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...triangular fin slicing through the water, going toward his daughter. He knew what it belonged to, though never had he heard of a shark in Gull Pond. Quickly seizing a rusty iron bar that was lying on the beach, Carl Y. Matthews interposed himself between the fish and its prey, met its rush, smashed it on the head, dragged it ashore, killed it. It was a blue shark 6 ft. 7 in. long...
...Wilmer Hines, nationally ranking court veterans, were pressed to the limit by their Cambridge opponents. Grant defeated Breese 5-7, 6-2, 6-1; while Hines took his match with the Harvard captain, Hill, 6-1, 7-9, 6-4. Yeomans, another Carolinian who is nationally known fell prey to the inspired play of Ingraham, the Crimson's number three man, who ran out two straight sets 6-4, 6-2, providing the upset...
...become a recognized means of distinguishing the sheep from the wolves. Strangely enough or usually enough in such circumstances both parties are happy with the contrivance. The sheep are allowed immediately to enter the most reputable speakeasies to be fleeced, while the wolves can now simply separate their prey from the common herd...
...Rochester, Minn., Dr. George Marsh Higgins, Mayo Foundation biologist, revealed a relation between the amount of red clover and the number of spinsters in a given district: "Old maids keep cats. Cats prey on mice. Mice eat bumble bees' nests. Bumble bees pollinate red clover blossoms. The more pollination the better the crop...
...diseased imaginations if Louis XVI had escaped at Varenne's. Emil Ludwig gives a very interesting description of Germany if the Emperor Frederick had not died of cancer in 1888. Unfortunately he is unable to resist the temptation for cheap dramatic effect to which he so frequently falls a prey even in what one might call his more scholarly commentaries. He allows Kaiser William II to assume the throne August 1, 1914 amidst "peace and prosperity...