He was able to keep his cartridges dry in his pouch, but that was all.
But any cartridges or powder there may once have been had rotted into dust.
Had I possessed sufficient cartridges, I should not have hesitated to begin the killing.
They make the powder, the cartridges, the firearms; in fact everything of value is produced by the females.
These cartridges, he explained, are dropped into oil or gas wells whose owners are desirous of accelerating the flow.
Now "Billy the Kid" hobbled back to the armory and buckled around his waist two belts of cartridges and two Colt's pistols.
This enabled him to move with great rapidity, but deprived him of his wagon trains, and of all munitions of war except cartridges.
Then, with such patience as I could command, I collected a quantity of fruit, and waylaid and killed two rabbits with my last three cartridges.
Even Terry's ardor was held in check by his firm conviction that there were men to be met, and we saw to it that each of us had a good stock of cartridges.