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Miss Meeker had but little strength left after these announcements, but she managed to say, "My dear, I have lived in Cambridge for thirty years, and never, never yet have I ventured to cross the College Yard, and you - you - " (here the good lady's feelings overcame her, and she resorted once more to the smelling-bottle...
GAIETY THEATRE. - 8 P.M.; Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday at 2. To-night and to-morrow, Miss Marie Wellesley, a pleasing actress, in "The Old Cross." Next week, "The Jollities...
...black shadows of the Ardennes stretched out ghostly arms to meet us, to receive us in their gloomy embrace. Did he not remember the blow, did he not remember Madelon? He shivered as a long howl rang like music in my ears, and murmured to himself that a cross-bow would not have been amiss; but still the wolves would seldom attack two, and if they did, a serf more or less made little difference, and while they were busy with me he could escape. But the change was coming, I felt it burning within me; and he started...
...winter clothing, and blossom forth in the freshness of the vernal season. With spring comes the dainty crocus, the dandelion, the wilted collar, and the straw hat, and with the straw hat comes the ribbon. But ribbons at Harvard College are as distinctive a mark of honor as the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and about as hard to obtain. Fired by the noble example of the Crew and the Nine, the various other organizations have held meetings and decided on their respective colors. The Echo Board, with their usual enterprise, were the first to assemble; and, amid hearty...
They left '80, which had almost gone to pieces, and drew up even with '82, but in the final brush the Sophomores managed to cross the line four feet in advance. The time of '83 was 10 m. 41 s.; of '82, 11 m. 4 s.; of '81, 11 m. 5 s., and of '80, 11 m. 15 s. Too much praise cannot be given to the wonderful manner in which the Freshmen took the lead, and won by seven lengths...