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... but conditioned into repudiating their aloneness. It was an early Bangkok morning with a new day tripping over the corpse of the earlier one the way ... ...he moon, that they happened to glimpse as accompanying them on their early morning departure as they were of the monarch, Ramkhamhaeng, that was the s... ...uld have sniffed at this new city like one of the myriad crazed but gently starving dogs (after all, in certain areas of the streets, pheromones and u... ...nt; nor would it be any worse than his life in Ayutthaya unless he were to starve. Still, he felt apprehension; and like a restive boy he slowly... ...d its head off when the motorcycle skid and floundered onto one side. Staring down as his brothers, his owners, pulled the invisible leash, he kn... ... time in his life apart from the night sports that usually happened in the mornings, his life was becoming a purposeless abyss. He personified his fr... ...d Suthep who treated him with the blades of indifference (the worst of all weapons). He vehemently hated them sometimes and yet-- He imagined th... ...o supply Israel with millions of dollars in aid and billions of dollars in weapon sales even though Israel still occupies what was once Palestine." H...

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...Jamieson’s involvement in arming the international space station. As rogue generals from Russia, China and the U.S. try to install a mind-control weapon designed to divide the world into three parts, Brand tries to stop them. Enlisting the help of Mrs. Stone, the mafia and covert operatives, he must find the weapon before it can be used. Read this taut thriller today! ...

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...aker, “Alright, folks, it’s time to relax.” The same words she had always used before the start of every show. The studio went silent and then to bla... ... Bible. The red eye above the lens of the camera glared at him like a laser beam. Stone stared back as if it were the only thing in the universe. H... ...I mean who worked the closest with him on the set?” - J.Cross/Stone 9 The young man startled and flinched for a second. “That would be J.S., Ja... ...on in the political circles within the Beltway, and became a frequent guest on the Sunday morning news shows. Not only because he had garnered a win... ...re are they now?” “After Mr. Stone’s…well, they were too afraid to stay and left the next morning.” “Didn’t you find that peculiar?” “Two Jamaican’... ...right, Jonesy,” Brand said. “And don’t forget to have the window fixed first thing in the morning.” “Right you are, sir. Would you be needing anythi... ...on’t move, Tony,” Brand warned. “Fuck you. Shoot.” “Are you armed?” “I don’t carry a weapon when I go out to lunch.” But Garza opened his jacket... ...ccidentally ran across my desk. They’re going to equip the space station with six special weapons directed so that they cover the planet.” “Nuclear?... ...mn memo that’s why.” “So give,” Radcliff said. “What else did it say?” “It said that the weapons would be deployed within two months with the Russia...

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... by an intense set of his jaw that she recognized so well. Julia stood and stared as he ignored the questions being thrown at him rapid-fire. Their... ... shouting questions at her that were lost in the noise. Julia continued to stare past them to the foot of the steps. Cade started toward her. The... ...ll hurt her. She glanced back before she entered the courthouse. He was staring at her through the tinted lenses of his expensive sunglasses. T... ... He woke up sweating just thinking about those satin garters. The ice-cold morning showers had become so frequent that he was starting to like them... ... 20 Chapter Three The next morning, Cade watched Julia undetected from her office doorway. She bent... ...a plea. “You knew how hard we worked. How difficult it was to get up every morning year round and perfect that pitch. You’ve got distance and accu... ...nths probation for repeat offense of breaking and entering. We’ll drop the weapons charge in exchange for information. It’s the best we can do.” ...

