The man, in less than ten minutes, unscrewed a plate at the farther end, and fixed on an air-pump, made for the purpose, on which the door of the stove suddenly slammed to.

Therefore I succeeded in getting hold of a screwdriver from the carpenter's shop, and next night, when everyone was asleep, I crept out and unscrewed the panel, when to my surprise I saw that the secret cavity behind was filled with beautiful jewelry, diamond collars, tiaras, necklets, fine pearls, emeralds and turquoises, all thrown in indiscriminately.

Dorothy held the lantern, her hands trembling slightly, as I stepped across and unscrewed both ports.

Then, back at the binnacle, he unscrewed the brass caps of the cylindrical brass tube which housed the Flinders bar, removed that also, replaced the caps, and consigned the bar to the sea in its turn.

Here, Adam unscrewed his hat, and knocked out the wrinkles against his knee, which done, he glanced at Anthea: "Whywhat is it, Miss Anthea?

He switched off his lights, climbed upon the bed, and carefully unscrewed the little knob which was like the one shown to him by Dawson.

You've come unscrewed.

" He passed from the room, and I unscrewed the flask and tilted into the jug a generous modicum of its contents.

Mr. Culpepper unscrewed the top of another bottle, and the reckless Mr. Sharp, after helping himself, made a short and feeling speech, in which he wished Mr. Culpepper long life and happiness.

And when she had sufficiently crushed the letter-book in the press, she lovingly unscrewed and drew forth the book; and with solicitude she opened the book on the smaller table, and tenderly detached the blotting-paper from the damp tissue paper, and at last extracted the copied letter and examined its surface.

To me it became as portentous as an unscrewed coffin lid.

The holding cap must have been partially unscrewed.

The men did as they were ordered, but the suspicion was so great that people insisted upon the glasses of the telescopes being unscrewed, in order to be quite sure that there was no pill behind them.

He unscrewed one of the ports to leeward, and, although we let much water into the forecastle, he threw the bottle out at an opportune moment, and then slammed the port shut again.

The sea had calmed, and Captain Riggs unscrewed one of the ports and looked out just as the sun popped up over the hills of the Philippine coast.

I can't unscrew it; will you try?" Leonora unscrewed it.

I then unscrewed the box of the lock; and, that being taken away, the door was no longer opposed to my wishes.

Give him a drop of your brandy, Roy.' As Roy unscrewed the stopper, the Turk's eyes opened, and he stared up at his rescuers in blank amazement.

At the end of two minutes we unscrewed the cover and gazed inside, but there were no signs of freezing, and to make a long story short, instead of writing a book as I said I should, there we all were from half-past twelve to nearly two o'clock, when we decided to have dinner and leave the servants to finish it.

Each sleeve can be unscrewed and used in an emergency as a Lewis gun.

" Armed with the stick, Merritt rapidly unscrewed the cap of the fuel tank and plunged the sounder into it.

Quigley unscrewed the cap of the canteen.

So one day I unscrewed an' sneaked it, jus' to see what he'd do.

I unscrewed the cover and showed him the blue quivering needle still pointing to the north.

" The defendant smiled, and with his lawyer's assistance unscrewed his cork arm, and, leaving it in the dock, walked out.