The Luck of Roaring Camp: And Other StoriesGrosset & Dunlap, 1899 - 256 من الصفحات |
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... wall that surrounded the camp they duly pre- empted . This , and a reputation for singular pro- ficiency with the revolver , kept the reserve of Roaring Camp inviolate . The expressman — their only connecting link with the surrounding ...
... wall that surrounded the camp they duly pre- empted . This , and a reputation for singular pro- ficiency with the revolver , kept the reserve of Roaring Camp inviolate . The expressman — their only connecting link with the surrounding ...
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... walls that rose a thousand feet sheer above the circling pines around him ; at the sky , ominously clouded ; at the valley be- low , already deepening into shadow . And , doing so , suddenly he heard his own name called . - - A horseman ...
... walls that rose a thousand feet sheer above the circling pines around him ; at the sky , ominously clouded ; at the valley be- low , already deepening into shadow . And , doing so , suddenly he heard his own name called . - - A horseman ...
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... walls of dazzling white , that towered twenty feet above their heads . It became more and more difficult to replenish their fires , even from the fallen trees beside them , now half hidden in the drifts . And yet no one com- plained ...
... walls of dazzling white , that towered twenty feet above their heads . It became more and more difficult to replenish their fires , even from the fallen trees beside them , now half hidden in the drifts . And yet no one com- plained ...
الصفحة 34
... wall , passed quietly away . The accordion and the bones were put aside that day , and Homer was forgotten . When the body of Mother Shipton had been committed to the snow , Mr. Oakhurst took the Innocent aside , and showed him a pair ...
... wall , passed quietly away . The accordion and the bones were put aside that day , and Homer was forgotten . When the body of Mother Shipton had been committed to the snow , Mr. Oakhurst took the Innocent aside , and showed him a pair ...
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... wall or fence about eight feet high . Evidently Miggles's , and evidently Miggles did not keep a hotel . The driver got down and tried the gate . It was securely locked . " Miggles ! O Miggles ! " No answer . Migg - ells ! You Miggles ...
... wall or fence about eight feet high . Evidently Miggles's , and evidently Miggles did not keep a hotel . The driver got down and tried the gate . It was securely locked . " Miggles ! O Miggles ! " No answer . Migg - ells ! You Miggles ...
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agin Altascar asked baby beside Boonder boys Brown cabin carpet-bag child Circassian Clytemnestra Clytie Commander dark Dedlow Marsh door drifting Duchess excitement expressman eyes face fancy father feet fell fire gambler George glance grave gray horse hair hand head horse Judge knew laugh lifted looked Luck lying Marysville master McSnagley Miggles Miss Mary Mission Dolores Mission hills Mliss Morpher Mother Shipton never night Oakhurst pardner passed Peleg perhaps pines Piney Poker Flat Rattler red dust Red Gulch Red Mountain riata river road Roaring Camp Salvatierra San Carlos Sandy Bar school-house seemed shadow silence sitting smile Smith's Pocket stranger Stumpy suddenly Tennessee Tennessee's Partner thar ain't thing thought tion Tommy took trail tree Tryan turned Uncle Billy uncon voice walked wall wind Wingdam woman young Yuba Bill
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الصفحة 19 - Flat on the morning of the twenty-third of November, 1850, he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night. Two or three men, conversing earnestly together, ceased as he approached, and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air which, in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences, looked ominous. Mr. Oakhurst's calm, handsome face betrayed small concern in these indications. Whether he was conscious of any predisposing cause was another question....
الصفحة 30 - Tom Simson, somehow managed to take upon himself the greater part of that duty. He excused himself to the Innocent, by saying that he had " often been a week without sleep." "Doing what?" asked Tom. "Poker!" replied Oakhurst, sententiously ; " when a man gets a streak of luck, — nigger-luck, — he don't get tired. The luck gives in first. Luck," continued the gambler, reflectively,
الصفحة 33 - Achilles." So with small food and much of Homer and the accordion, a week passed over the heads of the outcasts. The sun again forsook them, and again from leaden skies the snow-flakes were sifted over the land. Day by day closer around them drew the snowy circle, until at last they looked from their prison over drifted walls of dazzling white, that towered twenty feet above their heads. It became more and more difficult to replenish their fires, even from the fallen trees beside them, now half hidden...
الصفحة 25 - Oakhurst," said the Innocent, pointing to the Duchess, " and I can shift for myself." Nothing but Mr. Oakhurst's admonishing foot saved Uncle Billy from bursting into a roar of laughter. As it was, he felt compelled to retire up the canon until he could recover his gravity.
الصفحة 28 - A careful inventory of the provisions, which, fortunately for the party, had been stored within the hut, and so escaped the felonious fingers of Uncle Billy, disclosed the fact that with care and prudence they might last ten days longer. "That is,
الصفحة 62 - I was passin' by," he began, by way of apology, " and I thought I'd just step in and see how things was gittin' on with Tennessee thar, — my pardner.
الصفحة 30 - At midnight the storm abated, the rolling clouds parted, and the stars glittered keenly above the sleeping camp. Mr. Oakhurst, whose professional habits had enabled him to live on the smallest possible amount of sleep, in dividing the watch with Tom Simson, somehow managed to take upon himself...
الصفحة 15 - He was always tractable and quiet, and it is recorded that once, having crept beyond his corral — a hedge of tessellated pine boughs, which surrounded his bed — he dropped over the bank on his head in the soft earth, and remained with his mottled legs in the air in that position for at least five minutes with unflinching gravity. He was extricated without a murmur. I hesitate to record...
الصفحة 25 - He then endeavored to dissuade Tom Simson from delaying further, but in vain. He even pointed out the fact that there was no provision, nor means of making a camp. But, unluckily, the Innocent met this objection by assuring the party that he was provided with an extra mule loaded with provisions, and by the discovery of a rude attempt at a log house near the trail. " Piney can stay with Mrs. Oakhurst," said the Innocent, pointing to the Duchess, "and I can shift for myself.
الصفحة 10 - Camp. The master of ceremonies was one "Boston," a noted wag, and the occasion seemed to promise the greatest facetiousness. This ingenious satirist had spent two days in preparing a burlesque of the church service, with pointed local allusions. The choir was properly trained, and Sandy Tipton was to stand godfather. But after the procession had marched to the grove with music and banners, and the child had been deposited before a mock altar, Stumpy stepped before the expectant crowd. "It ain't my...