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With the first motion since the figure had appeared, the hand of the watcher tightened on the rifle, raised it until its black muzzle peeped over the elevation of snow. A pair of steady blue eyes gazed down the long barrel, brought the sights in line with a spot between the shoulders and the waist of the unsuspecting man, the trigger-finger tightened, almost
"I do hope she's not going to catch something." "She doesn't take that pleasure in her clothes she did," said the nurse. "Perhaps she wants some new ones," said her mother. "Take her to Florice, nurse." Nancy went to Florice, and beautiful new garments were invented, and once again she was squeezed, and tightened, and stretched, and pulled. But Nancy was indifferent.
His glance seemed to be fathoming the depths of Panine's pockets, and the latter instinctively tightened his arms across his chest, so that Herzog might not see that his pocketbook was empty. "What are you talking about?" asked Serge, at last, with a constrained smile. "About things which must greatly interest you," said Herzog, familiarly. "Come, be sincere.
"Father, we're coming back sometime?" David's voice was insistent now. The man stooped and tightened a strap that was already quite tight enough. Then he laughed lightly. "Why, of course you're coming back sometime, David. Only think of all these things we're leaving!"
His hold tightened upon her, and she made a quick, instinctive movement as though to free herself. "I'm not! You know I'm not! You know quite well that if if if it hadn't been for me because you chanced to meet me first you certainly would have have fallen in love with her!" Toby spoke breathlessly, stammering a little as her habit was when agitated.
The method of doing this is as follows: The machine should have been in operation for some time so as to be well and evenly heated and should be run at a reduced speed, say 10 per cent. of the normal, during the actual operation of making the adjustment. Adjust the upper screw which, if tightened, would push the spindle away from the thrust bearing toward the exhaust.
Not in all the West and North were there a half-dozen people who could take a canoe to Bindon, and they were not here. She knew that he meant to ask her to paddle him down the swift stream with its murderous rocks, to Bindon. She glanced at the white petticoat on the chair, and her lips tightened.
'And it is said there will be no rents collected this year, said Mr. Barton, as he tightened one of the strings of his guitar. 'Oh, do cease that noise! said Mrs. Barton. 'And tell me, Lord Dungory, will the Government refuse us soldiers and police to put the people out? 'If we go to the Castle, we shall want more money to buy dresses, said Olive.
Meanwhile the two champion runners had overtaken Grace and Frank and had started on the last lap to the wharf. "There's the little steamer now, Allen!" gasped Betty. "Oh, do you think it will go without us?" As if for answer the whistle on the curious old ferry shrieked a warning to all would-be voyagers to Pine Island. Allen's hand tightened its grasp of Betty's arm.
I had just seen Ned and Milly join the group we had left; and as they, too, began to dance, I felt a stab of pain that made me answer angrily we were barely escaping collision with another couple: "If it's only at Commencement that you care to dance " He tightened his grip upon me almost roughly, then took me back to my Aunt without a word.
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