Charles Beadle

Name: The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4
Author: Charles Beadle

The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

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“The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4”, published in 1924, is a work by Charles Beadle. It explores elements such as Bodiker, Tony and Sawyer.

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ Owing to Bodiker’s persisting in taking a long rest in the shade of the bamboo, which appeared as impenetrable as the wall of China, and to the painfully slow process of wriggling through the dense canes, they emerged just in time to get a glimpse of a bare and rugged pile of rocks against the vermilion and orange glow of sunset.
While the boys were lighting a fire and pitching the tent in the dark, Bodiker grouched sourly that it was Plessons’ fault; he ought to have known this and known that. ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ Looks queer in the sun like as if some one had upset tins of condensed milk all over the plaice. Never see anythin’ like it in me born life!”
“Spiders, eh? Yes, they are! Start about fifty feet down the cliff. Good God!” Bodiker ejaculated suddenly. “What’s that?”
Tony took a step forward and gazed intently at the spot indicated in the crook of the jutting cliff.
“Am I drunk, or what?” he cried. “Here, Plessons, look quick!”
“Where? Where?” bawled Sawyer. “Lemme look, Phil!”
“Cripes!” exclaimed Plessons. “Why, there’s some more of ’em! But the beggars don’t shine— Yus, they do! ——! ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ IV ON THE slope of the hills in the deep shadows of fairly dense timber sat Tony, Bodiker and Sawyer on the bales which the porters had just thrown down.
“Can’t understand it,” Bodiker was saying. “Quinin couldn’t have killed him. You must have shot it into him just as the death crisis came on. Well, it’s a pity he’s gone before showing us whatever he had to show—although to tell the truth I never thought there was much to it. We may as well get busy on the elephant stuff. Looks pretty good to me judging from what we saw coming up. What does Plessons say?” ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ He’s not a pal of ours, and he’s human. Don’t do to take any fool chances.”
“Oh, well, don’t get rattled,” retorted Tony, smiling at Bodiker. “You don’t believe in the yarn anyway. Hullo, here he is!”
Through the trees came Plessons alone. He swung right up to them and without greeting Bodiker said—
“I’ve fahnd it, Mr. Westlaike!”
“Found what!” exclaimed Bodiker excitedly.
“Fahnd a elephant, Mr. Bodiker, drinkin’ whisky and soda,” asserted Plessons gravely.
“Now don’t get fresh, Plessons,” began Bodiker. ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ Sawyer wolfed his food as usual with scarcely a word. But a very strong sense of mutual embarrassment dwelt about them. Afterward Bodiker and his men retired to their tent apparently for a siesta. The former, stirring out about two, found Tony stretched under a tree cleaning his revolver, and began to grumble that Plessons seemed a mighty long time. When Tony remarked that it didn’t matter and that anyway he’d probably come back by moonlight Bodiker glanced at him quickly, muttered something to himself and sitting at the bole lighted a cigaret. ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ Bodiker replied, tense anger making him raise his tone. “You’ll bust the whole game wide open. Haven’t you enough mule sense to wait and let those suckers do the work on the stones?”
“Bah!” growled Sawyer in a lower voice. “We kin grab ’em ourselves.”
“There you go, you mutt. You wouldn’t know a diamond in the ground if you broke your darned nose on it. Neither do I! That’s what they’re there for. Besides, I think they got more dope out of that dumb nigger than they say.”
“I’ll make ’em come across, the ——”
The voices became unintelligible.
“Come on, quick!” urged Plessons. ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ Anyway Plessons went off at sun-up to scout around a bit”
“Waste of time,” opined Bodiker with some obstinacy. “We’d much better make a camp here and start after the elephants tomorrow.”
“All right, if you’re set on it,” deferred Tony. “Anyway we can always keep our eyes open while hunting.” ”

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Charles Beadle, The Blond Spiders — Chapter 4 (1924)

“ Yer see, we have ter cut some of them bamboos to maike fishin’ rods, and then yer bait ’em with a bit of bluff and then we pore blokes dive dahn and hook on the di’monds while yer two pull ’em up, see? ”

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