 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 330 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistle'd after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for the want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...whistled after his dog; he was answered only by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in 25 air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice;...famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give 30 up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...whistled after his dog; he was answered only by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in 25 air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice;...famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give 30 up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains.... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | 1898 - 200 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 610 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog. He was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - 1898 - 412 pages
...torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. 3. What was to be done ? The morning was passing away,...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 pages
...Eip was brought to a stand . He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look high down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done ? The morning was passing away,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 434 pages
...Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in...give up his dog and gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock,... | |
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... came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand. He again called and whistled after his dog ; he was only answered by the cawing... 