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...nd slapped his bare feet on the wood-finish floor. "I don't believe you're starting this all over again." "You think because you apologized that I'm s... ...not nearly enough to alarm her. Why is he up so early? The aroma of Sunday morning cooking wafted out to her almost on cue and Therese threw off the c... ..."Thank you, sir." Therese took it, salivating like Marsh. She knew she was starving enough to eat every scrap and still want seconds. Where was this m... ...l facing her. "Just thought you should get your day off to a good, healthy start is all." He shrugged, digging into his pancakes. She stared at him fo... ...he museum's interns, had approached her with an ominous pronouncement this morning right before the opening ceremonies had kicked off: "Therese, there... ...y Gracie C. McKeever 50 They had talked hours into that night and the next morning, about his experiences in Kuwait and her interests in Muslim belief... ... this." He frowned at the thick metal bar she wielded. "You provide me the weapon with which to destroy you?" "I provide you protection against your e... ...e first that it would take more than his "artisan" skills to make a useful weapon. But having mawla's mate's machinery available to him encouraged him... ...p at him. "Dueling at dawn?" Kane shook his head as he bent to recover his weapon. "May I?" Therese put out a palm as he approached, surprised when he...

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...ething incredible has happened.As James and Sam attempt to overcome their fears and embrace their new talents, a series of murders and disappearances start plaguing the hospital. The twins aren’t the only ones with special abilities and it becomes apparent that someone is coming for them.Will James and Sam be able to survive the nightmare into which they have been plunged?...

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...bate the agony of his pounding head and sandpaper throat. Flu. The symptoms had started yesterday. Brian opened his eyes to see the lights were gre... ... Brian opened his eyes to see the lights were green, as three drivers behind him started leaning on their horns. He inched the coach forward. They’d... ... James was about to mount a punitive expedition to the back of the coach when Mr Stark, the History teacher, stood up and bellowed at Emma to sit pr... ...cked up Sam’s medical chart from the end of the bed and gave Sam a warm smile. “Morning, Doctor,” said Yvonne Blake. “How is she doing?” There was... ...ne, but his would look better for the photos. He’d charred it in the cooker this morning, and ripped off one of its arms. He placed it next to Sam’s... ...hnically, he was her big brother. “I’m so glad you’re here. But it’s one in the morning. What are you doing out of bed?” “I woke up. They gave me... ...f vest. None of the individuals on the top floor was thought to be carrying any weapons, but it was standard procedure. The taser is a non-lethal, ... ...any weapons, but it was standard procedure. The taser is a non-lethal, hand-held weapon, often used by Special Firearms Officers to subdue potential... ...s the hostile immobile. Stannard still wasn’t sure how she felt about firing the weapon at a child. She looked up. Two, possibly three, floors abov...

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...on Camp Called Home The Miracle of the Kisses Fearful Love My Putrid Lover When You Wake the Morning Narcissism Prague at Dusk In Moist Propinquity Pr... ...t Dusk In Moist Propinquity Prowling Getting Old Sally Ann Selfdream Snowflake Haiku Twinkle Star Synthetic Joy Tableaux (van Gogh) The Author ... ...ttached to it a partitioned table-top confiscated from the greengrocer down the lane. Every morning, forehead wrinkled, my grandfather would fill th... ...een trolley – a tall and stout and handsome man, fair-skinned and sapphire-eyed. "A movie star" – they gasped behind his back. Day in and day out, ... ...o his azure pushcart, day in and day out. She said nothing and he remained mute. They just stared with vacuous eyes, perhaps away, perhaps inside, p... ... in her arthritic palms – they all conspired to deny him his erstwhile memory of her. Each morning, my grandfather woke up to study this ageless im... ...bbed me in the back, for instance, or popped me with a silencered gun, or wasted me with a weapon I never even heard of. What she did say stunned m...

