Featherbed protested, but it was no use, and he returned and joined the whackers who had corralled and gathered the bulls inside the wagons, forming two half circles on a high spot near the trail.
Featherbed pressed the Rowell spur to the pony's side and he responded like a real cow-pony, much to Featherbed's surprise, and before Watson could gather his breath to call the youngster back he led them by 200 yards.
There were several more, and one of them clipped the pommel of the saddle before Featherbed thought of his orders to fire once on sight of disturbed grass or a moccasin track on bare ground; or, upon sighting an Indian, to fire three times.
There were several other horses in the outfit, so Featherbed quickly slipped the boss' fine $200 rig on the back of a buckskin of the cow-puncher variety and sped back to the scene of action.
The featherbed youngster was well equipped with an army Springfield of large calibre, forty rounds in his belt, two Remington revolvers and a butcher knife with a five-inch blade for the possibility of close quarters.
The sneaking Indians had disappeared, and the only evidence of their presence was a spot of crumpled grass behind a knoll where several of them had lain in complete safety while they tried to send Featherbed to the Happy Hunting Ground.
When the party finally got away Watson, turning to Featherbedas they galloped side by side along the high spots near the back trail, said: "If yer not afraid, pull out ahead with that pony and lead the way.
I never knew before what an uninteresting thing a featherbed is--when you are obliged to hold it in your arms.
They have got a featherbed or something there, and they are going to smother them while they are asleep.
Aunt Jane" insisted on giving me a featherbedto put on the rough slats of my bunk, and some pieced quilts; I used my camp blankets for sheets.
I landed in a snowdrift featherbed which, while it broke my fall, almost buried me alive.
Behind her comes a couple of station porters, one cartin' an old-time black valise, and the other with his arms wrapped around a full sized featherbed in a blue and white tick.
What was a featherbed to her, when she had her sportin' blood up and was gettin' a hunch in on Brother Craig and his wife?
It won't do to pass the Featherbed without making sure them's not there," thought Sally.
Coming home it was a gorgeous winter's night on theFeatherbed Mountain.
To Housekeeping at Williamsburg for sundrys Viz A Featherbed & furniture L8.
He had played happily with her and Susan through the long summer days that the little girl had spent in Featherbed Lane.
The house Susan lived in with Grandmother and Grandfather Whiting and Snuff the dog was a broad, low, white house that stood far back from the road at the end of Featherbed Lane.
Flip and Snuff, the shaggy brown setter, were Susan's constant playmates, for the house in Featherbed Lane stood a little way out of the village and there were no children living near by.
A little later, Susan and Mr. Whiting, who carried a large basket, the contents of which would mean far more to the six hungry Banks orphans than would a crepe veil and a Bible, started down Featherbed Lane on their charitable errand.
Gentilla spent almost every day at the house on Featherbed Lane, and Grandmother and Grandfather and even Miss Liza had grown fond of the little gypsy girl because of her happy disposition and loving little ways.
Each with a cooky in hand and an extra one in Phil's pocket, Susan escorted her new friend down Featherbed Lane in the hope that Grandfather would invite them into the office.
She had enjoyed cuddling the shawl baby, she had eaten a plate of milk toast for her dinner, and she had given Grandmother a complete history of her visit from the moment she left Featherbed Lane until her return.
Well, by and by the horse turned in a lane that was so packed with snow that you couldn't tell whether it was a Featherbed Lane or not.
The latter is in a somewhat better condition than Featherbed Lane, but it is irregular, narrow, and hilly.
On crossing the bridge turn sharply to the left and go down Featherbed Lane, which is anything but a featherbed road.
Nothing is more debilitating, than, in warm weather, to sleep with a featherbed pressing round the greater part of the body.
The safest part of a room, is its centre; and where there is a featherbed in the apartment, that will be found the most secure resting-place.
If a pillow represented a woman, then the shaking of the featherbed till all the feathers were lumped at one end, rounding it into a prominence, must have its meaning also.
Before covering herself, the featherbed must be shaken so that its foot end becomes quite flat, but she never omits to press this down and redistribute the thickness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "featherbed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
