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Soon the great doors commenced slowly to swing creakingly open, and presently, as they separated, the girl saw behind them the motive force which operated the massive doors to each door a half-dozen naked Negroes. At the doorway her two guards were turned back and their places taken by a half dozen of the yellow-coated soldiery.
All unconscious of her hidden audience, she joyously trilled the canary bird's chorus. Then miracle of miracles or so it seemed to Peace there was a whir of wings, and a bright-eyed, yellow-coated, saucy, little bird perched on a twig just above her head. Peace gasped and was silent. The bird chirped a note of defiance and hopped to the branch below.
The tunics of these were all of a vivid yellow and upon the breast and back of each was embroidered the figure of a parrot. As she was conducted up the stairway one of these yellow-coated warriors approached and halted her guides at the top of the steps.
When we were perhaps half a mile away the nearest animals threw up their heads and began to stamp and run about, only to stop again and stare at us. We kept on very slowly, edging nearer every moment. Suddenly they decided that we were really dangerous, and the herd strung out like a regiment of yellow-coated soldiers.
The essential characteristic of the flower, in the botanist's judgment, is the central green organ which you find say, in a lily standing out in the middle of the floral structure, with a number of yellow-coated rods round it. "Angiosperm" means "covered-seed plant," and its characteristic is this protection of the ovules within a special chamber, to which the pollen alone may penetrate.
Tramways and railways, with steam locomotives, run in all directions. Formerly, papa said, the work was done by yellow-coated convicts with chains on their legs. They have happily been removed from the dockyard itself, and free labourers only are employed. Convicts, however, are still employed in various extensive public works.
Let's go!" and he moved forward toward the gate. At the same time, Smith-Oldwick discharged his weapon and a yellow-coated warrior screamed and crumpled forward upon his face. For a minute the others showed symptoms of panic but one, who seemed to be an officer, rallied them. "Now," said Tarzan, "all together!" and he started at a run for the gate.
But these lions are very carefully kept and very carefully fed and their flesh is so seasoned and prepared that it might be anything so far as taste is concerned." And so Bertha Kircher broke her long fast upon strange fruits, lion meat, and goat's milk. Scarcely had she finished when again the door opened and there entered a yellow-coated soldier. He spoke to the old woman.
Then he arose, and with the help of Godwin, dressed himself, but not in his armour. Here, with the yellow-coated soldiers of Saladin, grave-faced and watchful, pacing before their door for night and day they were trebly guarded lest Assassins should creep in there was no need for mail. In the fortress of Masyaf, indeed, where they were also guarded, it had been otherwise.
Freckles' special pet, a dainty, yellow-coated, black-sleeved, cock goldfinch, had remained on the wire for several days past the bravest of all; and Freckles, absorbed with the cunning and beauty of the tiny fellow, never guessed that he was being duped.
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