Get out the whips and paddles; we sense some behind-the-scenes drama.

In an instant the whips ceased to fall and the man with the dead soul saw all the Earth before him—and understood.

A harsh voice or two and the sound of whips presently silenced the barking dogs, and all was still again.

Then we heard a crackling of whips and a rumbling of wheels.

Men tugged constantly at the spokes, and the steaming mules reared and plunged under the angry crack of whips.

As the gig came out close at the wheels of the wagon, the two whips interchanged glances, as much as to say, "Here's at you!"