Just for an instant I was startled, fearing lest we might be discovered and find ourselves in trouble when we believed we were safest; but then, realizing that we had already met many who mistook us for comrades, I would have gone on but that Sergeant Corney halted suddenly, unslung the rifle from his back, and, presenting it full at the drunken renegades, said in a low, stern tone:

The field-guns rumbled into line and each rider unslung his carbine.

HERSEY DEATHBURY placed her blackboard against the wall, unslung her chalk, and wrote in very large letters: "I C hur a-Goin on The rode 2 forneys Kragg.

At the second command each man unslings his roll and places it on the ground at his feet, rounded end to the front, square end of shelter half to the right.

At the first command, each man unslings his equipment and places it on the ground at his feet, haversack to the front end of the pack 1 foot in front of toes.

From his saddle Langdon unslung a binocular glass imported from Paris.

Isene, my mare, had already scented the distant stables, and was pricking forward her beautiful ears as I unslung my broad hat of plaited palmetto and placed it on my head, the better to salute my hosts when I should ride to their threshold in the Spanish fashion we followed at home.

He came to the gate at which they stood, and ducking his head, unslung the pack, and without further ceremony opened it.

Viushin unslung his double-barrelled fowling-piece, and proceeded to pepper him with duck-shot; Dodd tugged at his revolver with frantic energy while his horse ran away with him over the plain; the Major dropped his bridle, and implored me by all I held sacred not to shoot him, while the horses plunged, kicked, and snorted in the most animated manner.

" So saying, he unslung the leathern pottle from the end of his staff, and, drawing the stopper therefrom, he handed it to the lass who had carried his staff, first wiping the mouth of the pottle upon his sleeve.

At the second command each man unslings his roll and places it on the ground at his feet, rounded end to the front, square end of shelter half to the right.

He unslung a heavy leather sack from his belt and gave it to Denny.

The stranger unslung a strap that held a satchel to his side and hung it on the pommel.

A moment later the dismounted troopers spread out into a thin line, covering the front and left of the house, unslung their carbines and began to load.