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There was no sign of anything moving throughout all the basin, either human or cattle. The silence was unbroken, save for the steady drumming of the little party's pony hoofs. "There's the sod house over there in those trees," said Red, after another mile. He was worried. The two other Diamond D men, too, were showing signs of nervousness. Had the south herd gone the way of the other?
Her singing was soft and rather tremulous at first, but it soon swelled to a steady clearness. Subsequent events caused one of the verses to be remembered for many months, and even years, by more than one of those who were gathered there: For his bride a soldier sought her, And a winning tongue had he: On the banks of Allan Water None was gay as she!
"Steady, friend," I said, laughing; "men will be looking at us." So he was silent again; and now I thought that the time of which my father spoke had surely come, for it was plain that Havelok was a man whom men would gladly follow as he went to win back his kingdom.
In the camp, no less than in the field, your conduct bore testimony to your worth. Sober, steady, and industrious, you set an example worth following." In the army, as elsewhere, he was the quiet, unassuming, conscientious gentleman, doing his duty. After the war, he returned to Blairsville, Penn., where he married Miss Mary L. Black, a most estimable lady of that city.
Her glances went from one box to another, as she diverted herself with the awkward way in which a Russian princess wore her bonnet, or over the utter failure of a bonnet with which a banker's daughter had disfigured herself. All at once she met Raphael's steady gaze and turned pale, aghast at the intolerable contempt in her rejected lover's eyes.
Some of them even glowed so feebly that you could see their light only when he stood behind them, the steady radiance of his genius shining through. But taken as a whole they made a brilliant constellation, furnishing much of the illumination for the brightest thoroughfare in the world. He had never married.
Almost stupefied with surprise and fear, the young ladies watched with anxious looks the course of Bertram, his companion, and their extraordinary guide. Her tall figure moved across the wintry heath with steps so swift, so long, and so steady, that she appeared rather to glide than to walk.
"Steady, sir!" "Steady it is," replied Smellie, his voice sounding weird and mournful above the roar of the wind and the wash of the sea.
Vast heaps of wealth are stored up there, so the Dutch will take precious good care that you don't get into the place. "`We'll see about that, thought the captain to himself, winking with the eye which was turned away from the admiral. `Of course, sir, we'll do nothing rash, says he. `It isn't the way of English sailors. We are always steady, sure sort of fellows.
He had a jaded anxious look upon him, and his hand, usually steady, trembled in hers. He sat down at the side of the bed, tenderly asking how she was, and dwelling on the necessity of her keeping very quiet after her agitation and exposure to the weather last night. He spoke in a subdued and troubled voice, very different from his usual dictatorial manner; and was often at a loss for words.
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