...Siren's Wooing 131 Chapter XI III Winds Blow 143 Chapter XII Destiny's Way 151 This One 6CCF-91Q-ZZ49 I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound. -George Washington CHAPTER I NATIVE'S RETURN Don Bauer held a riddle... deep within himself. He pondered...

...war. After the Fort Necessity affair, he had written to his brother Jack (John Augustine), "I have heard the bullets whistle; and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." In some way the remark made the colonial papers, and was widely reprinted even in London, where it...

...attacked the French, killing ten men and capturing twenty-two. Later, Washington was quoted as saying, "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This attack is sometimes called the first battle of the French and Indian War (1754—1763). For the...

...righteous. BERTRAND RUSSELL I know I am among civilized men because they are fighting so savagely. VOLTAIRE I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound. GEORGE WASHINGTON Nothing is more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. WINSTON CHURCHILL...

...regular commission. The two keenly enjoyed the exhilaration of combat. As Washington put it, "I heard bullets whistle and believe me there is something charming in the sound." Bolivar said, "My glory has been in the leading of these brave soldiers. Neither vanity nor lust for...

...and received all the enemy's fire, and it was the part where the man was killed and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." That would be the first of many battles in which Washington would escape unharmed. One French soldier...

...terrible sin to help God out a little when He got too busy to handle routine justice for Himself. "/ heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound. " -George Washington Like many Americans, Papa had a love affair with his gun. The gun was a Colt .38,...

...defeat for Washington, that set in motion the conflict that ultimately involved much of the world. "I heard the bullets whistle; and believe me there is something charming in the sound," he had written in a letter printed later in the London Magazine, which could be taken as the bravado...

...his face ashen, was too shaken to reply. But with bravado after the incident, he wrote to his mother, "I heard the bullets whistle, and believe me, there is something charming in the sound." This incident, along with the MacArthur name, made Douglas an instant hero in the area. Douglas was...

...revenge. Washington was youthfully exhilarated by this exchange of musketry. He wrote his brother Jack, "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." Years later, when asked if he had ever made such a remark, Washington answered, "If I said so it was...