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Then, with their legs flexed so that they may be ready for the spring, and with the rather stiff feathers about the neck erected so as to serve as a shield, they creep toward each other until they are separated by the distance appropriate for the spring. When fairly placed for battle they begin a system of fence which is intended to provoke the enemy to an untimely assault.
So the maidens crept to their own little room to give vent to the sorrow that filled them. The shy fellow had endeared himself to them, and his untimely end affected them deeply. The days that followed were sorrowful ones. Nurse Johnson was completely prostrated, and Mrs. Ashley added to her woe a great anxiety for her own son.
'The the murder! he stammered, 'the murder, Graham. Why should that trouble me? 'Cargrim told me that you were greatly upset that such a thing should have occurred in your diocese. 'I am annoyed about it, replied Pendle, in a low voice, 'but it is not the untimely death of that unhappy man which worries me. 'Then I give it up, said the doctor, with another shrug. 'Graham!
The other man seemed to be somewhat mollified. He lighted a cigarette. "That rope play was sure a mad trick," he conceded sullenly, "but I thought you were putting the cops on my trail." A bell rang and the Senator started. Many callers, mostly reporters, had been turned away by Phillips already that day, but brother Ralph's untimely visit had made the position peculiarly dangerous.
"So the rumour ran, but we all believed that must be an exaggeration, and not for a long time was all hope abandoned. Then, more hearts than one felt sore and sad at thoughts of your untimely fate." "A fate infinitely worse than ordinary death such as was credited me," huskily muttered the exile.
The untimely end of this Prince, and the supplications of his wife and daughter, have since altered his intent, and Madame Napoleon and her children are now, if I may use the expression, incorporated and naturalized with the Bonaparte family. But what has lately occurred here will better serve to show that Bonaparte is neither averse nor indifferent to the sex.
When he had told the king thereof, and had upbraided him for his untimely humility, the king gave his brother an answer which he failed to understand. "It was the custom of that king, whenever he sentenced anyone to death, to send a herald to his door, with a trumpet reserved for that purpose, and at the sound of this trumpet all understood that that man was liable to the penalty of death.
So, somewhat to the horror of the solicitors, who thought with longing of the eloquence of the Attorney-General, and the unrivalled experience and finesse of Mr. Candleton, Geoffrey was called upon to open the case for the defendants, propounding the first will. He rose without fear or hesitation, and with but one prayer in his heart, that no untimely Attorney-General would put in an appearance.
He knew that the tree he sought must be hollow, and such trees usually give outward signs of the defect that exists within. Then, some species of wood are more frequented by the bees than others, while the instinct of the industrious little creatures generally enables them to select such homes as will not be very likely to destroy all the fruits of their industry by an untimely fall.
Professor Maxon leaned over von Horn's shoulder. "Ah, poor Number One," he sighed, "that you should have come to such an untimely end my child, my child." Von Horn looked at him, a tinge of compassion in his rather hard face.
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