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Suddenly a terrifying Something, big and black, bobbed up from behind a boulder. It was Author Sanderson's shadow. The cave's incline steepened; he slid down & down. The darkness and rank smell thickened. Then he was standing among the carcasses of old crabs that had crawled down there to die. A half-buried hearth revealed charcoal; around it were large bones-a fugitive's, perhaps...
...cliffs. Several weatherbeaten shacks, a pier or two, boats and nets hung up to dry, comprise the weary picture. Almost no motion is apparent. Everywhere are rocks and mosquitoes and marshes extending as far as the eye can see. And smothering the scene like a heavy blanket is the smell of drying and decaying fish. For it is summer and the people who cling precariously to the shoreline are codfishing for existence...
...midnight came the end of Angelo's day. He hurried home, shouted for Amelia at the door. No answer. He pushed inside, was met by blackness and the overpowering smell...
Campus "jelly joints" cater to this nickel trade from breakfast time to closing hours. Loud music from the nickelodeon, the smell of frying hamburgers, the ever-present nickel machines, and trays full of cigarette butts characterize these gathering places...
...coming competition is the last chance for Sophomores to compete for both Boards; accordingly, the editors of the CRIMSON issue a cordial invitation to any men who thrill to the sight of a big press churning out newsprint, to those who might grow to love the smell of printer's ink, to come to 14 Plympton Street tomorrow evening and see what's what