I had seen them hopping about, when I went to turn away the cows in the morning, or after them at night.

Diggory, with an engaging smile, hopped on one side, and the Philistine flung himself against the post, and bumped his head with a violence which might have cracked any ordinary skull.

There is a hop in the parlor every evening and preaching on Sundays.

"Well, let's see your accommodation," and the old fellow hopped to his feet, and was out of doors before I could get the lantern.

Birds flitted or hopped from spray to spray; butterflies eddied around flowers within or upon which bees were bustling; ants and earwigs ran nimbly about on the mould; a member of the Universal Knowledge Society perambulated the gravel path.

Diggory and Vance could no longer restrain their curiosity; they hopped out of bed and glanced round the corner of the door.

Draw off the ale into a clean vessel, (supposing half a hogshead) only leave out eight or ten quarts, to which put four pounds of good hops, boil this near an hour; when quite cold, put the ale and hops into the hogshead, with eight pounds of treacle, mix'd well with four or five quarts of boil'd ale; stir it well together, and bung it up close: Let it stand six months, then bottle it for use. 56.

A black squirrel came hopping along with his mouth full of beech nuts, and running nimbly up the tree on which I was perched, and out upon one of the great limbs, deposited his store in a hollow he found there.

THE FIRST HOP WITH THE HOME GIRLS XV.

Four other Oysters followed them And yet another four; And thick and fast they came at last, And more, and more, and more All hopping through the frothy waves, And scrambling to the shore.

When this boy took a seat, a young girl read some verses that she had clipped from a newspaper: "Don't kill the toads, the ugly toads, That hop around your door; Each meal the little toad doth eat A hundred bugs or more.

Before the great storm broke he had crouched with the pack in the hollow just in front of the little hunters; and although the wolves were hungry, it was with feelings of curiosity only that they watched the children, who seemed to the powerful brutes hardly more to be feared than a couple of snowbirds hopping across the vast barren.

"Bernard, one of their big chaps, hopped over the rest and came after us.

She was immediately dazzled by the noise, the lights in the trees, the brightness of the dresses, the laces and gold crosses, and the crowd of people all hopping at the same time.

" Dunbar takes us with him on a fresh spring morning, where "Enamelled was the field with all coloúrs, The pearly droppés shook in silver showers," where we can hear the matin song of the birds hopping among the buds, while "Up rose the lark, the heaven's minstrel fine.

a hop of my thumb!

" It was the first hop after the semi-annual exams.

" The studio was deserted all that afternoon, for Psyche sat in the orchard drawing squirrels on the wall, pert robins hopping by, buttercups and mosses, elves and angels; while May lay contentedly enjoying sun and air, sisterly care, and the "pretty things" she loved so well.

But his heart was in the gambling den which he maintained in Doyers Street, and where anyone who knew the knock could have a shell of hop for the asking, once Mock had given him the once-over through the little sliding panel.

" Then old Philosopher, Wisest man alive, Plays at Lions and Tigers Down along the drive Gambolling fiercely Through bushes and grass, Making monstrous mouths, Braying like an ass, Twisting buttercups In his orange hair, Hopping like a kangaroo, Growling like a bear.

Then his foolish mind hatched up a scheme A peacock yet he could be; So he hopped behind a bush to undress Where the other fowls could not see.

THE BLACKBIRD [Hopping past him.]

And away he went once more with his great tankard hopping round his bonfire.

SECOND MAN As no man ever saw a squirrel hop Near any man from Hamelin!

His curatethe Rev. C. F. Holtseems to be only just out of pin feather, is rather afraid of hopping off the twig; and needs sundry lessons in clerical flying before he will make much headway.