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Tim's mind had been so entirely occupied with the strange situation in which he found himself, that he had almost forgotten the cause which first prompted him to leap on the monster's back.
'I WILL speak, cried Newman, standing on tiptoe to look over Tim's head, who had interposed to prevent him.
The sight of the man lying in that posture of horror was so terrible that I instantly grasped the body, dragging it from off the overturned bench, and seeking to give it a resting place on the floor. But it was already stiffened in death, and I could only throw over it a blanket to hide the sight. Tim's voice spoke from the doorway. "Injuns, I reckon?" "Yes, they have been here; the man is dead.
"There's no housekeeper in de United Shtates can watch de ash cans wid dem divil's imps around. They near killed an Eyetalian child the other day, and two of them got basted in de neck when de goats follied dem and didn't get nothing. That big white one o' Tim's, he's the worst in de lot, and he's got only one horn, too."
It meant an end to the pleasant and delightful friendship which had come into her life just at the time when Patrick Lovell's death had left it very empty and desolate. Two days of suspense ensued while she restlessly awaited Tim's reply. Then, on the third day, he came himself, his eyes incredulous, his face showing traces of the white night her letter had cost him. He was very gentle with her.
In the regular weekly game on the village field Tim backed him up faultlessly; but on the bench the catcher edged away and sat at the end with the score-keeper. "Good night!" Don murmured. "What is it this time?" He was becoming used to Tim's blowing hot one minute and cold the next. He didn't worry so much over Tim's moods.
When, however, they saw the abject terror of the Faith Healer as he begged not to be left alone with Tim for they had not meant death, and Ingles thought he read death in Tim's ferocious eyes they laughed cynically, and left it to Tim to uphold the honor of Jansen and the Pioneers.
But I'm comin'! Tim's comin'!" he yelled, adding his own part to the wild chorus above. He reached the broad paved space before the great door none too soon, and though, ordinarily, he would have given the yelping hounds a very wide berth, he did not hesitate now.
And then then after that we could settle our score. Tim's voice broke the silence. "I reckon we ain't got much time," he said grimly. "It's one thing, 'er the other. I'm fer givin' the damn begger a chanst. I can't turn no white man over ter Injuns not me. Kirby's got a gun, an' I reckon we're goin' fer ter need 'em all afore this blame fracas is over with." "And I agree with you, Mr.
Mr Cophagus, who was at home when Timothy returned, was at first very much inclined to be wroth at the loss of so much medicine; but when he heard the story, and the finale, he was so pleased at Tim's double victory over Mr Pleggit and his messenger, that he actually put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out half-a-crown.
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