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...could not get my father's consent," said she faintly...
...showing that Lacrosse has had the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in College, but has failed, and has in fact been eclipsed by cricket, though the latter is the newer sport. Had Lacrosse been able to obtain a high position in the estimation of our students, by common consent it would have had a field allotted to its use, and would have received pecuniary support, which is the willing and necessary accompaniment of a popular sport. The opponent of tennis further states that to those who do not play the game it seems to be the most utterly imbecile...
...agreeing with Harvard through her representatives that the whole affair ought to be kept out of the news-papers, allowed her letter to Harvard to be published, and that, too, before it was received by Harvard. Extracts from correspondence that was supposed to be private were published without the consent of the writer...
...Captain Scuffles could only consent. Mr. Carlin, with a surprising degree of agility considering his blindness, climbed down into the yacht, and I helped Bertha after; for the father's rudeness was surely no fault of the daughter. So, the skipper shoving the prow out and I loosing the hawsers, the Rosa cleared the pier, Mr. Carlin hoisting sail with marvellous expertness...
...odds of three to one, - and probably could not have done that if they had not been drunk, - but that was the only bet I made, as I could not find anybody else who would give me better than two to one, and I knew the fellows would never consent to that. But it shows just what sort of fellows the Harvard men are, - they never will bet a cent unless they have a perfectly fat thing...