little man in The Moving Finger
y, "bail up; throw up your hands, or--," and he added such a string of vile oaths that Bessie, shuddering, covered her face with her hands. Hollis did not at once obey, and in a second a shot rang out and his right hand fell helpless at his side--shot through the wrist. "If the gent prefers to keep…
- Record ID
- 2,297
- Year
- 1,895
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 2297
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- The Moving Finger; Mary Gaunt
- Published
- 1895
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- little man
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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y, "bail up; throw up your hands, or--," and he added such a string of vile oaths that Bessie, shuddering, covered her face with her hands. Hollis did not at once obey, and in a second a shot rang out and his right hand fell helpless at his side--shot through the wrist. "If the gent prefers to keep 'em down, I 'm sure we 're alius ready to oblige," said the little man, with grim pleasantry, interlarding his speech with a variety of choice epithets. "Now then, mate, back you steps agin that wall--and Bill," to the other man, "you just let daylight in if he so much as stirs a finger." Hollis leaned up against the wall, stunned for a.
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