Word: overheard
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...daughter, whom he planned to marry at the house of the Wise-Woman. Boyster, "a blunt fellow," also loved the gold smith's daughter, but he had made no progress in his courtship. Meanwhile the country Luce had come to London after Chartley, and, disguised as a page, she overheard the plans for the wedding. She then engaged herself as a boy in the service of the Wise-Woman, who carried on a flourishing trade in quack medicines, enchantments and fortune telling. Chartley had incurred the displeasure of the Wise-Woman, and she on learning from the supposed boy that...
...tenth number of the Advocate, contains the following articles: "June Roses," by J. L. Price '07; "The Fall of St. Williebuoy's," by D. W. Streeter '07; "The Joy of Criticism"; "Plato and the Prima Donna" and "Overheard by the 'Cellist," by E. B. Sheldon...