| 单词 | rail fence |
| 例句 | But now along the roadway there were people rushing out, people lining die rail fences, anxious, overjoyed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hoops were gathering along the rail fence, looking in at him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cavalier, a beautiful man, was lounging against a fence, a white rail fence, in a circle of light, a circle of admirers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment Reynolds was back, leading blue troops at double time through the fields, tearing down rail fences as they came. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He rode to a rail fence, stared down a slope, saw a battery a long way off, down in flat ground beyond the peach orchard. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While William’s rail fence cipher is easy to read, transposition ciphers can get much more complex. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So I ran uphill and down, clambering over the stone and rail fences that divided the pastures. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man who was guarding the clothing of that one Mississippi regiment was asleep against the rail fence, his mouth open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The low rail fence was much easier to climb than chain link. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I scrambled over the white split rail fence and carefully picked my way past the sharpened stakes of the interior fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z No mistaking him: matchless rider gliding over rail fences in parade-ground precision, effortless motion, always a superb rider. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Weeds along the edges of the fields and in the rail fence corners were up to Marly’s waist. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Birds sang in the leafing hazel bushes along the crooked rail fence. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on a rail fence, watching the night come over Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a white house nearby, a white rail fence, a dead horse lying in a black mound in the sun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We hefted the motor through the rail fence. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a small neat place: white board houses, rail fences, all in order, one white church steeple. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have to keep veering from side to side to touch the rail fences and then make a guess about where the middle of the road was. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Below him there was a planted field, rows of low green bush, rolling toward a creek, broken by one low rail fence and a few thick clumps of trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Details of men, in front, were removing white rail fences. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Within minutes they came up against a rail fence and what appeared in the fog to be an open space beyond. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z A rail fence cipher is a type of transposition cipher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I’d like to see the old home place, the barn and the rail fences. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hedges of honeysuckle—twisting, strangling vines—had grown over what must once have been a split rail fence between the house and barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the furrow, Ellen sat down on the grass near the rail fence and reached a hand out to the boy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she wheeled on me and put me on top of the rail fence as quick as a squirrel could have made it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down once more against the rail fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pickett sat on the rail fence like old Baldy Ewell riding the horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She climbed up on the rail fence and followed its zigzag course until she disappeared in the darkness. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked toward it, along the rail fence that marked the edge of Grandma’s land. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z All around the house was a crooked rail fence, to keep the bears and the deer away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The frightened animals bolted through a rail fence, overturning the wagon and kicking themselves loose from the tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the rail fence the sumac held up its dark red cones of berries above bright flame-colored leaves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming to the rail fence, and without breaking his stride, he raised his body into the air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught lizards on the rail fences, rats in the com crib, and frogs in the little creek that ran through the fields. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the window were wide fields with wonderful rail fences just like in the pictures of Lincoln splitting rails. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He cut out from the bottoms, walked a rail fence, and jumped from it into a thick canebrake. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming up to my dogs, we saw they were working up and down an old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “He walked that rail fence. The hackberry tree has something to do with his trick, but I don’t know what.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Line up a few cans on a rail fence and shoot ’em off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With a long pole and wire, I’d drag the hide on top of rail fences, swing it through the air, and let it touch the ground twenty or thirty feet away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A bunch of sleepy snow birds rose from the thick cane, flitted over, and settled in a row on the old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the harness, jumped over the rail fence, and in a long lope started for me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To the left, I could see our fields and the zigzag lines of rail fences. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It came racing toward me through a field and over a rail fence, barking and growling. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And here they came, straight for our rail fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Adamson talks of his grandfather growing up on a farm during the Depression without luxuries — having to make do, he says, with hand-split rail fences and homemade ice cream. The Not-So-Dumb Objects That Smartphones Have Led Us to Ignore 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Buck rail fences and laminated signs deter visitors from heading off onto the wrong trail, and repositioned ADA-accessible paved pathways lead to the lake intuitively. Jenny Lake, the breathtaking centerpiece of Grand Teton National Park, gets a refresh 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z She was sipping nothing more lethal than tap water in her kitchen, its generous windows affording a view of undulating fields of grass bordered by a low rail fence. Jeannette Walls Settles Down Far From the Noise of New York 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Plans for a "timber post and rail fence" have been submitted to North Yorkshire Council to consider. Rishi Sunak submits plans for fence around country home after protest 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z To get there, we drove past split rail fences, fields of black-eyed Susans and grassy fields alternated with acres of burned trees and black stumps. Chase Cascade lava on a Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway road trip 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Film and Video Festival in January 1981 featured a single page with a photo of a group of 20 or so people leaning against a wooden rail fence. Why Sundance filmmaker labs at 40 should be a model for studio executives 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, the first president to live eight years in the building, installed a low, wooden and rail fence and later a stone wall, but the grounds were kept open to the public. Security Concerns Give the White House a Fortified New Look 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z His head hit the rail fence and he landed on the turf on his forehead, The New York Times reported at the time. Robin Williams cheered up Christopher Reeve after accident, felt guilt over John Belushi's death, says doc 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The area will be cordoned off with a steel rail fence and seeded with native grasses. Mine cleanup under way in Gila National Forest 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The grounds at the horse park — gently sloping green fields divided by white rail fences — are impeccably maintained. In a neglected cemetery lie black jockeys who helped create the Kentucky Derby 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z His head hit the rail fence and he landed on the turf on his forehead. Christopher Reeve’s daughter talks growing up with ‘Superman,’ keeping his legacy alive 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A cedar split rail fence borders the 1/3 acre lot and encompasses several features for young explorers. New nature play area opens in Michigan 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z “It’s never-ending, there’s always trail work,” said Donna Niemi, a veteran volunteer with the park, as she and a dozen others began dismantling a buck and rail fence along the trail to Taggart Lake. Grand Teton park-goers lend a hand to public lands 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Shortly after Sunday’s fifth race began at Minnesota’s Canterbury Park, Tiz a Princess unseated jockey Patrick Canchari and jumped over the inside rail fence. Jockeys avoid collision with riderless horse at Minn. track 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Wooden post and rail fences forming the corral would often break, or a pen would need enlarging, requiring new post holes to be dug. At a Therapeutic Ranch, No Payday Until Later 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Breathitt County Coroner George Griffith said the motorist rounded a curve and his pickup truck slid off the road into a rail fence Thursday, about 14 miles south of Jackson in eastern Kentucky. The Latest: Alabama in state of emergency with wintry threat 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The double-wide house, down a long gravel lane, is past a white rail fence. Slain security guard Lawrence Buckner ‘was always trying to help’ 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Split rail fences, some built by neighbors, surround 250 vacant lots around town — a sign the property has been cleared and is ready for a new use, says Ian Beniston, the group’s deputy director. Fixing Detroit's Building Blight 2013-09-30T11:05:24Z Meanwhile Dennis had succeeded in digging a ditch along the two sides of the V-shaped rail fence. