Word: mothers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...work. Wearily casting myself upon the ottoman after this effective display of energy, I seized my throbbing brow with both hands and exclaimed, "Oh, what a day we've had! Chum, slowly coming to, gathers his fractured members from debris of boot jack, murmurs incoherently, "Kiss me, mother, ere I die." "Get up, you drivelling idiot," I muttered, "and for the love of heaven collect me a bottle of seltzer." Chum exits, muttering something about "O tempt us! O more ease," whatever that may mean. Never suspected it before, but think chum has been drinking...
...called - her age I judge to be about twenty-seven - spoke with feeling, a good deal of feeling, on the subject. She said, "Any young lady who married before she was thirty committed an irreparable error." This saddened me for a time [doubtful, state how long], for had my mother entertained the same views on the subject I should yet be in knicker-bockers [illogical...
...received a parcel to-day containing a large and fat goose from mother, for my Thanksgiving, as I cannot go home. F. insisted that I should give it in his charge, and regaled a company of fellow Seniors with it at dinner, giving me only the two wings and merry-thought for my own portion...
...Mother sleeps...
...mother, poor soul, was ambitious...