Word: companions
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...proceed to the story, this interesting young man goes out "buggy-riding" with a young lady who is described as an incorrigible flirt, but who is really in love with her companion. Why, with his insufferable conceit, he is not aware of this fact, we are not told; at any rate, he is not aware of it, and proceeds to lecture the young lady on the sin of flirtation. She is so cut to the heart that she persuades the horse to run away, throws the reins out of the buggy, and faints. By a wonderful gymnastic feat the Puppy...
...naturally, as we scudded along that evening, the mare and I, my thoughts turned on my future companion. They could not give me one of the boys. Either of my sisters? Well, perhaps. Mrs. Earl? Not if I knew it. I'm afraid she would be dangerous with a lone man. Miss Earl? If - But would her mother let her? But I kept my courage up, and indulged in castles in Spain of a mild type...
...eadem trabe -I shall elect Latin -with me in U. 13. University! cheerful as the Catacombs! I always enter it with much the same feeling that I would a great mausoleum. The gloom which comes over me deepens as I take my seat, for I know that my dexter companion will give me no repose. My Plutonic melancholy, the heated room, the dull Livy, -all are conducive to slumber; the very instructor seems admirably chosen to that end: but my naps are broken by my active neighbor, who says, "The French Left Centre don't care for the status...
...manifested an interest in her surroundings. "How insufferably dull her companion must be," I thought, "and how I could entertain her if I only might." My gaze was riveted upon the page before...
...must understand," rejoined her companion, "that many strange beings find their way into this great University. These are all digs, - regular grinds, you know, - a miserable...