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The gleam of the unusual lights, the happy shouts, and the clamor of firecrackers, came in mingled confusion across to the dark pasture where Bonita stood by the fence with her head raised and her pointed ears forward. Craig had not come that afternoon to tell her the final truth; but, listening and watching from the shadow, she did not feel that he had gone away.
They don't want to be annoyed with firecrackers and the Declaration of Independence, and when they see the Fourth comm' they hustle off to the woods like my dog. Tammany don't only show its patriotism at Fourth-of-July celebrations. It's always on deck when the country needs its services.
But he did not notice that a tiny spark was working its way along what seemed to be a string on the package. The fact was that it was one of his patent firecrackers that Hop had given him. Just as he joined the rest at the table the thing exploded with a noise like that of a shotgun. "Ow! Murder!" yelled the outlaw, for his hand was burned by the operation.
Perhaps Bobo felt about Mun Bun and Margy as they did about him that they had no right there, and he wanted them to get out. And when he put his great head and shoulders into the doorway the little Bunkers began to shriek at the top of their voices. Even the snapping firecrackers could not drown their voices now.
At Christmas and New Years we sho did have big times and General Gano and Miss Nat would buy us candy, popcorn, and firecrackers and all the good things just like the white folks. I don't remember any weddings, but do remember the funeral of Mr. Marion who lived between the big house and Lick Skillet.
Each boy carried a package, and these they unrolled and laid out together. The display was something worth looking at. Any boy who could see that layout of firecrackers and not feel a kind of a tingling run over him resembling that which comes when he takes hold of the two handles of an electrical machine wouldn't be a boy worth speaking of.
They had between them, as the result of much begging from parents and doing a little work occasionally, gathered together probably the most astonishing supply of firecrackers ever possessed by two boys of their size and degree of understanding.
Walking over to one of the stores, he entered, and asked the proprietor if he had any large firecrackers on hand. "Just two, sir," said the storekeeper, and brought them forth. Each was six inches long and thick in proportion. "How much?" asked the boy. "Seeing as they are the last I have, I'll let you have them for fifteen cents each." "I'll give you a quarter for the two."
The gobernadorcillo was very fond of the theatre, and, with the advice of the curate, he had selected for the fiesta the fantastic comedy: "Prince Villardo, or the Nails Pulled Out of the Infamous Cave," a play full of magic and fireworks. From time to time the bells ring out their merry sounds. Firecrackers and the booming of little cannon rend the air.
"Well, fellows," said Tom, stifling a yawn, "it looks like we did it. But I could use some more sleep. That five hours was just enough to get started on!" "Yeah," agreed Roger sourly, "but where does this Venusian lummox get off grabbing all the credit." He looked at Astro. "If I hadn't built the fuses for your little firecrackers " "Firecrackers!" yelped Astro. "Why, you skinny space fake!
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