Finally a subdued and, as it seemed, muffledyelp began to be heard at intervals.
As he drifted back toward dreamland he thought he heard a yelp or two from distant dogs, but was too benumbed by drowsiness to give heed.
Further discussion was checked by the warning of a yelp very close in their rear.
Ne'er Do Eel thrashed the water into a perfect foam in his efforts to drag Billy and the plank down, but barring giving Billy an occasional ducking and making Barker yelp with fright he could do nothing.
One wolf lay kicking on the snow beside him, while the other gave a bound and a yelp that told of a shot reaching him.
As he came down, he heard a yelpfrom the brown retriever.
With an exultant yelp a huge saddle-back dropped out of the sky, directly upon the nest, and plunged his beak into one of the eggs.
The fevered populace who had ridden high upon the tide of rapid life had remained only as ghosts haunting a potter's field, and the turmoil of frenzied pleasure had dwindled to a coyote's yelp mocking the twilight.
There was a shrill yelp of pain as the older boy shot over Connie's lowered shoulder and struck with a thud upon the uneven floor.
Let 'em yelp theirself hoarse an' when you git tuckered jest you climb up beside Frenchy there an' take it easy.
He fixed an arrow to his bowstring; but at the sound of the creaking bow the wolf gave a sharp yelp and disappeared into the darkness beyond.
There was a sharp yelp as of a frightened dog, and he heard the movement of footsteps upon the heather.
He was able to give one yelp and then Jack suddenly sprang off his back, gave him a contemptuous shove with his foot and said: "Get out of here and go about your business!
With his tail between his legs and a yelp of fright the dog suddenly turned and went down the road as fast as he had come up.
A yelp of pain and anger followed close upon his words, and a dark object came plunging from the tree.
His judgment was verified when, a moment later, a yelp from Mustard told him the faithful animal had picked up the trail at last.
In five minutes more she heard the sharp, exultant yelp of discovery, and then the deep-mouthed howl of pursuit.
The baying, emphasized now by the yelp of certainty, came nearer.
Sometimes a pack hunting by themselves would pass my door, and circle round my house, and yelp and hound without regarding me, as if afflicted by a species of madness, so that nothing could divert them from the pursuit.
And the dog I had with me ran out into the middle of the road, and there he began to yelp and to fight.
And when he was in the field he gave a yelp and drew back as if something had struck him on the head.
And when he was in the field he gave a yelp and drew back as if something frightened him.
He had heard his mother come and go, and nearly always it had been in response to a yelp from Kazan that came to them like a distant echo.
Papayuchisew started it, and with a single wild yelp Baree went back in a heap, the owlet's beak fastened like a red-hot vise in the soft flesh at the end of his nose.
It crashed down so close to Baree that earth and sticks flew about him, and he let out a wild yelp of terror as he tried to crowd himself deeper into the shallow hole under the root.
In an instant his feet shot out from under him, and with a single wild yelp he went shooting down the toboggan.
So quite fearlessly, with a yelp for his mother to wait for him, he began to follow.
The yelp in his throat died in a gurgle, and the next moment he was going through the pantomimic actions of Wapoos, who was having his vengeance inside him.
That one yelp of surprise and pain was Baree's first and last cry in the fight.
Perhaps Kazan saw the effort, for he emitted a muffled yelp of approbation as he sat back on his haunches.
If Baree could have known then that he--his insignificant little self--was making that monster actually nervous and uneasy, he would have given a yelp of joy.
It was well beyond midnight, and nothing vocal about the camp save the occasional short yelp of a dog, made melancholy by the hour's lonesomeness.
They set forth this fact with imitations of the yelp of the coyote.
And thereupon they made stealthy tryst on the Canadian that June morning, and without yelp or outcry or war-shout, swept down upon their prey as softly silent as spectres.
There was an hysterical yelp somewhere, a cry, and again the tempestuous groan broke out.
Of course, Reddy knew the instant that Bowser began to yelp and bark that something had happened.
With a little yelp of disappointment, Reddy turned his back on the farm and trotted off into the woods.
Then with a little yelp of pure joy he leaped up and did his best to lick his master's face.
He let go his hold and with a loud yelp of pain, sprang backward, and began wildly clawing the dirt and leaves.
With a single loud yelp he went down, gave a kick or two and was still.
But another yelp echoed the dog's; when Reddy Butts swerved the boat's nose, the move was quite unexpected by Purt.
The sudden thrust Purt gave the dog cast the surprised brute overboard; with a yelpof amazement he sank beneath the foam-streaked surface as the motorboat rushed on.
Then he begins ag'in with a yelp that would stampede a field of corn.
You'd little think a yelp or bleat Could start her; or that she was weeping So sorely, when she thought me sleeping.
Suddenly a sharp, quick yelp comes from the farthest corner of the field, and the older dogs stop instantly and raise their heads to listen.
And there was the boy who tried a rescue in the dark--when a rustle, yelp and growl told that the lions had his dog--and was never seen again.
It was too dark to discern anything and no unusual sounds reached the man, but the dog, with a hysterical yelp darted from the porch into the shadows.
A pack of greyhounds lying on the floor, leaped and began to yelp in excitement.
Higher in the air circled a couple of buzzards, and the faint, quivering yelp of a coyote disturbed the silence.
Illustration: The report was followed by a mad yelpof pain] "A fair shot, Dave!
The report was followed by a mad yelp of pain, and both wolves went down, one dead and the other badly wounded.
At the sound of his voice the beasts retreated into the darkness and began to yelp violently.
