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Updated: June 10, 2025
"Do you think them big guns will be of any use?" asked Shif'less Sol. "Not at night," replied Henry, "but in the daytime if we come to close quarters they'll certainly say something worth hearing." It was now nearly half way between midnight and morning when the vitality is lowest. Paul, as he lay among the pawpaws, was growing very sleepy.
The herd came slowly up, and when they reached the boys' refuge they behaved with all the fury that could have been expected they trampled and tossed the bags that held the pawpaws or buckeyes or hickory-nuts; they gored the trees where the boys hung trembling; they pawed and tossed the soft earth below; and then they must have gone away, and given them up as hopeless.
It appears that he must have run for miles pursued by a howling mob of all the ruffians over there, engaged in the happy pastime of throwing soft, mushy pawpaws at him. Charles could hardly see; in fact he could hardly walk. He was plastered with pawpaws from his head to his feet.
He crouched, wary as a rattlesnake about to strike. The rifle seemed almost to leap forward. "Hit's Bud my brother Jimmie." She pushed him back toward the pawpaws. "Quick! Burn the wind!" "What about to-night? Will you come?" "Hurry. I tell you hit's Bud. Are you lookin' for trouble?" He stopped stubbornly at the edge of the thicket. "I ain't runnin' away from it. I put a question to ye.
The Slab Town boys had taken his pawpaws in a spirit of aggressive appropriation, which was bad enough, but with rare and unusual generosity they had afterward returned them to Charles. They had not put them back in his basket, however, but had heaped them indiscriminately upon his person.
In late October there was a riot over one which was lined with red leaves and contained big fragrant pawpaws frost-bitten to a perfect degree. Then hazel nuts were ripe, and once they served. One day Elnora at her wits' end, explained to her mother that the girls had given her things and she wanted to treat them. Mrs.
But if it is ripe, it is delicious, and may be consumed indefinitely. It is the only native fruit which one can wish to eat at all, with an unpractised palate, though it is claimed that with experience a relish may come for the pawpaws.
Bitter wild oranges, pawpaws, oily palmetto cabbage, wild cassava, starred gorgeously now with orange colored blossoms, and guavas; these, with the wild turkeys and mallard ducks, turtles and squirrels and the dark little Florida quail with which the wild abounded, gave them varied choice.
The mud was too deep for the Shanghai to run and the bantam killed him. During the battle the victor had become so covered with mud that he could neither move nor crow nor see. He was in a worse state than Charles with the pawpaws, and indifferent to honors. We took him and washed him. He seemed none the worse for his adventure, but that battle must have been a royal one.
I can't give you coffee worse luck! but Tullius has a couple of sweet potatoes." "I can't stay, thank you," said the other. "General Jackson is over yonder?" "Yes, by the great pine. I will take you to him." The two stepped from out the ring of pawpaws, Stafford, walking, leading his horse. "General Loring complains again?" "Has he not reason to?" Stafford looked about him.
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