Word: maidens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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BALLAD OF THE CHELSEA MAID.ONCE a maiden dwelt in Chelsea...
...went well until Dana Hill was passed, when a tall, stately, aesthetic-looking maiden entered the car, and walked in a highly cultured manner through the straw toward where our Senior was sitting. Now, as the reader doubtless knows, aesthetics will crop out in sitting down as well as in the more important concerns of life...
...poor man, was not "up" in aesthetics, and seeing the maiden seize her dress with her right hand, naturally supposed that she was going to sit on his left, and hastily moved the other way. In an instant she sat down in his lap, and as quickly arose. Ted hastily stepped to the other side of the space, but unhappily the maiden conceived exactly the same idea. Another carom without taking the cushion. This was getting embarrassing. Two or three Freshmen smiled softly, while the Echo man in the corner was seen rapidly taking notes. One more move...
...maiden pressed his coat-sleeve...
...where it is marred by a hurried shave, he hasteneth to the house of music and the dance, and sayeth, "Go to; now will I enjoy myself, eat, drink, and be a masher;" and lo, as he entereth the chamber of the dance, he perceiveth even afar off a maiden of the tribes that dwell beyond the Hudson, - yea, even on the shores of the great seas have they set up their tabernacles, - and lo, the maiden is fair, yea, passing fair to look upon. And the young man seeketh the owner of the house and is presented, which...