We reached the forks at three o'clock.

We had them in our corner of the stable for some days, till Jenkins discovered them, and swearing horribly at us, he took his stable fork and threw them out in the yard, and put some earth over them.

Turn them frequently with steak-tongs (if these are not at hand, stick a fork in the edge of the fat, that no gravy escapes), and in from 8 to 10 minutes they will be done.

One sudden thought that struck me as I sat there at table caused me to lay down my fork and pause in breathless bewilderment.

Mrs. Bett was eating a baked potato, holding her fork close to the tines, and presenting a profile of passionate absorption.

Louise dropped her fork with a clatter, disclosing, in this well-bred young lady, an unusual degree of excitement.

Keep the saucepan uncovered, and let them boil quickly until tender; ascertain when they are done by thrusting a fork in them, or by trying if the leaves can be easily removed.

The nerveless left hand of the mountaineer, which had barely possessed steadiness to light a match, was far too inaccurate to handle a fork; and Bull saw his uncle stuffing his mouth with his fingers and daring the others to watch him.

His master's temper rose almost to frenzy; and seizing a fork, he made a deadly plunge at the breast of the slave.

We struck the south fork of the Canadian River, or Rio Colorado, at a point a few miles above the old adobe walls, which at one time had composed a fort, and was the place where Kit Carson once had a big Indian fight.

At dinner, she would make him sit next to her; she cut up his food for him, that he might have to use only his fork.

My sensations "can better be imagined than described" when I saw General Popgun's fork, untouched by any human hand, dancing a jig on his plate.

If he picks the wrong fork for the salad, he knows That fact by the feel of his wife's slippered toes.

GAVE HIM A FORK TO MATCH

Here we found another fork in the stream: the principal body of water descending, as before, from the right, and called Rio Rancho Grande; the smaller stream, on the left, bearing the name of Rio Chaguiton; and the two forming the Rio Goascoran.

"Why," said the waiter, innocently, pointing to the saber, "I thought that was your knife, so I brought you a fork to match.

By direction of Major Hiram M. Chittenden there has been erected at the junction of the Firehole and Gibbon rivers a large slab upon which is inscribed the following legend: JUNCTION OF THE GIBBON AND FIREHOLE RIVERS, FORMING THE MADISON FORK OF THE MISSOURI.

With pale face and set teeth he quietly bound the handkerchief tightly above the wrist, and, inserting the fork handle in the knot, twisted it about.

cried Leonard, brandishing his fork as he spoke; "you shall neither commit robbery nor murder here.

He was in a bad humor; for a man, whom he had requested to keep watch over his tent, while he went into the village, had stolen a fork and spoon.

When thoroughly hot, dish them lightly, and draw the fork backwards over the potatoes to make the surface rough, and serve.

The big, fine-looking one fixing the forks?" "Yes," said Bobbie faintly.

Bake in a slow oven until so tender that a straw would penetrate it; take off the skin, fasten it down to a piece of board by running a fork through the root and another through the tip, at the same time straightening it and putting it into shape.

Alice interrupted his impassioned discourse by putting the loaded toasting-fork into his hands, "while I make the tea?"

It was a nasty little wired dewdrop that got fixed in poor Monsieur de Beaupré's fur, and there they were: she still grasping her fork and he looking ready to eat her with annoyance.