Word: jacks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tell the truth, I was inordinately delighted to have Jack come. I had found it pretty dull penned up in that little country boarding-house all summer with nine girls, and myself the only masculine juvenile on the premises...
...return, Jack would greatly relieve me. Jack was what in plebeian parlance is sometimes denominated a "masher." In other words, he was good-looking and very facetious, hence the girls very naturally succumbed...
None of the young ladies had ever seen him, and as they all evinced a very unusual interest in the new-comer, I detailed at great length all his many excellences, dwelling with especial emphasis upon his irresistible humor, for Jack was one of the most comical fellows I ever had the good fortune to meet...
...girls," said I, "You can't imagine how awfully comical Jack is; it's really painful at times. Why, he'll make you laugh till you shed every gray hair in your head. Talk about Mark Twain, - I tell you after you've been in the room with Jack half an hour you can take any story of Mark Twain's you please, and 't would make you weep to read it, it would seem so serious and sorrowful...
...Jack had not heard of the fire before, but he answered...