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Updated: June 20, 2025
In view of the horrid barbarity thus practised, it is not strange that the English should have wished to shoot down the whole race, men, women, and children, as they would exterminate wolves or bears. This campaign being thus successfully terminated, Daniel Boone returned to his humble cabin on the Clinch River.
Set up straight, lean a little back, and clinch your knees. You'll get piled, anyhow, but you might as well start right." The boy approached the horse again, secured the dangling reins, and again mounted. Baldy was as demure as a spinster in church. He actually looked pious. Collie urged the pony toward the gate. Baldy reared.
He had frozen and stayed that way till the flares died, but I was close enough to see that he was a German. Also marvel of marvels he was alone. When the darkness settled again, I got to my feet and jumped at him. He jumped at me another marvel. Going into the clinch I missed him with the persuader and lost my grip on it, leaving the weapon dangling by the leather loop on my wrist.
She could not read his intention in his face, but his eyes were frowning under his gathered brows as he watched every move that old Isom made. He was leaning forward a little, his arms were raised, like a wrestler waiting for the clinch. Isom's face was as gray as ashes that have lain through many a rain.
Seems's if I never saw such long tacks; I do believe whoever put 'em down drove 'em clean through the center of the earth and let the Chinymen clinch 'em on t'other side. I haul up a chunk of the cellar floor with every one. Ah, hum!" with a sigh, "I cal'late they ain't any more anxious to leave home than I am.
And if I can help her in any way, I will." "Good! But how?" He wanted to clinch the matter. "Well, I suppose the first thing to do is to make the lady's acquaintance. I know Rose, slightly, and a call will no doubt be considered neighbourly. And if I can do anything for the child, you may depend on me to do it." "You're a brick, Jim!"
He would be out and all right again in a week, Westmoreland assured his anxious master. "Oh, you man, you!" crowed Westmoreland. "John, John, if anything were needed to make me love you, this would clinch it! Prying open nature's fist, John, having butterflies bear your name, working hand in glove with your government, boosting boys, writing books, are all of them fine big grand things.
Clinch had eaten a late breakfast at Gladbach, was dyspeptic and American, and, moveover, preoccupied with business.
He retired, but, being no coward, and not choosing to submit to dictation, he came again. This time, a fly-up together, a clinch in the air, with loud and offensive remarks, cured him of further desire to call. More persistent than any yet mentioned was a robin. Heretofore, strange to say, the guests had all been males, but this caller was the mother of a young brood in the next yard.
When he had been lifted at last to the edge of the well he turned dull eyes of resentment on Mrs. Crymble. "I wish there'd been a hole clear through to the Sandwich Isle or any other heathen country," he said, sourly. "I'd have crawled there through lakes of fire and seas of blood." She lifted her voice to vituperate, but his last clinch with death seemed to have given Mr.
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