Word: chums
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...gilt-edged note from my tailor, which I took for an invitation; a postal card from a Sunday school; another with the College arms on it; and the rest advertisements, notices, and what not. The room was cold, dismal, and dusty, whereas I had fondly hoped that my chum would be back before me and have everything snug and comfortable. With the charitable intention of making him light the fire, I had taken just as long a vacation as the "law allowed and the court awarded," and not to find him here was indeed a sad disappointment. There...
...occasional bark from some far-off farmer's house-dog at intervals that made the silence more supreme, and my thoughts, mounting the fumes of my cigarette for their hippogriff, galloped away as only reveries can speed at the end of a particularly interesting holiday." And here my chum poked the fire, smiled, and then went on impressively...
...replied my chum, hastily. " I meant to say that I pulled up my coat-collar, and with...
...degree and the chance I had of obtaining it. I hastily reviewed in my mind the three years I had already gone over, and thought how many mistakes I had made. Why had I not chosen different electives in many cases? "To be sure," said I to my chum, "the elective system is a fine thing, but one does not always know which is the best (i. e. the easiest) course to pursue." I have it now, though, a happy thought has just struck me; indeed, I wonder that the thought never came to any one else. Our great system...
...Your visit," said my chum, "necessitates the placing of a new lock on our door. I think it only fair that you should pay half. And while you are here, perhaps you would like to subscribe to the Matworthy boat-club." You see my chum's a treasurer, and has an eye to number...