To this proposition those who were ready to sacrifice their own pleasure and interests in order to aid the penitent firebug made no demur, and Seth set out at full speed, leaving the others to follow at a more leisurely pace.
Then it was that Seth had an opportunity of telling how penitent the firebug had appeared to be; how eager he was to do all in his power toward repairing the wrong, and declared he did not believe the prisoner would "go crooked again.
If the firebug pleads guilty as his lawyer has advised him to, the judge will only call on you two witnesses to tell how it happened, so's he can get an idea of about how hard Jip ought'er be punished.
Let the little scoundrel know you've told me; that I'm going to post the policeman, and that he'll get a mighty hot reception if he should try any of his firebug business.
You can tell the firebug that he'd better give this section of the city a wide berth for a spell, and if he walks a chalk-line it may be he won't be troubled about that crime of his.
Perhaps this man was not a firebug at all, but a thief.
The firebug Johnny had been sent out to catch certainly had some strange bent to his nature.
One more thing; if the fire had been set, was the firebug still about the place?
A firebug is a person who willfully sets fire to property, whether his own or another's.
Now," he said to Johnny after resuming his usual composed manner, "what was this you were telling me about the firebug being dead?
A man secretly moves his insured stock away, then sets fire to his building, or hires some firebug to do it, that he may collect insurance on goods that were not burned.
All I've got to say is, this firebugis no ordinary rascal.
A light was speeding along the road, heading away from town, and Frank realized that the firebug had seized upon his convenient wheel and was making his escape.
Time enough in the morning to begin worrying about that lost wheel and trying to figure out who the firebug could have been.
Just what makes you think that there is a firebug - one firebug, I mean - back of this curious epidemic of fires?
In short, it is a clear case of what is known as a 'firebug trust.
I believe that firebug is an artist at the thing, does it for the mere fun of it and the ready money in it.
The glare of the sky told us that this time the firebug had made good.
I don't suppose you even realise that the firebug talks with you almost every day about catching the firebug.
Then there's a woman in the case, and she wrote the first note for the firebug - is that what you mean?
And in the meantime, my God, Kennedy, the firebug may start a fire that will get beyond control!
I mention these fires because they show practically all the types of work of the various kinds of firebug - insurance, revenge, robbery, and plain insanity.
We won't take any chances of missing the firebug at any time of night or day.
For one thing, he isn't like the usual firebug at all.
Well, thank God, we've seen the last of this firebug business.
I have called in the police," answered McCormick wearily, "but they haven't even made up their minds whether it is a single firebug or a gang.
A notable criminal; a firebugcaught in the act, and attempting to escape.
Wait till the fun begins when the firebug gets to work again.
Maxy theFirebug may be the Poet's interpretation of the Social Unrest, of Doubt, of progressive irresponsibility.
Still others maintain that Pansy, Gill the Grip and Maxy the Firebugnever existed in real life - were merely the mind-children of a Symbolist and a dreamer of dreams.
Bill then made wide circles around the deserted buildings so as to give the impression that he had not seen the firebug turn off the road.
The firebug was true to form even when cornered: he had set fire to the old barn as a last resort.
Suppose that the firebug should run through the town while the foresters were climbing up to the roof to get that message.
I saw one of them enter the old barn and wondered if the firebug was armed.
Sooner or later the firebug must come out on the road to get away from the burning timber.
Just then Bill turned around and saw the firebug climb into his car and start down the mountain road.
As he flashed by, the firebug raised his head and shook his fist at the plane.
You had better let the regular patrol go out as usual and then we will not arouse the suspicions of the firebug if we get started a little late,” replied Earl.
The firebug stopped his car and ran around the first building, which appeared to be an old barn.
He thought that the third fire might be the one near which they would find the firebug and looked around at Earl for instructions.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "firebug" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
