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...groaned Lampy tragically, "we've become funny." The Blot moaned and turned his face to the wall. "But I have a plan," murmured the Ibis at last. "We shall rent the walk of Plympton Street and cause to come forth a mighty geyser, that he who looks may wonder!" Lampy spat into the fire and then nodded his belled cap in glee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "A TEDIOUS BRIEF SCENE" | 11/30/1923 | See Source »

Again they gathered, and this time to the sound of spouting water and the whispers of a thrilled populace. The Blot chuckled sleepily from under the table where he had been asleep the night before. "Nos adorant!" he said, for he liked to air his knowledge. But the jester kicked him as he thought that even Lampy can not always finish what he begins; and the Ibis latched the door as he recalled the fires he had kindled and the irate firemen who had threatened vengeance. Suddenly rivulets from the lake above began to seep through cracks and crannies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "A TEDIOUS BRIEF SCENE" | 11/30/1923 | See Source »

...extort a dole; yet is their sacrifice of undying value and untarnished splendor. It stands for a faith that life is but a means to a still greater end, that life has an object More precious far than life itself. No selfishness of man or nation can, blot their sacrifice or mock then faith, for through that faith alone is life worth living...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT LOWELL SPEAKS AT SPECIAL SERVICE IN CHAPEL | 11/12/1923 | See Source »

That spot-without-a-blot, 12 miles north-by-east of Columbus, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Jul. 9, 1923 | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

Battling Siki, dark blot on the Carpentier 'scutcheon, lost the light heavyweight championship of the world in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day to Mike McTigue, third-rate American fighter. In the 17th round of the scheduled 20, the Senegalese faltered about the ring, groggy before McTigue's punches, finally falling into a clinch to hug himself safe from a knockout. The American received the decision on points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: McTigue-Siki | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

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