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Without a word two keen swords flew from their scabbards and a duel to the death ensued. The visitors stared in amazement, but no one else paid any attention to the combat, which was soon over; the victor turning away from the body of his opponent and resuming his place without creating a ripple of interest. Nalboon led the way into an elevator, which dropped rapidly to the ground-floor level.
But before starting he stopped in the shadow of a barn to see that his revolvers were loose in the scabbards and in good working order. Nor did he cross the moonlit open direct, but worked to his destination by a series of tacks that kept him almost all the time in the darkness. The seventeen-year-old sentry was still doing duty outside the prison.
"Why, those are fowling pieces," replied Henry, "and they are of the very best English make. We'll certainly borrow those, Sol." "Yes, an' this end o' the locker is full o' powder an' shot fur 'em. Thar's no lack o' ammunition, an' look here, Henry, at these!" He took out of another locker three beautiful rapiers with polished hilts and decorated scabbards.
'I empty out my heart, and away trips the disdainful nymph with a laugh, he rejoined gaily, the rusty old courtier; 'there's nothing left but to fall upon my sword! 'Disdainful nymphs are the better scabbards for distinguished swords, she said, with charming courtesy.
The time may come," he continued, and the deep tones, vibrating with unsuspected resolution, held his audience spellbound, "when your State will need your services; and if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards." The crisis was not long postponed. Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbour, the port of South Carolina, was held by a Federal garrison.
"Let him know who are coming and prepare for it," thought Cromwell, whose caution was really subservient to his enthusiasm, powerful as was at all times this latter quality; and then he gave, in a low, but earnest and energetic tone, the order, "Sound a brief 'to horse! trust in the Lord, and see that your swords be loose in their scabbards."
"I kind o' wanted to be in the front," was the answer. "What could I say to such a man?" exclaimed Zagonyi, speaking of the matter afterwards. There was hardly a horse or rider among the survivors that did not bring away some mark of the fray. I saw one animal with no less than seven wounds, none of them serious. Scabbards were bent, clothes and caps pierced, pistols injured.
Before the silver gates lay winged bulls, and the king's body-guard-their dress consisting of a gold cuirass under a purple overcoat, and the high Persian cap, their swords in golden scabbards glittering with jewels, and their lances ornamented with gold and silver apples, were stationed in the court of the palace.
Then they swept in mighty curves, all together, and from fifteen hundred throats thundered: "Sheridan! Sheridan! Sheridan!" The sabers made another flashing curve, sank back into their scabbards, and the men were silent. Sheridan's tanned face flushed deeply, and a great light leaped up in his eyes, as he received the magnificent salute. His own sword sprang out, and made the salute in reply.
Nearer and nearer drew the sounds; and I could at length distinguish, with a clearness that petrified my very soul, the banging and clanging of sword scabbards, and the panting and gasping of men, sore pressed in a wild and desperate race.
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