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Black Dudes; Wow, Friday, really?
Topic Started: Nov 26 2011, 06:42 AM (110 Views)
John D'Oh
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What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
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what a cheesy picture
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Copper
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Upon this, however, I made this conclusion: that my
only way to go about to attempt an escape was, to
endeavour to get a savage into my possession: and, if
possible, it should be one of their prisoners, whom they
had condemned to be eaten, and should bring hither to
kill.

In that very
moment this poor wretch, seeing himself a little at liberty
and unbound, Nature inspired him with hopes of life, and
he started away from them, and ran with incredible
swiftness along the sands, directly towards me; I mean
towards that part of the coast where my habitation was. I
was dreadfully frightened, I must acknowledge, when I
perceived him run my way; and especially when, as I
thought, I saw him pursued by the whole body: and now I
expected that part of my dream was coming to pass, and
that he would certainly take shelter in my grove; but I
could not depend, by any means, upon my dream, that the
other savages would not pursue him thither and find him
there. However, I kept my station, and my spirits began to
recover when I found that there was not above three men
that followed him; and still more was I encouraged, when
I found that he outstripped them exceedingly in running,
and gained ground on them; so that, if he could but hold
out for half-an-hour, I saw easily he would fairly get away
from them all.


He took up his bow and
arrows, and came back; so I turned to go away, and
beckoned him to follow me, making signs to him that
more might come after them. Upon this he made signs to
me that he should bury them with sand, that they might
not be seen by the rest, if they followed; and so I made
signs to him again to do so. He fell to work; and in an
instant he had scraped a hole in the sand with his hands
big enough to bury the first in, and then dragged him into
it, and covered him; and did so by the other also; I believe
he had him buried them both in a quarter of an hour.
Then, calling away, I carried him, not to my castle, but
quite away to my cave, on the farther part of the island: so
I did not let my dream come to pass in that part, that he
came into my grove for shelter. Here I gave him bread
and a bunch of raisins to eat, and a draught of water,
which I found he was indeed in great distress for, from his
running: and having refreshed him, I made signs for him
to go and lie down to sleep, showing him a place where I
had laid some rice-straw, and a blanket upon it, which I
used to sleep upon myself sometimes; so the poor creature
lay down, and went to sleep.



Edited by Copper, Nov 26 2011, 10:35 AM.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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