This time it was the bearerwho staggered and fell, the burden who rose unsteadily, and peered into his rescuer's face.
This officer was the bearer of important documents.
Why should Corporal Vinson, bearer of this compromising artillery piece, plant himself at a little hotel in Rouen for the night?
At the time of his death he was the bearer of important documents: one of these important documents is missing!
Glancing round, he saw the torch-bearer coming along at a trot, holding his flaming torch up in front of him as he trotted down the middle of the narrow dark street.
They were just at the foot of the statue, a dark little group under the big pediment, the torch-flames weirdly flickering as the torch-bearer moved and stooped lower to the two crouching men, who seemed to be kneeling.
The trotting torch-bearer drew near, and now Aaron perceived the other two men slowly trotting behind, stealthily, bearing a stretcher on which a body was wrapped up, completely and darkly covered.
The torch-bearer passed, the men with the stretcher passed too, hastily and stealthily, the flickering flames revealing them.
As the bearer of terms for a truce, our enemies will treat me as an honoured guest.
The prevailing feeling in the assembly was, nevertheless, one of indignation against the bearer of such unwelcome tidings.
Lord Milton smiled, and handing the bearer some loose cash, accepted the gift, not forgetting to state that he would remember the young man thus favourably introduced to his notice.
Mr. Holland had been the bearer was soon confirmed on all sides.
They will be called the shoes of the Bearer of the Sign.
Beneath were a few lines which stated that they were the well known spies, Eugenia Karovna and Paul Varel, and that the bearer must be protected against them.
Do you remember the mountain climber who was going to save the shoes he made for the Bearer of the Sign?
Come in, young Bearer of the Sign, and bring your friend in with you.
And I shall bring them the son of Stefan Loristan, who is the Bearer of the Sign!
A Bearer of the Sign is not a royal person," answered Marco.
Might not the dove be made bearer also of an olive branch, made a harbinger of peace?
In old days the bearer of bad tidings wouldn't have got a glass of beer," I suggested.
A command rings out, and is followed by the shuffle of feet as the bearer company stands to its stretchers.
Then the Bearer Company marches slowly along the edge of the platform.
At the other end of the platform lie the sinister stretchers of a bearer company laid out in an interminable row.
At last comes a messenger from Winchester one day, bearerof a letter with a great black seal from the dean there, to say that his sister was dead, and had left her fortune of 2,000l.
Esmond went away only too glad to be the bearer of such good news.
I declined being the bearer of his note, but informed him my only reason for declining was, that I thought he owed it to himself to consult his friends before taking so important a step.
The Cause whereof this Wronged One is the Bearer standeth as high as heaven and shineth resplendent as the sun.
Cast away, O peoples of the earth, that which ye have and take fast hold of that which ye are bidden by the All-Powerful, He Who is the Bearer of the Trust of God.
And the knowledge of the King of everlasting days can in no wise be attained save by recognizing Him Who is the Bearer of the Most Great Name.
Instead of the bearer of a letter from my mother, whose signal at the door put an end to my last letter, it was my mother herself.
He wanted to set out immediately on his brother's arrival, and to be the bearerof my letter, but I prevailed on him to forbear until I heard from you.
Accompanied by some fifty of the natives, I now rapidly continued my journey, every few moments being transferred from the back of one to another, and urging my bearer forward all the while with earnest entreaties.
Moa Artua having nothing more to say, his bearer goes to nursing him again, in which occupation, however, he is soon interrupted by a question put by one of the warriors to the god.
The high-priest entered within the veil to make atonement for Israel; he came forth as the bearer of Divine forgiveness and renewed grace, and as he blessed the people he spoke in the name of Jehovah.
The leaders of great hosts are as dependent upon Divine help as Jonathan and his armour-bearer fighting single-handed against a Philistine garrison, or David arming himself with a sling and stone against Goliath of Gath.
Among us is the man to whom the Commonwealth has given the baton of command,--the cup-bearer of the Crown.
Zatsvilikhovski merely begged Tatarchuk to take the bearer of his letter in care, and to make everything he might want easy for him.
Here the prince could speak no further; for hardly had he mentioned the cup-bearer when there rose a terrible din and the clattering of sabres.
For a long time Skshetuski saw the gray form of the standard-bearer lighted up by the flame of the fire, and a certain sadness pressed his heart.
Stabbing the flag-bearer with a single thrust, he seized the flag, and hurled himself on the enemy.
The bearer of this letter, the essaul of the Mirgorod kuren, had me in his honest care when I was at the Saitch and in captivity, and now he has aided me in Kieff and has undertaken to deliver this letter with risk to his life.
Pan Zelenski, the cup-bearer from Bratslav, smiled bitterly: "Who would say that we are peace commissioners?
He had left it in the hands of his faithful armor-bearer in the ranks, and had merely a light blade of blue steel engraved with gold.
The standard-bearer in view of this, though a Russian himself and a devoted adherent of Eastern orthodoxy, fell into gloomy thought.
I believe that I am the first bearer of good news.
A standard-bearer pulled from his neck the metal chain denoting his rank, and Julian wound it twice around his own neck.
Her blessed incomprehension made me forbear to kick Mboka, who is my official gun bearer and lieutenant, when he lost the bolt of my best rifle and threw away the weapon to conceal his misdoing.
I recognized Mboka, my gun-bearer in the lead and had to struggle to restrain an impulse to jump up and shout aloud to Alicia that we were all right at last.
