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We could see him scooting pell mell around the edge of the cooking shack, his spindle legs as thin as sticks. I said, "Yes, he's new and he came out of the slums. I guess he'll never work in harness; that's what our scoutmaster says." "Swims like an eel," Winton said; "why didn't they take him hiking, I wonder?"
When the flames began crawling up the windward side of the tree and the heat became unbearable, Jeff said: "Jess, which would you rather take chances on, Grizzly or fire?" "Dad, I think I'll chance the bear," replied Jess, covering his face with his arm. "All right. When I say go, jump and run as though you were scooting through hell with a keg of powder under your arm."
And so another restless day went by and no more news came from either front or rear from the range to the north or Rock Springs at the south, and Flint was just formulating another fervid appeal to that impassive functionary, the adjutant general at Omaha, when toward evening word came whistling down the line in the person of Master Sanford Ray, that two couriers were in sight "scooting" in from Moccasin Ridge, and Flint and fully half the soldier strength of Fort Frayne gathered on the northward bluff like the "wan burghers" of ancient Rome, to watch and speed their coming.
I got track of them again near to your camp. Just as I came along they were scooting away, but a glance showed me the mischief they had worked, so I followed them." "Do you know where they are now?" Dick asked eagerly. "I know where they were ten minutes ago," replied the bell-boy. "Then please take us to them as quickly as you can," begged Darry vehemently.
Railroads, and factories, and irrigation schemes, and prices scooting toward the zenith, till you couldn't rest. If I'd got into that push soon enough, I shouldn't have made a thing but money; as it was, I didn't lose only what I had. A good many of the boys lost a lot more. But I tell you, Al, a boom properly boomed is a sure thing."
"Why, I think," drawled Eve Edgarton, "I think very naturally that you're going to ride and I'm going to walk back to the hotel." "Well, I am not!" snapped Barton. "Well, you are not!" he protested vehemently. "For Heaven's sake, Miss Edgarton, why don't you go scooting back on the gray and send a wagon or something for me?"
"Poor little kid," muttered Kendric, staring after her. "I'd give my hat to have her on a horse, scooting for the New Moon. All alone among these pirates, with her dad the Lord knows where trying to dig up twenty-five thousand dollars for her!" At least she was no doubt well enough off for the night. She looked too tired to lie awake long, no matter what her distress.
After vaulting gaily over one rail fence, and scooting jauntily along across a wide pasture, the Kingstonians were surprised to hear the sound of other footsteps than theirs, and they turned and found a large and enthusiastic bull endeavoring to join their select circle.
A span of mules will pretend to scare, whirl around, and jerk loose from the driver, and go "scooting" back down the tow-path in a manner indicating that nothing less than a stone wall would stop them; but, exactly in the nick of time to prevent the tow-line jerking them sidewise into the canal, they stop.
Lord Hastings was on his feet by this time and advanced toward the two lads and their captors. "What's the meaning of this?" he demanded of the man who appeared to be the leader. "We caught these fellows scooting down the Thames in a high-power motorboat, sir," was the reply. "They were unable to give a satisfactory account of themselves and one of them took a shot at us. So we brought them here."
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