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Updated: May 11, 2025
All the way along the road the several other riders were ready for their initial gallop. Will looked forward eagerly to the day when the express line should be set in motion, and when the hour came it found him ready, standing beside his horse, and waiting for the rider whom he was to relieve. There was a clatter of hoofs, and a horseman dashed up and flung him the saddlebags.
But it was only the radiant charm of her, transfiguring, with its youthful brilliancy, the dull light in the tent; and, presently, the Colonel went away, leaving her very busy with her saddlebags. There was a cavalry trooper's uniform in one bag; she undressed hurriedly and put it on.
A few days later the handsome Van Dyck with a goodly purse of gold, passports complete, and saddlebags well filled with various letters of introduction to Rubens' Italian friends followed by a cart filled with his belongings, started gaily away, bound for the land where art had its birth.
The creek being still impassable, I remained here another day. Yesterday the horse that was carrying my instruments broke away from the man who was leading him, burst the girths, and threw the saddlebags on the ground.
They might take it into their heads to search my saddlebags." "I think that would be the wisest plan," the general said. "You will, of course, remain at Delhi till reinforcements arrive there. The despatches will be ready for you, in an hour's time."
Easton took with him, were tied at the back of the building, under the cover of a thick growth of hemlocks, which served to break off the night wind. The widow and I had a comfortable bed in the corner of the room, which we made of small hemlock sprigs, having our cloaks to cover us, and our saddlebags for pillows.
In the afternoon he took a long rest by the side of a clear spring, where he drew further upon the store of food in his saddlebags, which he calculated held enough for another day. After that he would have to forage upon the country. He would sleep the second night in the forest, his blanket being sufficient protection, unless rain came, which he would have to endure as best he could.
Dick ran to one of the saddlebags, where he carried a flask of brandy in case of emergencies, poured some into a cup, and held it to his father's lips. The sailor gasped. "It is brandy," he said suddenly. "I can't have dreamt that." Then he broke into a violent sobbing. Dick knelt by his side, and took his hand. "It is assuredly no dream, Father," he said gently. "I am really your son, Dick.
In his saddlebags he carried his black robe and white tippet. He could put these on over his travel-stained clothes and look presentable. His hair was worn long and parted in the middle; his face was cleanly shaved, and revealed comely features of remarkable strength. The man was a commanding figure. People felt the honesty of his presence.
That express box was just a blind. Don't yo' know what I did while the rest of yo' were tippin' back the stagecoach? No? Well, I transferred the twenty thousand to Blizzahd's saddlebags, so the money" he tapped the bulges on each side of the big saddle "is right heah!" Kid Wolf, ever since he had taken charge of the express money, had realized his responsibility and trust.
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