The following morning, Sir Kenelm's son posted to London bearing the recipes, with a pistol in the pocket of his great coat against the crossing of Hounslow Heath.

"To put this thing where I got it," he explained, holding up the pistol from which Billie shrank back.

The next I knew of it I was sprawling on the ground with a dizzy head, and horses trampling around me, I had a glimpse of Muckle John with a pistol at his nose, and the sorrel curveting and plunging in a panic.

[Holds the Pistol to his Breast.

I have but to flash my pistol into it, and they will be picking the bits of you off the high trees.

Riding up to his side and seeing that his weapon was empty, I exchanged pistols with him.

" He placed the pistol on the table before him, looked at it critically, and changed its position.

Most of them were cock-lairds from the Lennox, and, after the Highland fashion, had in their belts heavy pistols of the old kind which folk called "dags.

When the men had hurried away, Jones continued: "Here's a pistol for you.

To save myself by flight was impossible, so without hesitation I stepped back about five paces, cocked my gun, drew one of the pistols out of my belt, and holding it in my left hand and the gun in my right, showed myself determined to fight for my life.

" Roswell complied, first firing his pistol as a signal to those left behind.

" "As safe as any man himself, young woman, with pistols under his head that he would never dare to fire if robbers were no more than cats rampaging," added Mrs. SKAMMERHORN, enthusiastically.

Isidore, who had been a soldier, had some pistols by him, and had lent three to Pierre Dupont for the conflict.

There was the cabinet with its wrappings torn away; but the figure on the floor had disappeared, and before an open doorway into another room stood a man, a giant of a man, his hands above his head, his face working with fear and rage, while Godfrey, his lips curling into a mocking smile, pressed a pistol against his breast.

I emptied my pistol among the tree-tops.

What is a pistol between friends?" Lanyard shrugged, sighed, and produced the weapon.

"I want you to carry this," he said, "and more than that, I want you to practise with it often, so that it may be seen and understood that you are apt to have a pistol about you.

Weir had learned his trade in Italy, and was a neat craftsman, so I employed him to make me a pistol after my own pattern.

We kept our pistols beside us; for we did not like their looks.

" The man looked at him with a fiery flash in his eyes, and then he looked at me, as I stood holding the muzzle of my pistol within two feet of his face.

He looked taller and more evil than ever, and Robert saw the outline of a pistol beneath his heavy pea jacket.

One winter we sold our meat for clocks that would not go, and watches with broken guts, and files worn smooth, and pistols without cartridges and worthless.

"Here"and he waved the pistol across the open again.

It was, however, sufficiently ascertained, that both Mary Read and Anne Bonney were among the bravest and most resolute fighters of the whole crew; that when the vessel was taken, these two heroines, along with another of the pirates, were the last three upon deck; and that Mary, having in vain endeavored to rouse the courage of the crew, who had fled below, discharged a pistol amongst them, killing one and wounding another.

During the time this was passing in my mind, one of our party had sprung from his horse and seized one of the men by the breast, when he held a loaded pistol before his face and threatened to shoot him.