The next instant, the sound of a dozen shots burst upon the air, mingled with the terrible, unearthly yell of the Comanche war-whoop, and we all rushed forward pell-mell for the camp, through the whizzing of arrows, the ping of bullets, the shouts of Mexicans, and the yells of Indians.

Great successes of the Tai-pings in China.

Bullets whimpered overhead, spudded into the sand, or pinged against metal on the liner.

The stillness was intense; when suddenly, as she was in the act of lighting a candle, the electric bell pinged through the quiet of the night.

"It ain't so 'orrid as I 'ad fancied," ses Sam, lap-ping up the rest very gentle.