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z Our specimens were trapped in well-defined runways beneath a rail fence where there was a growth of grass sufficient to make a cover for the runways. An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico 2012-03-24T02:00:18.660Z He went on to an opening in the bushes which, over the low rail fence, gave him a clear view of the Gumberts property. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z Robins piped musically from the old rail fence. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z The parapet was to be surrounded with trees, the square was to be seeded down to grass, and the whole was to be enclosed with a post and rail fence. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z An explosion followed each shot that was so loud that even the report of the guns from the V along the line of the rail fence sounded feeble. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z Three old farm boundaries were of necessity garden boundaries in early days—our stone walls, rail fences, and hedge-rows. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Unfortunately we had camped where there were some rail fences which we burned to cook our suppers, and the fence rows were full of blackberry briars. Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville 2012-02-15T03:00:31.957Z See the trees and the old rail fence in the background and the team of horses and the driver. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z He had in mind to substitute barbed wire for rail fences and thus be rid of Negro rail-splitters. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z Presently, their slowly cautious progress brought them to the edge of the barnyard, and to the rail fence which surrounds it. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z They laughed as they sped along the open country road, skirted on either side by a rail fence. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z We reached the rifle pits in safety, which were close to a rail fence, the rails of which were perfectly riddled with Minnie balls. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z When we arrived on the field the stacks were made, the ranks broken and the men sent after rail fences, which fortunately abound in this region and are the only comfort we have at night. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z It had just one tree, and that growing some distance from the high rail fence. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z The instant the train stopped I was out of the cars, over the low rail fence, and picking my way carefully from grassy hummock to grassy hummock; and soon I had found a specimen. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z In the lowlands the boys saw the rail fences carried away like matches and deposited over the fields. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Mr. Stevens left his horses by the rail fence through which the Whirlwind had passed without hesitation, and Bess was beside him just as he reached the big car. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z The "Front Lot" was surrounded with a rail fence and a row of Lombardy poplars, and was used at different times as a mowing lot, a cornfield, and a pasture for the cows. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z About a hundred yards in our front was a rail fence, beyond which lay another open field. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Its substantial stone spaciousness, its mossy roof, its arching tree, and the brook that backed away from the wading willows, up the hillside, under the rail fence, and ran around its side, all were unmistakable. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z Often along a country road the rail fence is hidden by an undergrowth of young gum trees. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Maryland now presented a scene of desolation and woe; houses pillaged, robbed and burned by the soldiers of both armies; trees were felled and rail fences demolished without regard to owners. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z Now, on the mainland, a clearing showed in the sunshine; and beyond it I saw a rail fence bounding a field still black and wet from last autumn's plowing. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z With the friendly aid of a rail fence we now built a fire, and prepared our dinner of hardtack and coffee, and remained quiet for the rest of the day. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z We went through the bushes yelling and at a run until we struck a worm rail fence on the edge of an old field. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z Beyond the rail fence the avenues of the bare woods were carpeted with the sere yellowish leaves that gave back the sunlight with a responsive illuminating effect, and thus the sylvan vistas glowed. The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories 2011-07-19T02:00:22.090Z After joining the Potomac army, the division encamped in a field until morning, cooking coffee and hard-tack by camp fires built of rail fences. Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers 2011-09-29T02:00:13.017Z He climbed to the top of the rickety rail fence and squatted there. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z We had soon come to its edge, and found before us an open field about a hundred and twenty-five yards across, separated from us by a rail fence. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z Squire Longbow still stood in the corner of the rail fence, looking out for the lion, for he had pledged his reputation to the Puddlefordians that the lion should be all that he had promised. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He skirted the undergrowth along the creek without much difficulty, avoided the brier-patch, and came to the rail fence, shortly above where his horse was tied. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The bare-legged youngsters got through a rail fence and darted down a path into a scrubby pasture, as wild as unbroken colts. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z Nick took me by the arm and drew me up to a seat beside him on the rail fence. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The fellow did not keep long to the road, but vaulted a rail fence and started across a muddy field. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z So he thought an easy way would be to put a rail fence across. The Sandman: His Farm Stories 2011-05-23T02:00:10.500Z Even now I seem to fix my eyes upon a clump of bushes by the old rail fence. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z A thick tangle of muscadine and Cherokee roses led off from them right and left, hiding the trail of the long-vanished rail fence. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z And though the old snake fence must fall, 'Twas easy made, axe, wedge and maul, Were all the tools the pioneer Required the old rail fence to rear. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z When the sixteen men were mounted, he ordered them back along the rail fence for a distance of fifty yards. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z As a division of the Union army passed along, an old citizen might have been seen building a rail fence. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z There is an old-time rail fence!" cried a visitor from the booming west one day; "my God, let me get out and touch it! Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z The air was sweet and balmy, just brightened with a breeze from the distant sea, and a pretty little opening of cultivated fields, separated from her by a rail fence, lay dreamily at her left. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z You know what sort of fence, a rail fence it was. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Buddy slipped across the highway, to the vista of sable shadows that followed the rail fence and then, in a half-stooping posture, ran toward the main street as fast as his legs could propel him. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Soon it settled down on a wild lily the other side of a rail fence. My Treasure 2011-05-03T02:00:14.307Z The section of the Mackerel Brigade being mustered in line against a rail fence, my boy, Captain Villiam Brown shut one eye, balanced himself on one foot, and thus addressed them. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z They went through the barn-yard, climbed over the rail fence, and entered the near-by thicket, which stretched on into the sloping woodland of the mountains. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z A short distance back was a rail fence surrounding Lester's house and cornfield, and back of this clearing, about one hundred yards from the house, was a dense cane-brake. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z We soon reached an open field of about eighty acres which, with the exception of a few rods of rail fence next to the road, was almost surrounded by a high hedge. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z In the corner of the rail fence was the 'crumply cow,' chewing her cud. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Ah!" says he, sadly, "my father always said that if you could not get over a rail fence by high-jump-acy, there was nothing like dip-low-macy. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z As he leaped over the rail fence, from the houseyard to the lane, he saw a horse turn into the latter from the road. