Word: charming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Story. Some 40 years ago- in the days of the railroad aristocracy, when life was more spacious- the Forrester place at Sweet Water was known from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and a certain charm of atmosphere. There lived Captain Daniel Forrester, pioneer-hearted, a man whose age was the age of a strong pine, and Marian, his second wife, 25 years younger than himself. It was from her that the charm of the house proceeded- that delightful and airy lady, vivid as her garnet earrings. Niel Herbert, young friend of the Forresters, grew up with the touch...
...Marian seemed to face Fate with a light, inflexible courage. She only broke down once, when Frank Ellinger threw her over and married-till Captain Forrester's death. Then (he had been her balance wheel), inscrutably weak as she was inscrutably strong, she lost poise -let her charm stoop pitifully to attract such men as the hard, sly, bumptious Ivy Peters. She passed out of Niel's life, leaving him full of sorrow and anger that so inimitable a creature should come to such base uses. Later he heard she had married again-a rich, cranky old Englishman...
...course, in spite of the fact that they are interesting and perhaps very valuable. But this is no excuse for converting these less difficult classes into popular playgrounds in which the professor tries gamely to drag and audience perfectly trained in passive resistance through a game which has no charm except its simplicity or its restfulness. Of course the professor is partly responsible for creating interest in his subject among the students who come to hear him. To expound its ins and outs to the class should be a privilege rather than a duty. But when a large part...
...everyone had not heard about the charm of his personality, his absence during the half year would be little noticed or felt. Unfortunately that charm is known only too well and however frankly one must admit that Professor Copeland deserves a vacation, one cannot help hoping that the "evenings" at Hollis 15 will soon be resumed...
...lasso him jokingly in the most affectionate manner. But things went too far when Pirovani and Canterac staged a fistfight and then a pistol-duel about her. Pirovani was killed, Canterac fled from justice, the Marquis began to feel that there was something a little excessive about Elena's charm, so he went and committed suicide?and Watson was quite disillusioned when he discovered that Elena had put Manos Duras, the bandit, up to kidnapping little Celinda. So, with even her own servants turned against her, Elena fled back to Paris with the one eligible, wealthy male remaining, Moreno...