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...Ever so long ago Richard Vaux was a marvellously handsome and fascinating young man. He went to Europe, and being possessed of large means had access to the best society, and even attracted the notice of the young Queen of England, who had but then just come to the throne. It is said - the story being told to me by persons high in authority in England - that her heart's first affections were given to Richard Vaux of Quaker City, and she would have married him if she had been allowed, but state reasons prevailed to deter her. The Queen...
Kineo, as a boy, grew up with more than usual Indian taciturnity, and with ever-increasing gloominess of disposition. His mother, Maquaso, watched the development of these characteristics with anxiety. He gave so little heed to her solicitude that when she suddenly disappeared, suspicion at once fell upon him, and he was excluded from the councils of his tribe. He departed, and encamped on a neighboring mountain. The rest of the story is told in the lines which follow...
...contrary," said the philosopher, "I have found here the only woman I have ever seen who can make use of her approximation to brain...
...late years the associate members of the Glee Club have ridiculed the idea of ever getting any pleasure from being members, except, perhaps, a glass of beer and a sandwich. In the future, the societies will endeavor to make the associate members feel that they are fortunate in obtaining an election...
...moment there was dead silence. Then Haricaris leaned over the railing and took the trembling boy by the hair. "Child," she said, in a solemn voice, "who was your Sunday-school teacher? Did you ever go to Sunday-school? Tell me at once what were the dimensions of the Tabernacle, and what was the first month of the Hebrew year...