One day she awoke to find that her husband had crowned his villainy by decamping with her valuables and all her savings.

" The Colonel went home, hung his trophy outside to freeze, and found the Trio had decamped to the Little Cabin.

Accordingly, taking advantage of the unusual ardour of the soldiers, he began his assault on the town at a little after three o'clock on the very day on which he arrived, and took it, though defended with very high walls, before sunset, and gave it up to his army to plunder, and immediately decamped from before it, and marched to Metropolis, with such rapidity as to outstrip any messenger or rumour of the taking of Gomphi.

At their furthest point they had come across a large number of natives, who, after decamping in a terrified manner, returned fully armed and painted for war.

But there's Paul to be looked out for, and I daren't chuck my jobI'm in mortal terror of its chucking me..." Little by little he slipped into a detailed recital of all his lesser worries, the most recent of which was his experience with the Lipscombs, who, after a two months' tenancy of the West End Avenue house, had decamped without paying their rent.

Two miles below the camp we surprised some blacks, who decamped into the scrub.

Out of eleven strong baggage porters whom the governor's representative had selected for me, four took possession of some trifling articles and sped away with them, three others hid themselves in the bush, and four had previously decamped at Lauang.

Horatio had now a second opportunity of writing to France, which he did not fail to do, and, as there was no talk of the army decamping for some time, let his friends know he hoped to hear from them at Alranstadt. Augustus, in the mean time deprived of every thing, and a wanderer in that kingdom where he had lately reigned, sent a mean submission to him, entreating peace, and that he might have leave to return to his electorate.

If only Eccles and that other chap hadn't decamped like that last night, we might have put them to work to-night.

Here we surprised a party of natives, who decamped on our approach, leaving a net, fish, etc., which we of course left untouched, and camped at a spot lower down the lagoon.

Then they carefully covered over all marks of blood on the road, and hid the pistol in the thatch of a disused hut close to the roadside; then, setting the horse free to gallop home alone, they decamped across the country to their own cottage.

See that you do not decamp before my departure and I'll promise not to throw myself into the Rhine.... I hope the Fourth of July is not breaking out in Habersham's noddle, for I can tell him that was the place most affected during the dinner.