All that day the heat was like a vapor, but in mid-afternoon the clouds rolled up, showers fell at intervals, and cool gusts of wind made the cocoanut trees writhe and their stiff leaves to rattle.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
I could round up a bunch and stand 'em off, maybe-but we'd be shooting each other up, first rattle of the box.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
When she heard him leave the kitchen she drew a long breath, eloquent in itself: when the rattle of the wagon came to them there, she left the door and went slowly across the room until she stood close to Kent.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower