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He burned all Miss Van Tromp's letters, and her photograph but, from habit, or from gratitude, he kissed it before he burned it. "Now," said he as the last sparks died redly on the black embers, "the decks are cleared for action. Shall I sentimentalise about Betty cold, cruel, changed Betty or shall I call for the Jasmine lady?" He did both, and the Jasmine lady might have found him dull.
Gryce no sooner touched than the light which had been burning redly in the cage of fretted ironwork overhead changed in a twinkling to a greenish glare, filling the room with such ghastly tints that Mr.
So much is certain: Stanley drove away Forrest and successfully held the junction of the roads against Cleburne's division, the only infantry that attacked him. That night the entire Confederate army lay within a half mile of our road, while we all sneaked by, infantry, artillery, and trains. The enemy's camp-fires shone redly miles of them seemingly only a stone's throw from our hurrying column.
Swiftly and quietly we walked across the bit of even ground to the friendly trees, and found ourselves in a thin strip of shadow between the light of the great fire we had left and that of a lesser one burning redly before the Emperor's lodge. Beneath the trees, waiting for us, was the Indian maid, with her light form, and large, shy eyes, and finger upon her lips.
And the stove is that fine it's a shame to be cookin' with it." He looked with respect at the black satin and silver of the stove, where leaping flames glowed redly. "Well, I'll always say there isn't a heartsomer place to come into than the Billabong kitchen. And isn't it the little misthress that thinks so?" "Bless her, she was always in and out of it from the time she could toddle," said Mrs.
Her eyes gleamed in the moonlight, a faint smile curved her pretty mouth. "If I am, it will need someone braver than you are to tame me!" she said "A trickster is always a coward!" With an angry exclamation he flung away the end of his cigar, it fell into a harmless bed of mignonette and seared the sweet blossom, burning redly in the green like a wicked eye.
A rose flush came on her cheeks, her lips pouted redly, and her eyes glittered under a mist. She thrust her shining fingers through her hair, and it stood up like a golden spray over her temples. Rose at that minute was wonderful. Something akin to the gleam of the jewels seemed to have waked within her. She felt a warmth of love and ownership of which she had never known herself capable.
Down the boulevards approach the multitude more distinct becomes the dirge more redly glare the torches and, amid all, more deeply rumble the wheels of the death-cart on the pavement!
Hunter's Spinney, a conical hill nearly as high as God's Little Mountain, lay between that range and Undern. It was deeply wooded; only its top was bare and caught the light redly. It was a silent and deserted place, cowled in ancient legends. Here the Black Huntsman stalled his steed, and the death-pack coming to its precincts, ceased into the hill.
In a moment more, the deadly net was cast over him, he struggled against its meshes in vain; again again again he writhed mutely beneath the fresh strokes of the trident his blood flowed fast through the net and redly over the sand. He lowered his arms in acknowledgment of defeat. The conquering retiarius withdrew his net, and leaning on his spear, looked to the audience for their judgement.
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