Word: disappearers
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...cannot be pessimistic, we who in our own time have seen so many good things accomplished,- have seen slavery disappear and polygamy and international literary piracy; we who have seen the beginning of the protection of our forests; our ballot laws so vastly improved and the spoils system stricken a tall blow. But we shall meet with disaster after disaster in America-and perhaps one disaster more than even our constitution can stand, if we do not exert ourselves constantly in the elevation of public affairs...
...difficulty is to get the Colleen Bawn out of the way. The idea is repulsive to him, but Donny Mann, the devoted hireling of Cregan, expresses his readiness to act if Cregan will but send his glove as a token secretly understood between them that the Colleen is to disappear. The glove is sent by a misunderstanding and Donny Mann acts. Eily is led by him to enter his boat under the pretense that her husband has sent for her. He rows her to a solitary cave, which chances to be the secret haunt of Myles. The latter shoots Donny...
...difficulty is to get the Colleen Bawn out of the way. The idea is repulsive to him, but Donny Mann, the devoted hireling of Cregan, expresses his readiness to act if Cregan will but send his glove as a token secretly understood between them that the Colleen is to disappear. The glove is sent by a misunderstanding and Donny Mann acts. Eily is led by him to enter his boat under the pretense that her husband has sent for her. He rows her to a solitary cave, which chances to be the secret haunt of Myles. The latter shoots Donny...
...when we are surrounded by troubles from which it seems impossible to escape, we must always go right forward and we will find that as we advance towards the thickest of our difficulties, they seem to recede from us and gradually as we step out with more courage, they disappear entirely...
...more touching, nothing more stirring to the sturdy, manly side of college men's natures, than the parting with classmates and fellow-students who go to uphold the honor of their college in contests like these football games. On no occasion in the course do class and society lines disappear so utterly, to be replaced by sympathetic union of heart and voice. And all this means quite as much to the team as to those who cheer. The thrill which follows the cheering gives an impetus to each man's determination which is sure to last him till the game...