It did not take long to make the proper preparations for the return trip, and Custer took a sufficient number of men to overpower any ordinary band of Indians, and on the following morning set out for the Panhandle country.
It did not take long to arrange the preliminaries as they were anxious to surrender, or more so, than he was to capture them.
It did not take long to arrive at a conclusion regarding the position in which the fort was to be built.
It was difficult at first to realise that we were out of the fighting for the time being, but it did not take long to accustom ourselves to this, as after all it is the more natural life.
With his assistance itdid not take long to retrieve the missing half-company.
It did not take long to instal the instrument, and, leaving one of the signallers in charge of the new station, the party retraced its steps and got back to Headquarters shortly before midnight to report communication established.
Illustration: To draw the red hot spur across the fresh VP did not take long] "Well--is there anything I can do?
To heat the spur red-hot, draw it across the fresh VP again and again, and finally drag it crisscross once or twice to make assurance an absolute certainty, did not take long.
As we had a good crosscut saw, it did not take long to enlarge the doorway so that one could go in standing up, man fashion.
When we got in camp it did not take long to see that the bone was broken.
When I got near the trap in which I had caught the bear the day before, I heard a great deal of wrestling going on and it did not take long to see that I had an old he-bear hung up this time.
It did not take long to take the pelt off that coon; we will strip some of that fat from the carcass and do it up in the skin and put it in the knapsack; hang the carcass up on that sapling.
It did not take long to reach the spot where the other cutter had passed them.
It did not take long to reach the Sanderson farm, and as they entered the lane Sam tooted his horn loudly.
They had brought along a bucket, and it did not take long to fill it with these large clams.
The nearest vessel was hailed, and it did not take long to get a sailor with a boat to come over to the yacht and take Frank and Jack off.
It did not take long to make preparations for the bake, and soon a roaring fire was blazing, as a lot of dry wood had been found near the deserted camps on that side of the island.
It did not take long to transfer the woman from the tug to the ambulance, and when the car had departed, Douglas turned to the boatman.
It did not take long to lift the woman from the rowboat up to the deck above.
Only one man was now left to deal with, and it did not take long to disarm him.
It did not take long to go down and out on the stoop and look away up toward the rebel camp.
We went and found it just as he said, but only having one wagon it did not take long for us to fill it; then we looked around for something good to eat.
Some of the men got hurt very severely but it did not take long for us to find out that we had to keep our toes in and our heels out.
It did not take long to fill up our regiment, neither did it take long to get our horses and saddles ready; then we commenced to drill.
Bud showed where he had been held a prisoner, and it did not take long to find places where digging had been going on.
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