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...adventure in high feather, taking Langdon along to paint his fill of Indians. Still-beauteous Elizabeth went too, but Langdon found his heart was now proof against her. Besides, he had a ward, Ann, a little-girl Galatea from the London slums, and was growing as fond of her as of a stray Puppy-Rogers' scheme was to get settled in Michilimackinac, then start west on a three-year expedition to the Pacific. The Northwest Passage he hoped to find was not the undiscovered outlet of Hudson Bay but an overland route. He needed money and no money...
...bundle of nerves, he is so fussy about hygiene that he sprinkles alcohol on an apple before eating it. He is a devotee of Kabuki, the Japanese dance-drama. He likes wrestling matches but takes no interest in Japanese baseball. Like his son Fumitaka at Princeton he is fond of golf, took it up ten years ago, got his handicap down to nine, then dropped the game. He is ready, however, to start again...
...vacant lot in Eastchester, suburb about 16 miles from Manhattan, four handsome dogs-a white collie, a dachshund, a setter and a German shepherd ("police dog")-were at play one day fortnight ago. Up rolled a limousine and out stepped a lady who seemed to be fond of animals. She patted each friendly head, seemingly gave each dog something to eat from her handbag. Then the lady climbed back in the car, where her own sweatered Boston bull was yapping in excitement. The automobile rolled away and the four dogs continued to caper...
...before, pilgrims to Holy Hill beheld, at the gates, men bearing placards: THE HUTTER CONSTRUCTION CO. ON THIS JOB IS UNFAIR TO ORGANIZED LABOR. The pickets—union carpenters, hod carriers and common laborers from Milwaukee—wore their Sunday best, molested no one, explained they were protesting because George Hutter, Fond du Lac contractor who is building a $163,000 seminary for the Carmelites, maintains an open shop, pays low wages...
While today eyes of the civilized world in general and the English speaking world in particular turn together, blend in unison on one fond family in a foreign capital, comes the news, regular as clockwork: Widener Library has a coronation exhibit...