Here are the quotes for next week (14th to 20th January):
1. …'The tension snapped. Simmons fell back on the arm-rack deliberately, -
the men were at the far end
of the room, - and took out his rifle and pack of ammunition. 'Don't go
playing the goat, Sim!' said
Losson. 'Put it down'; but there was a quaver in his voice. Another man
stooped, slipped his boot, and
hurled it at Simmons's head. The prompt answer was a shot which, fired at
random, found its billet in
Losson's throat…
2. …'The fallin'-block had sprung free behind a full charge av powder - good
care I tuk to bite down the
brass afther takin' out the bullet, that there might be somethin' to give ut
full worth - an' had cut Tim from
the lip to the corner av the right eye, lavin' the eyelid in tatters, an' so
up along by the forehead to the
hair…The dhrink and the stew that he was in pumped the blood strong…
3. …' "Knee to knee!" sings out Crook, wid a laugh whin the rush av our
comin' into the gut shtopped,
an' he was huggin' a hairy great Paythan, neither bein' able to do anything
to the other, tho' both was
wishful.
' "Breast to breast ! " he sez, as the Tyrone was pushin' us forward closer
an' closer.
' "An' hand over back ! " sez a Sargint that was behin'. I saw a sword lick
out past Crook's ear, an' the
Paythan was tuk in the apple of his throat like a pig at Dromeen Fair.
' "Thank ye, Brother Inner Guard," sez Crook…'
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The sources of last week’s quotations (7-13th January) were as follows:
1. ‘How Fear Came’ in ‘The Jungle Book’
2. ‘My Own True Ghost Story’ in ‘Wee Willie Winkie’
3. ‘The Phantom Rickshaw’ in ‘Wee Willie Winkie’
Best regards to all, John R
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