Word: erring
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Sudden Awakening: "Flat Tire!" In the Palais-Bourbon, imposing seat of French Deputies, foes of sly old Br'er Briand thought they had sufficiently prepared to roast him when the Chamber convened last week...
Jane was sensible, but she was pretty. It was lucky she was sensible, for her station was low, poverty-ridden: she lived with her ne'er-do-well father, her shiftless sister, on a derelict barge in the Thames, in the heart of London; worked all day as a housemaid. It was too bad she was pretty, for otherwise rich young Artist Bryan might never have noticed...
...sister Lily refused to degrade herself by working, instead became the mistress of a Jewish gambler, enjoyed her self no end. Jane envied her, hoped to be seduced by Bryan, but had no luck. He went away, and the wily Ernest got her. Jane did the sensible thing, married Er nest, regretted it when Bryan came back. She was glad when Ernest was drowned. Bryan was kind to her, liked her, but be came alarmed when he discovered she was determined to be had. Wisely he went away forever, leaving Jane, sorrowing but sensible, to marry faithful Fred...
...When Signor Grandi and I parted," said Br'er Briand with a lift of one shaggy eyebrow, "I certainly was under the impression that we had agreed to adopt the most expedient procedure to insure success of the negotiations. . . . Unfortunately a new fact arose. . . . The Leghorn speech was made. Then there was the speech at Florence and finally that at Milan...
...Jameson that he was still in debt for "stationery and stuff." Mr. Jameson gave him another $7,300. Mr. Jameson's explanation: "The Bishop seemed to have worked so hard in the campaign, I helped him out. I made him that contribution ? no, not contribution ? er ? just made him that gift...