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The skipper had taken the wheel himself, but that "tug to sta'bbo'd" did not disturb his equanimity as it sometimes did Horry's. Sheila, muffled in oilskins and sea boots, but with her wet hair flowing over her shoulders, stood beside the skipper. No matter how satisfied and confident Tunis might appear, the girl was still in an uncertain state of mind.
He set up on trees and houses, in public places, proclamations in substance thus, that Major and Capt. did not belong to his brigade, that they were banditti, robbers and thieves, were hereby deemed out of the laws, and might be killed wherever found. Horry's MS. pp. 104, 105.
Marion expelled them from his brigade. Subsequently, their actions became such, that he proclaimed their outlawry through the country. By one of these men he was challenged to single combat, but he treated the summons with deserved contempt. His composure remained unruffled by the circumstance. * Horry's MS., from which the several extracts preceding have been made. pp. 100-103.
He gained it finally in safety, thoroughly harassed and discomfited by the subtle enemy whom he had gone forth, with a superior force, and a confident hope, to destroy or capture. * Horry's MS. But the success of our partisan against Watson did not necessarily dispose of his enemies. While he had been engaged in the events, as just given, Col.
It so happened, however, that the Tories had taken the alarm, and having withdrawn from the house, had chosen a strong position in an old field near it. Here they encountered Horry's command, on the advance, with a fire equally severe and unexpected. The effect was that of a surprise upon the assailants. Horry's troops fell back in confusion, but were promptly rallied and brought to the charge.
I give you one, I give you two, I give you three! And if 'twas three hundred, you'd be never the wiser. Why, Maria Walpole, you little blockhead! Maria, the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole, Horry's brother. What think you of that? But Sir Edward never was married, says you. True for you, Kitty, but don't you know the story? No, to be sure. There's no scandal in Ireland, for St.
His only weapon was his small sword. In this situation he was suddenly assailed by a Tory captain, named Lewis, at the head of a small party. Lewis was armed with a musket, and in the act of firing, when a sudden shot from the woods tumbled him from his horse, in the very moment when his own gun was discharged. The bullet of Lewis took effect on Horry's horse.
Even when he was Horry's age he hadn't skated. He couldn't ride a motor-bicycle. When he looked at the beastly things and thought of their complicated machinery and their evil fascination for Barbara, he hated them. He hated Horry and Ralph standing up before Barbara, handsome, vibrating with youth and health and energy. "I won't have Barbara riding on that thing. It isn't safe.
With drawn sword and a degree of indignation in his countenance that spoke more than words, Marion threatened to kill the first man that made any further attempt in such diabolical proceedings.* * Horry's MS. Narrative, p. 75. Correspondence of Marion and Greene Anecdote of Colonel Snipes Marion takes Georgetown Attempt of Sumter and Marion on Col. Coates Battle of Quinby Bridge.
"We did. I did. I said all the really beastly ones." "No. No, you didn't. Not half as beastly as I and Horry did." "That's what Horry's thinking now. He's nearly off his head about it." "Look here, Barbara; you're simply sentimentalizing because he's ill and you're sorry for him.... You needn't be.
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