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Updated: September 7, 2025
Do you think Lettice would have stuck to me, and been as brave, and plucky, and loyal as you were in the midst of your fright? I never forgot that day. It was last night that I spoke to my father, before I heard a word about Lettice, or her matrimonial intentions." "So it was; I forgot that!"
But as he covered mile after mile and nothing happened, he became easier in his mind. "I guess they aren't going to have a try for us, after all, Sunger," he said to his faithful pony. The plucky creature whinnied in answer, as Jack patted his neck. "It wouldn't do 'em much good to make us stand and deliver," mused the young express rider. "For Mr.
Men like you never do, when they marry girls like us. You fancy you have been very noble and chivalrous and plucky; but what you have really done is to get what you want and leave me to pay the cost. Once your wife, there was an end of the matter so far as you were concerned, and to marry you was to complete my destiny!
Yesterday you made a plucky effort to serve your friend, you gave money for a lawyer to defend him, you even said you would come forward and testify in his favor if it became necessary." "Ah, the girl has seen you?" "More than that, she has seen M. Kittredge at the prison. And I am sorry to tell you that your generous purposes have accomplished nothing. He refuses to accept your money and "
Faulkner was annoyed at first, and that was bad enough, but just before I left it suddenly occurred to her that I was very plucky and ought to be thanked, which was much worse. She says they are both going to bed until it is time for them to get up and catch the train. In that way she hopes to avoid the most serious consequences.
You've done everything you could to insure it." "We'll protect ourselves," said Colomba. "Orlanduccio," said Orso, "strikes me as being a plucky fellow, and I think better of him than that, monsieur. He was very quick about drawing his dagger. But perhaps I should have done the same thing in his place, and I'm glad my sister has not an ordinary fine lady's wrist."
He was suffering with hunger, but was plucky enough to bear it without complaining, since his friends had partaken and cleared away the table long before. "What do you intend to do?" asked Mrs. Carleton, who deeply sympathized with the poor lad. "I goes home in de mornings and gets my gun and powder-horn before they can whips me, and then I goes off to hunt for Toby."
When at last he reached his own station, he was a mass of blood from head to foot, his flesh was hanging from him in strips and one of his fore-flippers was dangling uselessly. "He put up a plucky fight, anyway," said Colin, "even if he did get licked." But it was for the poor cow seal that Colin felt the most sympathy.
His fatherly heart permits him to use no other. Once upon a time there were two dogs, one named Lurcher and the other Cæsar. They were brothers; handsome, well-built, and plucky, and descended from dogs who were famous in their day.
Shorty, who was whittling up a piece of Kentucky twist to recharge his pipe, laughed till he rolled off the stump all in a heap. A few of the other boys had stayed out to see the fun, and were lounging around the outskirts of the corral. "Go for 'em, Si!" they shouted. Si was plucky, and again advanced with more caution.
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