Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last fortnight Fisherman McShallis lay at death's vestibule, from exposure, broken leg and bloodpoisoning. When he regained speech he told how the Grey Ghost had broken its mooring, leaving him on San Clemente beach. He had tried to scale a cliff, but had fallen into a cactus pit. Rescuers found him, a moaning skeleton propped on its elbow, after eight days...
Perly Breed and his 25 piece orchestra will furnish the music and specialty acts will be given by various members of the band. Cliff Edwards, of ukelele fame, will also appear. "The Harvardians" will play during the intermission for supper...
...this time the scrivener was so famished that the stuffed brown bears on the cliff overlooking the lake looked appetizing and as the Golden Rod Bassaqua was fondling a pet "huskey" instead of cooky savory moose chops he excused himself and headed for the nearest "hot dog" caravansary...
...Cliff Collins, farmer, went to bed early that night. His house, with every window dark, stood at the edge of some cottonwoods. His daughter, a thin girl of 20 who had cooked for him since his wife died, slept in the next room; his son slept downstairs with his boots on;; his dog slept in the woodshed...
Cars stopped in the road; the long white figures got out. "Come down Cliff," hailed a voice. Stubborn and terrified, Farmer Collins would not open the door. The men broke it down. They took Mr. Collins off to the wood, and finding the trembling girl and the heavy eyed boy, took them along as well-flogged father, son and daughter...