"You take" He held up his hand.

Shalah looked westwards, held up his hand, and stood poised for a minute like a graven image.

Boone held up his hand with a warning gesture, and nodded toward Kate; but, without halting, Jones advanced to Boone's chair, and, seizing him by the shoulder, held up a copy of the afternoon paper.

Only one who appeared to be the most important person of the company kept inside the circle, and whenever one or more of the others came forward a few steps he held up his hand and begged them to go back a little.

He held up his hand as a signal of attention, and he called a council of war, while the squaws sat on pa to hold him down.

" The interpreter held up his hand, indicating that the prosecutor should have patience.

The mountains they danced at night, and the mountains they tried to fall on Peachey's head, but Dan he held up his hand, and Peachey came along bent double.

He held up his hand, and they heard the ring of pick and shovel, and the sound of men's voices.

But to see that stirred my choler, for Mr. Glennie was weak as wax, and would never have held up his hand to stop a blow, even were he strong as Goliath.

" Graham held up his hand.

With a grimace approaching a scowl he drew back free of Jack's sight and held up his hand in protest.

At last one old man, whom I at once recognized as a Graduate of our University (Anno 1800) held up his hand.

On our arrival at Ypres the traffic man held up his hand.

To cheer the animals for the heavy work before them, she talked to them as if they were human beings, encouraging them so much that they took the first ten miles at a tremendous rate, following so close on the track of the first sledge that presently 'Duke Radford held up his hand as a signal for stopping, then turned round to expostulate in a peevish tone: "What do you mean by letting the dogs wear themselves out at such a rate?

At last one old man, whom I at once recognized as a Graduate of our University, (Anno 1800,) held up his hand.

" As we rolled over the ancient drawbridge which gives admittance to sleepy Bruges, a bespectacled sentry, who looked as though he had suddenly been called from an accountant's desk to perform the duties of a soldier, held up his hand, palm outward, which is the signal to stop the world over.

Halfway down the bank my companion suddenly stopped and held up his hand in warning; but either my foot slipped, or I had gained too much momentum to bring myself quickly to a halt, for I bumped into him and sent him forward with a sort of leap to save himself.

But Markham mounted the embankment, drew Hermia up beside him, put his back against a car, held up his hand and in French demanded silence.

" "Of course, my lord, I shall be only too thankful to remain, but it seems so very strange" Lord Arleigh held up his hand.

"Of course, if I buy" Mr. Stobell held up his hand again.

But Bently, with a light upon his countenance such as theretofore had ne'er been seen on sea or land, suddenly held up his hand.

Suddenly Corporal Crawford held up his hand as a signal for silence.

He held up his hand to intimate that he was fully occupied for the moment, and we accordingly waited for his paroxysm to subside.

"What the devil, sir?" began the major; but the chief held up his hand for silence.

He held up his hand, fingers spread, and got up.