Going looking for a flag, flag to edge ax, ax to cut a rod, a rod to to make a gad, a gad to hang Manachar, who ate my raspberries every one.
They were not told of their freedom immediately on the termination of the war, but learned it a little later.
Sho, Christmastime was when slaves had their own fun.
Nothin' but a rusty ax to work with--an' look yonder at that sky!
I've a notion to take that rustyax yonder and knock it to pieces myself," she remarked and turned her back for a moment, to examine the other portions of her future dairy.
Before Mrs. Chester could turn around, the girl had caught up the ax and with one vigorous blow from her strong arm sent the dog-churn, already tumbling to pieces with age, with a deafening rattle down upon the stone floor.
Connie overcame the difficulty by making a hole with his hand ax in a flap of the hide near the man's feet, and cutting a light spruce sapling which he hooked by means of a limb stub into the hole.
As the huge animal struggled, belly deep, the boy brought the bit of his ax down with all his force upon the middle of the brute's spine.
He also carried a light belt ax, while Connie shouldered the larger ax and reached for the 30-40 rifle.
Two blows of the light belt ax made a notch into which the small steel trap fitted perfectly.
Removing his snowshoes and pack, 'Merican Joe climbed the tree and a few moments later Connie heard the blows of his belt ax as he hacked at the limb that held the clog.
Illustration: "'Merican Joe climbed the tree and a few minutes later Connie heard the blows of his belt ax as he hacked at the limb that held the clog.
This done, they removed snowshoes and coats and with ax and pole attacked the snow that covered their quarry.
Connie's ax had severed the animal's backbone, and so long as they kept out of reach of those terrible forepaws they were safe.
I feel like I never will want to leave Amos again, but I couldn't be away from my home always, you know.
Joel went back toward his store across a field of decaying corn-stubble without looking round, and Betsey climbed over the fence and went into the cottage with her neighbor.
Well, I reckon you do feel kinder empty," laughed the farmer as he sprang out of bed.
The characteristic axof the period was roughly chipped in a double-bitted form.
Engraved shell gorgets occur, but only in the simpler designs; perhaps the hafted ax form of pipe could be considered a Southern Cult object or at least to show its influence.
A single blow of Allan's ax shattered the last few shreds of oaken plank that still hung from the eroded hinges of the door.
The dull and rusty ax retarded him; blisters rose upon his palms, and broke, and formed again.
Quickly he led the way, ax and torch in hand, and as they rounded the group of massive buttresses whence sprang the pillars for the groin-vaults aloft, a cry of satisfaction escaped him, followed by a word of quick astonishment.
But this time they had an ax and their two rifles, and as they strode northward along the shore they felt a match for any peril.
She had fought, but one blow of his ax had stunned her.
Conan, his mighty chest heaving and glistening with sweat, the red ax gripped in his blood-smeared hand, glared about him as the first chief of men might have glared in some primordial dawn, and shook back his black mane.
The ax fell in a devastating arch, and the Aquilonian cried out and went to his knees, grasping the severed stump of his right arm from which blood spouted.
Conan ripped a heavy ax from the rail and wheeled cat-like to meet the rush of the sailors.
Conan bounded out on the bridge and stood poised above the upturned black faces, ax lifted, black mane blown in the wind.
Conan's ax rose and fell without pause, and with every stroke a frothing, screaming black giant broke free, mad with hate and the fury of freedom and vengeance.
Somehow, in this way I retrieved that early frontier period passed before my birth.
Pausing a few moments, I advanced again, until I cut the distance between us in half.
