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...Just before we shook hands for the last time he gave me a sealed package of papers, with the injunction that, should I ever hear of his death, I might open the package and read its contents. Should I see fit, I might also print them. I put the parcel away and thought little more of it, until, about a month ago, I was saddened to see by the morning papers that he had died at Singapore, in making the tour of the world. I then sought for the package and found in it several short essays in verse...
...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...
...gave as a reason that one speaker was so far above the rest that no other should have a first prize. As the whole matter stands, they have thrown a sleight upon the good sense of an audience certainly not lacking in intelligence, nor deserving to be considered a parcel of claqueurs...
...German the next day, I heard somebody come up stairs. First he went to the door opposite mine and knocked several times, but, getting no answer, he turned and came across to my room, and after waiting a moment knocked, and entered. He was stunningly dressed, and had a parcel in his hand addressed to Mr. Lyon, who rooms across the entry. He advanced, cordially holding out his hand...
...PARCEL of little muckers were very anxious to go up on the Matthews Alligator the other...