Quite close to the homestead the troopers were seen. `Clear out and ride hard for the ranges, Jack Dean! Be quick!’ said May Carney — her hand on her heart — `We’ll bluff them awhile, and ’twill give you a start.’ He lingered a moment — to kiss her, of course — Then...
He could read for umpteen hours, summoning his powers To conjure up the syllables that kept us all enthralled Words were his best friends; they were with him at the end When he said, “He was a mess,” was how he’d like to be recalled On that barstool toward the right at the Ma...
Riding Light~ Another name for the anchor light, which is an all-round white light normally shown at the masthead on a sailboat to indicate that is less than 50 feet over all and is at anchor. Riding Sail~ A small sail hoisted to enable a boat to maintain steerage way in heavy weather...
I scarcely think the good man intended me to go steerage in a cargo-boat, which I did to make my money last; and I imagine he would have been anything but pleased if he could have seen me on the eve of starting from Brisbane itself for the South Sea Islands with twelve tons of ...
The wind, as it so often does on a July night, began to fail and finally dropped utterly127, so that the fleet had barely steerage way. The strong Channel flood took hold of them, and about 3.15 a.m. C?sar was abreast128 of Kingsdown (a little to the south of Walmer). Eventually...