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He was dressed in a blue blanket coat trimmed with red, a cloth cap of the same colour, with a broad peak, and ornamented moccasins. An axe and long knife were stuck in his belt; he had a serviceable-looking rifle in his hand, and behind his shoulders was strapped a pack, containing his buffalo robe and blanket, some provisions apparently; and several other requisite articles.
At an early hour, groups of grinning cits may be seen pouring in from the London side, some on the top of Cloud's coaches, some in taxed carts, but the greater number mounted on good serviceable-looking nags, of the invaluable species, calculated for sport or business, "warranted free from vice, and quiet both to ride and in harness"; some few there are, who, with that kindness and considerate attention which peculiarly mark this class of sportsmen, have tacked a buggy to their hunter, and given a seat to a friend, who leaning over the back of the gig, his jocund phiz turned towards his fidus Achates, leads his own horse behind, listening to the discourse of "his ancient," or regaling him "with sweet converse"; and thus they onward jog, until the sign of the "Greyhound," stretching quite across the main street, greets their expectant optics, and seems to forbid their passing the open portal below.
"If Dyer discovers and tries to prevent your escape, make a bold fight for it," and from his hip-pocket he drew a serviceable-looking plated revolver, and handed it to me with the remark that it was fully loaded. I saw that my position was one of peril. Even now, Dyer might have watched me keeping this appointment with Blythe. "I shall leave for Leipzig in an hour," my friend said.
Each of them had stuck in his belt an axe, a brace of pistols, and a long knife; while at his back was slung a serviceable-looking rifle, showing that they were prepared to defend themselves, should they encounter any treacherous blacks, a very possible contingency at that period of the country's history. They were followed by an active native also mounted, who led a horse carrying their baggage.
"Harry does not seem to have forgotten any of his friends, while in Paris," said Miss Agnes. Hazlehurst looked down. "It is some dark wood; not rose-wood, however. It is rather plain; but a serviceable-looking box," he said. "Just the thing for Miss Patsey," observed Elinor.
In the first place there was a rack stretching right athwart the aftermost bulkhead, in which were stacked a dozen good serviceable-looking muskets, their barrels brightly polished, the stocks carefully oiled, and new flints in every one of the locks.
Rutley, his companion of the moment, sat watching him and wondering, from the depths of a very ordinary brain, whether he liked or hated him; it was easy to do either. "It's not really your turn to cane," he said. "I know it's not," said Comus, fingering a very serviceable-looking cane as lovingly as a pious violinist might handle his Strad.
I turned to ascertain who my deliverer could be; and there, on the beach, only a few yards away, stood Mary Grant with a serviceable-looking revolver held firmly in her right hand. "What? You! Mary, Mary," I cried in an agony of thought at the awful risk she had run. "Are you all right, George?" she inquired anxiously. "Right as rain," I answered, hurrying to her side.
Then they went to the stable where the horses, which were strong serviceable-looking animals, had been placed, and put on their saddles and bridles. The pack-horses were then laden with flour, tea, sugar, bacon, and other necessaries. By the time all was ready the caravan was just starting.
Placing two pieces, one on each side of the shell, with another at the back, he secured the whole together by means of the fibre, binding it round and round through the holes, till he had formed a serviceable-looking axe. "Dere," he said, lifting the weapon. "Let me have it!" I exclaimed. "I will work away gladly with it." "No, no, Massa Walter," he answered.
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