The down line was cleared about midnight, or nine hours after the accident, but the up line was not in a state to admit of the traffic being resumed until one o'clock on the next day.

a sheet of glib ice

Two or three wizzled antiques of the same sex mumbled sourly together upon a sofa.

States such as North Carolina, Louisiana, and Wisconsin have consolidated power over state college policy in superboards in an attempt to improve efficiency.