The independence ceremony could not keep the blush of April's revolution, when carnations had seemed to sprout from every buttonhole, from fading.

My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level.

So what keeps wolves and coyotes from interbreeding in nature? Obviously, those who don't misbreed will leave more viable offspring.

The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.