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He grinned as he recognized "Silver Threads Among the Gold." The train moved away, gathered speed. He followed it. They were not smiling now. She was leaning over the railing, as though to be as near to him as the fast-moving train would allow. He was walking swiftly along with the train, as though hypnotized. Their eyes held. The brave figure in blue on the train platform.
Luckily his right hand's fingertips, as they completed the circle, touched something fast-moving and furry. "Bruce!" he whispered fiercely, tightening his precarious grip on the wisp of fur his fingers had touched. "Bruce! Stand still, boy! It's YOU who's got to get us clear of this! Nobody else, short of the good Lord, can do it!"
Two yellow balls of fire were rapidly approaching the headlights of a fast-moving automobile. "He comes! Now for it!" He prepared to spring. In an amazingly short time the car was all but upon him. Leaping to his feet, he let out a wild whoop and, brandishing his automatic threateningly, stood squarely in the middle of the road. His heart beat wildly. There could be no mistake.
"While my memory is clear, while the All-Merciful permits me to speak to the Effendi, I will instruct him, the treasure shall be his." Had the saint's instructions been passed on to Millicent's ears? Were her fast-moving camels bearing her to the crocks of fine gold and the wealth of jewels which the hermit of el-Azhar had visualized? The fate of every man hangs round his neck.
He spoke no word to the slave sitting in the driver's seat. It was evident that he had been expected, and that the fellow had received his instructions before his coming. Scarcely had Vas Kor taken his seat when the flier went quickly into the fast-moving procession, turning presently from the broad and crowded avenue into a less congested street.
Between Dick's moving legs went the pole. Bump! Down came Dick, on both hands and one knee. Then he rolled over sideways. Away back in the building the young pitcher heard fast-moving feet. In a flash Dick tried to get up. It took him more time than he had expected. He clutched at one of the upright beams for support. Half a dozen people had seen the fall.
Two men came over in a fast-moving launch of a much better type than those in use by the other camps. The men were big and burly fellows. One of them was unmistakably Irish; the other looked of Swedish extraction. "You the man that looks after this joint?" asked the Swede. "I am," I answered. He looked me up and down, for I was on the same side of the counter as they.
With a single thought Amber sprang upon Rutton, snatched the weapon from his nerveless fingers, and, leaping to the door, let himself out. The snow had ceased; only the wind raved with untempered force. Overhead it was blowing clear; through rifts and rents in the fast-moving cloud-rack pale turquoise patches of moonlit sky showed, here and there inlaid with a far shining star.
None knew better than he exactly what was taking place above; the quick alarm, the fast-moving target in the gloomy canyon; the haste to get the feet set, the rifle to the shoulder, the sights lined, the moving target followed, the trigger pressed. It was a madman's flight. As one or other of the rifles cracked at him, Laramie threw himself back in the saddle.
They are not life but show characteristics of life even of intelligent life. If you can imagine radiant energy being capable of conscious hostility...." There was a chill at the back of Gefty's neck. "A big, fast-moving light?" "Yes!" Sharp concern showed suddenly in the voice from the passage. "You ... when did you see that?" Gefty glanced at the screens. "Twice since you've been talking.
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