In the utter stillness through which they moved Betty heard the beating of her own heart, and the soft, and all but inaudible patter of the boy's bare feet on the warm dust of the road.
The sound of their cheerful voices, the patter of their little feet, the laugh, the shout, and the song, had been heard from morning till night.
Perhaps his cut still pained him; perhaps the perpetual patter of the shower which was falling made him gloomy and dull, for a violent rain had come on, which continued during the whole of that night.
The swift patter of fairy feet echoed and re-echoed through the long aisles.
The air was sweet with the freshness of the rain, and belated drops, falling from the trees, made a faint patter upon the ground.
There was a patter of hoofs; the sheep were coming.
Jim heard the quickpatter of the continental code; Brittler heard it, too, and understood.
Nothing was wanting but the patter of little feet about the house, and they were coming.
Lying in bed nights one is kept awake by the patter of their little feet as they run across the corrugated iron roofs mingled with their sharp squeals.
The wind howled, hummed, whistled, with sudden booming gusts that rattled the doors and shutters in the vicious patter of sprays.
The head disappeared with a bang, and a heavy splash and patter of drops swept past the closed door as if a pailful of melted lead had been flung against the house.
The Irishwoman is more fluent, and can evenpatter in slight degree, but has less intelligence, and confines herself to the lower order of trades.
The scurrying feet of mice made a ghostly patter in the attic, above her room, and a vagrant wind, in passing, tapped at her window with the fairy-like fingers of the vine that clung to the wall.
Childish voices rang through the empty corridors and the fairy patterof tiny feet sounded on the stairs.
The storm had subsided into the monotonous patter of a steady rain.
While we stood outside, the great drops began to patter down; and presently it was raining violently, as it rained that night.
Meanwhile there was a pause between the two main disputants; the storm-clouds were deepening outside, and rain had begun to patter on the windows.
If you want to make love, find yer way, or keep check on the nuggets you spend, You must put in the patter O.
In your thought is the patter and scurry of new creation.
I must feel the first patterof the storm before I hazard a judgment.
Peri, if it had not been for the gentle patter of her moccasin as it fell upon the floor with the sylph-like footfall of the prize elephant as he moves around the ring to the dreamy strains of "Old Zip Coon.
Aside from the gentle patter of the maternal slipper on my overalls, everything moved along with me like the silent oleaginous flow of the ordinary goose grease.
He heard nothing but the faint patter of the dripping slime, and he went swiftly to the end of the musty antechamber and discovered at the distant end the fourth wall, hitherto unseen.
He heard the sound of rippling music, the muffled patter of hoofs and creaking of wheels over the crisp snow as carriage after carriage deposited its burden at the porch.
His reverie was cut short by the patter of horses' hoofs behind him.
By the fireplace sat the Tamal, Lone survivor of her people-- Sat and listened to the patter Of the raindrops on the shingles, To the soughing of the west-wind In the branches of the redwoods.
Wild Coyotes broke the silence Of the midnight with their barking, And the prowling Wolves crept nearer, Till the patter of their footsteps Could be heard in stealthy rushes.
The voice was unsteady, and the patter of bare feet that accompanied it suggestively uneven.
For a time she forgot Gomez, and listened vacantly to the patterof feet in the hot streets while she sat quietly in a corner of the shaded room, lost in alluring dreams.
Everything else was dark, and except for the soft patter of feet the city was quiet; but it had a sinister look, and Walthew instinctively kept away from the trees in the small alameda they skirted.
Then the mass broke into running groups, and through the patter of their feet there came a steady, measured tread.
Some one near Cliffe cried out, and the patter went on.
Warning shouts fell from the roofs, the patter of feet grew faster, the shadowy streets were choked with fugitives, and the place was empty except for the line of quiet men.
There was a sharp patter on the front of the barricade and splinters sprang from the table legs.
Now and then there was a clatter of hoofs as a messenger rode up, and sometimes an order was followed by a patter of feet.
The streets were suddenly filled with the patter of hurrying feet, and the confused outcry became a menacing roar.
For outside he could hear the quick patter of feet hard-galloping, and the scurry of a huge creature racing madly to a call.
The blush was still hot upon her cheeks, when she caught the patter of soft steps in the passage without.
Now as he sped along the foot of the rise, of a sudden there burst on his ear the myriad patter of galloping feet.
The patter of cheery feet rang out on the plank-bridge over the stream below them.
The monkey's paws patter again, Snakes hiss and flash their eyes: The bear roars out in hideous pain: Ann prays and her brother cries.
So, hands in his pockets, but with awful "wind up," he waited while the soft patter of the bullets came near and the patter quickened into rain.
Then as it passed, it dropped into a patter once more and finally dropped away in a whisper.
While Mr. Shrimplin was still philosophizing big drops of warm spring rain began to splash and patter on the long reach of still water before them.
Without, the wind had risen and presently there came the patter of rain on the roof.
Then, as Margery struck into a bright quick tune, he softly opened the door with his right hand, holding his left hand with the ropes behind him, and stood looking at Jennie, whose pink toes had begun to patter merrily on the polished table.
There followed eating and drinking, accompanied by a patter of gay, disconnected sallies from Jennie, relating chiefly to the eatables and drinkables.
Josh Heckett laughed, and told his young friend to 'cheese his patter and sling his hook.
As she did so she heard a quick patter behind her, and in another second Lion was by her side.