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z A rough log barn stood a short distance inside the rail fence, and, like the house, it was raised several feet above the ground, on account of the annual overflow of the whole tract. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z The animals were ranged in a line, by being tied to a rail fence; and then we were all mustered in rank, about two hundred and fifty yards to the rear. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The harmonies of colour that filled the landscape culminated in a crimson sumach growing hard by in a corner of a rail fence. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z They come right up to our house and Mr. Scruggs run out the back door and tried to leap the rail fence in the backyard. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z You called dem 'slip bars', and would let down a rail fence called bars to let the cattle in. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z The trumpet-vine, with the dazzling cardinal of its splendid flowers and the rich, dark green of its luxuriant foliage, already made all the crumbling tree-trunks and all the falling rail fences gorgeous mysteries of beauty. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Nothing daunted, the young commander, with three hundred followers, crept up the hill in the shadow of an old rail fence thickly grown over with shrubbery. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z A creamy elder-blossom glimmered in a corner of the rail fence, hard by, its delicate, delicious odour pervading the air. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Declining his aid, as we had no authority for appropriating his services—a liberty as to which some planters are very punctilious—we hitched our horses to the rail fence. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z Dey was a big log barn and split rail fences all around. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z A quarter of a mile away I could see a house—or cabin—surrounded by a dilapidated rail fence, with sundry pens and outbuildings in miniature clustered in the rear. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Moving rapidly forward they gained the position, and quickly converted the stout rail fence into a respectable breastwork from which they opened fire on the rebels in their front. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z They fenced in with a rail fence, ten acres of ground, and raised a crop of corn upon it. Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln 2011-01-21T03:00:11.447Z Large acreage was enclosed by a wooden rail fence flanked by tall untrimmed bushes. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z One would go ahead to keep the cattle from turning into a field where there might be an opening in the rail fence, while the other would bring up the rear. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The road curled lazily between dense masses of timber fringed by artistic old-fashioned rail fences. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z The pig had only a rail fence enclosure; there had been no time to build a house for him. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Through a gap in the trees she gazed down upon a winding turnpike fringed on either side with an old-fashioned rail fence. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z The estate was bounded by a wooden rail fence, in many places fortified with dense, tall shrubbery. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z The night was star-lit only, so he did not see a stealthy figure climb the rail fence enclosing the barn lot, and move swiftly across the intervening space to The Prince's door. The Man from Jericho The heavy volleys of musketry and double charges of grape checked the rebels, and they fell back behind a rail fence. The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I When the trees were felled and trimmed some would be split into rails for rail fences and the rest used for firewood. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z But the Morgan who dismounted by the rail fence wore a face aged in a fashion that startled Boone. The Tempering First they had to cross the road, then go through the rail fence into the field. Little Frankie at His Plays By a similar process the planks bridged the way up the steep embankment of the road, running directly over the low rail fence. The Auto Boys' Vacation But the light soil and rail fences of Long Island were ideal for drag hunting. The Social Gangster At the farther side was the first obstacle, a high rail fence, and Sid had his first mishap there at the outset. The Crimson Sweater We fell back through the timber to the edge of the open fields, and getting behind a rail fence, remained there until the enemy came up. From Bull Run to Appomattox The soil was sandy, there were no timber and no rail fences, and we had few intrenching tools, consequently it seemed impossible with the facilities at hand to construct any sort of temporary breastworks. Civil War Experiences under Bayard, Gregg, Kilpatrick, Custer, Raulston, and Newberry, 1862, 1863, 1864 Inside the post and rail fence, alongside this road, the driveway up to the house is lined with trees, and the yard in front of the house is open and flat. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia He stood one afternoon lazily hanging on to a split rail fence, gazing idly over the fields at a distant wood. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 I was lying flat on the ground behind a rail fence. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts We laid down behind a rail fence and fired between the rails. From Bull Run to Appomattox Three miles out of Troy, standing up in a corn-field sound asleep, and two little boys on a rail fence looking at him. Careers of Danger and Daring Some men of the Second and Third Corps pulled down the rail fences near and piled them up for breastworks in their front. The Battle of Gettysburg Some of the old stone and rail fences will not hold goats. Practical Angora Goat Raising She hurried across the meadow, climbed the old rail fence, and plodded her way over the plowed ground, stepping from ridge to ridge and feeling the earth crumble under her feet at every step. Clover and Blue Grass The cricket 'neath the old rail fence His song forever toots. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 There I rested, sitting on a rail fence, as a motley crowd poured by, each squad saying that the Black Horse Cavalry was coming. The Bull-Run Rout Scenes Attending the First Clash of Volunteers in the Civil War In their light, airy habits they recall the familiar species of the Eastern States, which we admired in the oak openings of Wisconsin as they skimmed along the zigzag rail fences. My First Summer in the Sierra That rail fence above would have served perfectly,—nay, it is not five rods to a load of hickory we left the day before Thanksgiving. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories While we were engaged in the desperate fighting behind the rail fence I turned my eyes on Waters and he was cheering and shouting defiance to the enemy. Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record On climbing a rail fence, Carshaw led the girl clearly into view until a fold in the ground offered. The Bartlett Mystery I scrambled across the rail fence and lay close to the earth waiting for them to pass and grudging the flight of each priceless minute. The Portal of Dreams Many a draft was made on some Confederate’s rail fence, for fuel to keep the fires going. Our Battery The Journal of Company B, 1st O.V.A. A section of rail fence went down with a crash. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure Eight Company K men were buried at Raymond—Shoger, Barrows, Waters and Mitchell were buried in the same grave with others of the Regiment on the battlefield, near the rail fence. Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record There were so many lovely wild flowers growing in the angles of the rail fences—wild yellow and pink roses, elder flower, Queen Anne's lace, dozens of beautiful blooms, that Eugene was lost in admiration. The "Genius" A heavy rail fence intervened between Zagonyi and the head of the lane, and an opening had to be made through this under a heavy fire from the enemy. The Struggle for Missouri At that shrill and awful cry the man flung away his gun and leaped the rail fence into the open field. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Beyond a broken-down rail fence Phil espied a tree laden with luscious peaches. Madge Morton's Trust His farm was soon enclosed, and divided into fields and woodland stretches by neat rail fences. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Here was a red house, and there was a brown house, and across the way was a yellow house; and there was a straggling rail fence or a tribe of mullein stalks between. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Just before reaching the open field we turned off to the right and came in on the right hand side of the field, and lay down behind the rail fence. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry On one side stretched a pasture with high rail fence; on the other, a meadow guarded by barbed wire. Upon The Tree-Tops A low rail fence separated the embankment from the road, which was rough and narrow. Madge Morton's Trust A row of listeners sat perched on a rail fence five or six feet in front of them, and others were ranged around in various picturesque situations and attitudes. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Along the front edge of that wood ran an old rail fence, covered all over with the luxuriant vine known as “Virginia Creeper.” From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw We were near a substantial rail fence on the right, and for it we sprang with all our powers. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry The sheriff leaned carelessly against the rail fence in the attitude of a man who is willing to argue an interesting question. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches In falling she struck her back on the rail fence. Madge Morton's Trust Up the hither slope the various green of the pine and the poplar, the sycamore and the sweet-gum, was keenly differentiated, but where the rail fence drew the line of demarkation, Art seemed to fail. