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So I swung one of these to the small of my back, into position when we should begin crawling, and handed him the other; whereupon, without further ado, we traversed the "island" and melted into the prairie. Forty minutes later Smilax moving slowly and cautiously ahead, entered the narrow strip of forest. Another ten minutes, and we got to our hands and knees.
After 'while, maybe they find sign where me and you camp in L'il Cove; then they know small boat been there and gone. Then they come home mad, and when all quiet we make big circle to Whim. Some day we come back; maybe kill 'em all. Me want Jess; him crack Smilax head. That good plan; you smoke." I lay on the ground and smiled. Kill 'em all!
"I'll put in my half, if you fellows say so," Dave went on. "But we may soon be in need of quite a bit of money. Wouldn't it be better to hold on to our fruit of the mint?" "When we sell the canoe we'll have plenty of money," suggested Danny Grin. "Very true, old Smilax," nodded Dave. "But what if Dick doesn't sell it?" "Then we won't have plenty of money," responded Greg promptly.
Some of those devils might get busy!" "That good, too. Now we eat; then you go sleep." While tackling our rations we discussed the plan again and again. I did not want to leave Sylvia another night within the grasp of those fiends, but Smilax insisted; explaining that she was practically safe for three days, at any rate.
We found twelve new species, among which the Smilax siphylitica of the Cassiquaire, and the Smilax officinalis of the river Magdalena, are most esteemed on account of their diuretic properties. The quantity of sarsaparilla employed in the Spanish colonies as a domestic medicine is very considerable.
"Oh, I know," said Polly, flying on with her work faster than ever, "and Mamsie was right to make her go to sleep." "Mrs. Fisher is always right," said Jasper decidedly, "ever and always." "Isn't she!" cried Polly, in a glow. "Well, Jasper, do you think that smilax ought to be trained up there?" She twisted her head to view the effect, and looked up at him anxiously.
Let's go back and have a drink." When they had entered the bungalow a silence fell over the settlement. I did not see a man anywhere. But I drew a long breath of relief because Sylvia was for a little while safe, even while I raged at the realization of her danger. My body was cramped, and cautiously I stretched my legs. Smilax had not moved. "It looks like we got here just in time," I whispered.
You'll lose your front, and your markets. Your income is suffering; the presses are waiting; editors dependent...." Cairns left the house on the third morning after Bedient's coming, having dictated two or three letters.... Bedient was across the street from the Smilax Club in the little fenced-in park Gramercy. Cairns told his work-difficulty.
Springing up, and trying to calm my breathing, I called: "Post one, 'leven o'clock, and all's-er-well!" The last word had no more than been pronounced when I was moving swiftly, silently on post number two. True to his intention, Smilax had prepared the way. "Post two, 'leven o'clock, and all's-er-well!" I called in an altered voice.
We therefore went warily up to a certain point and waited while Smilax crawled forward to reconnoiter. He returned saying that three punts were on our side, from which he believed the men had not come back but were still putting as much distance between themselves and us as possible.
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