Wheelbarrows, too heavy to trundle, had been tilted up, with all their household goods spilt into the roadway, and the children had been carried further, until at last darkness came, and their only shelter was a haystack in a field under the harvest moon.

The shelter was but a barn, but there are things more important than premises.

The only available shelter was an old monastery about a mile from the village.

The only available shelter was an old monastery about a mile from the village.

But "shelter" is not the only thing for which the poor pay high.

The little garrison, whose sole shelter was a ruined monastic building on the hill, were attacked at dawn by 700 Turkish cavalry supported by mountain guns.

A few gaunt, almost limbless trees rose up spectrally on the ridge, offering the compact masses neither shelter from the sun nor security from the enemyif there were an enemy near.

Terror made them blind, and as shelter was now the sole object of the fugitives, they would probably have sought it in the chamber of doom itself, had there been an opportunity.

It was one of those chill, wet days of winter when there is little comfort away from a blazing fire, and when good shelter for the night is an absolute necessity.

" "Just as you please," said Edward Tredgold, with unwonted caution; "but the nearest shelter is Dutton Priors.