Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that we were surrounded by seven bandits armed with rifles. They did not lay hands upon us, but with their weapons forced us to drive the car into the woods until we had to abandon it there. It was here that they killed Mme. Prokorov's little dog...
...financed the march? None other than that fire-eating "devil-dog" "Emperor" A. J. Cook, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, who spent months raising the necessary funds. But where was the "Emperor"? Not among the marchers, but far away in London attending to "urgent business." True, he did wire the "boys" that he would be with them for a Sunday, but what is one day out of the 12 that the "army" expected to take to accomplish its journey? These were some of the questions and answers of supercilious critics...
...past. His wife, Miriam, combines the pleasant foibles of satyriasis and astrology, while Janet, her daughter, is a nympholept. Hugh, Pride's secretary and Miriam's lover, and Sally, the West African negress, addicted to voo-doo, complete this attractive menage. But we should mention Tod, the giant police-dog, whose essentially surly nature contributes materially to the plot. The advent of Oscar, the musician,--who tells the story,--with a set of brand-new and, comparatively, healthy passions, precipitates matters. Things move from bad to worse, and the climax is reached with a Saturnalia "a deux," two suicides...
...only that, but they are in main accurate and devoid of exageration. Perhaps in some future age old tales will be told how Professor Kittredge personally horsewhipped every man who dared to have a cold, and how, on the President's daily walks, the scuffings of the Presidential dog marked the spot where the next College building was to rise. But no Harvard's motto will still be "Veritas...
...dog-owners, however, would agree that dog-stealing is a light offense...