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...necessary part of its construction; while the hind wheel had thrown itself jauntily into the air, and, with its rapid revolutions, was playing sweet &AEolian melodies against the margin of my ear. All this was more or less discouraging, but I was mastering the art, so I still writhed along. But now comes the saddest chapter in this mournful tale; a very sad chapter, and of course there's a woman in it. It was a melancholy day for this innocent, unsuspecting world of ours when a feminine foot first pattered its little, ill-omened imprint into its soil. Adam...
...going cod-fishing next morning at three o'clock, off Mackerel Point. Now was my chance. I'd set out at two, get on the ground first, and catch all the fish before he was up. Then how I would grin at him when he came along an hour afterward! With what coolness I would hold up my twenty-pounders to his astonished and chagrined gaze! A glorious opportunity for revenge...
Roundsman O'Phlynn of the 8th Precinct was the first to notice the destruction. About 2 A.M. he saw a number of figures steal stealthily along the west side of Acropolis Avenue and turn into Marathon Street. On returning from the other end of his beat and reaching Marathon Street, corner of Omicron, he perceived, to his surprise, that nearly all the lamps in the street were extinguished, and on his stopping for a moment to view the scene he heard a crash close behind him, and saw the only remaining lamp on Marathon Street - the one in front...
...hundred thousand dollars for the new Law School building was given to the College under the following circumstances: President Eliot, while walking along the street in Boston, met an old gentleman well known for his liberality towards the College. As they passed each other, the old gentleman asked, seemingly in jest, "Well, what do you want now? The President replied in the same tone, "A new Law School." A few days after the President received an invitation to lunch. After taking lunch alone with his host, they sat talking about general college matters until the subject of the Law School...
Irresistibly was he held by the arm and drawn along. He had no more volition than a dead man. He could not speak - hardly see, now; but he could hear. It seemed as if all the distant clamors of the city were sounding along that single quiet street. Then he heard a clock strike...