But Lester was not single-handed.

Since you're short-handed, I might perhaps help, and I've had enough of the factory.

Silently the captain handed him a cigar.

O indeed 'twas Sir Benedict, I saw his hawk-face plain ere he closed his vizor, and he fought left-handed.

The gentlemen, therefore, will make a point of promptly handing over to them their own watches and jewelry, as well as those of their lady friends.

Across the counter, packed with its curious stock, I saw Monsieur Joseph, with shirt-sleeves rolled up, gravely handing a stick of chocolate to a child, and taking its sou in return.

I s'pose there's things left-handed fellers can do, and I must learn 'em as soon as possible, since my fightin' days are over," and Joe looked at his one arm with a sigh that was almost a groan, helplessness is such a trial to a manly man,and he was eminently so.

"I know of no business with Captain Jarvis," said Denbigh, politely handing the stranger a chair, "to which Lord Chatterton cannot be privy; if he will excuse the interruption.

" Amy looked and saw a white, shapely hand with an antique ring on the third finger.

They would seem also to have sworn on Alfred's relics, as an extra proof of their sincerity for this once, and their hostages "from among the most renowned men in the army" were duly handed over.

" A gray-haired man in undress uniform presently appeared, and as he handed Olympia the large official envelope he said, respectfully: "You never heard of me, Miss Sprague?

My meals were brought upstairs and put on the landing outside; my patient and I remained completely isolated, until the disease had run its course; and when all risk was over, I proudly handed over my charge, the disease touching no other member of the flock.

The second opportunity led him impetuously into a draper's shop, where a magnificent shop-walker, after first ceremoniously handing him a high cane chair, passed on his order for pins in a deep and thrilling baritone, and retired in good order.

He was so large-hearted and open-handed.

And she wept not, but was very quiet by me; and presently I knew that she kist the whipt hand secretly in the dark.

She stole one hastily withdrawn glance to the deanery pew ere she kneeled, and then, on rising, handed her smelling-bottle affectionately to her elder sister.

It had been carefully planned; Mancy's cooking was beyond reproach, and Pansy Potts proved a neat-handed and quick-witted, if inexperienced, Phyllis.

One day the boatswain's mates repeated the commands at the hatchways: "All hands tack ship, ahoy!"

The "Autocratrix Russorum" was solemnly handed back.

That seems to me to be rather high-handed," said Britt good-naturedly.

She shivered and went to her bed and sat down, her hands tight clasped, a look of trouble in her eyes.

No fewer than twenty-one thousand chests, valued at nine million dollars, were brought in from the opium ships and formally handed over to Commissioner Lin.

Oh, what do I know about Brian MacConnell, after all? CONN Brian is wild, but he is free-handed.

The noise had scarcely died away, however, before a herald summoned Antonio of the Lagunes, the masked waterman of the Blessed St. John of the Wilderness, and Gino the Calabrian, to the presence of the Doge, whose princely hand was to bestow the promised prizes of the regatta.

It was the following, somewhat heavy-handed, review which inspired the English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, with all its "extraordinary powers of malicious statement"truly a Roland for his Oliver.