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Then the Border Ruffians came into the town, broke up the press and threw it into the river, and tumbled the half printed weekly issue into the street. The above-named article was on the printed side, and was read by the whole crowd, and they were terribly angry. If the writer had been in town he certainly would not have escaped alive, if this mob could have found him.
"Everything being settled with this auxiliary, several ruffians were employed in search of the unhappy victim; and the first attempt that was made upon him, in which his uncle personally assisted, happening near one of the great markets of the city of Dublin, an honest butcher, with the assistance of his neighbours, rescued him by force from their cruel hands.
"My mansion is beset by a band of ruffians, and I have been obliged to flee for my life," pursued the planter, glancing back at his house as though he expected to see the flames rising from it. "Do they mean to burn the mansion?" asked the lieutenant, misinterpreting the glance of the owner.
Of these ruffians, Herakles in his wanderings cut off a good many, but others had escaped him by concealing themselves, or had been contemptuously spared by him on account of their insignificance.
It might well be that this gang of ruffians, for it was manifest that there had been such a gang, finding the envelope addressed by the man to his wife, had fraudulently, and as foolishly as fraudulently, endeavoured to bolster up their case by the postage-stamp and the postmark.
"Where is the money which you stole, and which you used as a lure for your ruffians?" "We are not playing a game, as you say," he replied, becoming more and more collected as I waxed hotter. "You accuse me of stealing, I answer, when did I steal, and what are your proofs?" "You heard what Mr. McTavish said," I replied, with difficulty curbing my anger.
With much ado, the little black-cap flew over to the limb with the cavity. He flitted about a few moments, then darted to the opening and looked in, chirping in a reassuring tone, as much as to say, "The ruffians are gone now; you can come out." And out of the doorway flew his pretty wife, while he slipped in to see that all was safe.
If we would be blessed in the contest, we must be merciful." "To whom?" exclaimed Kirkpatrick; "to the robbers who tear from us our lands; to the ruffians who wrest from us our honors? But you are patient; you never received a blow!" "Yes," cried Wallace, turning paler; "a heavy one-on my heart."
All the ruffians are not in yet. Well, it's too late now. The alarm has been given. There they go!" A succession of shots followed from distant points, widely separated. McKay listened. "Our men are shooting. It's time to close in. Stick behind me. Don't try to ride off to one side. Keep your eyes and ears open." The ponies leaped forward.
Everywhere ruffians of sinister appearance mingled with the mob, exciting its passions and urging it to acts of violence: the same men, such as are only seen in troublous days, were at the same time scouring Brie, Soissonnais, Vexin, and Upper Normandy; already barns had been burned and wheat thrown into the river; sacks of flour were ripped to pieces before the king's eyes, at Versailles.
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