On his second upsweep the young prince got a view of his face-then his hand went out.
"The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women"
F. Hopkinson Smith
He knew that no matter where he began he never could put in words the horror of the night when the ghost of utter defeat and failure walked with him over that terrible desert; nor yet the great upsweep of triumph that engulfed him when he reached the water gates the next day and learned that Noah Ezekiel and a double-barrelled shotgun had saved the crops three days before-his and all the rest.
"The Desert Fiddler"
William H. Hamby