Word: daybreak
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Laden with gifts of hats and lace, the Hoovers reboarded the Cleveland accompanied by Dr. Ayora. The two men talked in private for three'hours. There was a state dinner on the Cleveland, a ball on shore. At daybreak the Cleveland^ carried the Hoovers out to the Maryland which steamed forthwith for Callao...
...DAYBREAK. By Arthur Schnitzler. Simon and Schuster, New York...
ALREADY in its third printing, Schnitzler's "Daybreak," has quite proved its right of succession to "Rhapsody." Probably no living writer excells this author in the short episodic novel form. Old enough to retain the fine art of story telling, Schnitzler knows the use of the new school of psychology, and employs it without intrusion. The story is remarkable for its drama, and yet the author escapes the melodramatic without sacrificing emotion...
...paper on the table where Rasda had thrown it. Rasda had shot himself. He was lying on the dishevelled bed, a sticky gutter of blood marked from his temple down to the collar of his uniform. The Significance. Author Schnitzler's books are sudden, delicate, glittering and sharp. Daybreak is like the music of incredibly swift and al, most inaudible violins, swinging and sighing through the measures of a bitter improvisation. The excitement of the cardgame, the quick, inexplicable chances of love and despair rise and fall; tbev are flashes of an ironic dangerous lightning, never followed...
...daybreak 500 "Wobblies" led by Adam Bell tramped toward the gates to the Columbine property. Deputy Sheriff Lou Beynon of Weld County met them and urged them to turn back. He pointed out that the 20 State Police under Mr. Scherf were unwilling but ready to repel trespassers with gunfire. "Come on, boys, let's go!" cried Adam Bell. The "boys" went?toward the Columbine gates...