"Cold and stiff," replied the inspector, in a hushed voice.

At Jefferson City there came a cold wave and everything was froze stiff, and you could skate in the rings, and the management decided to get to St. Louis and send the show to winter quarters, and organize for next season.

Trees were stiff with frost; the wind whistled and jeered through them and about sharp crags, filling the crisp air with eerie, shuddersome music.

The petted pompadour of poor Archie, the curly locks of Teddy, the stiff black brush of Mr. Gratton were to have an added fellow in King's trophy.

" "I got the big stiff on the run!"

Not only was she stiff from head to foot; her whole body ached as though it were nothing but bruises.

My feet felt very stiff and heavy, but in time I got used to it.

First, a stiff heavy collar just on my neck, and a bridle with great side-pieces against my eyes, called blinkers, and blinkers indeed they were, for I could not see on either side, but only straight in front of me; next there was a small saddle with a nasty stiff strap that went right under my tail; that was the crupper.

First, a stiff heavy collar just on my neck, and a bridle with great side-pieces against my eyes, called blinkers, and blinkers indeed they were, for I could not see on either side, but only straight in front of me; next there was a small saddle with a nasty stiff strap that went right under my tail; that was the crupper.

"Thirteen or fourteen, I should say; just trot him out, will you?" I arched my poor thin neck, raised my tail a little and threw out my legs as well as I could, for they were very stiff.

O'Brien lent me a dark silk handkerchief, which I tied round my waist, and let drop behind, so that my misfortunes might not attract any notice, and then we quitted the menagerie; but I was so stiff that I could scarcely walk. SCOTCH "BLUID.

Like those creatures, they too were full of life in their time and made a great deal of noise; but now they are stiff and fossilised, and only of interest to the literary palaeontologist.

" "Confound his impudence, I'll show him," grumbled his lordship as he followed her, stiff-legged, toward the door.

"I'm going to scare her stiff," he said, nodding.

If wound stripes were given to soldiers on becoming casualties to Cupid's archery barrage, Ronnie Morgan's sleeve would be stiff with gilt embroidery.

In the meantime, beat the white of the egg until stiff and firm.

RAW EGGS.Break a fresh egg into a glass, add a tablespoonful of sugar, and heat to a stiff froth; a little cold water may be added if liked.

WHITE OF EGG AND MILK.The white of an egg beaten to a stiff froth and stirred into a glass of milk, forms a nourishing food for persons of weak digestion.

EGG CREAM.Beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth, add one tablespoonful of white sugar, then beat again.

EGG LEMONADE.Beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth, then mix with it the juice of a small lemon, and one tablespoonful of sugar.

DIABETIC BISCUIT.Make a stiff dough of Graham or entire-wheat flour and water.

WHITE CUSTARD.Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, add a little salt if desired, and two tablespoonfuls of sugar.

And then I heard a crackling and rustling as of stiff paperhe was never more than a dozen yards from me all the time,and in another minute there was a spurt up of bluish flame, and I saw that the man had turned on the light of an electric pocket-torch and was shining it on a map which he had unfolded and shaken out, and was holding in his right hand.

Keith tried to say that it was nice, but his lips were too dry and stiff to produce a sound.

"And he's a stiff, too," Johan went on without any particular display of feeling.