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The Gilpins now learned from Craven that he had heard a rumour of the proposed attack of the savages, instigated by the stockmen, though he did not understand that Basham was the prime mover; that there was only one man whom he could trust, and that, having invited him, they had both set forward to their assistance.
The word giant is derived indirectly from the old English word "geant," which in its turn came from the French of the conquering Normans. It is of Greek derivation, "gigas", or the Latin, "gigas." The Hebrew parallel is "nophel," or plural, "nephilim." Ancient Giants. We are told in the Bible a that the bedstead of Og, King of Basham, was 9 cubits long, which in English measure is 16 1/2 feet.
Blondelle's room, and carefully examined every part of it, especially the fastenings of the doors and windows. They all seemed to be right. "I have a theory of this murder now!" said Mr. Berners, standing in the middle of the room and speaking to the men who were with him. "Humph! what is it?" coldly inquired old Judge Basham. "It is this; that as Mrs.
"I suppose that if the trustees of the property find that we can manage it to their satisfaction without help, they will not consider themselves justified in retaining your services." The overseer, Mr Basham, as he was called, was very unlike the person they expected to see.
The land flows with milk and honey, he says, clear water and miles of clover and sweet grass, enough to feed all the herds of Basham, and mighty forests with trees that thick ye could cut a hole in their trunks and drive a waggon through, and sugar-maples and plums and cherries like you won't see in no set orchard, and black soil fair crying for crops.
At the sound of her approach, of course the murderer turned and fled, escaping through the outer door or window." "An ingenious story, and a plausible explanation, Mr. Berners; but one, I fear, that will never convince a jury, or satisfy the public," remarked Judge Basham. "Nay, and it will na satisfy mysel' neither! It'll na do, gentlemen!
"Nay, nay, laird! that will na do either. The murderer could na hae come by the outer door, for mysel' bolted it before I went to bed! And it was still bolted when my puir leddy Oh, my puir bonny leddy! oh! my puir dear murdered mistress!" broke forth from the girl in sudden and violent lamentations. "Compose yourself, and tell us all about the bolted door," said Judge Basham.
He glared fiercely at them as they dismounted, and seemed to be feeling for a pistol in his belt. They grasped his hands to prevent his using it. The oath he uttered betrayed him. Though his face and arms and the upper part of his body was blackened, they at once recognised him as Basham, the late overseer.
He reached a station in time for breakfast, when he narrated to the occupant what had occurred, and learned from him that Basham had more than once been there asking for food. A rest of a few hours restored James's strength; but instead of camping out as he had intended, he was glad to take shelter that night in another squatter's hut.
"If they find out from Basham that we are here, they will to a certainty return," observed Craven; "and we must be prepared." "The police will be here by that time," was Arthur's remark. "If they come, we may follow, and we should have our horses ready." "None of them said a word about the police," observed James; "I don't think that they were aware that we expected them."
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