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories There was an old rail fence near by. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw The commander in chief sent for Colonel Knowlton, the hero of the rail fence at Bunker Hill. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools A rail fence ran along the hollow proper on the side next to us. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House Bees, and white and yellow butterflies flittered in a mat of weeds and wild blackberry vines, which had entirely covered an angle of the old rail fence near them. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The rail fences, in zigzag lines, were coming into view. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories We saw one wagon, flying like the wind, strike a stump, and thrown, team and all, a perfect wreck, on top of a low rail fence, crushing it down, and rolling over it. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw The line of its eastern side was continued northward by a breastwork, and still beyond this, down the northern hillside to another river, ran a straggling rail fence, which was thatched with fresh-cut hay. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Thus bestowing myself by the side of a rail fence, I was soon sleeping soundly. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House I 'member sittin' on de rail fence to see de stage go by. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 It looked very small and solitary from this height, and the rail fences about its scanty inclosures hardly reached the dignity of suggesting jackstraws. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories His quick eye had already taken note of the fact that a rail fence came down close to the water's edge just beyond, and it was straight toward this that he was now hurrying. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School Suddenly there came from the rail fence the belching of field-pieces. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Of course, if we shouldn’t happen to clear the stone fence as well as we did the rail fence, it might be more disastrous.” Our Next-Door Neighbors My wife built a stomp lot for de team and cow and a rail fence. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 The steers trailed along the road between the rows of rail fence running in zigzag over the country to the north. Dwellers in the Hills I reached a rail fence, and pitched over it. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance These companies were moving towards the hay-thatched rail fence that straggled down the hillside from the breastwork north of 79 the redoubt. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 That was a rail fence we took a pull at back in the lane, wasn’t it? Our Next-Door Neighbors I seen 'em make a man put his head through the crack of the rail fence and then they beat him till he was bloody. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 A crumbling rail fence laced with the vines of the poison ivy trailed beside it. Dwellers in the Hills AT Warrangarra Station we left the train and stepped through the rail fence which divides New South Wales from Queensland. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The confederates were behind a stone fence, we in a piece of woods along a rail fence, which ran along the edge of the timber. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War But progress is sometimes like the old-fashioned rail fence—some rails are perhaps misshapen and all look to point the wrong way; but in the end, the fence progresses. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work Wall, he had an old roan mare that would jump over any fourteen rail fence in Illinois, and open any door in any barn that hadn't a padlock on it. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. A horse had been hitched to the "rider" of the rail fence, and there were his tracks stamped in the hard clay. Dwellers in the Hills It is interesting to see how quickly this corps will dispose of an ordinary stone wall or rail fence. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Unable to reach them mounted, we finally deployed dismounted along a staked rail fence. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The grounds, a pleasant grassy grove several acres in extent, are now enclosed by a rail fence, and neatly maintained as a public park by the little city of Metropolis, which lies not far below. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The big oak tree which had shaded it and the rail fence on the adjoining property were there. Made in Tanganyika The ground squirrel, in his striped coat, hurried along the rail fence, bobbing in and out as though he were terribly late for some important engagement. Dwellers in the Hills A rail fence separated us from the top of the knoll. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 The slope was reached and, charging up to the rail fence, the first line of hostile infantry fell back. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The men brought forward from the rear another rail fence, leaned it against the first, and wove in between the rails hay which they found recently cut upon the ground. The Siege of Boston Scarlet-capped chanticleer gets himself on the nearest rail fence and lifts up his rancorous voice like some irate old cardinal launching the curse of Rome. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index Frank crept beneath the rail fence and stood there, well out of reach, like a cautious kitten warily surveying an alien dog. A Son of the Middle Border They soon overtook him and drove him into a corner of the rail fence at the side of the road. Bobby of Cloverfield Farm Half way down the slope was a strong skirmish line along a rail fence. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The rail fence, and Stark's defence upon the beach, were open to attack from the river. The Siege of Boston So the Big Red Cow tried to jump over the rail fence, to get some apples. Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm Our regiment was so posted, that to preserve the line it was necessary to divide our company by a rail fence, a portion on each side. History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861 Next he went to a corner of the rail fence to see whether there were any more eggs in the robin's nest. Bobby of Cloverfield Farm I wuz kinder attracted to it, for it looked some like the rail fence round our gooseberry bushes. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Howe led those who marched at the rail fence, and General Pigot led the assault upon the redoubt. The Siege of Boston A pair of bluebirds flitted from stake to stake of a rail fence at our right. The Love Story of Abner Stone The lane ran straight past the house down to the water, hedged by an old rail fence and fringed with raspberry and alder bushes. The End of the Rainbow Christina perched herself at his side on the top of the low rail fence. In Orchard Glen He never liked him, they fell out years ago about a rail fence, and wuz hurt. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands At the rail fence the men were likewise prevented from firing, Putnam threatening to cut down any who disobeyed. The Siege of Boston The pasture crossed, a rail fence rose up before us. The Love Story of Abner Stone The party was stranded at last on a rail fence under the snow, and the living freight flung bodily forth and buried in the deep drifts. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier And he had been working on a bit of woodbine that now draped the old rail fence as with a scarlet curtain. In Orchard Glen They leaned on the rail fence of the reservation and Latimer looked round eagerly. A Man of Two Countries This time the movement against the rail fence was but a feint; and now for the first time the artillery of either side did effective service in the battle. The Siege of Boston After a short halt it again advanced to a rail fence which ran along the side of an extensive field. The County Regiment A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War Beginning with 1899, there has been an annual increase in this demand, owing to the scarcity and high cost of labour, and the discontinuing of the building of rail fences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" "Yes sir," Dragonfly yelled to him from the rail fence where he was already half-way through. Shenanigans at Sugar Creek He persistently walked the rail fence, though he had to spread both wings to keep his balance. Little Brothers of the Air This, the "rail fence" mentioned in all accounts of the battle, was their sole protection. The Siege of Boston And they found out that year was going to be the last year of the zigzag rail fences. Rootabaga Stories What the cows saw, held by his mother on the rail fence, was a fat baby with a shining face and waving arms. Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds He ducked behind a rail fence which is where we were at the time, and I dropped down beside him. Shenanigans at Sugar Creek Between them the Lusk girls had succeeded in lighting the old lantern; by its illumination the party climbed the rail fence, and struggled for some distance across the loose hillocks of ploughed ground. Judith of the Cumberlands Others, alone, in groups, or in semi-military formation, followed him, to be directed by Putnam to the rail fence, which needed defenders. The Siege of Boston And this year, which was long ago, was the year men were tearing down all the old zigzag rail fences. Rootabaga Stories We crossed the creek, by leaping from one stone to another, and pursued a course along a rotting rail fence, covered with vines. The Jucklins A Novel Close at hand was a paddock surrounded by a rail fence, over which hung a number of sheepskins. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia He was sitting in the sun, on top of a rail fence, blinking at me consideringly. American Cookery November, 1921 Marching down the slope of Bunker Hill, he quickly noted that between the rail fence and the water the beach was unguarded. The Siege of Boston So they picked the wonderful white morning glories running along the zigzag rail fences and made them into little wristlets and wore those wristlets the next year to show they were sorry and sad.” Rootabaga Stories She found the man leaning against the rail fence that followed the outer curve of the turning. Fair Margaret A Portrait Dimly he could see a running figure, and he hastily climbed the rail fence and started in pursuit. