 | Robert Glass Cleland - 1922 - 544 pages
...came out from under a wagon, looked all around without seeing any one. "Then," to use Manly's words, "he threw up his arms high over his head and shouted — 'The boys have come, the boys have come!' . . . The great suspense was over and our hearts were first in our mouths, and then the blood all went... | |
 | 1927 - 388 pages
...closely watching the wagons, I fired the shot. Still as death and not a move for a moment, and then a man came out from under a wagon and stood up, looking...around, for he did not see us. Then he threw up his arms and shouted : " The boys have come ! The boys have come ! " Then other bare heads appeared, and Mr.... | |
 | Peter Wild - 2006 - 333 pages
...if there are any of the red devils there we can kill some of them before 54 they get to us. And now closely watching the wagons I fired the shot. Still...us. Then he threw up his arms high over his head and shouted—"The boys have come! The boys have come!" famine sits enthroned ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... | |
 | 1947 - 889 pages
...saw no sign of life. Manly fired his gun. A man climbed from under a wagon. In Manly's words, ". . . he threw up his arms high over his head and shouted — 'The boys have come, the boys have come!' . . . The great suspense was over and our hearts were first in our mouths, and then the blood all went... | |
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... to us. And now both closely watching the wagons I fired the shot. Still as death and not a move for a moment, and then as if by magic a man came out from under a wagon and stood up looking all around, for he did not see us. Then he threw up his arms... 