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"Come on after him!" cried Sam, and away he and Fred went after Baxter, leaving the others to take charge of Flapp, and round up the horse thieves and Sculley. But Dan Baxter knew what capture meant a long term of imprisonment in the future and, possibly, a good drubbing from the Rovers on the spot and he therefore redoubled his efforts to escape.
When I thought that this had lasted long enough or, to speak more plainly, when I could stand the innkeeper's drubbing no longer I threw him off, and struggled to my feet; but still, though the blood was trickling down my face, I refrained from drawing my sword.
Descending from the woody heights upon London, Diana would have said that her only anxiety concerned young Mr. Arthur Rhodes, whose position she considered precarious, and who had recently taken a drubbing for venturing to show a peep of his head, like an early crocus, in the literary market. Her ANTONIA'S last book had been reviewed obediently to smart taps from the then commanding baton of Mr.
'Being that night at my orisons, as I still use to be, I saw of a sudden a great light in my cell and ere I could turn me to see what it might be, I beheld over against me a very fair youth with a stout cudgel in his hand, who took me by the gown and dragging me to my feet, gave me such a drubbing that he broke every bone in my body.
Moreover, he knew himself to be in great danger of losing his place, for Leicester was no friend to him, and intended to supersede him. Patton had also a decided grudge against Schenk, for that truculent personage had recently administered to him a drubbing, which no doubt he had richly deserved.
Fenton, before I go I'd like to see Lavinia once more." "No, this business is between you an' me, mister. The hussy's naught to do with it. She'll have to behave herself while she's with me. That's all I have to say about her." So Gay rose and walked out of the box feeling as though he'd been through a severe drubbing.
"I only wish I was big enough and strong enough to flog him well for it," growled Max, clenching his fists and speaking between his shut teeth. "If papa were here, I think the cowardly villain wouldn't escape without a sound drubbing." Lulu laughed rather hysterically as she said, "I took the law into my own hands, Max, and punished him pretty well for it, I believe."
But I didn't give in to them, because I saw that they would beat me to death! Even a ram will kick out if you fleece it alive. How I tore myself away from them! They all rolled away in different directions." "But you came in for a sound drubbing all the same?" inquired the other sailor. "Of course! I caught it. I swallowed about five blows. But what's the difference? They didn't kill me.
All the southern colonies were maddened by the outbreak; and prepared for immediate revenge, knowing that if they were quick they would have time to give the Cherokees a good drubbing before the British could interfere.
After an hour's hard drubbing, I took occasion to step over and see a man whose friendship I had never ceased to curry the cook, and I was just swallowing the first mouthful of the fruits of my friendship when my joy was rudely interrupted by an orderly. "The Major wants to see you, Grant."
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