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure A solitary marsh-hawk, far over by the rail fence, was winnowing slowly, slowly hither and thither, lazily hunting. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life One of the captains of artillery, disregarding Gridley's commands, took his two guns to Charlestown, and served one of them at the rail fence. The Siege of Boston This is one reason why so many of the old rail fences of our ancestors in the walnut area were made of black walnut. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 The children inside the low rail fence were placing the brilliantly-striped wooden balls in a row in order to determine by 'pinking' at the stake who should have the advantageous last shot. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Another, whose five lines of rail fence covered a sheet nearly as large as a ten-acre lot, was the production of a strong-minded woman. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The solid ground, the trees, the rail fences, the serried ranks of silver-washed corn seemed to have lost all substantial foundation. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life But placed in the Mystic in the proper position, they could have raked the rail fence. The Siege of Boston "You'll change your mind shortly," said Cousin Frank, cantering ahead to open a gate in the rail fence. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Instead, he turned aside into the shadow of the trees around the garden and, leaning against the old rail fence, gave himself up to contemplation of some kind. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 They chased one another around the pumpkins that strewed the ground, dodged behind the shocked corn, or ran along the rail fence. The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse The 42d had such protection as was afforded by a rail fence. The Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee read after the stated meeting held February 2d, 1907 The discharge from the redoubt was close, deadly, and incessant, while at the rail fence the reception of the British was even more fatal. The Siege of Boston I learned how to get a fair sleep on top of a "herring-bone" rail fence. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After There is only a slight rail fence surrounding it, and my machine made little of that. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) The fields are divided by rail fences; and in some places stalks of maize peep up through the snow. A Boy's Voyage Round the World On the west the field was bounded by a rail fence, beyond which arose a dense wood of magnolias, cotton wood and semi-tropical trees looking like a long green wall. The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster The officers themselves were shot down in unheard-of proportion, and at the rail fence those who survived out of full companies of thirty-nine were in some cases only three, or four, or five. The Siege of Boston She had forgotten that the old spring was near the public road and that the rail fence was old and fallen. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Beyond the rail fence the avenues of the bare woods were carpeted with the sere yellowish leaves that gave back the sunlight with a responsive illuminating effect, and thus the sylvan visitas glowed. His "Day In Court" 1895 A broken down porch ran along the front of it, and we had to climb over an old rail fence to get to it. The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Lean as a panther, and as supple, he could clear a five-foot rail fence without the aid of his hand. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Only one among the new appointees, Pomeroy, the veteran of Louisburg who had fought at the rail fence at Bunker Hill, declined his commission. The Siege of Boston Again the great fist gripped convulsively, and the big muscles that had once pitched the Mountain Giant over a rail fence worked—rolled beneath their covering. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills As on the night before, a council is convened, the place being the bit of green sward, that, lawn-like, extends from the cottage front to the rail fence of the road. The Death Shot A Story Retold I had followed an old rail fence that bordered a weedy cornfield next to an open woods, and the only birds seen were a few juncos and tree sparrows. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State Morrison's brigade was placed in rear of a rail fence, at the foot of the ridge on which Benjamin's battery had been planted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 Crude rail fences divided acres of rustling corn from orchards whose trees were laden with red apples or downy peaches. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' There was a rail fence skirting one side of the road. The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus Their conference closed, four of them, as if by agreement with the others, separate from the group, glide out through the wicket-gate, and on to their horses left tied to the roadside rail fence. The Death Shot A Story Retold If one hunted in the grove, the other would go out to the rail fence. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State Colonel Morrison, our brigade commander, at once ordered the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts and Eighth Michigan to face about, and establish a new line, in rear of the rail fence on the opposite side of the field. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 On the summit she climbed the rail fence and perched in the cool shade for a little while and looked out over the valley where the town of Greenwald lay. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Toward the close of an early autumn day the Hermit might have been seen leaning comfortably against an angle of the old rail fence, pleasantly engaged in doing nothing. Followers of the Trail The six-muled teams appeared in a few moments and were whipped up alongside of the Virginia rail fence. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman And at last the end of the lane was reached and he climbed the rail fence which separated it from the valley of stones. Mary Louise in the Country They were very angry at my father because he put a rail fence across their trail and would have killed him if it had not been for mother. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Wood sorrel nestled in the grassy corners near the crude rail fences, daisies and spiked toad-flax grew lavishly among the weeds of the roadside. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' In the course of his wanderings he came to the rail fence which protected the clearing of the Hermit. Followers of the Trail Sometimes several owners got together an' had one place to bury all de slaves, an' den dey built a rail fence all 'roun' de whole place. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 At that time I weighed one hundred and ninety pounds, was in vigorous health and strength, tough as hickory, and could go over or through a Virginia rail fence as deftly as a mule. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson The rail fences used to look as if they were enormous and bronzed. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History They were not told to say nothing about it, so presently the army knew that Old Jack was having every rabbit track and rail fence put down on paper. The Long Roll Not far from the rail fence which guarded the clearing of the Hermit, he came upon a little open glade carpeted with moss and surrounded by great trees. Followers of the Trail Seeing them advancing, the rangers, &c., concealed themselves in a deep gully overgrown with bushes; upon the western verge of this defile was a post and rail fence, and over that the forementioned field. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn The gallant regiment makes its way down the slope, almost to the earthworks of the enemy, when the men throw themselves upon the ground behind a rail fence. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 We saw George walk away and climb the rail fence and disappear. Mitch Miller The regiments spread over bare fields, enclosed by rail fences. The Long Roll Before the old rail fence came into view, the Hermit was spent with fatigue, while Dave Lansing was all but fainting from the pain of his rough ride. Followers of the Trail The soldier Martin speaks of their taking a post and rail fence with a field in their rear. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn The Governor was set to work with two other men ripping out an old rail fence and replacing it with wire. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Then we walked clear to the back of the orchard, clumb the rail fence, walked through the meadow a roundabout way and came to the road on the other side of the Tate farm. Mitch Miller On the inland side it ran beneath a bluff; on the other a rail fence rimmed a twelve-foot embankment dropping to a streamlet and a wide field where the corn stood in shocks. The Long Roll Here they paused at an old rail fence to stare curiously at a cabin bathed in the moonlight, and a much smaller cabin set upon the top of a tall pole. Followers of the Trail The rail and stone fence behind which our troops were posted proved as fatal to the British as the rail fence and grass hung on it did at Charlestown the 17th of June 1775. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn It lay within a few yards of him, just on the other side of a little stream and a rail fence that zigzagged in gray lines hung with creepers. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia With a hop, skip and a jump he landed on top of the rail fence that surrounded the field and settled himself for the night. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales A gray zigzag of rail fence, a little plashy stream, another hillside, and at the top, planted against a horizon of haze and sound, a courier, hatless, upon a reeking horse. The Long Roll Not far away masses of honeysuckle climbed over a rail fence festooned with blossom. The Tyranny of Weakness It seemed to stir again as objects watched intently often will, and springing over the rail fence Brownleigh went to investigate. The Man of the Desert She poked my head in a rail fence once and whipped me hard with a whip. