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Updated: May 19, 2025
She stood in the door of the dwelling house, and just tongue-lashed us "Yankees," as she called us, to the full extent of her ability. The boys took it all good naturedly, and didn't jaw back. We couldn't afford to quarrel with a woman.
"But where did he pick it up?" "From his father or his uncle. Don't ask me! Half of 'em must have been born within earshot o' the barracks." "There's a rear-rank man lookin' as though his belly were in the pawn-shop. Yes, you, Private Ansell," and Stalky tongue-lashed the victim for three minutes, in gross and in detail. "Hullo!" He returned to his normal tone. "First blood to me.
In this slavery, tongue-lashed by fretful women, sweating under his burden, he was happy; he could not account for it and did not attempt to, but he knew it. He accepted the situation. He received rewards enough to fortify his resolution. A motherly woman asked him to wait a moment and she mixed for him a glass of lemonade.
'I heard what you youngsters have confessed, he began; and in his orderly-room voice, which is almost as musical as his singing one, he tongue-lashed those lads in such sort as was a privilege and a revelation to listen to. Till then they had known him almost as a relative we were all brevet, deputy, or acting uncles to The Infant's friends' brood a sympathetic elder brother, sound on finance.
And up to us came hoarse whispered curses as our ole man tongue-lashed us for a full minute in gross and detail. "'Lie quite still, Colonel, I whispered, 'the Hun swine-dogs may send up a flare if they hear us. "But no flare flared, and no sniper sniped. "'This game gives me the blooming creeps, old Tommy muttered shudderingly, thinking of Huns and guns three miles deep all round.
She was choking with her throat; had rushed to the window for air; had near pitched out, and in catching at the window bars had cut her hand. Over and over she made this clear to the intent Baxter. Then she turned on her sister and tongue-lashed her savagely. "You mustn't blame me," Miss Bessie faltered at last. "You know what we think of night and day.". "I'm coming to that," said Baxter.
Britt was not revealing any emotions that Vaniman found illuminating in regard to his particular quest. "I am being tongue-lashed terribly through the wicket. Men won't believe that I'm obeying the orders of you and the board when accommodation is refused. Won't you take the matter off my hands let me refer all to you?" "I don't keep a dog and do my own barking," rasped the president.
Then, having learned, during his brief visit to the forecastle, that the carpenter was the chief culprit, he rushed into the latter's cabin, mercilessly aroused poor Chips from the profound sleep that was gradually clearing his muddled brain, and tongue-lashed the bewildered man until he must have scarcely known whether he was upon his head or his heels.
He was highly elated because the Russians had employed him, given him a whistle and invested him with authority to summon aid if he detected any wrong-doing. They had furthermore paid him for his services. Although he now roundly tongue-lashed them in general terms, there was no definite personal accusation that he could make against them.
Just tell him that quietly, will you? Say it slowly so that it sinks in. Thanks." Straight-faced as Cunningham himself, the Risaldar tongue-lashed the servant with harsh, tooth-rasping words that brought him up to attention.
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