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Somerby-Miles from the room, and young Bawdrey and Captain Travers carried the stricken man up the stairs to his own bed-chamber, his wife flying in advance to see that everything was prepared for him, Cleek, standing all alone beside the shattered cabinet, could hear Mr. Robert Murdock's dismal croakings rumbling steadily out as he mounted the staircase with the others.
Grover began the movement on the 14th of May; Paine followed early on the morning of the 15th, while Weitzel, still retaining Dwight, was ordered to hold Alexandria until the 17th, and then to retire to Murdock's plantation, where the east and west road along the Bayou Hauffpaur crosses the road from Alexandria to Opelousas, and there await further orders.
"Whose place is that?" asked Tom, pointing to a small house which was almost hidden from the road by trees. An expression of dislike came over the negro's face. "Mistah Murdock's," he answered. "A farmer?" "No, suh," replied the negro. The expression of dislike changed visibly to repugnance and fear. He added: "He keeps dawgs!" There was no need to ask more. The negro's tone was sufficient. Dogs!
He fell into a doze, and woke up to observe that Marco was in the tent conversing with the clown. "Hi, Wildwood," hailed Andy's friend. "Having quite a time of it, aren't you?" Andy got up as good as ever. His back smarted slightly that was the only reminder he had of Murdock's savage assault. Billy Blow had been telling Marco about Andy's latest mishap. Marco was greatly worked up over it.
Ain't one o' you reporters wouldn't been glad to do what that catamount over there done last night, and ain't one o' ye wouldn't take pay fur it. Katie Murdock's fired? Yes, two of us is fired, me and her. We'll go back whar we come from. We mayn't be so almighty smart as some o' you city folks be, but we're a blamed sight decenter.
"Doc," Millaird spoke over his shoulder to the fourth man of his following, "what is your report?" "Ashe must be under treatment for at least five days. McNeil's burns aren't too bad, and Murdock's slash is almost healed." "Five days " Millaird droned, and then flashed a glance at the major. "Personnel. We're tied down without any useful personnel.
Robert Murdock's there lay the occupant thereof stretched out at full length in the grip of that deep and heavy sleep which comes of drugs. Cleek made the round of the rooms as quietly as any shadow, even stopping as he passed young Bawdrey's on his way back to his own to peep in there.
I was in the water nearly four hours before one of the boats picked me up." Murdock's last orders were to Quartermaster Moody and a few other petty officers who had taken their places in the rigid discipline of the ship and were lowering the boats. Captain Smith came up to him on the bridge several times and then rushed down again. They spoke to one another only in monosyllables.
Likewise, about 1860, a Grover & Baker sewing-machine was sent up for me to exhibit. By way of showing its capabilities, I sewed the necessary number of yard-widths of the length of Murdock's Hall to make a new ceiling, of which it chanced to stand in need. Humboldt County was an isolated community.
"Now I'm going down to the jam to see whether their alarm clock went off this morning. Now, don't slumber!" After he had disappeared down the trail, Welton stepped into view. "Oh, Charley!" he called. One of the rivermen sprang ashore. "When did the rear leave Murdock's?" he asked without preliminary. "Thursday." "You've made good time." "Bet we have," replied Charley with pride.
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