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Fortunately the door itself was hooked on the inside. Nelson hesitated. "Humph!" he grunted. "Could I get through to the kitchen and out that way, do you think, Zach?" "Godfreys, no! Not with them winder curtains strung up higher'n Haman the way they be. No, no! Godfreys!" Martha stepped across the sitting room and flung open another door on the opposite side.
Johnny Gasney rubbed his red, fat forehead, perplexed. "It's all right," he decided, "because it ain't possible the black hoss can outlast these. But he sure seemed full of runnin! One thing more, Mark. You don't need to fear pressin' Barry, because he won't shoot. He had his gun out, but I guess he don't want to run up his score any higher'n it is. He put it back without firin' a shot.
"Miss Lucretia Penniman done it." "Miss Lucretia Penniman!" Cynthia began to think his rheumatism was driving him out of his mind. "You bet. 'Long toward the openin' of the engagement there wahn't scarcely anybody thar but me, and they was a-goin'. But they come fast enough when they l'arned she was in town, and she blew 'em up higher'n the Petersburg crater. Great Tecumseh, there's a woman!
"No, sah; higher'n dat; fo' brigandine gineral at de berry leas'!" said another. Seeing no hope of escape, the prisoners had ceased their efforts and awaited their fate in sullen silence. They did not know who had been their captor, and in telling the story of Lulu's exploit the captain purposely so lowered his tones that scarce a word reached their ears.
Siah's coming real fast; I guess he's got a letter from Betsey!" "How he does ride!" says Hannah. "Dear fellow, I most know he's got a letter!" "Yis, yis," says little sharp-eyed Sam; "see, he holds suthin' white higher'n his head." Sure enough, on comes the rider, flourishing in his hand the long-looked-for message from the absent one!
"Whiskey is higher'n used to be," said Elder Brown; but the bartender was taking another order, and did not hear him. Elder Brown stirred away the sugar, and let a steady stream of red liquid flow into the glass. He swallowed the drink as unconcernedly as though his morning tod had never been suspended, and pocketed the change. "But it ain't any better than it was," he concluded, as he passed out.
"I'm Captain of this District, and have general charge o' things here, and men passin' through." "All right," answered Shorty. "Have general charge. I don't know you, and I have bizness with men who roost a good deal higher'n you do."
The nimble clerk had begun on the roll almost before the Speaker was through, and checked off the name. Bijah Bixby mopped his brow with a blue pocket-handkerchief. "My God," he said, "what a risk Jethro's took! they can't git through another roll-call. Jest look at Heth! Ain't he carryin' it magnificent? Hain't as ruffled as I be. I've knowed him ever sence he wahn't no higher'n that desk.
So he takes Quade unready and plugs him, while Quade ain't looking. Is that clear?" "It sure sounds straight to me," said Buck Mason. "All right! Stand up." Mason rose. "Take off your hat." The sombrero was withdrawn with a flourish. "God's up yonder higher'n that hawk, but seeing you clear, Buck. Tell us straight. Is Gaspar guilty or not?" "Guilty as hell, your honor!" A sigh from the prisoner.
That is, if they come out of the jungle. "Suppose they circle around and come at us from above?" Drew suggested. "We'll build a circular fort, by gosh!" cried Tyke. "An' build the back higher'n the front. How about it, Cap'n Rufe? Then if them swabs climb the hill to git the better of us, they can't shoot over." "You're right, Tyke," agreed the master of the Bertha Hamilton.
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