A company of cavalry couldn't come in there if two men were guarding that trail ''.

But there were other homesteaders who passed the Lewis murder off as a personal grudge killing, the work of one of his neighbors.

Even the knowledge that she was losing another boy, as a mother always does when a marriage is made, did not prevent her from having the first carefree, dreamless sleep that she had known since they dropped down the canyon and into Bear Valley, way, way back there when they were crossing those other mountains.

I let up on the accelerator, only to gradually reach again the 60 m.p.h. which would, I hoped, overhaul Herry and the blonde, and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I, Mrs. Major Roebuck settled down to practicing on Corporal Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante Fe.

He opened the myth book again and there ( along the margin next to Robert Graves' imaginative interpretation of the creation of the Dactyls from Rhea's fingertips ) were the names of four Munich bars and Meredith Wilder's address.

there was not a match-width of damp mark to show they were receding.

The laces were broken at the bottom of the eyelets but there was still a bow knot at the top.

The fear had not entirely gone from her face, but there were some other emotions now, crowding into her eyes and the lines of her mouth.

Because he couldn't hear them, he was more convinced they were there.

It sounded as if the man were calling him: `` Hey, Japanese hey there, Japanese ''.

When they reached the school, a gang of boys and girls were already there playing `` crack the whip '' in front of the schoolhouse.

She remained squatting on her heels all the time we were there ; ;

But there have been abrupt changes as well: the sit-ins, the picket lines, the bus strikes -- all of these were unheard-of even ten years ago.

Their President, Jefferson Davis, interpreted their Constitution to mean that it `` admits of no coerced association '', but this remained so doubtful that `` there were frequent demands that the right to secede be put into the Constitution ''.

If there were only darkness, all would be clear.

If there were only the mess, all would be clear ; ;

it was mud in wet weather and dust, ankle-deep, in dry, and could be crossed only at the corner where there were stepping stones.

After only eighteen years of non-interference, there were already indications of melioration, though `` in a slight degree '', to be sure.

A recent newspaper report said there were five Negroes in the 1960 graduating class of nearly one thousand at Yale ; ;

This organizational network would be of no avail if there were no regulations pertaining to the types of message sent.

One evening, while a volley-ball game was being played in the yard among the prisoners remaining there, a simulated melee was staged -- just as the gates were opened to admit other prisoners returning from work.

Even the first wave of homesickness had passed, although there were moments when Captain Heard pointed out on his compass the direction of Bradford that she felt a little twinge at her heart.

If she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.

The butlers were amused because when the Stearns were there, the President would say grace at breakfast.

These assumptions lead to an organization with one man at the top, six directly under him, six under each of these, and so on until there are six levels of personnel.

Indeed, in the Halma edition of Theon's presentation of The Hypotheses there is a chart setting out ( under six distinct headings ) otherwise unrelated diagrams for describing the planetary motions.

Moreover, he had spent six months on the Galapagos islands, among the great turtles that Captain Cook had found there, and now and then he would disappear into some small island of the West Indies.

A nuclear pacifier of these dimensions -- roughly some six and a half times bigger than anything the United States has triggered experimentally -- would certainly produce a bigger bang, and, just for kicks, Khrushchev might use it to propel the seminar of the house of delegates from St. Louis to the moon, where there wouldn't even be any beer to drink.

Although the United States and the U.S.S.R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work.

I can lead you to every one of the bodies, and there ain't four, nor five, nor six of 'em -- there's seven!!

For four of the six ( the anaconda and the amethystine python cannot be included for lack of data ) there is also a correlation between size at maturity and maximum length, the boa constrictor being the smallest and the Indian python the next in size at the former stage.

Though there are many exceptions, which we have noted in preceding pages, white wine is as a rule best consumed between two and six years old, and red wines, nowadays, between three and ten.

Only a dozen or so schools send as many as six students, and there are seldom more than fifteen men in any single delegation.

there were six apartments.

and in the third place, it would cost a fortune to reproduce in the first place -- you've got six colors there including gold ''.

While there is general agreement on these six families, there are some points of disagreement among linguists who study Afroasiatic.

In addition, there are six extraprovincial churches, five of which are under the metropolitical authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

For example, there are more than six signs for birthday in ASL, just as in English one can say couch and sofa, or soda and pop, to mean the same thing.

In front of the large windows, as if they were pillars that support the complex stone structure, there are six fine columns that seem to simulate the bones of a limb, with an apparent central articulation ; in fact, this is a floral decoration.

" The next stop, station six, was a blocky crater, where the astronauts believed they could sample the Cayley Formation as evidenced by the firmer soil found there.

* Akademie fuer Internationale Bildung, private higher educational facility offering programs for international students Additionally there are six private Catholic schools.

Tsing Ma Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong have six lanes on their upper decks, and on their lower decks there are two lanes and a pair of tracks for MTR metro trains.

In addition to the government-owned newspaper and national radio network, there is an active, independent press ( six weekly newspapers ).

There are six minor judges and six major judges ; this brings the total number of judges to twelve, the same number as there are tribes of Israel.

Ownership of the track and infrastructure passed to Railtrack, whilst passenger operations were franchised to individual private sector operators ( originally there were 25 franchises ) and the freight services sold outright ( six companies were set up, but five of these were sold to the same buyer ).