The presence of a hawk, or more particularly an owl in the woods, is often made known by the screaming of the jays, who flock together about him with ever-increasing noise, like a troop of jackals about a lion, pressing in upon him closer and closer in a paroxysm of excitement, while the owl, thus taken at disadvantage, sidles along his bough seeking concealment, and at length softly flaps off to some more undisturbed retreat.

She entered finally, sidling in among the chairs.

I used to sit and watch the various applicants sidle into their seats with the most sheepish faces for men I ever saw.

Still firingstill working with all his heart in the deadly play, Jack sidles to the officer and cries out: "Captain, I know a ford that will take us across above the stone bridge.

" Kaipi nodded his head and trudged forward as Soma came sidling toward us.

And that evening as we were regarding some merchandise in a bazaar, a fellow sidles up to me, and whispers (fingering a piece of cloth as if he were minded to buy it): "Does all go well?

It was more than thirty minutes since the ferry-boat had sidled across the river, and Mon glanced at the clock on his mantelpiece.

When the company were mounted, and trooping downhill through the camphor shadow, Heywood's pony came sidling against Rudolph's, till legging chafed legging.

" Other dark forms sidled out of the gloomy depths of that cavern-like corner and drew close to Kurt.

Is 'acrid' the word I want?" "I couldn't say," he replied, beginning to sidle round the bench.

"Who is foolish enough to wish to change their natural coats?" "Hmm!" said the crab as he sidled towards the beach.

The poem is Yankee, even to the questionable extent of substituting "locality" for "scene" in the stage-directions; and we feel sure that none of the characters ever went to bed in their lives, but always sidled through the more decorous subterfuge of "retiring.

so that it is usually wise to sidle off the track and try new snow beside it.

She was chattering either of her plans for the autumn, or of Dante and the discovery of his missing cantos, or else of how abominably Bob Townsend had treated Rosalind Jemmett, and they had almost reached the upper terracelittle Roger, indeed, his red head blazing in the sunlight, was already sidling by shy instalments toward themwhen Patricia moaned inconsequently and for no ascertainable cause fainted.

He had the never-failing predilection for showy switch-tailed horses that step high, and sidle about, and act as if they were going to do something fearful the next minute, in the face of awed and admiring multitudes gathered at mighty musters or imposing cattle-shows.

A black dog, of the apologetic drooping sort that always has its tail sagging and matted with burrs, crawled out and sidled past Billy with a deprecating wag or two when he caught his unfriendly glance, and shambled over to the door that he might sniff suspiciously the cold air coming in through the crack beneath.

Already he felt his horse heave and sidle under him, in a fashion that brought his heart into his mouth; and he was ready to cry for quarter.