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... Prologue “Pol und Jude” Political and a Jew. It’s around 4 o’clock in the morning. I am not sure of the date. The days all look the same, ... ...ally, I am the last in the row of ten, not an auspicious place. They count us every morning when we depart, assigned to work details, and every even... ...in every row attract attention. Attention here means pain and, often, death. This morning’s roll call is mercifully brief, the foul mist and drizzl... ...d, we sure could use the money.” He weighed his own arguments. I got up. When Bauer started to debate with himself, the meeting was over. Only ... ...spicious. ****** That evening, safely ensconced in a faded leather armchair, I started taking stock of the cataract of paper that constituted F... ... and brought to cruel light many things I had conveniently forgotten I possessed. I stared around in disbelief and budding outrage and then I crumbl... ...es. But they were also involved in money counterfeiting, stolen art dealing, drugs, weapons, and other illicit activities. The received opinion is t... ...war in Europe. We could not allow the Soviets to lay their hands on advanced German weapons technologies and intelligence assets.” He pondered so... ...tely lost control over them. When we tried to dismantle the operations and reclaim weapons caches, they went underground and bombed airplanes to te...

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...y competitive Egyptology program. “Professor Dustimaine, we weren’t expecting you…” Mitch started to say. “You two are falling further behind every ... ...mpering those workers.” He leaned closer to them, “If you don’t get your act together and start producing better results, I am going to have you bot... ...Alex soldiered on. They were clearing away some dirt and sand to allow them to get a good start in the morning and move on to the finer, more detail... ...d on. They were clearing away some dirt and sand to allow them to get a good start in the morning and move on to the finer, more detailed work. “Ug... ...scrolls out to analyze them more closely.” “Gee, is that all? We can have that for you by morning,” Jack said with as much sarcasm as he could possi... ...is stuff laying around for prying eyes to see, now can we? And you know Bob and I are not morning people. We’re vam- pires, thank-you very much!” Mi... ...ic had changed to something Zhek felt confident in. “Our soldiers are adapting to the new weapons and tactics. Our mili- tary leaders are adopting ne... ...to the new weapons and tactics. Our mili- tary leaders are adopting new strategies for the weapons that are available. Other Houses, including the Ro... ...to watch his soldiers instructing new recruits on tactics and how to use their new, crude weapons. The Draxens had built a large wall, which now sur...

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... he smelled of sandalwood. He lifted the saddle flaps, undid the girth, and started in anger. There was a short nail driven through the saddle flap,... ...st with the beautiful voice teasing my dreams. 11 Chapter 4 I woke the next morning to find another ribbon-wrapped rose on the night stand next to my... ...his tone. “One day, there was a fire in the barn. I still don’t know how it started. Philippe was visiting and we were having tea. I heard the ala... ...ippe was visiting and we were having tea. I heard the alarm bell sound and started up quickly. I saw the smoke, and ran outside toward the barn, b... ...hlessly as he reached for her head collar. At that moment, I struck with my weapon of choice and did not let go until Giraud had breathed his last. ... ...tell you, though, that when he is in this mood he will write his music from morning until night, barely pausing to eat or sleep. You may not see as... ...r 16 From the pages of Erik’s journal: I left her with great reluctance that morning, before sunrise. Yet, we both knew it must be so. I returned... ...losed since no real cause of death could be determined. I had known Erik’s weapon was effective, but had no idea up until then just how skilled he ...

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...tten. Chapter 1 Fall 2207: Floyal City, New Florida Territory Zina McFin stared at the giant, almost-impenetrable Sevicorps research lab. It was chi... ...no exception. “You need to control yourself.” Stefan McJeysen’s brown-eyed stare collided with her gaze in a momentary battle of wills before Stefan ... ..., with piercing blue eyes...such a waste. Henry glared at her. Zina calmly stared at him, her eyes shining with cruelty. “Our child is not an abominat... ...his passing was a tiny frog on a lily pad. Chapter 7 Laylah woke the next morning to the smell of eggs and biscuits. She rubbed the sleep from her ey... ... delicious and she couldn’t wait to sink her teeth into it. She wasn’t a morning person, but once up she did everything at a nice, quick pace. As La... ...tta cursed and then growled, “Laylah? What happened when you got here this morning?” Laylah flinched and tried to pull away, but found herself held i... ...limbed the stairs. He noted the door was ajar. Tightening his grip on his weapon, Jacques nudged the door open enough to slide inside. Silently he ch... ...ricks. Of course, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” Jacques mocked, weapon ready as he waited for Gerard to take the bait. “Don’t talk about A... ...nned. When she was younger, Jacques had insisted Laylah take some sort of weapons training. She’d been failing at nearly everything put in front of ...

