Bravely had she faced the dangers of the mutiny; with heroic fortitude she had looked into the terrible future; but now that the horror of absolute solitude was upon them, her overwrought nerves gave way, and the reaction came.
"Yes, dear," he answered, gently, "I have been thinking of that, also; but we must face it, as we must face whatever comes, bravely and with the utmost confidence in our ability to cope with circumstances whatever they may be.
As to the female who had so
bravely defended her husband, she was elevated by the tribe to a rank far above her sex, and beside other honorable distinctions, was thenceforward permitted to take a part in the war dances of the braves!
"What do you seek with me, fair little Spirit, that you come so
bravely here amid my ice and snow?
But the external situation--she will face that
bravely.
He bore the disappointment
bravely, however, and asked quite steadily in a minute
But ever her eyes looked
bravely at me, and ever her lips uttered brave words.
Pollyanna, smiling
bravely now, flew about, hanging the dresses in the closet, stacking the books on the table, and putting away the undergarments in the bureau drawers.
Only a very few days more - appallingly few to the hearts which had set themselves
bravely to hope against hope - three weeks, a month later, perhaps, the name of ships under the blight of the "Overdue" heading shall appear again in the column of "Shipping Intelligence," but under the final declaration of "Missing."
During the evening we played innumerable games of piquet, and
bravely, not to disappoint my efforts, he tried to appear interested.
The vagabonds behaved
bravely. They defended themselves like desperate men.
"We have all been interested in Ojo," the little Wizard continued, "because his love for his unfortunate uncle has led him
bravely to face all sorts of dangers, in order that he might rescue him.
On the back of his brown curls sat a flat-brimmed, round-crowned hat in which a single plume of white waved and nodded
bravely at each move of the proud little head.
We all smiled
bravely and waved our hands as they drove out of the lane and down the moist red road into the shadows of the fir wood in the valley.
"Oh, I see," he said, trying
bravely to laugh and ruffling up his wig with his hand.