Hugh Pendexter

Name: The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn
Author: Hugh Pendexter

The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

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“The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn”, published in 1920, is a work by Hugh Pendexter. It explores elements such as Putnam, puppy and stall.

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ This was Putnam's chance; and, darting across the small plot sown to squash and pumpkins, he reached the middle cabin unobserved and bolted through the door. For a moment he was nonplused, believing that he was in the presence of the dead, and a mummy at that, so withered and shrunken was the figure in the box bunk. But the eyes flickered.
Putnam glided forwarded, but the face of the aged man betrayed no fear. Putnam placed a knife at the scraggy, wrinkled throat, but not a muscle of the parchment face moved. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ With an inarticulate roar the man swung the ax and rushed toward the puppy.
A heavy stamping of feet at the door and a loud voice calling out blasphemies disturbed the man's technique, and the ax fell wide of its victim. Now the puppy realized his danger, and, remembering only the kindly hand that had fed him the delectable-duck, he scampered whimpering into the stall.
The man with the ax regained his balance, his eyes bulging with a fear that bordered on madness. The man at the door ceased his blasphemy and led in a horse. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ No; it was the Evil One himself, cunningly hiding in that roll of fat. Form and size meant nothing. The Evil One could work his will through the instrumentality of a tiny worm.
This pet of Gros Pierre's appeared to be a puppy. But how could a puppy rifle a boiling kettle of its contents without upsetting it? How could he do this and then replace the cover? And did not the paralytic grandfather's eyes try to tell a terrible secret? God in heaven! At night the fell beast might transform itself into a ravening wolf. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ He could not keep the devil's light from shining through his eyes. The three men crossed themselves. One hoarsely whispered he must be slain by fire. Another insisted the head must be cut off as a sure preventive of the evil assuming another form.
The puppy growled contentedly over his feast.
“We shall make sure by using both blood and fire,” choked out the owner of the jug as he reached to the wall and secured an ax.
His companions edged toward the door, their potations permitting them to anticipate all sorts of horrible transformations once the ax forced the Spirit from its hiding-place. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ So you drink till you would kill your good friends. Parbleu, but you're a nice fellow! Drop the ax, madman.”
“He fights the devil, not us, good Pierre,” hastily corrected one of the men.
“The devil is in the stall. He steals hot duck from a boiling kettle. The fires of hell shine in his eyes,” hurriedly added the third man. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ In the meanwhile Putnam had heard voices of men to the east of the barn, and not wishing to be caught between them and the three men in the cabin, he darted inside the barn and glanced about for a hiding-place. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ Gaining the summit, he began a careful inspection of the fort and outworks, and sought to estimate the number of men in the masses of humanity he could discern at drill.
He also made careful notes of the great abatis and the advanced post where he and Rogers had obtained the kettle of beans. Becoming very thirsty, he descended the mountain toward the lake, taking great care to keep under cover as it was customary for the French lookouts to employ spy-glasses in searching the surrounding country. ”

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Hugh Pendexter, The Bushfighters — X. In the Hay Barn (1920)

“ When he came to the bare and savage steeps of Rogers' Rock he took a supreme risk by cutting diagonally across to the east shore and landing at the entrance of the Second Narrows, as the connecting stream between George and Champlain was called. Now he was in the enemy country, where French partizan and red ally were continually scouting back and forth; and wo to the ranger who was caught napping! ”

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