Odd groups of loungers indulged in scurrilous jests; hoarse laughter and an occasional angry uproar issued from the hotels, and shabby men with hard faces slouched about the veranda of one.

George noticed this, but he presently reached the fair-ground, where he inspected the animals and implements; and then, toward supper-time, he strolled back with Grant.

They were walking up one of the side-streets when shouts broke out behind them.
George looked around but for a moment he could see very little through the cloud of dust that swept the street.

When it blew away it revealed a row of women advancing two by two along the plank sidewalk.

They were of different ages and stations in life, but they all came on as if with a fixed purpose, and they had resolute faces.