"You can see by the footmarks that they came in through that door; of course it's always kept locked, and here's the key hanging up inside the shed.

"No; why?" "Why, because old Fossberry's house has been broken into, and they think the thieves must have come through our garden; there were some footmarks in the shrubbery just on the other side of the wall.

If we tell him, he'll be bound to tell the police, to explain about those footmarks; and when it comes out that we got into the house, I should think we are pretty certain to be charged with having stolen the coins.

It's all in the paper this morning; it mentions the footmarks and the knife-blade, and says that as yet the police have not been able to discover any further traces of the robbers.

We found footmarks of Indians, which we traced; by these it appeared that they were in small force, and that when H fell from his horse he recovered his feet, and ran from the enemy, in the direction of the plain, for about two hundred yardshere it was evident he had been overtaken, and his skull cloven with a tomahawk from behind.

Hilda, watching her, and observing the wet footmarks which she left on the pavement, was appalled by the sense of her own responsibility as to the future of Sarah Gailey.

In the midst were the deep impressions of the splay-hoofed game, and all about, everywhere, were the lighter footmarks of the wolves.

On the further side was a flat expanse of seemingly firm and dry sand, but no sooner had our elephants begun to cross it, than the whole sandbank for yards began to rock and tremble; the water welled up over the footmarks of the elephants, and S. called out to us, Fussun, Fussun!

There was nothing in the middle room, or in the kitchen or pantry; but everywhere went the wet footmarks through all the rooms, showing plainly wherever there were woodwork or oilcloth; and always there was the smell.

I saw then that the strange, horrible footmarks came straight up to the cellar door; and the last print showed under the door; yet the policeman said the door had not been opened.

Inspector Johnstone was examining the floor, and I saw that the footmarks went all 'round the cellar, into all the corners, and across the floor.

"You acknowledge these footmarks were here, Mr. Blackburn?" "Certainly," Bobby answered.

It followed so neatly on the handkerchief and the footmarks.

And soon it came about that he no longer quite realized what it was they signifiedthese impressions left upon the snow by something nameless and untamed, always accompanied by the footmarks of the little French Canadian, his guide, his comrade, the man who had shared his tent a few hours before, chatting, laughing, even singing by his side.... V

Why, who should there be?" "There's fresh footmarks outside.

Kentish looked at the footmarks, then at the door, then down the lane, and finally back toward the house.

" Hewitt returned to the cinder-path again, and once more examined the footmarks.

On the stairs and on the floor near them there are muddy footmarks.

hain't no great detective, like yer read about,the kind That solves a whole blame murder case by footmarks left behind; But then, again, on t'other hand, my eyes hain't shut so tight

It was only in the sand and gravel swept down by the floods from the gorge that any footmarks could be seen; these were first leveled, and then with the blankets the surface of the sand was carefully swept so as to erase all signs of disturbance.

A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, especially its Fossil Footmarks, made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

"One of their footmarks.

Looking at their footmarks on the ground they seem to throw an almost straight track, neither splayed nor in-toed, and to set their feet down with a gentle forward pressure, rather like the Australian's stealthy footfall.

They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one, Into the middle of the plank; 55 And further there were [10] none!

Then the gardener shouldered his spade, and finding a number of footmarks all over the place, specially about the bed of lilies, and certainly not those of a pony, he carefully obliterated them, and held his peace.