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Pan could not get low enough into the grass; he ceased to howl, so great was the pain, but merely whimpered, and the tears filled his brown eyes. At last the bailiff ceased, and immediately Bevis pulled out his handkerchief, and sat down on the grass and wiped away the spaniel's tears. "Now, measter, you come along wi' I," said the bailiff, taking his hand.

My last strawberry remained poised in mid-air. It was quite apparent to me now that there was nothing funny about this situation. "Milk, milk!" whimpered Diogenes, pulling at Silvia's dress and making frantic efforts to reach the cream pitcher. Huldah had come in with the griddle-cakes during this avalanche of news.

"I know it's dirty, Miss," whimpered Billy, "but it's the first food I've seen for four days." Instantly Elaine was full of sympathy. She had taken the food away. That would not suffice. "What's your name, little boy?" she asked. "Billy," he replied, blubbering. "Where do you live?" "With me mother and father they're sick nothing to eat " He was whimpering an address far over on the East Side.

The thought of Kazan's sudden snap at the snow came to him then like a knife-thrust, and with a low cry of horror and fear he fell upon his knees beside the dog. Kazan whimpered and his bushy tail swept the snow as Jan lifted his great wolfish head between his two hands.

Morel sang softly, and each time the coffin swung to the unequal climbing of the men: "Oh, my son my son my son!" "Mother!" Paul whimpered, his hand round her waist. She did not hear. "Oh, my son my son!" she repeated. Paul saw drops of sweat fall from his father's brow. Six men were in the room six coatless men, with yielding, struggling limbs, filling the room and knocking against the furniture.

Now, run away and be good; when everything is ready mamma'll call you." "But we want it now. Doctor Jackson don't know everything. It's only God that knows everything," said Fred, with unanswerable argument. "Come away, Fred," whispered Mabel, giving him an impatient twitch. "It's so, anyway; mamma told me about God just the other night." "He knows I want some ginger 'naps," whimpered Jem.

She gathered herself for an attack, a rush at the enemy with an active hatpin, when something touched her foot. She bent, swiftly alert for war, but arrested the pin on its way. It was a hand from under the bed; her protege had taken refuge there. She took his wrist and pulled; he whimpered, and there was a grunt from the middle of the room at the sound, but he came crawling.

Her companions stopped in their flight to come to her rescue. "Oh, you bad, bad boys," cried Molly indignantly. "If I don't tell Cap'n Dave on you." "We ain't feared o' Cap'n Dave," was the scoffing reply. The girls picked up the weeping Grace. "Are you hurt?" they whispered. "I don't know," whimpered Grace. "Oh, how can we get home? I want to go home."

Two or three more trials took place, and for the most part, the unoccupied dogs strained at their leads and whimpered, but old Bob sat at Kit's feet, watching, with his head on one side. "One can see he's thinking; I believe he wants to remember the right way round," Grace remarked, and smiled when a steward beckoned Kit. "It's your turn," she said. "I wish you good luck!"

"Good Mademoiselle!" he said. She took the scarf off gently, soaked it in oil and splashed it with flour, and laid it quickly back on the burnt flesh. Margot came staggering into the room. "I cannot rouse him. I cannot rouse him. He is dead! He is dead!" she whimpered. "He " Charley swayed forward towards the woman, recovered himself, and said: "Now not a word of what he did to me, remember.