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The adroitness and address of Marion's captainship were never more fully displayed than when he kept Snow's Island; sallying forth, as occasion offered, to harass the superior foe, to cut off his convoys, or to break up, before they could well embody, the gathering and undisciplined Tories. His movements were marked by equal promptitude and wariness.
Why no dog can take a deer so well as we can with our rifles; a dog may discover us when we wish to be hidden; a dog's track will mark us out when we would wish our track to be doubted. The animal will be of no utility ever to us, John, and may do us harm, 'specially now the snow's on the ground.
"Yes, oh, yes!" breathed Miss Amelia. "Now let's hurry with the work so we can go right down to Mis' Snow's." <i>"Black</i> silk-<i>black</i> silk!" ticked the clock to Miss Priscilla washing dishes at the kitchen sink. "You've got a black <i>silk!</i> You've <i>got</i> a black <i>silk!"</i> chirped the robins to Miss Amelia looking for weeds in the garden.
"I feel it in the air; 'tis more than the ground-damp. We ain't goin' to have real nice weather till the up-country snow's all gone." "I heard say yesterday that there was good sleddin' yet, all up through Parsley," responded Miss Wright. "I shouldn't like to live in them northern places.
The preparations of Col. Watson for pursuing and destroying our partisan in his stronghold, were at length complete. He sallied forth from Fort Watson about the first of March, and, with a British regiment and a large body of loyalists a force quite sufficient, as was thought, for the desired object marched down the Santee, shaping his course for Snow's Island. At the same time, Col.
Gor Ormity, said he, oh massa, oh Miss Sally, oh!! What on airth is the matter with you, said Sally, how you do frighten me, I vow I believe you'r mad oh my Gor said he, oh!! massa Jim Munroe he hang himself, on the ash saplin under Miss Sally's window oh my Gor!!! That shot was a settler, it struck poor Sall right atwixt wind and water; she gave a lurch ahead, then healed over and sunk right down in another faintin fit; and Juno, old Snow's wife, carried her off and laid her down on the bed poor thing, she felt ugly enough, I do suppose.
Her mother mind was running upon a hot supper for her boy. "I was just worried to death at you folks sitting around guessing. Winter got me beat by just two weeks, and now the snow's falling in lumps, and it's mighty near down to zero. Where's Uncle Steve?" "Gone." An-ina had forgotten the supper. "Him gone where you know. Him gone days. Maybe ten. No wait. Oh, no. Him guess you come soon.
Before he had reached the bottom of the staircase leading to his own room he heard Towneley's hearty laugh through Miss Snow's door, and cursed the hour that he was born. Then it flashed upon him that if he could not see Miss Snow he could at any rate see Miss Maitland. He knew well enough what he wanted now, and as for the Bible, he pushed it from him to the other end of his table.
He told Smith that President Snow had sent for him, and Smith, controlling himself without betraying any knowledge of the probable purpose of Snow's summons to Howell said affectionately: "Brother Howell, I want you to make a promise to me on your honor as an elder in Israel. I want you to pledge yourself never to vote in this legislature for Thomas Kearns as Senator.
She says you're to hurry that you've got some practising to make up before dark." Pollyanna rose reluctantly. "All right," she sighed. "I'll hurry." Suddenly she laughed. "I suppose I ought to be glad I've got legs to hurry with, hadn't I, Mrs. Snow?" There was no answer. Mrs. Snow's eyes were closed.
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