It's easier to say that than confess you don't see how to explain a thing; but I heerd the same sounds before you came to-day; ay, and I went down to see why she wasn'tcomin', and at the pool there was bubbles and froth on the water, just as if a baste had passed through, but no livin' thing to be seen.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He was swung out of the eddy into a white turmoil, which hurled him against froth-lapped stones, but at length he found sure footing, and crawled up the bank, which most of his companions had reached before him.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
The sky was a little lighter when they reached it, and standing near the sinking fire, they could dimly see the gig plunging amidst the froth and spray.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton