John groaned when he read the note, and let his hands drop despairingly.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
Every day when he went out Annie gave him an assuring smile, every day when he returned, she opened her eyes on him with the question in them she did not care to formulate; and every day she received in an answer an almost imperceptible negative shake of the head, that slight as it was, said despairingly, "I have not seen her."
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
Not a sign made these mystic brides, not a sound; and, as in the blazing music they dashed despairingly down the gulf of time, Lenyard was left with eyes strained, pulses jangled, lonely and hopeless.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker