Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 23, 2025
Its apparent boldness in permitting them to come so near without taking wing, led Francois to hope that they might get still nearer; and, begging his companions to ply the paddles, he seized hold of his double-barrel, and leaned forward in the canoe. Basil also conceived a hope that a shot was to be had, for he took up his rifle, and looked to the cock and cap.
We have no wives yet, and therefore think about one half the price ought to go to you. This paper will get you that double-barrel of Ben's father to-morrow, if you feel like going over for it; and you will also be allowed to purchase twenty-five dollars' worth more of ammunition, food, and clothing." The tears came into the poor fellow's eyes. "Damn! I know you hite men. I know you heretic.
'Why, it's a new double buggy! Then she rushed at me and hugged my head. 'Why didn't you tell me, Joe? You poor old boy! and I've been nagging at you all day! and she hugged me again. James got down and started taking the horses out as if it was an everyday occurrence. I saw the double-barrel gun sticking out from under the seat.
David stopped tugging at the oars and looked over his shoulder; Bert caught up his father's double-barrel and hastily loaded it with two cartridges containing buckshot; while Don, after bringing the canoe broadside to the island, dropped the paddle with which he was steering, and picked up his rifle. "He's there yet," said Bert. "The hounds have scented him already."
I'm thinking it's time you got a new hat, the sun seems to get in through your old one too much, and he got out of my reach and went to see about penning the calves. Before we turned in he said, 'Well, what am I to get out of the job, Joe? He had his eye on a double-barrel gun that Franca the gunsmith in Cudgeegong had one barrel shot, and the other rifle; so I said,
Our only hope was that he had climbed one that was not `hollow. In that case we might still have a chance with the double-barrel and buck-shot. Abe had but little hope. "`He hab reach him own tree, massa; an' that am sartin to be a big un wi' a hole near um top. Wagh! 'twar dat ar fence. But for de dratted fence ole Pomp nebber let um reach um own tree. Wagh!
The trap hung from one of his hind-legs, but by some means he had relieved himself of the clog and chain, and he moved as if the weight of the trap were no inconvenience whatever. The young naturalist was frightened indeed, but bravely stood his ground, and clutched his ax desperately. What would he not have given to have had his trusty double-barrel in his hands!
The guard who challenged them carried a double-barrel shotgun, and the only thing military there was about him, was a rooster's feather stuck in the band of his hat. "They're a good deal better than they look," said the captain, when Rodney called his attention to the fact that the sentry "slouched" rather than walked over his beat, and that he didn't know how to hold his gun.
The broad glittering trigger-guard got quite hot in the sun, and the stock was warm when I felt it every now and then. The grain of the walnut-wood showed plainly through the light polish: it was not varnished like the stock of the double-barrel they kept padlocked to the rack over the high mantelpiece indoors. Still you could see the varnish.
We were living at Dobbs Ferry, on the Hudson. My gun was a breech-loading, pin-fire double-barrel, of French manufacture. It was an excellent gun for a clumsy and often absent-minded boy. There was no spring to open it, and if the mechanism became rusty it could be opened with a brick without serious damage. When the cartridges stuck they could be removed in the same fashion.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking