Word: cards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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CHAPTER VI.The next day the gentlemanly clerk in Hubbard's noticed a youth and a maiden standing on the sidewalk in front of his store. The haggard expression of the youth, his wild and unkempt locks, betokened a mind ill at ease. He was brandishing a postal card in his hand. It said: "You are requested to come to the Dean's office between 3 and 5 P.M." Signed...
...Tootsy, 'twill be impossible; see this card! This card - singing last night - O Tootsy, so near, and yet so far!" - the bell rang three - "Tootsy, adieu...
...Cambridge is gay, and I'm asked out a great deal; as the Junior said when a card from the Dean was slipped in at the door...
...card by a messenger straightway was borne...
SECOND EXTRACT.Where I next called the young lady was not at home, so I left my card with "What do you think of an early marriage?" written on it. She must have misunderstood me, for her reply was cold and formal, and not at all to the point [query, what...