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Again they relapsed into silence. "Well!" exclaimed John, at last, "what are you going to do to-morrow?" "Chase her till I find her," replied Potts, savagely. "But where?" "I've been thinking of a plan which seems to me to be about the thing." "What?" "A good old plan," said Potts. "Your pup, Johnnie, can help us." John pounded his fist on the table with savage exultation. "My blood-hound!
"I do not fear your pistol, Captain Vincent, nor will I go below; that very pistol, in my hand, saved you from the fangs of the blood-hound. I tell you, therefore, that you must not destroy that innocent child if you love me, you must not; for I will hate, detest, and scorn you ever afterwards.
Fifty dollars for the ruin of a fellow being, for whom Christ gave his precious life! Yes, fifty dollars are offered to any human blood-hound who will hunt and worry the poor slave, who must fly from this boasted land of liberty, to seek protection in the dominion of England's Queen!
"Come father," begged Arsinoe, "first let us see to the children, and then you shall come with me to see Selene. Oh! why did I not go with her. Oh! if she should die." Keraunus and his daughter reached their rooms less quickly than usual, for the steward dreaded a fresh attack from the blood-hound, which, to-night however, was sharing Antinous' room.
"Of course, of course!" said the reporter; and before my mind's eye flashed a new set of headlines: WEALTHY CLUBMAN MIRACULOUSLY HEALED Or perhaps it would be a double head: CLUBMAN, SLUGGED BY MOB, HEALED BY PROPHET I thought that was sensation enough, and that the interview would end; but alas for my hopes! Said that blood-hound of the press: "Will you give public healings to the people, Mr.
We were coming in at great speed, much of the time on a brisk run, my mind full of white clover tops and the balm that exudes from the woods in full leafage, when, passing the commons, we saw a dog fight in which there mingled a Newfoundland as large as Nick, a blood-hound and a pointer. They had been interlocked for some time in terrific combat.
If the personal bravery of Balboa, or the ferocity of Leoncillo his blood-hound who was more dreaded than twenty armed men and received the same pay as a soldier, could have awed the Indians, Balboa would have also won their respect by his justice and comparative moderation, for he allowed no unnecessary cruelty.
The history of the poor, dejected creature was now revealed: he had escaped from his cruel task-master in Maryland; but in the midst of his security and delightful enjoyment, he had been overtaken by the human blood-hound, and returned to his avaricious and tyrannical master, now conducting him back to a life of Slavery, to which he rightly thought death was far preferable.
Then, worst of all, before we had half finished our tour of the Castle and its wonders, rain began to fall out of one cloud stationed directly over our heads in the midst of a sun-bright sky. I could almost have believed that Somerled in spite had sent it after us, like a wet blood-hound to track us down.
But a blood-hound jumped at his throat, and tore him to the ground, and as he felt the horrible muzzle closer to his face, he screamed out "Save me! save me! Oh, woe is me!" And at the same moment, Sidonia's voice was heard from the vessel, shrieking "Father, father, save me! this groom is beating me to death he is killing me!" while a loud roar of laughter from the crew accompanied her cries.
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