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And then he told how a charging horde of daredevils had driven him from camp with overwhelming numbers and one piece of artillery; how he had rallied the army and fought them back, foot by foot, and put them to fearful rout; how the army had fallen back again just when the Kentuckians were running like sheep, and how he himself had stayed in the rear with Lieutenant Boggs and Lieutenant Skaggs, "to cover their retreat, suh," and how the purveyor, if he would just go up through the Gap, would doubtless find the cannon that the enemy had left behind in their flight.
People will listen to it for hours, and you can imagine one of those simpler daredevils a hussar, for instance in his blue-braided jacket, red breeches, and big cavalry boots, listening and drinking, and thinking of the fights he has won and the girls he has lost, getting sorry for himself at last and breaking his glass and weeping, and being very happy indeed.
A thing like a big grey bat flapping about, proved, on inspection, to be that rascal the Lord High Admiral Satarah. He said he could not start, as the hired coolies from Kunis had been so terrified by the horrors of yesterday that they had departed in the night, sacrificing their pay rather than run any more risks with such daredevils as the mem-sahib and me.
He simply told them: "Go resolutely and be sure that you will never find a daredevil determined enough to come to grips with you." It is necessary to be a daredevil in order to go to the end. The Frenchman is one above all. Because he is a good trooper in battle, when his commanders themselves are daredevils he is the best in Europe.
The Duchessa watched this little drama for a minute, smiling, in silent meditation: while Peter who, for a wonder, had his back turned to the park of Ventirose, and, for a greater wonder still perhaps, felt no pricking in his thumbs remained unconscious of her presence. "Oh, the pirates, the daredevils," she sighed. Peter started; faced about; saluted.
He would put you in the way to have your bones broken every day; and, rather than fail, would do the job for you himself especially if he heard that you had beaten his forester." "Very true," said Quentin; "my unhappy chance has shut that door against me." "Nay, there are plenty of daredevils abroad, with whom mad youngsters may find service," said his adviser.
The Rough Riders didn't make him an honorary member of their regiment just because he was charming and a faithful friend, but largely because they were a lot of daredevils and he was another. To hear him talk you wouldn't have thought that he had ever done a brave thing in his life. Always he was getting the worst of it.
I'll tell you about it. You saw that fellow with Ann just now? Well, it was Abe Westbrook, one of the worst young daredevils in the valley. He belongs to a low family, and he hasn't a speck of honor. For the last two months he has been trying to turn Ann's head. I stopped him from coming to our house, but as soon as I stepped on the platform to-night I saw him and her on the back seat.
They were simple and soldier-like and, after the flashing bosoms of the sedentary hinterland, it was pleasant to see these men, who had been on active service since the beginning, without a single medal. The younger Hungarian was one of those slumbering daredevils who combine a compact, rugged shape strong wrists, hair low on the forehead with the soft voice and shy manners of a girl.
When the Germans on horseback came up, Slimak lit a torch and ran behind the barn. A pig's carcass lay in a puddle. 'That's our hog, cried Fritz, 'they stole it from under our noses and while there was a light in the house. 'Daredevils! muttered Maciek. 'To tell you the truth, laughed Earner's farmhand, 'we thought it was you who had done it. 'Go to the devil!
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