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However, we shall see what is said at the council by-and-by. "Choo Hoo, having told the pigeons this, added that he had further been instructed by the raven to give them a sacred and mystic pass-word and rallying cry; he did not himself know what it meant; it was, however, something very powerful, and by it they would be led to victory.
Glenarm's representatives: a pass-word being determined on, as usual in such cases, by exchanging which the persons concerned could discover each other. However carefully the lawyers might set the snare whether they had their necessary "witness" disguised as an artist sketching in the neighborhood, or as an old woman selling fruit, or what not the wary eye of Bishopriggs detected it.
"Balked at the outset," were the encouraging words with which the detective rejoined George. "It seems that a pass-word is necessary, and my friend has been unable to get it. Will the speaker pass out this way?" he inquired of the shadowy figure still lingering in their rear. "He didn't go in by it; yet I believe he's safe enough inside," was the muttered answer.
Loyalty is your pass-word, my lord Liberty, roars another chield from the other side of the strath the King, shouts one war-cry the Parliament, roars another Montrose, for ever, cries Donald, waving his bonnet Argyle and Leven, cries a south-country Saunders, vapouring with his hat and feather.
Teens, with his tail curled like the spring of an ancient watch, his broken-haired back stiffened with indignation, would stand and give the pass-word all dogs seem to know, and be overhauled and examined as he walked round the giant like an English gunboat by a Spanish fifth-rate; but when once the enemy turned his back, Teens exploded like a cracker, running under the big dog's nose, and often springing at his lip.
I remained awake for some hours; and, beside the falling of the rain, and the sharp bubbling sound of its big drops as they fell into the sea close to the vessel's side, the night was so still, that I could hear the sentinels in the citadel of Fredrikshavn demanding the pass-word, as the officer went his rounds.
They had an official sound, a sound of adventure and desperation. And so they whispered them, neighbor nodding to neighbor in deep understanding as it went round the room, like a pass-word in secret conclave: "He's under arrest!" There was nobody present to advise Joe of his rights.
Pentaur galloped onwards; but it was not long before his horse too gave way, and he ran forward like a man who runs a race, and shouted the pass-word "Bent-Anat" for the ring of her name seemed to give him vigor.
There he bade farewell to the black brothers who had been his assistants, and upon one of them pressed a sum of money. As they parted, this one, as though giving the pass-word of a secret society, chanted solemnly: "A huit heures juste!" And Billy clasped his hand and nodded.
Again he glanced at Alfred, who was standing like a sentry, waiting for the pass-word that should restore his confidence in his friend. "I'm afraid I've disturbed you," sneered Alfred. "Oh, no, not at all," answered Jimmy, affecting a careless indifference that he did not feel and unconsciously shaking hands with the waiting secretary.
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