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Mr. Meadowlark brought Bobby to the meeting, along the rail fence between the meadow and the pasture. The Tale of Bobby Bobolink Tuck-me-In Tales The 49th Virginia was strung behind a rail fence, firing from between the grey bars. The Long Roll The racehorses, I remember, were merely hitched up to a post and rail fence in the most ordinary fashion. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas It was a cabin, standing alone upon the great plain with sage-brush in patches about the door and a neat rail fence around it. The Man of the Desert Quails amused themselves along the road, looking at us from the wooden rail fences, and did not leave their perches without persuasion. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 He saw the farmer’s Maltese cat walking along on the rail fence, and the cat was coming towards the woods. Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin The men, cold and exhausted, went, but they looked wistfully at the rail fences all around them, so easy to demolish, so splendid to burn! The Long Roll He have it all fenced in with good rail fence, and all the Negroes have all the horses and mules and tools they need to work it with. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Howard insisted that Halstead mistook rail fences for troops in the distance. Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI In less than half a second he was flying backward over the rail fence, although he was a tall fellow, more than my weight. The Blunders of a Bashful Man He walked slowly along the rail fence until he came to the brook. Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin Allan, reaching this height, hesitated a moment, then crossed to a grey zigzag of rail fence, and, leaning his arms upon it, looked forth over hill and vale, forest and stream. The Long Roll Barker told Wiles to keep his live stock out of his land, and Wiles replied by demanding that Barker should repair his rail fences and mind his gates. The Kentucky Ranger In hesitant quandary, he still stood staring west to the rail fence. The Secret of the Storm Country Through the thick of the woods ran a gray old rail fence. Stories of Birds Apparently, the three fellows perched on the Virginia rail fence had agreed to wait for others who were to join them in starting for the favorite "swimmin' hole," for their conversation betrayed this fact. Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails Before them stretched level fields, gold with sunshine and with blossoming mustard, crossed and cumbered with numerous rail fences. The Long Roll She opened the door very softly, and there he was, leaning on the rail fence between their little rocky plot and the great river. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories This road, on either hand, was bordered by a high rail fence, along which rose, here and there, the bleak spire of a ghostly and perishing Lombardy poplar. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories This plot was surrounded by a post and rail fence, and in its front portion was a garden, which grew a sufficient supply of vegetables to serve a family of twenty persons. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The boys sat there on the rail fence and began to greet the coming bicycle rider with loud shouts. Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails He deployed his men under cover, but now they were out in a great and ragged field, all up and down, with boggy hollows, scarred too by rail fences and blurred by low-growing briar patches. The Long Roll The road was marked by a rail fence, but of buildings there were none. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 One day when we were walking, he leaned his back against a rail fence and discoursed of the shortness of the time since the date fixed for the creation, measured by human lives. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 They cleared land and fixed up the rail fences in the winter. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Along the edge was a sort of rail fence, the bottom rail of which rested on the ground. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer He remembered neither firing nor loading, though he had some faint recollection of having been upon his knees behind a low stone wall—he saw it now at right angles with the rail fence. The Long Roll When they got to the other side of the orchard they came to a rail fence. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat They eat up the rail fences, the wagon beds, the bahns and the sheep and the cows. The Way of the Wind A rail fence was on each side of a long lane that led down to the pasture. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 If a farmer lays a rail fence by the light of the moon, it will be stronger and last longer than if it was laid in the daytime. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk "The general says, sir, that the men may take the rail fence over there, but the regimental officers are to see that under no circumstances is the fence about Mrs. Wilson's yard to be touched." The Long Roll When nearly there he came to a white-washed rail fence that separated the pasture from the lane that led to the house. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat But there were some Bob Whites singing in the bushes over the rail fences, singing, singing! The Way of the Wind Splitting rails and making rail fences was all the go. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 When he came back he needed only to follow along the rail fence until he came to the corner. The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse Steve had taken refuge behind the lock of a rail fence draped with creeper. The Long Roll "Go slow, Fritz; she don't like your looks any too much!" warned Paul, who had climbed to the top of the rail fence, the better to see what happened. Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps Somewhere on the other side of the rail fences little negroes sang. The Way of the Wind But he had too good a start, and in a few moments he had distanced them by climbing a rail fence and disappearing into a thicket that came down to the edge of a field. The Belgians to the Front He never felt happier than he did as he scampered in and out among the trees, slipped under the rail fence, and streaked across the short grass of the pasture. The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse Where they could they reached the rail fences, tumbled over them and lay, gasping, close alongside. The Long Roll Trailing along a country road at midday, when most of the other birds are still, you will find the song sparrow sitting on a rail fence singing with undiminished enthusiasm. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Most of the hazel bushes on our farm grew along the fences as if they had been planted for the chipmunks alone, for the rail fences were their favorite highways. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Flashes of blue, like bits of fallen sky, showed from the rail fences; and the notes of robins fluted up from the budding willows beside the brook. The Miller Of Old Church Now, Dickie Deer Mouse had paused as soon as he had reached the rail fence at the edge of the woods. The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse Kenly's infantry, yet in column, was packed in a road none too wide, between ragged banks topped by rail fences. The Long Roll We found the new spider in great numbers, but could only detect it by a close scrutiny of the rail fences on which it lived, its color being dark gray.... A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. On and on they went, up the hills and down into the valleys, between rail fences which were a riot of honeysuckle, and with the roads in places rough. The Trumpeter Swan Whistling to his dogs, he ran on for a short distance; then vaulting the rail fence he disappeared into the tangle of willows beside the stream which flowed down from the mill. The Miller Of Old Church The crowd were too self-absorbed to notice the crouching figure divided from them by a slight rail fence, and went shouting on their way until stopped by the other crowd. Medoline Selwyn's Work Smoke rose once more from the chimneys of the abandoned homes, and the boys who had faced the cannon's mouth were rebuilding rail fences. The Tree of Appomattox Within the skirting rail fences the Squire kept his men, faint but pursuing, and firing an occasional shot to lend the speed of terror to the miscreants' heels. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life They were stationed in an enclosed field, with a stone wall in their front, a post and rail fence on their right, and another fence on their left. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia As she climbed the low rail fence which divided the corn-lands from the highway, she met the old family carriage from Jordan's Journey returning with the two ladies on the rear seat. The Miller Of Old Church Abe laid aside his knife, sat down on the rail fence, and pulled out his book. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance Behind it, enclosed by a rail fence, was the graveyard. Westerfelt The shanty pertaining to the clearing was some little distance from the road, and, hoping to get a drink of water there, Coristine prepared to jump the rail fence and make his way towards it. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life The flowering-shrubs are surrounded by a rail fence, and the level of the ground is sunk beneath that of other parts of the garden. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business As he issued from the bush a quarter of an hour later, and crossed the open flat, a slim figure slipped from the furze covering the rail fence and followed him noiselessly at a distance. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy He leaps at that there rail fence an' lands against it with his head, plunk—an' caroms back into th' road. