The old soldier returned from his interview with General Herkimer at about the same time our newly made friend finished his recital of what had been done in and around Johnson Hall, and, observing the look of satisfaction on the sergeant's face, I understood, even before he spoke, that his mission had been, at least in a certain degree, successful.

HOME DELIGHTS To operas and balls my cousins take me, And fond of plays my new-made friend would make me.

It was weeks and weeks before I made friends with that cat.

The little trunk got very old and bald, and still its owner lingered; still the lady, somewhat the worse for lapse of time, looked from the balcony-window in the brief southern twilights, and the maid every morning shook a worn rug or two over the dangerous-looking railing; and yet neither had made friends or enemies.

Miss Anderson poured the hot chocolate and made friends with the shy Sydney Cooke, who had been dreading this visit all the afternoon.

This morning our new-made friend accompanied us to three of the villages, to visit several of his friends.

We played at it most happily until my nurse, coming in, told my new-made friend that she must "say 'Good- bye' now.

"Not only have the Sniffers and the Stinkfoots made friends with the Droffs, but the Forest Monster has had a major-league change of heart.

Amid music and laughter I spent many happy hours in her house, made friends, and was encouraged to make my début as an improvisatore.

He labored to revive the ruined trade, which he knew to be the staple of Dutch prosperity: but the measures springing from this praiseworthy motive were totally opposed to the policy of Napoleon; and in proportion as Louis made friends and partisans among his subjects, he excited bitter enmity in his imperial brother.

But if the pattern's clearer now, then it has made friends of life that waits.

Now and then there is an exception, as was the case with the new-made friend of Teddy.

What if the boy who had shared that crazy adventure with her, himself an officer bound overseas, had fallen in with Rush, made friends with him, told him the story!

At Mr. Taylor's invitation Tom approached him, and as he stroked the fur of the handsome cat, a sort of magnetism seemed to be imparted to the family pet, for he rolled over at the feet of his new-made friend, and seemed delighted with the beginning of the interview.

I never made friends with the girls, or felt like approaching them.

I am getting to feel what an old man's failing memory is as to recent events and new friends, (for instance, I made friends, only a few weeks ago, with a very nice little maid of about twelve, and had a walk with herand now I can't recall either of her names!), but my mental picture is as vivid as ever of one who was, through so many years, my ideal child-friend.

Thus we made friends, and in a very little while I was as familiar with the interior of his lodgings as with our own.

He has connected himself with our Mission and has made friends there.

The other officials, too,those elected by the people,they appointed to please themselves (for they controlled the elections), and they made friends with the other aediles and most of the tribunes.

He made friends wherever he went.

If you made friends with one, you might mortally offend the other.

And more than that, there might be things about the people who liked my book which I should not like; superficial things such as manner or look; I might not even like their opinions on certain points; but now, by writing this book, the best part of me, I think, has made friends with the best part of them.

" "Aridius, in fact, returned very speedily from Marseilles, and Gondebaud, on seeing him, said to him, 'Thou knowest that we have made friends with the Franks, and that I have given my niece to Clovis to wife.'

But if I lend it to a shapely and well-made friend, it gets a beauty from the wearer.

Tycho observed with him for some time, the two forming a firm friendship, and then visited successively Frankfort, Basle, and Venice, returning by way of Augsburg, Ratisbon, and Saalfeld to Wittenberg; on the way he acquired various astronomical manuscripts, made friends among practical astronomers, and examined new instruments.