Even in the mighty arms of the detective, he managed to struggle vigorously, and for a moment prevented Nick from tearing away the white and ghostly wrappings.

Sophie was taking her wrappings off.

" By this time I had unwound the voluminous wrappings and exposed the injurya deep gash in the palm that must have narrowly missed a good-sized artery.

" The others sat in absorbed silence while the chief delicately removed the wrappings of the mysterious parcel.

Do let me see it?" Tenderly the grandmother unfolded the wrappings, and presented the little stranger.

did you start the singing school?" "I reckon I did," said the husband, as soon as he could loose his wrappings; "but I want you to hunt up some flannels and things to help to keep it up.

"This," she said, opening the wrapping, "is a piea veal and 'am piesuch as you would not be likely to find in this country, unless you got me to make it for you.

Genius, I am told, sometimes locks its door and, if unrestrained, peels its outer wrappings.

Charlton wrapped Katy in every way he could, but still the storm penetrated all the wrapping, and the cold rain chilled them both to the core.

In awful silence each of us produced his wrappings and his caskets, extracted the shining briar, smeared it with cosmetics, and polished it more reverently than a peace time Guardsman polishes his buttons when warned for duty next day at "Buck.

I was going to say a round parcel, which it would have been but for something which ran out in a sharp tangent from one side, and pushed the wrappings into an odd angle.

Much surprised, the unrolled the sheepskin wrappings from his legs and got down from his seat.

Geoffrey had been exceedingly reluctant to have his young cousin take the long journey alone though she had laughed at his fears and his wife had abetted her in her disregard of possible disastrous consequences, telling him that women no longer required wrapping in tissue paper.

Then the generous-hearted traveller helped him into the sleigh, and shared his wrappings with him.

" The two men, meanwhile, under M. Armand's direction, had been stripping the wrappings from the other cabinet, and it finally stood revealed.

" José's fingers fumbled the little corn-husk wrapping for the cigarette he meant to make.

And cutting off their wrappings first and then the ropes with which they were tied, the prince beheld the Gandiva there along with four other bows.

Scarcely had the door of his apartment closed behind him, when he threw aside the invalid wrappings with a perfect fury, sprang from his chair, and hastened into the inner room.

"At the conclusion of this song, the woman put another bunch of sweet grass on a coal, and carefully undid the wrappings of the pipe, holding each one over the smoke to keep it pure.

She laid it on his knee, and pretended to shake him, when he made out that he meant to take time to untie the cords which bound the wrappings, instead of cutting them.

He carefully unpacked the wrapping, and held up the sheaf of loveliness, and just for one moment had the thrill of joy that beauty had always brought to him.

It was a bright blue day, and the group that quite filled the balcony had laid wrappings aside, as all flower-buds are apt to do on such Creole January days, and shone resplendent in spring attire.

"The man and woman now faced each other and again began the buffalo song, keeping time by touching with the clenched handsthe right and left alternatelythe wrappings of the pipe, occasionally making the sign for buffalo.