Cacus, the son of Vulcan and Medusa, was a famous robber who breathed fire and smoke and laid waste Italy.

A horse and his furniture sells for from nine to fourteen negroes, according to his goodness and beauty; and when a negro lord buys a horse, he sends for his horse sorcerers, who cause a fire to be kindled of the stalks of certain herbs, and hold the horses head by the bridle over the smoke, while they repeat over some few words by way of incantation.

There is not so much dawn at break of day in this southern latitude as with us in Italy; for, within half an hour after the darkness of the night begins to dispel, the sun appears, and during all that dawn the atmosphere is turbid, as if filled with smoke, and the moment the sun appears this mist is dissipated.

About seventy miles farther on, there is another small river called Rio de Fumi, or Smoke River; so named, because at the time of its discovery, they saw nothing but smoke along this coast, made by the Negroes.

About seventy miles farther on, there is another small river called Rio de Fumi, or Smoke River; so named, because at the time of its discovery, they saw nothing but smoke along this coast, made by the Negroes.

She was seeing Dan as he must have wakened from a swoonlike sleep with the smell of smoke and the heat of rising flames around him.

She went up in smoke an' took Dan along.

For the first time the thick pale smoke of the fire was visible, rising straight up until it cleared the tops of the willows, and then caught into swift, jagging lines as the soft wind struck it.

"Whatever is it?" asked G. Mrs. Townley pointed riverwards to where a thin column of blue-grey smoke rose and hung like a cloud in the hot, still air.

I even found something sinister in little Zermatt when we got thereZermatt that now I love so, with the rushing, icy river, the cheerful smell of wood smoke, the goats that in the early morning wake one with the tinkle-tinkle of the bells through the street, and the quiet-eyed guides that sit on the wall in the twilight and smoke the pipe of peace.

I even found something sinister in little Zermatt when we got thereZermatt that now I love so, with the rushing, icy river, the cheerful smell of wood smoke, the goats that in the early morning wake one with the tinkle-tinkle of the bells through the street, and the quiet-eyed guides that sit on the wall in the twilight and smoke the pipe of peace.

"What if she did get on fire?" "We'd all go up in smoke," said Merriwell, with absolute coolness.

Smoke was rolling up from the opening.

He rushed for it, brought it to the hold, let an end drop and dangle into the darkness from whence the smoke rolled up.

The rope was made fast, and down into the smoke and darkness slid Frank, disappearing from view.

He was aroused to his full extent by the thought of what would happen if the hatch was closed and Frank was shut down there with the fire and smoke.

They dragged the weight up, with the smoke rolling into their faces in a cloud that grew denser and denser.

And up through the smoke came Sport Harris, irons and all, with the ends of the rope tied about his waist!

Frank Merriwell was dragged up through the smoke.

And it was slammed into place in a hurry, holding the smoke back.

A little smoke curled up from the battened-down hatches.

Forty minutes later there was a terrible flare of fire and smoke, a thunderous explosion, and the ill-fated steamer had blown up.

Their guards were kind to them so far as was in their power, and upon their using the word "tobacco," and making signs that they wanted to smoke, furnished them with pipes and with tobacco, which, although much lighter and very different in quality from that supplied on board ship, was yet very smokable, and much mitigated the dulness from which the boys suffered.

For to-day the governor has sent you down a dinner from his own table, together with a few bottles of wine and spiritsand what you will not prize less, for I see you smoke, a box of cigars.

" The usual duel was going on between the batteries, and the puffs of white smoke rose from the dark line of trenches and drifted up unbroken across the deep blue of the still wintry sky.