evidently-barred

Updated: June 26, 2025

And presently a huge miner, bearded, belted, spurred, and bristling with deadly weapons just down from a long campaign in the mountains, evidently-barred the way, stopped the servant, and stood gazing, with a face all alive with gratification and astonishment. Then he said, reverently: "Well, if it ain't a child!"

Mark Twain - Roughing It, Part 6.

And presently a huge miner, bearded, belted, spurred, and bristling with deadly weapons just down from a long campaign in the mountains, evidently-barred the way, stopped the servant, and stood gazing, with a face all alive with gratification and astonishment. Then he said, reverently: "Well, if it ain't a child!"

Mark Twain - Roughing It