Time Gun

This is the time-gun by which people set their watches, as far as the sea coast or in hill farms upon the Pentlands. — ❋ Unknown (2005)

When the time-gun boomed, Bobby was let out for his midday meal at Mr. Traill's and for a noisy run about the neighborhood to exercise his lungs and legs. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

Two hundred feet above it the time-gun was mounted in the half-moon battery on an overhanging, crescent-shaped ledge of rock. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

"Weel, noo, he wullna hae 'is dinner till the time-gun." ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

More in harmony with its stirring history was the report of the time-gun. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

Before the man had got his wits about him the time-gun boomed from the ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

And he whirled like a rotary sweeper in the dusty road and yelped when the time-gun, in the half-moon battery at the left of the gate and behind him, crashed and shook the massive rock. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

Fifteen minutes after the report of the time-gun on Monday, when the bells were playing their merriest and the dining-rooms were busiest, ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

It was just before the report of the time-gun that two policemen cleared the stairs, shrouded Auld Jock in his own greatcoat and plaid, and carried him down to the court. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

Then the time-gun boomed from the Castle, and the little dog trotted up for his dinner and nap under the settle and his daily visit with Mr. Traill. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

When the time-gun boomed he trotted to the gate quite openly and waited there inside the wicket. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

With the time-gun it was Auld Jock's custom to go up to a snug little restaurant; that was patronized chiefly by the decent poor small shopkeepers, clerks, tenant farmers, and medical students living in cheap lodgings -- in Greyfriars Place. ❋ Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1902)

This is the time-gun by which people set their watches, as far as the sea coast or in hill farms upon the Pent-lands. ❋ Various (1885)

This is the time-gun by which people set their watches, as far as the sea coast or in hill farms upon the Pentlands. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)