There was no talking, only the growl of an occasional oath, the slapping of the hawser on deck, and the sharp orders of Haines.

" "By jinks, I will!" cried McNutt, slapping his leg for emphasis.

slapping the counter with his usual impulsiveness.

He told Jasperson that in comparing himself to a reptile he was slapping the cheeks of his progenitors.

Sometimes, in the water's depressions, a lull would catch them, then when the wind boomed again over the tops of the crests, slapping fiercely the canvas, a brief period of hazard had to be met.

Judy mechanically obeyed, and took her place with the others, and was sitting like one in a dream, when she was aroused by a man slapping her on the back.

"'Yes, I'll make you resigned,' said he, sneeringly, slapping her across the back.

"Another machine to the scrap-heap!" laughingly observed the most celebrated of Yankee aces, slapping Colin on the shoulder.

"Really?" questioned Ben-Zayb, slapping his hand on his pocket and paling visibly.

When she sprang out of the lather, those devilish, snarling, snaky waves sprang after her, slapping at her flanks, tearing and biting at her like a pack of wolves.

I cried, slapping him on the back and putting six of the greasy slugs into the cylinder and snapping it back into position.

The shouting of men, the sound of oars, and the rattling and slapping of blocks and sails, told that the men on shore were getting under way for the pursuit.

" "Oh, never fear," said St. Pierre, slapping his friend on the shoulder.

he exclaimed, slapping the three letters down under his broad fist on the table before the astonished squire.

" "Then you are a little prodigy," said the artist, slapping him upon the shoulder.

He insisted on procuring a private conveyance, and we saw him drive out of the long street that then composed most of the city of Hudson, at a slapping pace, about one o'clock in the morning.

Forward all was full, but the after-yard having been square from the first, their sails lay aback, and the ship was slowly forging ahead, with the seas slapping against her bows, as if the last were admonishing her to stop.

After all, it was well, perhaps, that these men had not learnt how to use their fists, and that with them pushing, slapping, and rolling upon one another satisfied honour.

" "They're remarkable creeturs," rejoined Buzzby, slapping his hand on his thigh.

He generally played with the whip, making little feints at the mare, or slapping her lightly with the reins, or admonishing her in a familiar way; but on this occasion the heat or some other cause had rendered him less demonstrative than usual.

" "Three cheers for Jack Curtiss!" shouted Bill Bender, slapping Jack heartily on the back and giving most of the cheers himself.

" They all lined up, slapping him on the back; and as I stood in the door, they all lifted their glasses, and Jackway gave them what he called his "toast," which ran as follows: "Sold again And got the tin, And sucked another Dutchman in!" He paid out of a fat pocketbook, staggering, and pointing at me and looking like a tipsy imp of some sort; and finally he started over toward me, saying, "Hey, Dutchman!

Captain Tonkins cracked his whip with professional sonority over the heads of his lively horses, and they started off at a slapping pace, which brought them to the house of the three friends before the bells had fairly begun to jingle in unison.

" "Glad to hear it, sir," answered the boy Bog, blushing hard, lifting his eyes from the floor long enough to glance at Mr. Minford and his daughter, and all the while slapping his knees vigorously.

my valorous Don Diego Caravaja," said the Sorbonist, slapping the Spaniard on the shoulder, and speaking in his ear.