She walked slowly along, treading the young tendrils of the moss, watching with wistful eyes the fleecy clouds, as they appeared through the branches of the elms, scurrying swiftly out towards the sea .
From far away came the appealing call of a blackbird chased by some marauding owl, while on the ground close by, the creaking of tiny branches betrayed the quick scurrying of a squirrel.
There was a scurrying about as the boys got their hand-baggage together and brushed the snow from their clothes.
By eight o'clock a miraculous change had taken place; the camp was alive with scurrying people, galvanized into hopeful activity by my possibly unwarranted optimism and a few judiciously veiled threats.
This time came the encouraging statement that the hostile guns were knocked clean out of action, and that swarms of artillerymen and infantry were scurrying across the dunes.
Just at that moment the staff-paymaster, who was scurrying below with one of the pay-trays, happened to be passing in the direct line of Mephisto's descent.
Profound silence reigned here, unbroken save by occasional scurrying and squeaking of mice behind the wainscot, the gnawing of rats in the wall, or the ticking of the death-watch.
The flames burst from the barn, and instantly a horde of sharp-shooters abandoned the place and went scurrying across an open field in search of cover.
The change seemed to be more agreeable to the men in the ranks, for they seemed to enjoy mounting a horse and scurrying over the plains in free-lance fashion.
They did not seem to be in any particular hurry about making the second attack, as in the distance could be seen Indians riding in pairs, scurrying back and forth on their war ponies, dragging the dead and wounded between them.
This may have spoilt the Turks' amusement--for it must have been most amusing to the Turkish gunners to see them scurrying about the harbour--but the constant shifting became too boring altogether.
But there was no need to lecture Nathalie further, for her heart had been thumping violently in nervous dread all the way home, and she was already scurrying up the walk to the stoop.
Si'Wren had just enough time to see Sorpiala scurrying away on swift, dainty little footsteps, leaving the broken goddess in two pieces on the ground as she made fast her escape--with a smirk on her face.
As soon as Habrunt had gone, Geth himself came scurrying as quickly as his bent frame could carry him up the opposite slope of the hill, with a group of field hands following fearfully behind him.
The sound echoed across the land, sending gophers, rabbits, and other animals scurrying for their dens and holes in the ground.
Then Habrunt, with a visible sense of renewed urgency in his entire manner and physical posture, sent another runner boy scurrying across the yard.
No one was about but a few belated nursery maids, scurrying in silhouette against the pale glow of the light pinned down and imprisoned under the thick cloud of foliage.
I could hear her scurrying down the hall, but I went on walking up and down in my room and talking aloud to her.
We followed, less heroically, by a gap, and ascended the hill, with the torn paper scurrying in front of us in the gusty wind.
It had not been visible until we rounded the fall and went scurrying behind it in the eddy.
We bore down to the trail, and found it still swarming with a scurrying horde, all proceeding with a stealthy swiftness.
The only answer was a scurrying on the part of the feathered folk.
A metallic clatter came from the pantry, another squeak, and the little brute vanished through the open window in a whirl of scurrying arms and legs.
The moment his companion's feet touched bottom, De Jussac snatched the light from his hand, roughly enough to send him off his balance, and went scurrying to and fro along the face of the cliff like a mad thing.
Some one suggested a ladder, and in a moment there was an aimless scurrying and turning amongst the women.
Close though this bank was to the road, it was picked over with rabbit burrows, and when the girls came near there was a scurrying of brown and a flicker of white among the bluebells and the ferns.
They're always scurrying on ahead, and if you don't look after them they will make a big salient and bite off more than they can chew.
They were scurrying like a flock of sheep, not because they were rushed, I was told, but simply for fun.
Creator Spiritus The wind that scatters dying leaves And whirls them from the autumn tree Is grateful to the ship that cleaves With stately prow the scurrying sea.
Wild clouds are scurrying overhead, The wild wind's voice is loud and dread, Sounding the knell of the dying day, Yet here is silence and gloom alway.
A Fragment And some came down in a great wind Under grey scurrying skies To where the long wave-beaten shore For ever shrieks and cries.
The very evening before the arrival of the blacks, however, the wind went suddenly down, although, strangely enough, at a great altitude we could see scores of small black clouds scurrying across the sky.
On and on the handsome car rushed, leaving little spirals of dust behind it, and sending the small fry of rural animal life scurrying out of its path.
Mrs. Heard, seeing a hand's breadth of cloud in the sky and fearing a thunder storm, had sent Neale O'Neil scurrying for the girls.
But she struck the sheep, and sent it scurrying out of her way.
But she struck the sheep and sent it scurrying out of her way.
Here and there on the yellow strip of sand by the river's margin, long-legged snipe were scurrying about.
I tossed long that night on the hard cot, listening to the scurrying rats among the roof-timbers.
The little street was deserted, but in Pall Mall the dark forms of busses could be made out scurrying for shelter, one wondered where?
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