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  • Bandy-legs had just been about to volunteer, the words died on his lips; for he knew that when Steve really wanted a thing he must have it, or there would be trouble in the camp; so that Bandy-legs, being a wise youth, shrugged his shoulders and yielded the palm.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • Shack seemed to know all about it, for presently Bandy-legs emitted a whoop that would have shamed an Indian brave.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • Bandy-legs was hardly prepossessing enough to hope to make a favorable impression on a stranger at first sight; you had to know the boy with the crooked legs in order to appreciate his good qualities; but Max won friends by the score even before they understood how clever he could be.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • Bandy-legs had heard what was said, and from the other side he too came crawling along, moving like a crab backward, for he wished to keep his face toward the danger, since every dip of the whirling raft threatened to allow the waves to overwhelm him, as his position was not so secure as that of the others.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • "We'd be happy to have you with us always, when the camping fever came along," Bandy-legs informed them, as he came in for his third helping;

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • Of course secretly Max and Bandy-legs were just as well pleased as anything could be over this dictum from the fair ones; they simply wanted to do their duty, and show that they meant right.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • "There's another hencoop, and, Toby, what do I see on the bridge but a big Plymouth Rock rooster!" exclaimed Bandy-legs, excitedly, "so Johnny get your gun, or else your rope, and let's see what sort of a cowboy you c'n be."

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • "But what if the river keeps booming along like this for a week?" suggested Bandy-legs, prone to imagine things much worse than they were in truth.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • "I'll go with yon, Max," said Bandy-legs hastily, as though more or less afraid that he might come in a poor second, as it was a case of

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

  • In this interesting work he forgot the peril he was running; while Max and Toby and Bandy-legs found plenty to do in looking all around, and watching the strange spectacle of floating trees or logs wedge up against the bridge at various places until they began to form quite a barricade.

    Afloat on the Flood Lawrence J. Leslie

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