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The general absence of sound which prevails at night is only a sort of background which brings out more vividly the special and unexpected disturbances which are suddenly sprung upon the restless listener. There are a thousand pokerish noises that no one can account for, which excite the nerves to acute watchfulness.
The Den was a pokerish cavern near Overset Pond, nine or ten miles to the northeast of the old Squire's place, about which clung many legends. In the spring of 1839 a large female panther is said to have been trapped there, and an end made of her young family. Several bears, too, had been surprised inside the Den, for the place presented great attractions as a secure retreat from winter cold.
"Be the powers! but it looks a little pokerish!" he said to himself, slowing his gait, and surveying the wood with no little distrust. "There might be a dozen of the spalpeens slaaping there wid one eye open, or all sitting up and expicting me."
At one uncommonly pokerish place, where the wet rock sloped into a bog, the rider of Jack thought it prudent to dismount, but Big Tom insisted that Jack would "make it" all right, only give him his head. The rider gave him his head, and the next minute Jack's four heels were in the air, and he came down on his side in a flash.
The general absence of sound which prevails at night is only a sort of background which brings out more vividly the special and unexpected disturbances which are suddenly sprung upon the restless listener. There are a thousand pokerish noises that no one can account for, which excite the nerves to acute watchfulness.
Then Jounce led the way down a dark and narrow passage to another door, which he pushed open. "Go in, boss." The detective hesitated. Noticing it the tramp strode on in advance, struck a match and lit a gas jet that stood out from the wall. "A pokerish place," said Keene, as he followed Jounce into the room and gazed about him. "Its private anyhow," returned the burly fellow with a laugh.
"Oh, wasn't it, though?" said Edith. "Cats have hearts, I always knew they did." "That shows you're a sensible little girl," returned the old lady approvingly. "But you haven't told me yet what your name is?" "Edith Dunlee." "I knew 'twas Dunlee that's a Scotch name; but I didn't know about the Edith. Well, Edith, so you've been to see the gold mine? Pokerish place, isn't it?
He always acts shy about tellin', but if pressed hard he will say, "He looks like Carabi, and he comes from right here," kinder sweepin' his arms round. But he talks with him by the hour, and I declare it has made me feel fairly pokerish to hear him.
It is a narrow shelf, in some places scarcely more than a foot wide, rudely worked in the living rock, which falls off below in a steep and almost precipitous descent to the river; and although it did not quite realize the idea we had formed of it from the description of our guide, it was sufficiently pokerish to inspire the most daring mountaineer with caution.
Wall, I r'member thet place. There's a narrer pass through thet hill, thet we've got ter go through. I've been in it once afore, and it's a mighty pokerish place, I tell yer: however, we'll git along all right, I reckon." In a short time we reached the entrance to the cañon, which was indeed a narrow pass.
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