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Updated: September 5, 2025
Once he dropped a pocketknife which he carried in his hand and stooped over to pick it up. The boys thought he was a long time in securing the knife, although it was plainly in sight. When he stood up again and continued his circuit of the house there was a strange, inscrutable smile on his face. "What is it?" asked Jack, the instant Ned entered the house.
As soon as he arrived he laid her down carefully by the entrance, and then ran and cut with his pocketknife an armful of the dryest fern. Spreading this within the shed, which was entirely open on one side, he placed his mother thereon; then he ran with all his might towards the dwelling of Fairway.
If it was a pocketknife, it doubtless would be dull, as pocketknives usually are, and therefore useless. With any pressure that she might be able to command, a keen cutting edge would be necessary to free her from the coils of the lariat. By now she had regained her strength, and once more began wriggling and worming until her eyes were close to the blade, half hidden by pine needles.
"The gendarme who was examining the body announced: "'Clothed in a blue blouse, a white shirt, trousers, and a pair of shoes. "The first match went out; we lighted a second. The man continued, as he turned out his pockets: "'A horn-handled pocketknife, check handkerchief, a snuffbox, a bit of pack thread, a piece of bread. "The second match went out; we lighted a third.
This point decided upon, the next was to try to fix up something soft for a bed. He had his pocketknife with him, and in his little valley were pine and hemlock trees in abundance. From the tips of their branches he knew that he could make a bed as soft and fragrant as any that could be thought of, and he set to work at once, while Mr. Stubbs continued his antics above his head.
"That the roan was stolen from the pasture two nights ago. Do you happen to know the name of the thief?" The cattleman laughed harshly, but behind his laughter lay rising anger. "So that's the story you're telling, eh? Sounds most as convincing as that yarn about the pocketknife you picked up." "I'm not quite next to your point.
Getting it down, he dismounted it, working with rapid precision. He used the blade of his pocketknife to unlock the endpiece of the breechblock, slipping out the firing pin and buttoning it into his shirt pocket. Then he reassembled the harmless pistol, and filled the clip with 9-millimeter cartridges from the bureau drawer. There was an extension telephone beside the bed.
In order to read the inscriptions I was obliged to scrape it off with my pocketknife, and the particles must have blown in my face and ah adhered. Perhaps ah some soap and water might improve my personal appearance, Miss Phipps. If you will excuse me I think I will try the experiment." He rose briskly from the sofa. Primmie stared at him open-mouthed. "Ain't there NOTHIN' the matter with you, Mr.
Exulting inwardly over the present development and working fast, he stripped off his clothing down to his shoes and his undergarments first, though, emptying his own pockets of the money they contained, both bills and silver, and of sundry personal belongings, such as a small pocketknife, a fountain pen, a condensed railway guide and the slip of pasteboard that represented the hat and coat left behind at the Clarenden.
For his cell mate Jurgis had an Italian fruit seller who had refused to pay his graft to the policeman, and been arrested for carrying a large pocketknife; as he did not understand a word of English our friend was glad when he left.
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