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...outstretched arms that seemed ready to clasp us in their embrace. I was never a believer in ghosts, but then I had never met one face to face before; and coming upon this terrible presence at night in the woods, seemingly ready to swoop down on us, took every bit of scepticism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GHOST STORY. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »

...write half. I only wish you were here. Cambridge is such a queer place, - the people are all so intellectual and that sort of thing. They carry books in the horse-cars, and the girls all talk about political economy and protoplasm. It's not a bit interesting. Their manners are exquisite, though. I suppose that comes from meeting so many students. Of course you're dying to hear about the students. Well, they're perfectly horrid. They stare at one dreadfully. Of course I don't mind a slight glance of admiration, un coup d'oeil en passant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BUNDLE OF LETTERS. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...think I did. Instructions had been given the coachman to have the pony and mule ready at four the next morning, but I told Pat I would attend to them myself. The pony was an easy riding animal, but the mule was a perfect terror, and the most severe bit could not begin to hold him. Determined to have some fun with the detective, I put on the mule the bridle with the snaffle-bit, and, after assuring my friend of the gentleness of the animal, requested his lordship to mount. He told me he had no fears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVENGE IS SWEET. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

...original Greek! She saw my astonishment, and said triumphantly, "Guess you must 'a' thought girls could n't read Greek. Oh, you college boys is awful silly! Why, I like that ever so much better than novels; but I don't believe you could read it a bit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STANDARD AT WELLESLEY. | 4/2/1880 | See Source »

...issued from the Gymnasium after my afternoon's exercise last Friday, a torn bit of paper caught my eye. I picked it up, and discovered a tabulated set of rules. The beginning was torn off, and the letter began abruptly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BIT OF PAPER. | 1/23/1880 | See Source »

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