Word: symperson
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...soft, kitten like girls who have address enough for a whole court of diplomacy, but whom you never see without wishing to shield them from the heartlessness of a scheming world. They had been playmates from childhood. Tom had been her chosen champion against the attacks of "that horrid Symperson boy," in return for which she allowed him to draw her home on his sled; she had listened admiringly when Tom had related what he would do "when he was in college"; together they had wept over the woes of the unfortunate Laurie, whom Tom thought rather a muff...
...unusually pleasant smile. One could not see her pretty face and trusting eyes without wishing to stroke her softly, as she lovingly replied: "O my dear Tom, I so wanted to tell you, now I hope we shall see you often? You know, I am engaged to Willie Symperson, and he lives only next door to you. It will be so pleasant to be such near neighbors, won't it? It is only from to-day, but we thought it best to have it out immediately...
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