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...IDEA.A HORSE-CAR took me to the place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COPYRIGHT CONGRESS. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

...Well, I should say he ought n't! Eliza Hannam's child out in this storm!" He rose hastily to his feet, stumbling over two or three boxes in his excitement. "Here, grocer, just send up to her place the biggest box of Christmas goods you can find. Oh! I'll pay you straight enough. Here's a ten-dollar bill for security! Hurry 'em along and I'll pay you double!" And, creating quite a little whirlwind among the open-mouthed veterans, he blustered forth after the child...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A POSETT EPISODE. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

HASTY PUDDING theatricals take place to-night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

Alights, and finds a resting-place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO GUSSIE. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...apply for permission to exercise after 5.30 until that hour had already been decided upon as the time for closing. Their request then was due to their inability to obtain any boxes, and the inconvenience to which they were subjected in the crowded dressing-rooms, with no place to put their clothes. They asked to be allowed to exercise when the rest of the men had finished; they had no thought of usurping any one's rights or privileges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GYMNASIUM. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »