Mrs. White drew back with a _______, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously.

In the business of supper the talisman was partly forgotten, and afterward the three sat listening in an ______ fashion to a second installment of the solider's adventures in India.

Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it ________. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."

"Well don't break into the money before I come back," said Herbet as he rose from the table. "I'm afraid it'll turn you into a mean, __________ man, and we shall have to disown you."

She broke off as the________ meaning of the assurance dawned on her and she saw the awful confirmation of her fears in the other's averted face.

the candle-end, which had burned below the rim of the china candlestick, was throwing ________ shadows on the ceiling and walls.

A perfect _________ of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door.

His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own ________, held up the talisman, as his son, with the solemn face, somewhat marred by a wink at his mother, sat down and struck a few impressive chords

Her husband drew the ________ from his pocket, and all three burst into laughter as the sergeant-major, with a look of alarm on his face, caught by him the arm.