Lying flat behind a roll of matting, Rudolph could see, as through the gauze twilight of a stage scene, the tossing lights and the skipping men who shouted back and forth, jabbing their spears or pikes down among the bales, to probe the darkness.

That was the part of it that really jabbed the iron into the soul.

"Yes, your voice is all right," approved Nyoda, jabbing a pin into the large felt hat which she was transferring into a tricorn, "but don't kick your feet straight up in front of you that way.

So toothache was selected as an alibi, and Jeremy wrapped his jaw in a towel, after jabbing his cheek with a pin so as to remember on which side the pain should be.

Racey demanded, jabbing his comrade in the ribs with stiffened thumb.

Another naked heathen, who sits straddle the animal's neck, looks around at the load, inquires if everybody is ready, jabs the elephant under the ear with a sharpened iron prong and then the trouble begins.

He jabbed the end with his knife, though the cigar was drawing perfectly well, and gave forth a deep growl which might have been a curse or a sob.

MANSON obeying, ROBERT jabs it into the ear of the BISHOP, who seems quite surprised.] 'Ere!

"Bermondsey Bill," who used to be The idol of the N.S.C., Began to fight in 17 P.T. instructor, very keen, Teaching recruits to jab the faces Of dummy Germans at the bases.

He was jabbing Jumbo's head and trying to shove it down within reach of his right hand.

" The cattle, moving restlessly about and jabbing their long, wicked horns at any animal that got in the way, lifted heads to stare at them suspiciously, before they turned tail and scampered off through the mustard.

And these Chinkswith their secret oaths and ritualsthey'd think nothing at all of jabbing a knife into you.

He shoved Mr. Bensington out of the window, showed him how to cling on, and pursued him up the ladder, goading and jabbing his legs with a bunch of keys whenever he desisted from climbing.

"Jimmy," I gently remonstrated, "don't jab your pen like thatit will spoil it.

" "You think an infernal falsehood, sir!" "See here, sir," said the doctor, without ceasing to ply his dexterous hands in his art, "I'll jab these scissors into your back if you say that again.

I'm dommed good an' ready," said Callahan, jabbing the snout of his oiler into the link machinery.

He quickly jabbed Telly in his rib-cage to awaken him to the imminent danger and, at the same time, he stooped over to grab a yellow rock from the ground.

She had a cooking fork in her hand and with it she jabbed the air viciously.

" Mr. Daily jabbed his thumb against a white bell-push, and a clerk appeared.

He jabbed the bottle across the bar at Donnegan and spun a glass noisily at him, and the "floater" observed the angry bartender with a frightened side glance, and then poured his drink gingerly.

Here was the Holy of Holies, the nerve ganglion of the English Navy, and here, striding up and down, the man who could jab the nerve-centre with his finger whenever he pleased.