Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...risky thing to do, especially bringing along Elsie, my sister, who is just thirteen, and prettier than she used to be. But I am one of the 'prominent citizens' here, - you know I always was a good shot, - and after talking it over with other 'prominent citizens,' I thought I'd risk it. As it is, all has turned out very well. Elsie is the first respectable woman under sixty who has come to Bodie, and she is creating a regular furor. She holds a reception every evening; the miners form in line and, one after the other, shake hands...
...watched the spot of sky above, and bent every particle of will-power on trying to keep aching arms and numb fingers from relaxing their hold on the rope. I hope that I shall never again suffer the agony of those few moments. They seemed hours. Once, I thought I should have to give in; but I looked down at little Elsie, who was twined around me, with her quivering hands clasped about my neck; and the look of terrible suffering in her face changed, as she raised her deep brown eyes to mine, to such a look of hope...
PROFESSOR to Junior, who comes late to a quarter-past eight recitation: "We thought you were dead, Mr. Blim." Mr. Blim (solemnly): "Not dead, but sleeping...
...time or another connected with the Lampoon. As we turn over the pages we find much to remind us of Lampy, only it is Lampy grown a little older. And if, perhaps, we miss a little of the bloom, it is easy to console ourselves by the thought that there is more strength in place of it. The Spectator, too, is well represented by some of the men whose work in the book of "College Cuts" is so singularly meritorious. Their connection with the paper will serve to counteract the local tendencies that might otherwise have been feared, and will...
...expense. Depending on this promised support, the officers of the association have got the room into running order, and have placed on file an exceptionally valuable collection of papers and periodicals. We are sorry to learn, however, that a very small proportion of the original subscribers have as yet thought it worth while to make good their promises. The continuance of the room now depends entirely upon the subscribers, and they should delay payment no longer...