Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...genie rang a little silver bell, enclosed in a wonderful pistol-shaped instrument of silver. "???" said the genie. "A ???." Henry did not know what to do, and therefore he drew the magic paper from his pocket; whereupon the genie cried out in a voice of thunder, "???" and vanished in smoke; and Henry felt himself suddenly snatched up and whirled through the air by an invisible force...
...wild purpose seized upon my heart. At 7.31 P. M. I applied my left eye to the key-hole of 93 Thayer. The apartment was brilliantly lighted, and in spite of the smoke I could see pretty well. A number of men were seated around a table; the man at the head of the table was armed with a pair of shears and a yardstick; baskets of cigarettes and kegs of beer stood at various points convenient of access. Just as I had ascertained these facts, the presiding genius rapped sharply on the table, and said, "Gentlemen, the meeting will...
...thing before our eyes than behind our backs. Ugh! I saw Jackson mechanically draw his revolver from his belt. I would have stopped him, but I could not : my hands and tongue were as if tied. He raised the pistol, aimed it with shaking hand, and fired. The smoke cleared away, and Jackson fell back on me, fainting. Oh, horrors! the bullet had gone clean through the devilish shape, and through the hole the moonlight was shining. A cold shiver ran through me and the perspiration streamed down my face. The figure dilated mockingly, and the arms waved back...
...Smoke up-curling around, have all deserved well at our hands...
...next evening. De Smythe's heart had failed him at the last moment, and he had not delivered the diary. He was sitting in his room, No. 26 Holworthy. His janitor sat beside him. De Smythe had taken a great fancy to this janitor, who had taught him to smoke. "This shall at least bring happiness to some mortal," thought the generous youth, as he drew from his pocket the object on which he had spent so much anxious thought and his last X. He unfolded the wrappings of tissue paper and presented the diary to the janitor, accompanying...