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"We may have to upsail again if this goes on." The sea got up with great rapidity, and a few minutes after the squall had struck them the Susan was beginning to pitch heavily. The wind increased in force, and seemed to scream rather than whistle in the rigging. "The sea is getting up fast!" Geoffrey shouted in the skipper's ear as he took his place close to him.
At this moment the Swallow skimmed overhead, and having caught the words "God save the Queen," called out, "That's the way to do it! keep that up" and the Cockatoo, thinking that the Swallow meant him to scream still more, set up another yell, which he continued until everyone felt deafened by the noise.
He sat down at the table, and buried his face in his arms. Louise did not move; she stood waiting, her hands, which were red and sore, pressed against her sides. And as minutes passed, and he did not stir, she began in a vacant way to count the ticks of the clock. If he did not speak soon, did not go on with what had to come, and get it over, she would be forced to scream.
I pushed open the gate behind which the others were clustered. Catching Brother John, who by now had recovered somewhat, by the arm, I dragged him forward. The two stood staring at each other, and the young lady also looked with wide eyes and open mouth. "Elizabeth!" said John. She uttered a faint scream, then with a cry of "Husband!" flung herself upon his breast.
When it occurred to him that the old Malapiero had to find the corpse and would be grateful to his unknown murderer, that he had spared him the trouble he would otherwise have gone through, he had to bite on his teeth in order to avoid uttering a savage scream. Thus, he reached the front door of his house and found it open.
"The devil's in it. . . . I begin in the morning and fish all day . . . . The fishing is not up to much to-day. I've caught nothing and this dummy hasn't either. We sit on and on and not a devil of a fish! I could scream!" "Well, chuck it up then. Let's go and have some vodka!" "Wait a little, maybe we shall catch something.
But if there be a time when a woman may let her hair to the winds, when she may loose her arms, and scream out trumpet-tongued to the ears of men, it is when nature calls out within her not for her own wants, but for the wants of those whom her womb has borne, whom her breasts have suckled, for those who look to her for their daily bread as naturally as man looks to his Creator.
When he fired the gun and they all fell as if dead, she with difficulty suppressed a small scream and clapped her hands over her ears; but poor Billy never minded it a bit, for he was pale and quaking with the fear of "heaven's artillery" thundering overhead, and as a bright flash of lightning seemed to run down the tall tent-poles he hid his eyes and wished with all his heart that he was safe with mother.
A couple of ruffians tried to rob me. Stamboul caught one of them." "Did he hurt him very much?" "I don't know he killed him before the fellow could scream, and I shot the other," replied the squire calmly. "What a horrible story!" exclaimed Mrs. Goddard, turning pale. "Come here, Nellie don't touch that dreadful dog!" "Do not be afraid he is perfectly harmless. Come here Stamboul!"
"Will you make it up if I come out, then," demanded the diver. "No; I'll never speak to you again as long as I live," said the girl, passionately. The mate disappeared again. This time he was out of sight longer than usual, and when he came up merely tossed his arms weakly and went down again. There was a scream from the women, and a mighty splash as the skipper went overboard with a life-belt.
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