Название: The Poacher; Or, Joseph Rushbrook
Автор: Фредерик Марриет
Издательство: Public Domain
Жанр: Зарубежная классика
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“An empty bottle stop them! well, that’s queer: it may stop a man drinking, because he can get no mote out of it. However, as you please, gentlemen; here’s to drink my health, bad manners to you,” said McShane, throwing the bottle over the carriage.
The courier was right: at the sight of the bottle in the road, the wolves, who are of a most suspicious nature, and think that there is a trap laid for them in everything, stopped short, and gathered round it cautiously; the carriage proceeded, and in a few minutes the animals were nearly out of sight.
“Well, that bothers me entirely,” said McShane; “an empty bottle is as good to them as a charged gun.”
“But look, sir, they are coming on again,” said Joey, “and faster than ever. I suppose they were satisfied that there was nothing in it.”
The courier mounted again to the box where Joey and McShane were standing. “I think you had a ball of twine,” said he to Joey, “when you were tying down the baskets; where is it?”
“It is here under the cushion,” replied Joey, searching for the twine and producing it.
“What shall we find to tie to it?” said the courier; “something not too heavy—a bottle won’t do.”
“What’s it for?” inquired McShane.
“To trail, sir,” replied the courier.
“To trail! I think they’re fast enough upon our trail already; but if you want to help them, a red herring’s the thing.”
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