"Jailed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tell them that he rode south and that you turned back. Because you did didn't lie to me, and because you did didn't show yellow, I'm going to give you a chance to get out of this. I let your uncle go because he would have given you away to save himself the minute I jailed him in Sonora. It's up to you to keep out of trouble. You've had a scare that ought to last you. Take your time and hit ...
— Jim Waring of Sonora-Town - Tang of Life • Knibbs, Henry Herbert
... did say was: 'Well, he better not. He knows too much. If he locked me up or had me fined, I'd lick him again soon's I got out. He ain't no fool. But that don't make me feel any different. He ain't jailed me, but he's got my money. Mine; I dug it out the cellar an' blasted, to the risk o' my life. He keeps it, when he's got a bank full, they say. Kept Balaam, too, or give him to one of them Metcalf youngsters. Well, his time'll come. I'm not forgettin', if I do keep my ...
— Reels and Spindles - A Story of Mill Life • Evelyn Raymond
... come to a standstill. Although the police were still making investigations, they were fairly well satisfied that Thorpe was the guilty man and since he was jailed and awaiting trial, they ...
— The Come Back • Carolyn Wells
... shall I do? I am wholly upset; I am sure I 'll be jailed for a lunatic yet. I 'll be out of a job—it's the thing to expect When I 'm letting my duty go by with neglect. You may judge the extent and degree of my plight When I 'm thinking all day and a-dreaming all night, And a-trying my hand at a rhyme on the ...
— The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar • Paul Laurence Dunbar
... "Whoever is shooting this way ought to be jailed. We will all be killed in five minutes. That tore a hole ...
— Frank Merriwell's Reward • Burt L. Standish
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