sideways up and gave a long slow whistlewhistleof call , then pausedpauseawhile in rapt attentionattention, his even white teeth glistening here and there with gold points .
A black servant , who reposed on the box beside the fat coachman , uncurleduncurlhis bandy legs as soon as the equipage drewdrawup opposite Miss Pinkerton 's shining brass plate , and as he pulledpullthe bell at least a score of young heads were seen peeringpeerout of the narrow windows of the stately old brick house .
But each time it was the bulging face of the saloon-keeper that peeredpeerin at him by the sickly light of a tallow candle .
Involuntarily the boy gave a gasping crycryand awokeawaketo swamp and night and firefire, while a white face , drawn , red-eyed , peeredpeeroutward from some hidden throng within the cabin .