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...meretricious tool to conjure plausible scenarios of itself being used as a weapon. No, he thought, he did not seriously dislike this fetid sloven bene... ... ground near an ancient stupa, prop his head against its stone spiral, and stare out into clouds and distant space. If in doing so he were to be perce... ... that air conditioner in the window of the living room on early into early morning chilling the house like an American winter, and he would snuggle de... ...deep under a saffron monk-colored blanket that was as stiff as it had been starched and ironed. Within that room where he would sleep there was a pict... ...ned/Thai co-signed sweatshops. Independence, you know. They will be facing starvation in Laos shortly. Early death is like being a marathon winner, do... ...ch to scratch with. "Don't keep me waiting all night for an answer." "It's morning now. She's not all that ugly and she is a good communicator. Well, ... ...m the window and seat from the window and seat thief, so that he might let morning and movement pass through the orifices of his eyes to obstruct memo... ...e through nature's hand and bidding but as such arsenal all the same; live weaponry shot from a missile launcher that could not be said to be possesse...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. Rome. A street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons.] First Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen: You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? All: Resolved. resolved. First Citizen: First, you know Caius Marcius...

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...street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons .] First Citizen : Before we proceed any further, hear me speak.... ...t converses more with the buttock of the night than with the forehead of the morning: what I think I utter, and spend my malice in my breath. Meetin... ... [ Exeunt.] CORIOLANUS: Most sweet voices! Better it is to die, better to starve, Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. Why in this woolvi... ...eize him, AEdiles! Citizens: Down with him! down with him! Senators, &C : Weapons, weapons, weapons! [They all bustle about Coriolanus, crying .] ‘... ...ou then as the people’s officer. Act III, scene i 65 Masters, lay down your weapons. BRUTUS: Go not home. SICINIUS: M... ...e: determine on some course, More than a wild exposture to each chance That starts i' the way before thee. CORIOLANUS: ... ...’ll sup with me? VOLUMNIA: Anger’s my meat; I sup upon myself, And so shall starve with feeding. Come, let’s go: Leave this faint puling and lament ... ... not dined: The veins unfill’d, our blood is cold, and then We pout upon the morning, are unapt To give or to forgive; but when we have stuff’d These ... ...ibunes, such as you, A sea and land full. You have pray’d well to day: This morning for ten thousand of your throats I’d not have given a doit. Hark...

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...m to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pelerine, half-way between Fougeres and Ernee, a small town where travelers along that road are in the habit of resting....

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...of peasants and a large num- ber of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pe... ...th of its prom- ises, and with such promptness that even the commander was startled. But he was one of those wary old watch-dogs who are hard to catch... ... and Germany and the disturbing news from La Vendee, was attempting on the morning when this history begins, to make a forced march on Mayenne, where ... ...s first words the officers who accompanied him turned spasmodically, as if startled out of sleep by a sudden noise. The sergeants and corporals follow... ...ly scattered the fleecy mists which float above the meadows of a September morning. As the soldiers turned to look back, an invisible hand seemed to l... ...s more ancient associa- tions than any other. The “gais” was the principal weapon of the Gauls; “gaisde” meant armed; “gais” courage; “gas,” force. Th... ...us attention as though he hoped to detect some stifled sound, some echo of weapons, or steps which might give warning of the expected attack. His blac... ...icked his musket: “We’ll play ‘em a tune on the clarinet, commander.” They started, two to right and two to left of the road; and it was not without s... ...n at Marche-a-T erre. The young chief sprang between them and struck their weapons from their hands with the barrel of his own carbine; then he demand...

