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"Somethin' creased my back," replied Moylan, complainingly, and trying vainly to put a hand on the spot. "Felt like a streak o' fire." The Sergeant reached across, fingering the torn shirt curiously. "Seared the flesh, pardner, but no blood worth mentioning. They 've got some heavy artillery out there from the sound old army muskets likely.
The younger of the red men was already fingering his hatchet, whilst he muttered some hostile words which boded no good to our hero, but the elder, who appeared to be a man of some importance, silenced his companion with a gesture, and then, crossing his arms, said, in musical, broken English: "My young brother is abroad early."
Such indications as I have made in my edition with regard to bowing, fingering, nuances of expression, are more or less in accord with the spirit of the times; but not a single note that Bach has written has been changed. The sonatas are technically among the most difficult things written for the violin, excepting Ernst and Paganini.
He had done what he could to atone but some instinct warned him against further contrition. His judgment was excellent. As they entered the street of the town she stopped and waited for him to join her. "You'll unpack my orchestra if you please," she said acidly. "I'm going through the town alone." He laid his hand on the strap at which she was already fingering, his manner coolly assertive.
Montanelli looked him over deliberately, almost as if he had been inspecting a new and disagreeable animal. Fortunately, however, the Governor was fingering his sword-belt, and did not see the look.
Simmonds spread wide his hands in sheer inability to find words that would express the hopelessness of retrieving his shattered fortunes. Dale was fidgeting, fingering taps and screws unnecessarily, but Medenham was pondering his former trooper's plight. He refused to admit that the position was quite so bad as it was painted.
Only they knew that back and forth the torches flared, the war-drums boomed and rattled, the yelling, slaughtering, demoniac hordes surged in a swirl of bestial murder-lust. And so time passed, and fewer grew the drums, yet the torches flared on; and, as the first gray dawn went fingering up the sky there came a break, a flight, a merciless pursuit.
If you have been unlucky, it is very easy to arrange an advance for you. Would you like some money? If so, I will see to it when I go to the bank to-morrow. I can let you have a hundred pounds at once, if you like." A hundred pounds! If only she dared tell him that she had lost a thousand within the last two hours! Once more he was fingering his pocket-book.
She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's. Anne would have been a delightful performer, had her health allowed her to learn."
"What are you going to do for a living after this?" further questioned Mr. Stephens, thoughtfully fingering the ten dollar bill. "Going to keep a hotel of my own." "Oh, you are? In what part of the town?" "Don't know. Down by the depot somewhere, I reckon." Mr. Stephens folded the ten dollar bill and put it in his pocket. Tode rose to go. "Now, my friend," said Mr.
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