They had a light load to pull, and kept increasing their speed at every jump, and I found it difficult to hold them.

Average drop of shot of standard shotgun loads over various ranges.

In christening their tiny puffing locomotives the Tommy drivers showed their strong appreciation of their comrades on the sea, and the 'Iron Duke' and 'Lion' were always tuned up to haul a maximum load.

"Where iss the cabin?" He disappeared down the companionway clasping his precious load.

The double load was a pretty heavy one for the portly musician to handle, but all went well.

A few more days for to tote the weary load, No matter, 'twill never be light; A few more days till we totter on the road Then, my old Kentucky home, good night.

If the nations are staggering along now under the enormous load of idlers and parasites living on interest, how will it be then?

Everything about him had grown dear, and there was almost a mule load of treasures and pets of his own collecting that could not be left behind.

His shoulders began to tremble; they heard deep, harsh panting like the breathing of a horse as it tugs a ponderous load up a hill, and still he had not reached the limit of his power.

Average drop of shot of standard shotgun loads over various ranges.

Concentrated on the two main thingsto carry forward his almost intolerable load, and to go the shortest way to the nearest woodthe Boy, by-and-by, forgot to tell his tired nerves to take account of the unequal pressure from behind.

Even Sister Frances looked tall and helpful as she trudged by with her little loads.

The average weight of the engines was 18 tons, and the gross loads were, for passenger trains 76 tons, and for goods 160.

Finally the great forty-horse team lumbered up with its mighty load.

Including forty sets of horse-shoes, farrier's and carpenter's tools, together with sundry material for repairs, etc., the total weight of the equipment was about 4,600 pounds, exclusive of the saddles and harness, which gave an average load of 150 pounds as the net load carried by each pack-horse.

'Tis so to him, The dreamer of this earth, an idle blank; A sight of horror to the cruel wretch, Who all day long in sordid pleasure rolled, Himself an useless load, has squandered vile, Upon his scoundrel train, what might have cheered A drooping family of modest worth.

a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined!

" "My King," She passed from gay to grave,"my own heart aches With life's vexed questions, and its stern demands, Full often even in my sheltered state; And you, my liege, must be well-nigh o'ercome With the vast load of duties you fulfil

Those remarkable haulers, the caterpillar tractors, cut many a passage through the sand, tugging heavy guns and ammunition, stores for the air and signal services, machinery for engineers and mobile workshops, and sometimes towing a weighty load of petrol to satisfy their voracious appetites for that fuel.

So I left the roses untouched, and in the evening we came to the cave in the mountains where the robbers dwelt, and there, to my delight, I was relieved of my grievous load.

What Frank was really concerning himself about more than anything else was how he could stow away the two fellows, once they found a chance to climb aboard the hydroplane; and whether he could get enough impetus from the engine with such an unusual load, to rise from the water, once he elevated his planes.

Have you reaped any other benefit from them than an immense load of debt?

But, as the result of this additional load, our tractor had been breaking down all the way along, and had fallen almost to the rear of the retreating column.

At the cost of carrying extra-heavy loads we determined to try to avoid being obliged to turn back.

For instance, instead of shovelling 16 tons a day, a man can shovel 59 tons; a man loading pig-iron increased his total load per day from 12-1/2 to 47-1/2 tons; the day's tale of bricks laid has been raised from 1000 to 2700.