FORE:As the train approached the spot where the herd was crossing the track, the locomotive gave its loudest and shrillest shrieks. The noise[Pg 44] had the effect of frightening the buffaloes sufficiently to stop those which had not crossed, and in the gap thus formed the train moved on. The boys were greatly interested in the appearance of the beasts, and Frank declared he had never seen anything that looked more fierce than one of the old bulls, with his shaggy mane, his humped shoulders, and his sharp, glittering eyes. He was quite contented with the shelter of the railway-car, and said if the buffalo wanted him he must come inside to get him; or give him a good rifle, so that they could meet on equal terms.JUGGLER SPINNING A PLATE. JUGGLER SPINNING A PLATE.
FORE:"She's still very weak," said Aunt Martha when we came to her; "the moment her bed was made up she asked to lie down again."Frank lingered behind, and the rest of the dialogue has not been recorded.
FORE:"Dreaming like," suggested his companion."Oh!"
THREE:He put back his head in a proud, misunderstood attitude, and instantly at the thought of his leaving her like this, Alices anger began to ooze out of her. She pictured what the room would be like when the boudoir door had closed behind him, its intolerable emptiness. But she had still enough resentment left not to stop him.But he said Lieutenant Ferry was in a captured ambulance ahead of us and of our hundreds of prisoners, that a full creek and a burning bridge were between us and the foe, and that the fight was over.
THREE:Weve got nothing to shake hands about, she said.
