Jackson Gregory,
The Fire Flower — Chapter 9
(1917)
“ Standing at the brink of the pit, stooping a little to look down at him, was Paula. He had never seen a look of greater, gladder triumph upon a human face. “You are not very smart,” said Paula contemptuously, “to get caught in a trap like that. Bears are smarter!” John Sheldon, for the first time on record, swore violently in the presence of a young woman. ”
Jackson Gregory,
The Fire Flower — Chapter 9
(1917)
“ At every little sound Sheldon turned this way or that sharply. There was so little calculating what a madman would do! But he must take his chances if he did not mean to turn tail and run out of the whole affair. And he told himself that it had been perhaps a matter of years since a stranger had brought fresh ammunition here; that the madman would have long ago exhausted his supply hunting. They went in silence. Paula’s eyes showed a great preoccupation; Sheldon had little enough mind for talk. ”
Jackson Gregory,
The Fire Flower — Chapter 9
(1917)
“ Every nerve tense, Sheldon sought to watch her, trusting her as little as she him, and at the same time keep a lookout for her father. One thing he had missed from the cabin which he had expected to find there. If the madman had killed those wanderers who incurred his kingly displeasure by venturing into his realm, then he must have taken their guns with their other belongings. There had been no rifle leaning against the wall, no pistol to be seen. What had become of them? Certainly no adventuring prospector had ever come in here without, at the least, his side-arms. ”
