One trapper, with Indian blood in his veins and Indian thirst for the Avengement of a kinsman's death in his heart, grasped the chief's extended hand with the clasp of a steel trap.
"The Story of the Trapper"
A. C. Laut
Then-as if nature were to exact Avengement for all the red slaughter the mink has wrought during the rest of the year-his coat becomes dark brown, almost black, the very shade that renders him most conspicuous above snow to all the enemies of the mink world.
"The Story of the Trapper"
A. C. Laut
This wild liberty was a complete Avengement for the monotony of my cribbed and cabined home life, ever the same all the year through; but I still lacked the companionship of little boys of my own age, I needed to clash with them,-and, too, this freedom lasted only a couple of months.
"The Story of a Child"
Pierre Loti