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'An' ever it come to my knowledge that thou say thou then saw mistress Dorothy, when all thou sawest was, as thou knowest, a woman who might have been thine own mother talking to the roundhead, as thou callest a man who might indeed have been Caspar Kaltoff in his shirt sleeves, I will set every devil at my command upon thy back and thy belly, thy sides and thy soles.
Eugene shook his head incredulously. "You will see, general," said Caspar. "We are all prepared, and awaited nothing but your consent. Now look! The men have just risen from dinner. Will you allow me to present them now?" "Certainly. I will wait for them here." Caspar leaped on his horse, which was close at hand, grazing, and galloped to the spot where the soldiers had bivouacked.
The furnace fire sank, and the rush of the water grew slower and slower, and ceased. Caspar did not come. The fire sank lower and lower, its red eye dimmed, darkened, went out. Still Caspar did not come. Faint fears began to gather about poor Dorothy's heart. It was clear at last that there she must be all the night long, and who could tell how far into the morning?
There was light enough, however, to take aim; and as the intervening branches were only tiny twigs, Caspar had no fear that they would interfere with the direction of his ballet. There was no reason, therefore, why he should delay longer. He might not get a better chance; and if he waited longer, or barked again, the kakur might discover the decoy, and run back into the bushes.
"I mean that in America when two men pull their revolvers and go to shooting at each other, some one is killed frequently both. In Europe, as I understand it, a scratch with a sword ends the combat." "You have been misinformed," exclaimed Uncle Caspar, his eyebrows elevated. "Why, Uncle Caspar has fought more duels than he can count," cried the girl, proudly.
Lord Charles lifted Dorothy to the saddle, said good-luck and good-bye, and stood with Caspar watching as she rode up the steep ascent, until for an instant her form stood out dark against the sky, then vanished, when they turned and re-entered the castle. It was a starry night, with a threatening of moonrise, and Dorothy was anxious to reach the cottage before it grew lighter.
As soon as their mirth had fairly subsided, Karl and Caspar resumed the conversation, which had been broken off so abruptly. "And so, brother," said Karl, who was the first to return to the subject, "you say there is a bird of the eagle genus, that might carry a rope over the cliff for us. Of what bird are you speaking?" "Why, Karl, you are dull of comprehension this morning.
I have known fraternally several war correspondents Dick Davis, Fred Remington, John Fox, Caspar Whitney, and others and it seems to me that, while differing one from another as average men differ, they had in common a kind of veteran superiority to trivial surprise, a tolerant world wisdom that mere newspaper work in other departments does not bring.
"Ye-’s ma’am," drawled the daughter, coming most unwillingly from the open-faced room opposite, where she had been inciting all four of the suitors to battle. "What was it they called that teacher down to Caspar that larruped the hide off’n the boys?" "A fine dis-a-ply-narian, maw." "Yes, that’s it—a dis-a-ply-narian. What kin a lettle green gourd like her know ’bout dis-apply-in?"
Then, locking the door, he sent Ulrich to Hangemarx, with whom he had already settled many things; for Caspar, the juggler, who learned more through his daughters than any other man, had come to him the day before, to tell him that something was being plotted against the Jew. Adam found the latter still awake and at work. He was prepared for the danger that threatened him, and ready to fly.
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