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A slant of sunlight fell on it, and it was all aglitter with tiny specks of unmistakable free gold. "From the grass roots down," he muttered in an awestricken voice, as he swung his pick into the yielding surface. He seemed to undergo a transformation. No quart of cocktails had ever put such a flame in his cheeks nor such a fire in his eyes.
I could see that he would go home and boast of what he had done, and tell his friends that all the clergy, choristers, and congregation had been awestricken by him, and that possibly word had by this time been conveyed to Lambeth or Fulham of the weakened influence and approaching downfall of the Church of England.
Suddenly a lion near them raised a shaggy head, emitting a series of undulating, soul-shaking roars. "Ah, what's eatin' you?" demanded a thick-necked youth, pretending not to be awestricken by this demonstration. "Suppose he'd get out!" cried Eda, drawing Janet away. "I wouldn't let him hurt you, dearie," the young man assured her.
It is grim, it is rude, it is savage, with the spirit of the rough ages that created it; but it is great with their greatness, it is heroic with their heroism, it is simple with their simplicity. As the awestricken eyes of the terrified child fell on the mass of stone and bronze the sight smote him breathless.
Then Montgomery hiccoughed, "Who said he was dead?" The Monkey-man looked guiltily at the hairy-grey Thing. "He is dead," said this monster. "They saw." There was nothing threatening about this detachment, at any rate. They seemed awestricken and puzzled. "Where is he?" said Montgomery. "Beyond," and the grey creature pointed. "Is there a Law now?" asked the Monkey-man.
I do not suppose Dick believed all this although it was strictly and literally true but his imagination was impressed. He gazed with respect on the group at the far end of the street, where fifteen or twenty lumber-jacks were interested in some amusement concealed from us. "What do you suppose they are doing?" murmured Dick, awestricken. "Wrestling, or boxing, or gambling, or jumping," said I.
Polly Ann and I went to the man on the ground, and turned him over. His eyes slid upwards. There was a bloody froth on his lips. "Davy!" cried she, awestricken, "Davy, ye've killed him!" I grew dizzy and sick at the thought, but she caught me and held me to her. Presently we sat down on the door log, gazing at the corpse. Then I began to reflect, and took out my powder gourd and loaded the pistol.
He stood up, turned his eyes to the ceiling, raised both hands, and said, in a deep, trembling voice: "May God strike me dead, if I am guilty of this offence, or any like it, or of any thought of wrong toward your daughter." Marc as sat down, pale, and caught his breath quickly. He was awestricken by his own act.
But she tore herself away and flung herself face down on the bunk, sobbing more bitterly than ever. He followed, awestricken terrified. He touched her shoulder, but she shrank away and seemed more distressed than ever. It was not the crying of a weak woman: these were heart-rending sounds, like the sobbing of a man who has never before known tears. "Jack perhaps I've done something wrong "
If the bleared eyes could have opened once more, and the dead man could have known that it was for fear of him the children were gathered in a whispering, awestricken group at the window, that respect for him caused the lowering of voices and baring of heads on the part of the household and curious neighbors, he would suddenly have found the world he had left a stranger place than any world to come.
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