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Updated: June 5, 2025
A fortnight perhaps passed without event; the City Guards were said to have found a clue, and the Town Council had offered a large reward for any information that might lead to the apprehension of the murderer, but nothing definite had been discovered. Gossip was rife, and in the taverns 'twas bruited that my uncle's conjecture had come nighest to the bull's-eye.
Now the Shielding man, Geirbald by name, had just loosed at the mark, and had shot straight and smitten the roundel in the midst, and a shout went up from the onlookers thereat; but that shout was, as it were, lined with another, and a cry that a messenger was riding toward the Burg: thereat most men looked round toward the wood, because their minds were set on fresh tidings from Thiodolf's company, but as it happened it was from the north and the side toward Mid-mark that they on the outside of the throng had seen the rider coming; and presently the word went from man to man that so it was, and that the new comer was a young man on a grey horse, and would speedily be amongst them; so they wondered what the tidings might be, but yet they did not break up the throng, but abode in their places that they might receive the messenger more orderly; and as the rider drew near, those who were nighest to him perceived that it was a woman.
"Levin, I kin show you how to plough: I can't do it, but you're the man." "Cyrus, Huldy don't hate you. She says you're the nighest to a friend she's got." "Oh, I love her like sugar-cane," the lean, cymlin-headed servant said. "Tell her I'm goin' to be a great man. I'm goin' to spile the game. They lick me, but Cy Jeems has courage, Levin." "Cyrus, tell Huldy all that's goin' on agin her.
"'Help! yells Allie, clawing the nets. 'I can't swim in rough water! "You might have known he couldn't. It looked sort of dubious for a jiffy. Then I had an idee. I dragged him to the nighest weir-pole. 'Climb! I hollers in his ear. 'Climb that pole. "He done it, somehow, digging his toes into the net and going up like a cat up a tree. When he got to the top he hung acrost the rope and shook.
But let's talk about yourself. You're lightkeeper here?" "I be, yes." "And these particular lights seem to be a good way from everywhere and everybody." "Five mile from Eastboro Center, sixteen from Denboro, and two from the nighest life savin' station. Why?" "Oh, just for instance. No neighbors, you said?" "Nary one." "I noticed a bungalow just across the brook here. It seems to be shut up.
Then his heart failed him, when he knew that he no longer desired her as she did him, and he said within himself: 'Would that she had been of our nighest kindred! Would that I had had a sister and that this were she!
But no semblant of grief durst he make other than such as might not be perceived, and right great comfort to him was it that there was an image of Our Lady at the head of the coffin. He knelt down the nighest he might to the coffin, as it had been to worship the image, and set his race and his mouth to the stone of the coffin, and sorroweth for her right sweetly.
That's natur now, poor crittur! hunted down now like a deer, hunted down, jest for havin' natural feelin's, and doin' what no kind o' mother could help a doin'! I tell ye what, these yer things make me come the nighest to swearin', now, o' most anything," said honest John, as he wiped his eyes with the back of a great, freckled, yellow hand.
Wall, at Josiah's request, we went to the nighest place and had a cup of tea and a good little lunch. And then we went back to see the fish-hooks and things that is in the west buildin' of the group. Josiah said mebby he could git his eye on some new kind of a fish-hook. He said he'd love to go beyend Deacon Henzy and Sime Yerden if he could they boasted so over their tackle.
At this the alarm was instantly given and the mischief done, for presently there was a tremendous bustle through that part of the fleet lying nighest the vice admiral a deal of shouting of orders, a beating of drums, and the running hither and thither of the crews.
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