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But there's Brad beckoning, and I'll have to be going, Flo.— Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School
He's a-beckoning," was all we could make out between her moans The other negroes came pouring out from the kitchen and gathered in a frenzied circle about the writhing woman.— The Four Pools Mystery
The major turned to them, beckoning, and they went up.— The Boy Scouts on the Trail
Beneath it, however, was that queer influence that, like a beckoning spirit, seemed to lure him forward in spite of himself I'll land you on the lee side," said Obed, as he pulled into a narrow opening between two cliffs, "and wait here for you while you go across to the harbor on the other side.— Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England
He heard her soft, infant-like laughter To-night her beckoning was like a breeze to a leaf that is ready to fall.— The Mermaid A Love Tale
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