Word: tells
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Thereby hangs a tale. I'll tell you as soon as I can make myself presentable. Well," continued he in a moment or two, "you know I went to Boscos. That village has particular charms for me just at present, and perhaps you can guess why I lingered and lingered until the last train had gone and my only hope was to catch the express as it stops for a moment at Boscos bridge. It was a breathless and stilly night, the tide at its flood but as calm as a lake, reflecting myriads of stars, that seemed arrayed...
...Please, sir,' said my captor, 'I 've nabbed a sneak thief trying to steal a ride on the back of the tender!' 'What!!!' said the conductor, 'you can't come that dodge on me ! No deadheads on the 10.40 express, I can tell you. Pay ten dollars at once...
...Well, you need n't believe it, you know, but I tell you I not only paid my ticket that way, but I won ten dollars from the baggage master besides...
...Young man, can you tell me what those names over the alcoves mean...
...determined to rough it. To come to the point, I had always regarded the men who boarded here somewhat in the light of barbarians, but I was hardly prepared to find them sunk so deep in their barbarism. You will scarcely believe me, I imagine, when I tell you that at one table at my end of the Hall a regular debating society has been formed. Fierce discussions take place at breakfast, lunch, and dinner on subjects of every kind. I have heard them discuss free-thought in all its aspects at one meal, and at the next the probable...