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue Westerfelt's horse swayed at the rump and then ran sideways across the street and fell against a rail fence. Westerfelt At the north-east corner an iron rail fence separates the hospital grounds from the sidewalk, but the other three corners are vacant lots. Fifth Avenue But it wants a good horse to get over the unvarying succession of post and rail fences. Town Life in Australia "Highly recommended, but homely as a rail fence," continued Patsy, as her uncle hesitated. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross The rail fences shone silver in their coat of frost, and from the blackened tree above her pendants of ice were shot with light. The Voice of the People The scare-crow in the cornfield beyond the staked-and-ridered rail fence looked like the corpse of a human being flattened against the yellow sky. Westerfelt He had then built a log cabin, plastering its chinks with clay, and had set up a tall zigzag rail fence around the scene of his havoc, to keep the pigs and cattle out. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals A number of the larks were on the wing, others sat on the rail fence rolling out cadenzas in concert in a gush of melody from their downy throats. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird As there was no one looking, Miss Jones managed to climb over the rail fence, and now she walked in the direction from which the sound of the voice came. Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid Up the steep ascent of the orchard a rocky trail ran, bordered by a rail fence. The Voice of the People In both cases there are rail fences to be clambered over, and long grass to wade through, settlements to explore, and a clayey road to travel; but these are minor troubles. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 An ax, a maul, a yoke of oxen; these are the great requisites for him who would build a rail fence through a forest. A Man and a Woman They would wait till they found the cat lying along the narrow top of the rail fence, sunning herself. Children of the Wild Above fifty acres surrounded by an iron rail fence, fronts the Place de la Concorde, and affords a place of promenade for the Parisians. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met In a huge oak beyond the rail fence there was a harsh rustling of wings where a flock of buzzards settled to roost. The Voice of the People Philip gathered these facts in a single glance, as he approached by slinking along the side of the road, into which he had crawled, through a rail fence, from an adjoining field. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. At last when it appeared as if our quest were interminable we surmounted a rail fence and found ourselves in a road. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life It swept over the rail fences that lay between the lines and the abattis, and still came on! The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains "The baby?" and almost before the words had left his lips, Eddie had cleared the rough rail fence at a bound, and was rushing toward the burning house. Elsie's children A rail fence, where a trumpet-vine hung heavily, divided the field from the road, and several straggling sheep that had strayed from the distant flock stood looking shyly over the massive crimson clusters. The Voice of the People The white man under the tree had been quietly observant of the two wayfarers, and he now rose to his feet, and came over to the rail fence against which they leaned. Audrey The zigzag rail fence common to the region surrounded the cleared lots in sight, and in front of the house, across the road, were the wild woods. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Then he threw himself off his horse as they neared the rail fence, fastened him, and came back to Roberta. The Twenty-Fourth of June It was a rail fence of the "snake" variety, and Tom had run full tilt into it in the darkness, his torch having burned out. Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck Then the rail fences on the nearer bank were scattered like kindling-wood, and some of the sturdy old apple-trees of the orchard in the river-bottom were uprooted, while others were stripped of their boughs. The End of the World A Love Story Not wishing to wound his feelings, I added that the rail fence around his picture looked real pretty! McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 They set fire to the rail fences so the stock would get out all they didn't kill and take off. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Inside many of the rail fences, inclosing fields of grain or clover, were planted numberless sour cherry trees, snowy with bloom, the ground underneath white with fallen petals. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" He dwells in a shack, works in a swamp, and sees no farther than the rail fence he has split out to surround his farm. The Rules of the Game Mile after mile we marched at a snail's gait until we came to a large opening, surrounded by a rail fence. History of Kershaw's Brigade There is no enclosure about it save that which is formed by the rail fences of the distant fields. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Then the rail fence is surmounted, and the procession solemnly moves across the meadow. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Upon discovering his situation, the only means of escape which presented itself, was to leap his horse over a high rail fence, which was being scattered by the artillery of the enemy. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical An amateur photographer showed a picture he had of what looked like a fierce snake on a rail fence. Out with Gun and Camera As the fields in places were enclosed by rail fences, it was strictly against orders to disturb any of the fences. History of Kershaw's Brigade He came through the forest and into a meadow surrounded by a rail fence, on which he sat until his breath came back again. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand Looks like some one had been dragging a rail fence. Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds Their horses would jump the worn rail fences and they come 'cross fields 'n everything. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives A book of instruction, open at a passage which strongly resembled a rail fence through a rolling country, showed that inexperienced hands had recently been pounding the instrument. Round the Block The brigade had now passed through the field of waving corn, over the rail fence, and driven Sedgwick from his position. History of Kershaw's Brigade Hitched to the straight rail fence that separated, the house yard from the road, were three horses, one of them gray, with saddles on their backs. Who Goes There? Boys love nothing so much as to chase a squirrel or a frightened little chipmunk back and forth along a rail fence. Tales of lonely trails They saw Jarvis, Ferry, and Max reach the rail fence at nearly the same moment, and go over it at a rate of speed which suggested danger to trousers-legs. Strawberry Acres Elsewhere on both sides there is only a rail fence. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation Then a long low wall of white smoke suddenly appeared along a rail fence in front of the guns, and at the same time the air thickened with bullets storming in all about them. Ailsa Paige A low grass-covered meadow was in our front, with a rail fence at the woods about three hundred yards from us. Who Goes There? Upon the ridge thus formed he built a post and rail fence and along it planted cedars, locusts, pines, briars or thorn bushes to discourage cattle and other stock. George Washington: Farmer Three years passed, and two small boys crept about the yard behind the white rail fence. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 I ducked down and crawled in under de rail fence and ran—I didn't stop 'til I wuz deep in the Sulphur River bottoms. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 But she let him have her hands; and, resting beside him on the rail fence, bent her fair head as he kissed her joined hands, let it droop lower, lower, till her cheek brushed his. Ailsa Paige I approached the house, screening myself behind a rail fence. Who Goes There? They put the clothes about on the bushes and briers and rail fences. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 It is a small white house with a red barn in the rear and a neat rail fence inclosing the whole. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 He went around the house, out past the stable and corrals and across the irrigating ditch to where he saw Joel Rae leaning on the rail fence about the peach orchard. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West I was up on top of a rail fence so I could see better. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 This field ran up to the road, and beyond the road there was another field, the road running between rail fences. Who Goes There? We all ran and climbed up on the top of a ten rail fence. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 It was not far to the hedge--over the rail fence, across the stubbly meadow. The Happy Venture Glancing toward the pine woods beyond the rail fence, she saw a brier bush loaded with large, luscious blackberries. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays He leaped a ditch, went through a rail fence, and fled across a field. White Fang We leave the road and march through fields and meadows; the passing of the troops ahead has cleared the way; we go through gaps in rail fences. Who Goes There? Good places in trees and seats on rail fences sold for half a dollar apiece; lemonade and gingerbread-stands had great prosperity. What Is Man? and Other Essays He has been known to neglect his regular business to assist an embarrassed young man over a rail fence, or entertain a party of picnickers from the city. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 Carl paused to rest, and as he looked over the rail fence, attracted the attention of the farmer. Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience A quail whistled his pert, hopeful, careless "Bob White!" from the rail fence edging the wheat field. The Cost My road was good, level, sandy--a lane between two rail fences almost hidden with vines and briers. Who Goes There? After the wagon containing the berry pickers had passed, he went across the field through the tall mustard weeds and climbing a rail fence peered anxiously along the road to the town. