With Sully into the Sioux land (1910) (14566144988)

Identifier: withsullyintosio00hans (find matches)
Title: With Sully into the Sioux land
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Hanson, Joseph Mills, b. 1876 A.C. McClurg & Co. pbl Vail Company. prt Norton, John W
Subjects: Missouri -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction
Publisher: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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hed uproariously and the ruiliansprang to his feet and slapped Al across the mouth. Take em off. yerself an hand em to me! heshouted. Al looked around at the other men. If you will untie my hands and leave me freeto use them, said he, I will hand you my shoes,—and something more. He glanced significantly atthe guerillas still uninjured eye. Again the crowd laughed, and approvingly. Itwas evident that Als fearless behaviour pleasedthem, and his tormentor became correspondinglyenraged. Again he struck his defenceless antago-nist across the mouth. But at this moment a short,broad-shouldered little man stepped out fromamong the onlookers and sauntered over to the cow-ardly ruffian. One of his hands was thrust intohis pants pocket and in the other he carried a hugerevolver which looked almost as long as himself.This terrifying weapon he raised and brushed itsmuzzle deliberately back and forth across the tip ofthe other mans nose, which was nearly a foot abovethe top of his own head. 354:
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ill Cotton )>rnt«vts Al from tin* i;uiril)u CAPTUEED BY GUEEILLAS Now, look here, Daddy Longlegs, said he, in apersuasive tone, you let this kid alone or I 11 blowyou into the river. These boys are game; an, byjinks, I m go in to see that they re treated decent • from now on. Everybody take notice. He swept a calm, authoritative glance around overthe crowd, spat upon the ground, stuck his revolverback into its holster and, with both hands now inhis pockets, strolled back to the tree whence he hadcome, and sat down. Yeager laughed nervously, seeming to fear theeffect of this exhibition of authority on the part ofsome one beside himself. I was just goin to say that, he remarked. The little man looked at him and his lip curledslightly. Yes, you were! said he, derisively, andYeager made no further comment, while Alspersecutor sneaked away sheepishly, muttering tohimself. There was a moment of embarrassed silence, andwhile it lasted there emerged from the woods be-hind the motley com