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In this run Buffalo Bill's tally was eighteen to Comstock's fourteen, and another halt was made for rest and refreshments. When called to the scratch for the third run, Buffalo Bill, knowing he had the best buffalo horse in the country, stripped him of saddle and bridle and sprung upon his bare back.
A third herd was looked up, and the two killers began their work with a will, and Buffalo Bill sailed to the front with thirteen, which gave him a list of sixty-nine to Comstock's forty-six. The third run closed the match, and Buffalo Bill was proclaimed the winner and the champion buffalo-killer of the prairies.
He overlooked an important feature, however, in not accepting Professor Comstock's idea of the tube having a double curve. The double curve is, or was, conspicuous in both the caves. Unfortunately, its perfection in Wind Cave was necessarily partially sacrificed to make the passage traversable for visitors; but in describing the enormous labor of opening up the cave, Mr.
Comstock picked up the basket and bundles, placed them inside her room and closed the door. Margaret threaded her needle and began to sew. Mrs. Comstock returned to her book, while Wesley fidgeted and raged inwardly. He could see that Margaret was nervous and almost in tears, but the lines in Mrs. Comstock's impassive face were set and cold.
I stepped inside the door with one on each hand and five clinging to my gown. This experience, I am sure, suggested Mrs. Comstock's moth hunting in the Limberlost. Then I went back to the veranda and revelled with the moths until dawn drove them to shelter.
Comstock's death; and the murder of little Paul was such a horrible thing and so upset everybody that none of us thought to look." "An error of judgment that; however, it is one easily rectified, since the body is not yet interred," said Cleek.
Polly instantly went to her and held up her face to be kissed. Mrs. Comstock's eyes twinkled and she made the greeting hearty. The drink was compounded of the juices of oranges and berries from the garden. It was cool enough to frost glasses and pitcher and delicious to dusty tired travellers. Soon the pitcher was empty, and Elnora picked it up and went to refill it.
I didn't expect her so soon," whispered the girl as she turned and went toward her mother. Mrs. Comstock's expression was peculiar as she looked at Elnora. "I forgot that you were making sun-preserves and they didn't require much cooking," she said. "We should have waited for you." "Not at all!" answered Mrs. Comstock. "Have you found anything yet?" "Nothing that I can show you," said Elnora.
Adelle met him, as she met dozens of other men, in the easy intimacy of the studio. At first she did not regard him nor he her. Sadie Paul, who happened to be present at the time, pronounced him a "bounder," which made no great impression upon Adelle, any more than had Miss Comstock's "cad" for the banker.
Comstock's I had acquired quite a knowledge of reading, writing, arithmetic, and had made a small beginning in English grammar. It had been for some time a question which I found hard to decide, whether or not I should pursue my studies as I had done.
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