He gave the ape-man's sign of the open and closed hand to signify one day and one night, and Towahg's grunt was half in relief and half in understanding as he slipped back into hiding where the jungle pressed close.
He dropped the leaf-wrapped package to the ground, and, with the free hand, shot over a blow that brought a grunt of pain from Schwartzmann and a gush of blood that smeared the black, hairy face.
Burrows received this statement with a grunt of dissent, but the arrival of his dogcart put a stop to further discussion.
A volley of sparks flew up from the hapless Spaniard's armor, and a grunt issued from within it, which proved that, whether he was killed or not, the blow had not improved his respiration.
There was a grunt of approbation from the Pelicans; and Amyas returned to the charge.
Murgatroyd gave a grunt of surprise, jammed his glasses on his nose, and stared at his caller with renewed interest; then, suddenly, he pressed a push button at the side of his desk.
With a grunt he crumpled to the hot deck, knife still clutched in skinny fist.
She surprised a grunt out of Sorry, who looked over his shoulder as if he feared eavesdroppers.
A little, contemptuousgrunt escaped him as he made out just how bad it was.
She did not speak directly to the man, and he for his part noticed her departure very slightly, giving it a fraction of a grunt he wanted the rest of later.
After a short interlude about the weather, to which the man's contribution was a grunt at most, the old lady had been started on the subject of her nephew and Sapps Court, and to this he gave attention.
For the lad was herding swine as I was passing by: and the swine, scenting me, began to grunt and the lad to curse: "Thunder and lightning strike them and the devil fly away with them too!
And the big fat swine-gentry, which by reason of laziness care not to travel by night, these I devised a masterly trick to bring away, however much they might grunt and refuse.
Sully, with a grunt of disapproval, sat down in another chair, placing himself so the light would fall fully on Phil's face.
He chuckled as Sully uttered a grunt of anger and strode off to the other end of the car.
For, having glanced at his watch, he gave vent to a grunt of disgust, and hung on his heel undecidedly, after making a move to go.
Captain Dove, with a grunt of disgust, sat back in his chair and, while the lawyer wrote rapidly, related how he had found Sallie.
But, presently, Carthew looked up and then he scrambled on to his knees with a suppressed grunt of agony.
Carthew had all but reached the opposite edge of the pit between them when he let it go with a breathless grunt and it fell almost soundlessly into the void below.
The Colonel gave a distinct gruntof disapproval, and then, "Keepin' that brute in here?
When consciousness came back it brought the sound of Yagorsha's yarning by the fire, and the occasional laugh or grunt punctuating the eternal "Story.
The Colonel gave a prefatory gruntof depreciation, but he was pulling his blankets out from under the stuff on the sled.
Having sucked from repetition of this ancient twaddle exactly that sort of satisfaction the French or Roman peasant wins from a babble of a dead language over beads, Billy retired with many a grunt and sigh of satisfaction.
Billy Blee, whose attic window faced out upon the northern side of the farm, had gone to bed, but he was still awake, and the grunt of a wheelbarrow quickly roused him.
High up in a sapling a fat porcupine swayed contentedly with the motion of the branches as he uttered a peculiar sound between a grunt and a squeal.
He would grunt complainingly at any extra exertion, as, for instance, that which was required to reach the small wild sweet apples which he dearly loved, and which were clustered thickly on their small trees at the edge of the forest.
As he spoke a grunt sounded near him, and in an instant he lay flat upon the leaves, motioning to Tom and Charlie to do likewise.
A little further on he gave a kind of whispered grunt of satisfaction, and presently there came the sound not only of neighing but of pattering hoofs, and a pony suddenly came trotting out of the mist towards them.
The grunt was repeated; but the intruders remained still as death, and with a sleepy grumble the man who had been disturbed turned over on his charpoy, placed transversely across the deck, and fell asleep.
A toe jarred into his ribs, and Ross bit back the grunt of pain which answered that rude bid for his attention.
With a grunt he loosened the prisoner and spilled him unceremoniously on the ground while he examined the horse.
After watching him for a while, his instructor gave a grunt of satisfaction and settled down for a nap.
Then with an inarticulate grunt he plunged forward and lay face downward in the sand.
Joe, with a grunt of rage, leaped at him with a sledge-hammer swing that would have ended the fight had it landed.
The four men leaped forward as one, with a common grunt of terror.
Then Stobell, who had been looking about him, gave vent to an astonished grunt and pointed to a boat drawn upon the beach nearly abreast of where their tent had been.
Along this he drove his pony at a speed which made that wall-eyed, cow-hocked quadruped gruntand groan in piteous fashion.
Phon gave a grunt of contempt at his white companion's want of intelligence.
His scream forced its way through his throat as a drawn-out grunt as the cord tightened still more.
David bowed, a fluid movement that made Simon grunt with distaste.
Forgive us," Daoud said, bowing back, though not as deeply, and drawing a disapproving gruntfrom Lorenzo.
He heard Celino, standing behind him, grunt with surprise.
Before they died away, there came from behind us, just to our right, the unmistakable answering grunt of a bull moose.
A little further, and we scarcely moved--stepping like cats from tree to tree, expecting every second to hear an angry grunt and have the bull emerge from the impenetrable veil of night that hung around us.
