The mountaineer with whom I then happened to be camping was one of those remarkable men one so frequently meets in California, the hard angles and bosses of whose characters have been brought into relief by the grinding excitements of the gold period, until they resemble glacial landscapes.

She remembered that Mr. Stoddard was, as Shade had said, one of the bosses in the Hardwick mill.

Old and young, for months, would rejoice in the memory of the day and its festivities, and "bless" Boss for this ray of sunlight in their darkened lives.

Huge, bossy cumuli developed with astonishing rapidity from mere buds, swelling with visible motion into colossal mountains, and piling higher, higher, in long massive ranges, peak beyond peak, dome over dome, with many a picturesque valley and shadowy cave between; while the dark firs and pines of the upper benches of the Sierra were projected against their pearl bosses with exquisite clearness of outline.

"With a gang like ours, one must prove one's claim to be boss at the start.

I soon became familiar with my work in the house and with the neighborhood, as I often had to carry notes for Boss to neighboring farmers, as well as to carry the mail to and from the postoffice.

broke in Shade swiftly; "don't you say anything to the bosses about this"he shook the strips in his hand"not till I've had a chance to talk to you again.

The bosses on the shoulder and sides are made into shields by the natives, elaborately ornamented and much prized.

"No," the clerk answered curtly; then he added: "Nobody sees the boss without an appointment.

Potts meanwhile was shaking the Big Chimney boss by the hand and saying, "Awfully sorry we can't take you on with us;" adding lower: "We had a mighty mean time after you lit out.

" "Nay," said Piero, with an ominous frown; "the bancali and gastaldi are enough; we need no bossing by crimson robes.

A.The best way is to cut two large grooves in the shaft coming up to a square end, and two corresponding grooves or key seats in the screw boss opposite the arms.

You'll get the receiver and his big boss out of the State for a few minutes, or possibly for a few hours, if your strike makes them hunt up another railroad to return on.

They've got a worse boss than old Sandy!

Dat boss ob mine am one ob de biggest debbils dat am runnin' loose.

Now an' then there's a boss among grizzlies, like this fellow we're after, but even he ain't got his range alone.

Oi've got foive sons, sorr, and ivery wan o' thim byes is conthracthors, or, what's as good, bosses uv gangs on public an' proivate works.

As to his bit, it must be gold of twenty-three carats, for he had rubbed its bosses against a stone which I knew to be a touchstone, and which I have tried.

Following the river over huge, swelling rock-bosses through a majestic cañon, and past innumerable cascades, the scenery in general became gradually wilder and more alpine.

" "Skinner, you make it impossible for me to refrain from showing you who's boss around here.