What is "belding"

Usage examples of "belding".

The house and several outbuildings were constructed of adobe, which, according to Belding, retained the summer heat on into winter, and the winter cold on into summer.

Gale's interest led him to ask about fig trees and pomegranates, and especially about a beautiful specimen that Belding called palo verde.

He had heard Belding call them No Name Mountains, and somehow the appellation suited those lofty, mysterious, frowning peaks.

And Belding was talking over the risks involved in a trip to Casita.

Jim Lash had heard from Belding the result of the mauling given to Rojas by Dick.

Yet he saw little more than a ghost of her vivacity, and never a gleam of that individuality which Belding had called a devil.

The fact that Ladd did not agree with Belding on these salient points was a great disappointment, and also a perpetual source for argument.

It was bitter irony of fate that Belding should lose his favorite, the one horse more dear to him than all the others.

In him stirred long, brooding wrath at these border raiders–affection for Belding, and keen desire to avenge the outrages he had suffered–warm admiration for the cold, implacable Ladd and his absolute fearlessness, and a curious throbbing interest in the old, much-discussed and never-decided argument as to whether Blanco Sol was fleeter, stronger horse than Blanco Diablo.

And Yaqui, who had been scouting on all the trails, gave information that made Belding decide to wait some days before sending any one to Casita.

When Belding and the rangers went outside, Yaqui was eating his meal on the bench where he always sat.

The Indian's beautiful name for Nell meant "shower of gold," and Belding used it in asking Yaqui if he had seen her.

Yaqui ran straight to Belding, who was at work at his bench under the wagon shed.

When Gale returned to the house he found Belding and Lash awaiting him.

After some consultation Belding decided to send Lash along after Ladd.