A curious contraction had passed over the man's features, but so swiftly that it might have been a nervous twitch.

He groaned at the thought, but in the last second, there was a move of Hunter's hand that no eye could follow, that singular convulsive twitch which Pete Reeve had taught him so long before.

What is the betting, Mr. Copplestone?" I could not understand the quizzical little smile that Dawson gave me, nor the humorous twitch of his lips.

" There was a little twitch of whimsical mirth at the corners of the old man's mouth.

she saw a very glossy black hat come skipping down the steps, felt a violent twitch backward, and, to save herself from a fall, sat down on the lower step with most undignified haste.

The forgotten training soon comes back to our invaluable auxiliary; a mere twitch of the ear is a sufficient hint for her to retire at the right moment, and wait for the corn that is in variably given in exchange for the cryptogam.

" She sat down behind the tea-table, and he stood at a little distance, watching her pull off her gloves with a queer comic twitch of his elastic mouth.

Presently he caught the eye of a Sister as she passed swiftly the foot of his bed, and she, seeing the appealing look, the barely perceptible upward twitch of his head that was all he could do to beckon, stopped and turned, and moved quickly to his side.

As he raised his hand to push back the hair which fell over his eyes, a sharp twitch of painfor his hands were scorched and blisteredbrought all that had happened vividly before him.

He groaned at the thought, but in the last second, there was a move of Hunter's hand that no eye could follow, that singular convulsive twitch which Pete Reeve had taught him so long before.

" She turned her shoulder but not before he caught a slight disdainful twitch of her rosy, non-communicative mouth.

At one moment we behold him slumbering softly as an infant"so tranquil, helpless, stirless, and unmoved;" in the next, we remark with surprise sundry violent twitches and contortions of the limbs, as though the sleeper were under the operation of galvanism, or suffering from the pangs of a guilty conscience.

Presently he caught the eye of a Sister as she passed swiftly the foot of his bed, and she, seeing the appealing look, the barely perceptible upward twitch of his head that was all he could do to beckon, stopped and turned, and moved quickly to his side.

When at last the convulsive movements quieted, and the Shamán lay like one dead, except for an occasional faint twitch, the Boy realised for the first time that the sick man, too, was dumb.

" She turned her shoulder but not before he caught a slight disdainful twitch of her rosy, non-communicative mouth.

"I saw his eyelid twitch," cried Mrs. Gibbs, joyfully.

When at last the convulsive movements quieted, and the Shamán lay like one dead, except for an occasional faint twitch, the Boy realised for the first time that the sick man, too, was dumb.

" There was a furtive look in Rees' eyes, a guilty twitch on his companion's mouth.

" She sat down behind the tea-table, and he stood at a little distance, watching her pull off her gloves with a queer comic twitch of his elastic mouth.

I have traded even for women's garmentsthough this did strain mewithout an outward twitch.