Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nine o'clock, cars ran all day over the main line. Colonel Bancroft on his charger, at the head of his mounted police force, protected every out-going and in-coming car. At four, however, cars ceased running, Colonel Bancroft fearing violence if the cars were run in the dark. No cars were run yesterday, and clumsy barges still did a thriving business...
...willing to contribute for so worthy a purpose. It is but two or three weeks ago that the fund which amounts to $2000 was assured. It was collected in sums varying very much in size, but all given with the same feeling that Harvard may no longer have a dark library...
...water dark twinkles, would it were glue...
...rope, at the end of the first minute Harvard had the advantage by four inches. There were three heaves during the next minute, in which Harvard gained two inches more. The Columbia men were tugging manfully, but Easton had set his teeth together and was looking out under his dark brows with a determined menace to the opposition tuggers, and was gathering the coils of rope for new heaves. After resisting passively the efforts of the Columbia men to tug away that six inches during the third minute, Harvard men began, suddenly in the fourth minute to pull...
...score is now 22 to 0 and it is hopelessly dark. The ball is kicked down the field and as none of the Harvard backs seemed to be awake Yale gets the ball, and Morrison kicks to Sears who is at once thrown. Piper makes a long rush of thirty-five yards, and Perry gains fifteen yards but Yale gets the ball at length about the middle of the field. Wurtemburg gets through the rush-line but is stopped by Perry who throws him with a vicious snap. Morrison kicks a beautiful low kick which Sears only gets twenty yards...