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...Excerpt: On a winter?s night, about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne d?Herouville felt such violent pains that in spite of her inexperience, she was conscious of an approaching confinement; and the instinct which makes us hope for ease in a change of posture induce...

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...I A BEDROOM OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ON A WINTER’S NIGHT, about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne d’Herouville felt such violent pains that in s... ... so feebly that its quivering gleam could be compared only to the nebulous stars which appear at moments through the dun gray clouds of an autumn nigh... ...e dared not fix her eyes upon them, fearing to see them move, or to hear a startling laugh from their gaping and twisted mouths. At this moment a temp... ...r and child!” An answer so peremptory closed the discussion, impru- dently started by a seigneur from Lower Normandy. The guests were silent, looking ... ...s now buried forever in her heart. The vision brought her suddenly to that morning, that ravishing morning, when in the grand old parlor panelled and ... ...!—and the moment when, fearing her mother’s sternness, she had slipped one morning into her father’s study to whisper her girlish confi- dences on his... ...them. At the moment when Etienne saw the huge hand of his father raising a weapon 90 The Hated Son upon Gabrielle he died, and Gabrielle fell dead in...

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...ome where in great black space, there was a flaming necklace, or ring, or starry circle of some kind, of which I was one of the beads! And when my on... ...nd brightly on me, I could read the letters that my dear wrote to me every morning and evening and could put them to my lips and lay my cheek upon the... ...as now no good reason why I should deny myself that happiness. He came one morning, and when he first came in, could only hold me in his embrace and s... ...was so strange to me that I think I should have put my hands before it and started back but for the encouragement I have mentioned. Very soon it becam... ...eem trivial. I was very much in earnest. I took care to be up early in the morning and to be before the glass when Charley came in on tiptoe. “Dear, d... ...e glass when Charley came in on tiptoe. “Dear, dear, miss!” cried Charley, starting. “Is that you?” “Yes, Charley,” said I, quietly putting up my hair... ... the Ladies Dedlock dead and gone, he told us, that peaceful crooks became weapons of assault in their hands. They tended their flocks severely in buc... ...know, sir,” Mr. Snagsby pleads, “it wouldn’t be a consolation to have some weapon or another in the form of a foreign dagger planted in the family.” “... ...o his grave, past murderous groups of statuary repeated with their shadowy weapons on the wall, past the printed bill, which she looks at going by, ou...

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...ay part of Kent, and my bungalow stood on the edge of an old sea cliff and stared across the flats of Romney Marsh at the sea. In very wet weather the... ... Roman brick- work, and from it old Watling Street, still paved in places, starts like an arrow to the north. I used to stand on the hill and think of... ...een him only against the light. “One moment, sir,” said I as he turned. He stared. “One moment,” he said, “certainly. Or if you wish to speak to me fo... ... end, an odd mood came over me. I had been bricking up the furnace all the morning, and I sat down by these possessions dead beat. Everything seemed d... ... huge cone-shaped, luminous haze, pointing up towards the splendour of the morning star, warned us of the immi- nent nearness of the sun. Whatever lig... ... 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 A L A L A L A L A Lunar M unar M unar M unar M unar Morning orning orning orning orning THE HARSH EMPHASIS, the pitiless black ... ... them it knocks you to pieces in some unexpected way. Old passions and new weapons— now it upsets your religion, now it upsets your social ideas, now ... ...or a space. “This time,” I whispered, “they’re likely to have some sort of weapon.” Then suddenly I sprang to my feet. “Good heavens, Cavor!” I cried.... ...hey were perhaps six feet long, with shaped handles, very tempting-looking weapons. The whole place was lit by three transverse streams of the blue fl...

