Instead the group pushed on until the trees were reached; a brief stop was made near the mouth of a wide trail at that point while gumwood branches were found and ignited, and once more the column took up the march.
"The Return of Tharn"
Howard Carleton Browne
Quickly Tharn propped the torch of gumwood against a tree bole and dragged the two corpses into the brush.
"The Return of Tharn"
Howard Carleton Browne
When the signal was given, the spirited Cape steeds tore away, dashing from side to side, while Madame Bertrand screamed loudly to Archambaud to stop, though without avail, until the carriage ran into a gumwood tree.
"Napoleon's Young Neighbor"
Helen Leah Reed