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The wounded, sheltering themselves with one arm beneath their shields, pointed their swords by resting the pommels on the ground, while others, lying in pools of blood, would turn and bite the heels of those above them. The multitude was so compact, the dust so thick, and the tumult so great that it was impossible to distinguish anything; the cowards who offered to surrender were not even heard.
Mile after mile, mile after mile, they sped onwards over that vast expanse, the women clinging as best they might to the pommels, the Colonel almost as spent as they, but still keenly on the look-out for any sign of the pursuers. "I think . . . I think," cried Mrs. Belmont, "that something is moving in front of us."
Against this setting, around the shoulder of the mountain, appeared a grotesque cortège. A half-score of rough men mounted on unkempt horses came slowly and gloomily into view. They maintained, as they rode, the slovenly formation of a hollow square and across their pommels lay repeating rifles. The battered rims of their felt hats drooped over sharp-featured faces.
The mother sat bunched up in silence, her beautiful white hands, that had no rings whatsoever, clasping the pommels of her arm-chair. 'You can't do it, she said, almost bitterly. 'You haven't the nerve. You're as weak as a cat, really always were. Is this young woman staying here? 'No, said Gerald. 'She is going home tonight. 'Then she'd better have the dog-cart. Does she go far?
I put my horse into his pace. "You can't go there, Kate," vociferated Mrs. Lumley. "This way; here's a gate in this corner." I clenched my teeth, and rode straight for the fence. It looked dark and forbidding. I did not see how it was to be done, but I trusted to Brilliant, and Brilliant nearly did it but not quite. There was a loud crash; one of my pommels gave me an awkward dig in the side.
Objects of copper and bronze , Arrow-heads; , Spear-heads; , Hilt-guards and pommels; , Scabbard-covers and pieces of sheet-copper for ornamental uses; , Helmets; , Arm-and-leg guards; , Shoes; , Horse-trappings; , Belts; , Mirrors; , Bracelets and rings; , Various fittings.
True, it removes any danger that the lady may be crushed between her own horse and her escort's, but who protects her from any passing car or carriage, and in case of a runaway what can her escort, his left hand occupied with his own reins, do to aid her with hers, or to disentangle her foot from the stirrup or her habit from the pommels in case she is thrown?
The headquarters' train was back beyond the Rappahannock, at Jefferson, with remounts, camp equipage, and all the arrangements for cooking and serving food. All the property of the general, the staff, and the headquarters' bureau was strapped to the pommels and cantels of the saddles, and these formed the pillows of their weary owners. The captured dispatch roused Jackson like an electric shock.
But we had four good mules to our chuck wagon, and instead of dragging the cattle ashore from the pommels of saddles, we tied one end of the rope to the hind axle and used the mules in snaking the cattle out. This worked splendidly, but every time we freed a steer we had to drive the wagon well out of reach, for fear he might charge the wagon and team.
Out of a dirty little Spanish shop two men's saddles of antiquated English make, with rolls, were unearthed, and hired in preference to some prehistoric side-saddles, with moth-eaten doe-skin seats and horned third pommels.
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