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... of his presumption. He waited awhile, then broke out once more. ‘You must start again—you must. Always you rustle your red leaves of a blasted summer... ... down, cowering like a sulky animal, she looked at him under her brows. He stared fiercely back at her, but beneath her steady, glowering gaze he shra... ...ttering roar of applause quicken his pulse. It was hoarse, and savage, and startling on his inflamed soul, making him shiver with anticipation, as if ... ...n of that degradation. It bled him of his courage and self-respect. In the morning Beatrice was disturbed by the sharp sneck of the hall door. Immedia... ... herself. She lay quite rigid for a time. There was no sound anywhere. The morning sunlight pierced vividly through the slits of the blind. Beatrice l... ..., and the two lovers, her husband and Helena, rushing through the miles of morning sunshine. ‘God strike her dead! Mother of God, strike her down!’ sh... ...t. There was something brutal about it that she could not bear. She had no weapon against brute force. She glanced up at Siegmund. Tiny drops of mist ...

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...on. He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom’s vitals. The more Tom stared at the splendid marvel, the higher he turned up his nose at his fi... ...m the “next time he caught him out.” To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new ... ...ivity at hard labor became adamantine in its firm ness. CHAPTER II Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brim... ... near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to star board and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circum... ... middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had besides the things b... ...at agony came. And thus she would see him when she looked out upon the glad morning, and oh! would she drop one little tear upon his poor, lifeless f... ...deur in that — though where the West ern boys ever got the idea that such a weapon could possi bly be counterfeited to its injury is an imposing mys... ...rmed, were up the hill, and just entering the sumach path on tip toe, their weapons in their hands. Huck accompanied them no further. He hid behind a...

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...ent dued, now loud and amazed and distressed, but always trace- able, this startled, protesting question, “But why the devil aren’t we?” As though nec... ...This atheism that you and Billy Prothero have brought into the school—” He started violently at another vivid flash, and every one remained silent, wa... ... believe any hunter would attack such a monster except by stealth and with weapons of enormous power… . “He jerked himself to and fro across his cramp... ...ness, and, because he was no longer careful, easily. He went on beyond his starting place toward the corner, and did that supreme bit, to and fro, tha... ...lost in rocky waterless country in Somaliland. He strayed out in the early morning while his camels were being loaded, followed some antelope too far,... ...sustained, only so can they be brave, albeit spread out and handling their weapons as men of un- qualified daring would handle them they would be infi... ... sweet and welcoming, radiat- ing a joyfulness as cool and clear as a dewy morning, came his mother. “Well, little man, my son,” she would cry in her ... ...y a bath in a bathroom far down the corridor was prescribed for him in the morning; he hadn’t thought of a dressing-gown. And after one had dressed, w... ...hey were sturdy men in light coloured garments adorned ostentatiously with weapons, they moved mysteriously about in the firelit darknesses and conver...

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...Queen danced still once with the Knave of Bergen.” CHAPTER II: Heidelberg Landing a Monarch at Heidelberg WE STOPPED AT A HOTEL by the railway-station... ...d getting my spirit in tune with the place, and in the right mood to enjoy the supernatural, a raven suddenly uttered a horse croak over my head. It m... ...been empty ever since; a log house, with a plank roof—just one big room, and no more; no ceiling—nothing between the rafters and the floor. Well, one ... ...s to the hole and looks in again for half a minute; then he says, ‘Well, you’re a long hole, and a deep hole, and a mighty singular hole altogether—bu... ...d and flashed; every few moments the Mark Twain 22 quick-eyed seconds would notice that a sword was bent— then they called “Halt!” struck up the cont... ...a “satisfaction” affair. These two students had quarreled, and were here to settle it. They did not belong to any of the corps, but they were furnishe... ...mused the spectators, and even broke down their studied and courtly gravity and surprised them into laughter. Of course the seconds struck up the swor... ...reason which ever permits him to inter- fere—and the day’s war was over. It was now two in the afternoon, and I had been present since half past nine ... ...s brought to me after the room was cleared, and I will now make a “life-size” sketch of it by tracing a line around it with my pen, to show the width ...