Did you know he was coming?" "No," said Laura honestly, adding with a little chuckle: "But I sort of had an idea that he might happen along.

The sucking old mouth emitted a dry chuckle.

Only, if one paused to listen on the brink of an aven, there were odd and disturbing noises to be heard underfoot, liquid whisperings, grim chuckles, horrible gurgles, that told of subterranean streams in spate, coursing in darkness to destinations unknown, unguessable.

" CHAPTER XVIII DEFINITE SUSPICION Chettle laugheda low, suggestive, satisfied chuckle.

He hesitated, as if about to speak, and then with a mouthful of his inimitable chuckles, he went out.

Still he slept on, and with a delighted chuckle Teddy sped back to his little companion; her eyes were dancing with mirth, and she clapped her hands at the successful exploit.

And now he could scarcely restrain his triumphant chuckles in Ben's hearing.

"Yes; not from a great distance though," Roundjacket replied, with a sly chuckle; "see here; the post-mark is the 'Bower of Nature.'

" Here Mrs. M'Evoy leered gleefully up at the Sister, and one or two feeble chuckles were heard from the neighbouring beds; but Mrs. Brady assumed an attitude which can only be described as one implying a mental drawing away of skirts, and preserved an impenetrable gravity.

Tilly laughed, and Tom Raymond gave another odd little chuckle.

Peter was nosing about by himself in a little recess by the fireplace, and soon the other two heard him give a gleeful chuckle.

(At this Julia deigns a slight chuckle.)

And then J.H.N. paused, with a kind of inner exultant chuckle, and said, "Ah!

Down we came off the gate, and through the mud we went, he leading with a fat chuckle.

Then his voice broke in a great, hearty chuckle.

Still looking at me he gave way to a hoarse chuckle.

he grunted, and emitted a curious chuckle that caused me to give him my full attention.

"Why, the patients, of course," Carolyn June answered with a mischievous chuckle.

"Perhaps," suggested Ferd, with a chuckle, "the aeroplane we heard belonged to him" "A ghost's aeroplane," murmured Billie, smothering another hysterical chuckle.

Then, as we held our breath for fear of disturbing it, with a good-natured little chuckle, he shook it off into the fire, and by a few quick strokes of red turned the black charcoal disk into a shield gay enough for a tournament.

The old negress gave a pleased abdominal chuckle as she admired her broad-shouldered brown son.

It was some minutes before he had regained his normal composure, and even then the sensitive nerves of his partner were offended by an occasional belated chuckle.

And then J.H.N. paused, with a kind of inner exultant chuckle, and said, "Ah!

" Just here Jerry gave one of his peculiar chuckles; and, seeing that I got but little information from the boy, I dismissed him with the remark, that, when we got to Tucson, he should have a suit of clothes.

The old negress gave a pleased abdominal chuckle as she admired her broad-shouldered brown son.