Word: carlinized
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...annual tennis tournament was finished on Wednesday. More interest was manifested in this tournament than in any for years, and the issue of the final doubles was doubtful up to the last game. R. Carlin, '88, and W. Hodge, '88, won the championship in doubles, defeating McCarter, '88, and S. Hodge, '88, who took first last year. In the singles, F. Alexander, '90, won first place...
...horrible enough story, - a strange enough interpretation of a strange dream? I never saw Bertha Carlin's face again...
...Captain Scuffles could only consent. Mr. Carlin, with a surprising degree of agility considering his blindness, climbed down into the yacht, and I helped Bertha after; for the father's rudeness was surely no fault of the daughter. So, the skipper shoving the prow out and I loosing the hawsers, the Rosa cleared the pier, Mr. Carlin hoisting sail with marvellous expertness...
...Rosa was the larger boat, but, with all Mr. Carlin's boasted seamanship, she was not well managed. 'I 'm ruther afeerd ther's a storm comin',' muttered Captain Scuffles, with an anxious look; and he let loose the sheets a little. The vessel careened and shivered, and leapt forward over the waves. It was now past noon, and the captain opened the suspiciously large package, and passed it to me. I had eaten scarcely any breakfast, and, in spite of the absorbing excitement, the sight of food made me hungry. I acknowledged that he had been wiser than...
...could see their faces, and they had recognized us. But Bertha did not wave her handkerchief; she was crouched down in the stern, and Carlin was sitting near, talking angrily, I judged, though I could not hear his voice for the wind. And then the memory of that dream came over me; I divined what was to come. I think I must have been crazy with terror, - I am sure the captain thought...