Down on the floor, I heard a faint, frightened whimper, and something pressed itself in between my two feet.

Down on the floor, I heard a faint, frightened whimper, and something pressed itself in between my two feet.

But he had evidently been thinking on the way, for he set the bucket down carefully, wiped his hands on his canvas breeches, and began to speak, with a little apologetic whimper in his voice.

" "Oh, naturally," retorted the girl in an indignant whimper.

But he had evidently been thinking on the way, for he set the bucket down carefully, wiped his hands on his canvas breeches, and began to speak, with a little apologetic whimper in his voice.

Then, he was quiet, save for an occasional, subdued whimper of fear.

He, too, began to feel the subtle stillness of the drowsing woodland; musing there, caressing his short, crisp mustache, he watched the purple grackle walking about in iridescent solitude, the sun spots waning and glowing on the grass; he heard the soft, garrulous whimper of waterfowl along the water's edge, the stir of leaves above.