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Once the outlaws made an attempt to withdraw, rushing concertedly toward their horses, which they had concealed in a sand draw slightly behind them, southward. But Blackburn and his men were alert. The outlaws had chosen a gully for their ambuscade, but they had made the mistake of leaving their horses too far away from their place of concealment.
The Boche was over the canal this morning, and by this time most likely he's across the Somme. At that I exclaimed. 'D'you mean to tell me we're going to lose Peronne? 'Peronne! he cried. 'We'll be lucky not to lose Amiens! ... And on the top of it all I've got some kind of blasted fever. I'll be raving in an hour. He was rushing off, but I held him. 'What about my old lot? I asked.
"You, sir, are the American minister?" said Barnwell, rushing hurriedly into his presence. "I am. What do you wish?" "I claim the protection due to an outraged citizen of the United States." "Who are you?" "William Barnwell. My name is on your books, and you personally saw my passport." At that moment the Russian officers entered. "Ah! I defy you now!
You blow into them until they are big and round; and then, when you take your mouth away, out comes the air, making a squawking or whistling sound. Now, if you look closely at the mouthpiece, you see a tiny piece of rubber tied across it. The air rushing past this rubber is what makes your balloon sing. Your own music box is made on the same plan.
Just before he reached the earth he suddenly opened those wings and turned upward. At the instant he turned, the booming sound which had so startled Peter was heard. It was made by the rushing of the wind through the larger feathers of his wings as he checked himself. In this dive Boomer had come near enough for Peter to get a good look at him.
Fastening four of these together, two and two, I secured a rope round my body, which the others held, and then worked myself forward till I was over the hole. Another rope was made fast to the poles; by this I descended. I was surprised to find the chasm so deep, for I thought that I should see the water rushing down a little below the surface.
In the small house the children do cry and quarrel, and tired Lucie will scold at times, and he does come home so weary, himself. If all is not to please him he snatches his hat and goes rushing away but where? The only place that makes welcome is the saloon you know it." "Yes, yes, I do know. And the poor children, too!
When he came out of the church it was pouring in torrents, and before long the small mountain streams were so swollen that they came rushing down into the village street, and the cattle in their fright ran lowing into their stables. János's first thought was that he had left the child on the veranda, and it must be wet through.
We heard her say, 'Mother, there are two men in the house waiting to see you, and an instant afterwards we heard the patter of feet rushing down the passage. Forbes flung open the door, and we both ran into the back room or kitchen, but the woman had got there before us.
They passed through the main street of the town, lined with plate-glass windows and lively signs, and already bustling with the business of the day, through humbler thoroughfares, and presently rumbled over a bridge that spanned a rushing stream confined between the foundation walls of mills.
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