But he was one of those waryold watch-dogs who are hard to catch napping.
At hearing so bad a character lavished upon objects recommended to his client's disinterested charity, the wary solicitor drew in his pecuniary horns.
The wary poacher never starts for his fishing grounds without having first secured his customer; and it is surprising with what lax code of morals the provincial public will deal when the silent night worker is one to the bargain.
All of them are shy, wary birds, and as difficult of approach as to bring down.
The human scent left at gaps and gateways by ploughmen and shepherds the wary poacher will obliterate by driving sheep over the spot before he begins operations.
Although wild and wary under ordinary circumstances, the mallard upon occasion has shown remarkable tameness.
Sometimes big game was obtained in the shape of a brace of wild geese, the least wary of a flock; but these only came in the severest weather.
It is true that widgeon and other of the diving ducks are sometimes driven to the decoys by rough sea weather, but these are too wary to enter the pipes, nor do they stay after the storms have abated.
Log-like though it appeared, there was something about its dusky bulk that, to their wary gaze, looked remarkably like a wolf asleep, or possibly even dead.
Then, keeping a wary eye on all sides, he walked forward with his party, and so entered the camp.
Surely, he thought, Kiopo, the always wary one, must have realized that?
When in the camp he was always on the alert, watching the forest with a wary eye.
He allowed Dusty Star to approach to within a few feet, though his wary gaze was fixed upon the wolf, who now came up slowly to Dusty Star's side.
Even thewary trapper saw no imprudence in our making a fire, and one was made--a large pile, for which the half-burnt faggots scattered over the camp afforded the ready material.
As to ourselves, we are too wary to waste our shots upon the horses; and we reserve them in the hope of being able to "draw a bead" on some rider more reckless than the rest.
But I was wary of another meeting with that lady, and so it wanted only a few minutes of twelve when my maneuvers brought me, unnoticed, I hoped, to the bower of my seeking.
She backed away from him, keeping a wary eye on him, but there was, in reality, no need for this.
His wary eye could see that the Indians on his right front were making a wide circle, so as to meet him when close to the goal, and he was burdened with that helpless child, and could not make fight even for his own life.
He attempted no spoken reply, but after a wary glance round the room, he permitted his large, brown hand to descend upon and envelop Judith's, that rested on the sofa beside him.
Judith took her cigarette out of her mouth, and blew a ring of smoke, regarding her younger sister the while with a shrewd and wary blue eye.
It behooved the Portuguese, as he told them, to be warylest by any hostile act they brought upon themselves the indignation of those higher in authority.
So the two wary adventurers watched each other for an advantage.
Much has been said pro and con relative to trapping that most wary of our wild animals, the red fox.
The capture of fur bearing animals has become a science, as mink and fox become more wary so does man become more skillful in overcoming their shyness.
In spite of the captain's warning, Frank once more approached the man in the bunk; but he kept a wary eye on the door.
A howl of pain rewarded him; but Jack was too wary to step from behind his shelter, although he looked cautiously in the direction of his enemy.
Alban was fidgety and nervous, for fear my tongue would run away with me, but I was as jolly as a lord, and as wary as a member of Congress.
They pretended to drink, but were as wary as ever, and were evidently onto our little game.
Each drew back against the wall to let the other pass, with a wary eye for daggers.
He dodged and they circled round each other, wary as two matched cocks.
Miss Higgins sewed meekly during the remainder of the day, having all the time a wary eye upon Fanny.
Here's old Pete, the biggest pickerel in the world, the wary old codger that has defied every fisherman for miles around, and has even eluded the deadly machinations of Si Perkins.
I guess a little polite conversation won't scare that wary old reprobate.
Old Pete was a huge pickerel who was sly and wary beyond the general run of fishes.
He was very wary now, and waited at the edge of the clearing for a long time, peering all round, turning to listen on every side, before he crossed and entered another belt of forest beyond.
Some days passed, and no serious attack was made, though the garrison had to be very wary to avoid the arrows which flew at intervals into the enclosure.
On perceiving these indications, the wary desperado began, for the first time, to exhibit signs of uneasiness.
Harry gave the officer a wary and suspicious look, and then his eyes brightened as if he were satisfied.
The wary Southern leader instantly detailed a swarm of his best riflemen to creep through the woods toward the cannon.
He went slowly, lest the water splash too much, and kept a wary watch on the banks above, which were growing higher.
He bowed to both, and still keeping a wary eye on the man, thrust his pistol into his belt, and as his horse moved forward at a swift and easy gait he began to eat with a ravenous appetite.
Chang-how sent one eye skirmishing in my direction, and the other toward Anarky, and the same deprecatory yet warysmile rested like moonlight on his placid face.
Of course, in compiling a defence of his life, the wary man of the world omitted such particulars as would, at any rate, betray inconsistency, and beget suspicion.
On reaching a point where his eye could faintly distinguish distant objects, the young man paused, and bestowed a close and wary investigation on the surrounding scene.
When they reached the level land that lay above the cliffs and began to inquire, with curious and wary eyes, into the surrounding scenery, the adventurers discovered a cultivated country, divided in the usual manner, by hedges and walls.
You know not this England, Griffith; she receives her children from the colonies with cold and haughty distrust, like a jealous stepmother, who is wary of the favors that she bestows on her fictitious offspring.
Even the wary Pilot lost sight of their other foes, in the high daring of that moment, and smiles of stern pleasure were exchanged between him and Griffith as both comprehended, at a glance, their advantages.