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life So saying he leaped lightly over the rail fence, and making his way to the place indicated, sat down in the shadow of the tree. Paul Prescott's Charge Yet we think that if rail fences are pulled down, and stone walls piled up on our farms, bounds are henceforth set to our lives and our fates decided. Walden Between the cotton and the next field beyond, a double line of rail fence indicated the Fayette and Union Church road. The Cavalier Hertford's cavalry were in a field, and the colonel himself sat on a portion of the rail fence that had enclosed it. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis Margaret, fearing further obstruction on the road, turned her horse's head toward the rail fence, and went over it like a bird. In the Midst of Alarms The wagon stopped and the youth climbed astride the rail fence. Tales from Bohemia The colonists at the rail fence maintained their position against the small force sent against them till the main body at the redoubt had made their escape. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence Near the front was a rail fence with lines of skirmishers crouching behind it. The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis Without hesitation he climbed a low rail fence, found a narrow path trod in the soft loam and followed it over the brow into the hollow beyond. The Happy End He came to the spot in the road where he could see the white side of the tent under the dark trees, and climbed up on the rail fence, sitting there for a few moments. In the Midst of Alarms As the girl halted at the foot of the field, at last panting from her exertions, he was sitting on the rail fence, looking absently down on the outstretched panorama below him. The Call of the Cumberlands While this force, which was under the command of General Pigott, had been engaged, another division under Howe himself moved against the rail fence. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence "There!" he exclaimed, as his hand touched a rail fence. Tom of the Raiders As she shrunk closely up to the rail fence that lined the highway, she looked with timid recognition up at Perez, as if to claim his protection. The Duke of Stockbridge He threw himself off a tired horse, tied the animal to a sapling,—which, judging by the horse's condition, was an entirely unnecessary operation,—jumped over the rail fence, and approached through the woods. In the Midst of Alarms At the edge of the wood he stopped and leaning on a rail fence watched until he saw his mother come out to the pump in the back yard. Windy McPherson's Son She arose and went out of the wood, crossed a falling meadow and came to a rail fence surrounding a corn field. Poor White He walked close to the rail fence and approached the barn cautiously, listening for dogs; then he crawled under the fence and squatted there, waiting. Tom of the Raiders The streets are all very wide and grassy, wholly without shade trees, and bordered generally by rail fences or stone walls. The Duke of Stockbridge A rail fence lends itself readily to demolition. In the Midst of Alarms On their hard and frequently delayed journey in they had passed cabins, surrounded here and there by rail fences, but there were none in sight from where they now stood. The Boy Scout Camera Club, or, the Confession of a Photograph These I had to straddle, cutting off the top as I progressed and hitching gradually ahead like a boy riding a rail fence. Travels in Alaska Ahead of them was the black wall of the rail fence. Tom of the Raiders Then a rail fence was seen Most speedily to compass it around. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects Over the crest of the hill they stopped and rested, leaning against a worn rail fence by the woods. Marching Men Part of a densely grown garden; on the right benches; at the back a rail fence, separating the garden from a field. Plays On my right as I walked was the old rail fence full of thrifty young hickory and cherry trees with here and there a clump of blackberry bushes. Adventures in Contentment He crouched back now against a rail fence; their low disgruntled tones were still borne to him. A Man and His Money When Ethel Thompson arrived in the early morning that followed her interview with McNutt she rode her pony through the gap in the rail fence, across the June grass, and around to the back door. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Here was a rail fence, and as they halted at this Tom pointed down the road a distance. The Rover Boys at College Or, The Right Road and the Wrong A sidling mountain trail passed the front of its rail fence, and stones continually rolled from the upper to the lower side of this highway. The Power and the Glory At last I found a sapling growing in one of the sheltered angles of my rail fence. Adventures in Contentment The remnants of rail fences strew the ground here and there. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Expecting nothing, they were amazed when they passed the orchard and the group of pines that had concealed the house and suddenly drew up beside the old-fashioned stile built into the rail fence. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville An old fashioned stile was set in a rail fence which separated the grounds from the lane, and Hucks drew up the wagon so his passengers could all alight upon the step of the stile. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation She faltered a step toward the dilapidated rail fence as they came up. The Power and the Glory Frank, impelled by some sense of coming trouble, came to a stop and caught hold of the high rail fence to hold himself on his wheel while he looked. The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup With a laugh and a wave of his hand, he plunged into the darkness, and Dan made his way slowly to the campfire, which twinkled from the old rail fence. The Battle Ground I glanced toward him, and then sought to amuse myself watching the queer antics of a gray squirrel on the rail fence beyond. My Lady of the North He put his horse over the rail fence and pulled up at her side. The Law of the Land Here and there the stones of the higher and more abrupt walls crop out, while the board and rail fences appear strangely dwarfed by the snow that has fallen and drifted around them. Nature's Serial Story As she neared the high rail fence she turned her head again to look. The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup Eager children soon found those near the crude rail fence, but Amanda and Phil followed the narrow trails to the secluded sheltered spots where the May flowers had not been touched that spring. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Back fell the British before a countercharge they could not withstand, back beyond the rail fence. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism Crouching along a rail fence with revolver in hand, he at last reached its fatal shade, and pushing through its fringe of lower growth, peered cautiously around. His Sombre Rivals The rail fence war horse refused to charge. Their Yesterdays They roamed through the forest dragging in fallen timber, and now and then, an old rail fence was taken panel by panel to join the general heap. The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign She led the way across the school-yard, climbed nimbly over the rail fence and laughed at Isabel’s clumsy imitation of her. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites A tidal wave of red and brass broke through the gaps in the rail fence, and the sunlight rippled along a wavering line of British bayonets. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism Suddenly in the corner of a rail fence, her face covered with her hands, he saw Dolly. The Desired Woman Slowly he climbed the rail fence again and, through the orchard, went down the hill toward the house. Their Yesterdays They came at last to an entire brigade, halted by the roadside, some of the men leaning against an old rail fence. The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign Some of the old comradeship sprang up, mushroom-like, as they climbed the rail fence and entered the woods where they had so often sought wild flowers and birds’ nests. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites He aimed his old musket at that other foggy line beyond the rail fence, whose top was lined with men in coats of red and green and black. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism A high rail fence stretched between the two yards. Viola Gwyn "Speaking of 'Hidden Treasure,' don't forget the $300 we got for cord wood from the old rail fences, Uncle Joe," said Bob. Hidden Treasure He spurred his horse from the turnpike, leaped a low rail fence, and galloped across a field toward a forest, where Ashby's cavalry were advancing and the rifles were cracking fast. The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign He climbed the rail fence and entered the woods, plodded up the hill to the spot where Amanda’s moccasins grew each spring. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites There was a loud clapping from the boys who were perched on the rail fence, but some of the girls were crying. Rainbow Valley A tall, bewhiskered man, smoking a corncob pipe, leaned upon the rail fence, regarding the strangers with lazy interest. Viola Gwyn Think of what it would mean, Uncle Joe, to get rid of fence rows and repairing old rail fences. Hidden Treasure The evening was full of eerie sounds—the creaking of fir boughs, the whistle of the wind in the tree-tops, the vibrations of strips of dried bark on the rail fences. The Story Girl “Here we are, all ready,” said the leader, as they started off to the crude rail fence. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Of all extraordinary people, I thought, he certainly takes the cake—and then, rounding a bend, I saw him sitting on a rail fence, with his head shining in the sunlight. Parnassus on Wheels Beyond the woodpile a rail fence inclosed a corn-field, and beyond the barns and sheds a similar fence defined the bounds of a stumpy pasture-lot. The Prodigal Judge The old rail fence had been moved back and the fence row thoroughly grubbed out before the wire fence was strung. Hidden Treasure |
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