Donnegan, fully dressed, stood in the entrance, outlined blackly by the light which came faintly from the hooded lantern hanging on the wall.

"Him need hardenin'?" muttered Samuel blackly.

It is not so, brother?" At this the Tinker and the Peddler and the Beggar nudged one another, and all grinned, and the friars scowled blackly at Little John; but they could think of nothing further to say, so they turned to their horses.

" At this speech the King's brows drew together blackly, and he turned to the Queen.

Not long after Robin had so gone to his rest a great cloud peeped blackly over the hills to the westward.

He cursed himself for a fool, shut the hand into a hard fist as steady as rock, and for an instant glared at it blackly.

" The big trail boss looked blackly at his helper.

Running swiftly and with purpose, they broke the circle and headed directly for the great cliff, which towered blackly in the brightening day a half-mile to the rear of the village.

Tyee looked back and saw the women and children clustering blackly in the deserted trenches.

To the young Sioux girl the sleigh-bells seemed to jingle harshly, and the gumbo hills, whose tops were bare of snow, seemed frowning blackly from across the river.

He therefore wrote to Dr. Blackly, a distinguished clergyman of the city, requesting him to perform the ceremony, and received from him an assurance that he would be present at the appointed time.

But now, love, no such difficulty exists; and here," continued he, "is an answer to the note I have written to Dr. Blackly, asking him to come next Wednesday night, and perform the ceremony.

Just then a loud ringing at the door announced the arrival of Dr. Blackly, who was shown into the front parlour.

Emily and Mrs. Ellis came down into the room where Mr. Garie was waiting for them, whilst Mr. Ellis brought in Dr. Blackly.

Dr. Blackly looked from one to the other with evident embarrassment, and then said to Mr. Garie, in a low, hesitating tone: "I think there has been some mistake herewill you do me the favour to step into another room?" Mr. Garie mechanically complied, and stood waiting to learn the cause of Dr. Blackly's strange conduct.

Dr. Blackly looked from one to the other with evident embarrassment, and then said to Mr. Garie, in a low, hesitating tone: "I think there has been some mistake herewill you do me the favour to step into another room?" Mr. Garie mechanically complied, and stood waiting to learn the cause of Dr. Blackly's strange conduct.

I mistook you for a Christian minister, which mistake you will please to consider as my apology for having troubled you;" and thus speaking, he bowed Dr. Blackly out of the house.

I can't think all the clergymen in the city are like Dr. Blackly.

Dr. Blackly informed me last week, that he sent for him to perform the ceremony, which he very properly refused to do.

But she was upheld by none of the traditional pride in a righteous action, nor by a raging single-mindedness like Judith's, who stalked along, her little fists clenched, frowning blackly to right and left on the other children, evidently far more angry with them than sympathetic for Cécile.

As to the major-domo, he looked blackly at me, and showing me into a small ante-chamber he left me.

But he went on with a smiling shake of his head, after a glance at the dark clouds which were gathering blackly on the other side of the river behind the spectral cottonwoods, now bare of leaves and ghostly white.

" "I feared that you were when I looked at you with the tail of my eye, and saw you staring so blackly over the bulwarks at us.

" Chase looked blackly at the eager Arab, who quailed.

And the stillness was unbroken, save at moments by a cry From some stray belated vulture sailing blackly down the sky, Or the snortings of a sleeping steed at waters fancy-seen, Or the hurried warlike mutterings of some dreaming Bedouin.