Word: saws
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...neighbor came to me as soothingly as the sound of the waves on the beach. As I lay communing with my inner consciousness there was a knock at the door. Without waiting for any summons in walked a form which I had seen before. As he came nearer I saw it was an old acquaintance, familiarly known at college as Lampy. Somewhat surprised at the unexpected apparition, I hesitated a moment; but then remembering previous experience I said, with a haughty tone, "I don't care to subscribe. Not this evening. S'm other...
...deadly purpose, - a trap to catch the unwary. You, too, are deceived by it. You step on one end fearlessly. The end upon which you stand at once submerges itself about three feet underneath the water, while the other raises itself aloft threateningly. Remembering your childish experience in see-saw, you make a rush up the log toward the middle. Arrived there you breathe a sigh of relief, for the unexpected show of vivacity on the part of such an apparently stolid mass has startled you not a little. For a moment you remain perfectly still; then suddenly, and without...
...know what you missed. 'T was the most thrilling sight I ever saw. I think it was the foreman of one of the companies, - anyway there was a child left by oversight in the fourth story of the building, and this man, whoever he was, went up to rescue it. The whole building was in flames, and while he was looking for the child the staircases burned entirely through and fell, so that there was no means of descent. It seemed as if the brave fireman and his precious burden must perish in the flames, but in a moment...
...looking vacantly at the departing train when I heard a familiar voice close behind me: "How did you know that I was coming out today?" and turning I saw a classmate of mine, George Curtis, to whom I had extended a standing invitation to visit me in my summer retirement. I was glad to see him, though he came rather unexpectedly...
...Certes I saw the parents...