He stood erect, his hands in his side-pockets, his pipe puffing slowly.

Dredge received this in silence, puffing slowly at his pipe.

Smith-Oldwick lighted his cigarette and sat puffing slowly upon it.

The train had stopped, but now it was puffing slowly forward, throwing a bright light along the rails.

Emma Dean told him the story, Willy listening gravely, puffing slowly at his pipe, eyes fixed on the campfire.

Gatton paused, puffing slowly at his pipe, then: "Unknown to Miss Merlin," he continued, "this scheme was carried out.

She was in the back yard, taking her "white clothes" off the line, when the special came puffing slowly into town.

The old man sank back in his chair, puffing slowly, blue smoke from the bowl of the pipe, grey smoke from between his lips.

The inventor was silent for some moments, puffing slowly at a pipe, and then he removed the stem from between his teeth and continued:

Instead, he leaned back against the rock wall and tugged thoughtfully at his beard, puffing slowly on a water pipe of free-form tarnished chrome.

The man from the river watched them idly, waiting where he was, puffing slowly at his pipe, until they drew almost level with him.

"What you need here," declared the farmer, stepping forward and puffing slowly at his pipe, "is a referee.

"Besides," continued Thibault, puffing slowly at his pipe, "besides-thosestranger boats, sometimes they are lost, they come ashore.

"It isn't a creditable story," said he, puffing slowly, and blinking at the flash of jewels below her white throat.