of you!" warned Snubby Turner. "You'd better not do it." "Good night, Teeny-bits! do you want to commit suicide!" said Fred Harper. "I'll hang a wreath on your door."
It would break Uncle Elbert's heart if anything of that sort should come out " "Don't you worry. It won't. I'll close his trap tight." Once more Varney was slightly annoyed by Peter's presence. "If we find him," he began, as they came to the square, "you " "We must try not to be brutal, Larry," warned Peter soberly. "I remind myself that he is an elderly man "
But damme, ma'am, you will have it I believe there was not much trick in his affair with you." "I believe you once warned me of his tricks," Alison said coldly. "It's no matter now. I tease you with my affairs." "If I can serve you, I'm heartily at your command." "Oh, you have worked hard to make the best of a bad business. But I can do that for myself, and I like my own way of it." Mr.
He did not trot, but walked with a deliberate gait, as if he felt the importance of being the leader of such a party. "It must be a wild animal," said Sam, in an undertone, "or Bowser wouldn't act that way." "It's the bear, of course; see that your guns are ready, and when you fire be sure you don't miss," warned Herbert. An idea suddenly occurred to Nick Ribsam.
She gave a hand to the aviator, the other to Lanyard, and as they helped her to the ground, Lanyard, warned by his experience, stood by with a ready arm. She needed that support, and for a few minutes didn't seem even conscious of it. Then gently disengaging, she moved a foot or two away. "Where are we do you know?" "On the South Downs, somewhere?" Lanyard suggested, consulting Vauquelin.
In this he was disappointed, for at the usual hour the ghost appeared, and in anger said, "I have warned you once, I have warned you twice; it is too late now. We shall meet again at TICONDEROGA." Inverawe rose before dawn and went straight to the cave. Macniven was gone! Inverawe saw no more of the ghost, but the adventure left him a gloomy, melancholy man.
In normal conditions his relations should at least be warned of the position." "Exactly," Beaumaroy assented with an appearance of eagerness. "But he hates them. Any suggestion that they have any sort of claim on him raises strong resentment in him. I've known old men, old moneyed men, like that before, and no doubt you have. Well now, you'll begin to see the difficulty of my position.
All at once the two Indians began riding about the boys in a circle, uttering short little "yips," intended to terrify the lads, but not loud enough to be heard any great distance away. "Hang on! We're going to ride for keeps now!" warned Tad. The fat boy threw both arms about his companion's waist as the pony let out into a swift run.
But it seemed as if he were destined never to find it, for morning and noon had passed away, and the setting sun warned him, not only of the approach of night, but of musquitoes too. He thought he would build a fire to drive the musquitoes away; besides, he was both hungry and tired, though he had not yet found his arrow, and had nothing to eat.
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