First there was "mother dear," and as persons under fifteen are always pressed for time and uniformly breathless, this appellation was shortened to "Motherdy," and Peter being unable to struggle with that term, had abbreviated it into "Muddy."

As soon as the new-born child was dressed, his father took him in his arms, and, carrying him to the window, showed him to the crowd which, on the first news of the queen's illness, had thronged the court-yard, and was waiting in breathless expectation the result.

"When the fear Of the spear Makes way for its blow; And the faithless Lie breathless The horse-hoofs below.

The Little Sweetheart gazed breathless at them all.

I sing for the breathless runner, The eager, anxious soul, Who falls with his strength exhausted.

More than half beaten, but fearless, Facing the storm and the night; Breathless and reeling but tearless, Here in the lull of the fight, I who bow not but before thee, God of the fighting Clan, Lifting my fists, I implore Thee, Give me the heart of a Man!

There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night Ten to make and the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in.

She rushed from the hut, and soon, breathless and terrified, reached the squatter's cabin.

BREATHLESSLY, in a breathless manner.

Presently a quick step was heard in the hall, the door was thrown open, and the Major, rushing in, sank breathless into a chair.

The rest of the family are sure that, in her rage, she will blurt out the whole story; and they wait, in breathless anxiety, for Robert's return.

Artificial as are its causes and its consequences, the "scene of the three men," while it lasts, holds us breathless and absorbed; and André's fall from the pinnacle of happiness to the depth of misery, is a typical peripety.

The little group became tense, breathless.

The two gentlemen stood regarding each other with uneasy grins; the lady stood by in breathless expectation.

She wildly eyed the rivals towering high, And breathless stood, then quickly turned to fly, As Izdubar upon his heavy shield Received Khumbaba's stroke, and then doth wield His massive blade as lightning o'er his head, He strikes the giant's helmet on the mead.

With what breathless deep devotion, Have I watch'd, like spectre from swathing shroud, The white moon peer o'er the shadowy cloud, Illumine the mantled Earth, and kiss The meekly murmuring lips of Ocean, As a mother doth her child.

Will she be very angry?' These were questions which Lesbia kept asking herself, in every pause of her frivolous existence; in such a pause as this, for instance, while the people round her were standing breathless, open-mouthed, gazing after the boats.

" Punctuated at the more exciting points with breathless exclamations of horror and amazement from his audience, the Doctor's rendering of the story proved an overwhelming success.

But, though the action is of the breathless type that we have come to expect from such a setting, there is far more character and serious observation than you would be prepared to find.

"Conduct me to your chief," was the laconic reply of the breathless messenger.

For Harwell crossed the twenty yards by tandem on tackle, gained the fifteen in two downs by wedges between tackle and guard, and from there on until the much-desired goal line was reached never paused in her breathless, resistless onslaught.

Joel heard the breathless tones of the Yates quarter as he stooped behind the opposing line.

"Everyone knows a donkey has no soul for music," laughed Hermia, in a breathless pause between efforts.

But it was warm work and she stopped for a while, rosy and breathless.

KONRAD BAUMGARTEN (rushing in breathless).