Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 6, 2025
It was, however, some distance off, and we did not expect to reach it until later in the day than usual. We were riding on, when I saw one of the Indians standing up in his stirrups and looking to the northeast. Presently he called to Buntin and pointed in the same direction. The words uttered were such as to cause us no little anxiety. The prairie was on fire.
"Steady, that will take us clear, and we shall be near enough to have a look at him. Ah! there goes some buntin' aloft. What colours are they, Timmins?" "The Austrian ensign, sir," replied the mate. "A black eagle on a white ground, and there flies a pennant at his mast head." "That's extraordinary indeed," exclaimed the master. "Hoist the ensign there," he shouted.
We all listened, but our ears were not as sharp as Charley's, for we could hear nothing. "Sit down, Charley, my boy, and finish your supper. It was probably fancy, or maybe the hoot of an owl to its mate," said our jovial companion, Dick Buntin, who never allowed any matter to disturb him, if he could help it, while engaged in stowing away his food.
Dick Buntin, who generally performed the office of cook, had concocted a pot of coffee, having first roasted the berries in the lid of our saucepan, and then, wrapping them in a piece of deer-skin, had pounded them on a log with the head of a hatchet. Dick was about to serve out the smoking-hot coffee when Charley's exclamation made him stop to reply while he held the pot in his hand.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking